535:
75:
116:
comprehensive collections of
Canadian federal, provincial and territorial legislation. It is used by lawyers, legal professionals and the general public, with usage averaging over 30,000 visits per day. The case law database is reportedly growing at a rate of approximately 120,000 new cases each year, 20% of which are historic cases which are included to enrich existing databases.
115:
CanLII offers free public access to over 2.4 million documents across more than 300 case law and legislative databases. The official websites of provincial governments, which provide access to primary legislative documents, are linked to CANLII online. The CANLII database is one of the most
415:
555:
124:
In April 2014, CanLII launched CanLII Connects, a legal community sourced publication and discussion platform for case law summaries and commentaries.
170:
142:
335:
365:
273:
244:
127:
In March 2018, CanLII launched a commentary program including law reviews, e-books, articles, public legal education materials, and reports.
100:
50:
570:
130:
In June 2020, CanLII started actively promoting the CanLII guest writer program. As of
February 2024, CanLII is piloting the use of a
234:
560:
498:
141:
Other websites will often use CanLII as their primary source when referring to
Canadian case law, and as of the 10th Edition of the
575:
104:
565:
474:
261:
135:
107:, which includes the primary stakeholders involved in free, open publication of law throughout the world.
131:
343:
289:
314:
269:
240:
150:
171:"Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) acquires Lexum, a Montreal technology firm"
92:
38:
534:
74:
390:
549:
146:
439:
28:
452:
212:
103:
in 2001 on behalf of its 14 member societies. CanLII is a member of the
191:
499:"On CanLII's new place in the McGill Guide's hierarchy of sources"
366:"CanLII Connects website connects accessible law to Canadians"
528:
61:
540:
266:
Developing Public Policy, Second
Edition: A Practical Guide
99:) is a non-profit organization created and funded by the
236:
56:
44:
34:
24:
416:"CanLII | Common Law Marriage in British Columbia"
290:"CanLII's Top Ten Accessed Cases from 2018 – Slaw"
475:"McGill Guide 10th Edition: Hierarchy of Sources"
8:
19:
533:
342:. Canadian Bar Association. Archived from
149:, in the absence of official court-issued
73:
18:
97:Institut canadien d'information juridique
143:Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation
162:
213:"CanLII - Scope of CanLII's Databases"
192:"CanLII - Search all CanLII Databases"
453:"Caselaw.ninja, retrieved 2021-06-17"
101:Federation of Law Societies of Canada
51:Federation of Law Societies of Canada
7:
440:Steinlauf v. Deol (AI Case Analysis)
85:Canadian Legal Information Institute
556:Legal organizations based in Canada
239:. Chandos Publishing. p. 30.
16:Canadian non-profit legal database
14:
473:Rosborough, Hannah (2023-10-17).
364:Kowalski, Mitch (4 April 2014).
145:, is the designated preferred
1:
315:"Un million de décisions..."
268:. Canadian Scholars’ Press.
571:Free Access to Law Movement
442:, accessed 17 February 2024
233:Dina, Yemisi (2015-04-10).
105:Free Access to Law Movement
592:
561:Legal education in Canada
317:droit-inc.com. 2012-02-21
260:Siu, Bobby (2020-04-21).
173:. canlii.org. 2018-02-28
541:Case commentary website
136:artificial intelligence
96:
420:commentary.canlii.org
132:large language model
46:Parent organization
21:
576:Case law databases
391:"More commentary!"
336:"CanLII Connects!"
296:. 17 December 2018
566:Canadian case law
340:National Magazine
275:978-1-77338-175-6
246:978-0-08-100179-0
151:neutral citations
81:
80:
583:
537:
532:
531:
529:Official website
514:
513:
511:
510:
495:
489:
488:
486:
485:
470:
464:
463:
461:
459:
449:
443:
436:
430:
429:
427:
426:
412:
406:
405:
403:
402:
387:
381:
380:
378:
376:
361:
355:
354:
352:
351:
332:
326:
325:
323:
322:
311:
305:
304:
302:
301:
286:
280:
279:
257:
251:
250:
230:
224:
223:
221:
220:
209:
203:
202:
200:
199:
188:
182:
181:
179:
178:
167:
138:case summaries.
77:
72:
69:
67:
65:
63:
22:
591:
590:
586:
585:
584:
582:
581:
580:
546:
545:
527:
526:
523:
518:
517:
508:
506:
503:The CanLII Blog
497:
496:
492:
483:
481:
472:
471:
467:
457:
455:
451:
450:
446:
437:
433:
424:
422:
414:
413:
409:
400:
398:
395:The CanLII Blog
389:
388:
384:
374:
372:
363:
362:
358:
349:
347:
334:
333:
329:
320:
318:
313:
312:
308:
299:
297:
288:
287:
283:
276:
259:
258:
254:
247:
232:
231:
227:
218:
216:
211:
210:
206:
197:
195:
190:
189:
185:
176:
174:
169:
168:
164:
159:
122:
113:
60:
47:
39:Legal education
17:
12:
11:
5:
589:
587:
579:
578:
573:
568:
563:
558:
548:
547:
544:
543:
538:
522:
521:External links
519:
516:
515:
490:
465:
444:
431:
407:
382:
370:Financial Post
356:
327:
306:
281:
274:
252:
245:
225:
204:
183:
161:
160:
158:
155:
121:
118:
112:
109:
79:
78:
58:
54:
53:
48:
45:
42:
41:
36:
32:
31:
26:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
588:
577:
574:
572:
569:
567:
564:
562:
559:
557:
554:
553:
551:
542:
539:
536:
530:
525:
524:
520:
504:
500:
494:
491:
480:
476:
469:
466:
454:
448:
445:
441:
435:
432:
421:
417:
411:
408:
396:
392:
386:
383:
371:
367:
360:
357:
346:on 2014-10-19
345:
341:
337:
331:
328:
316:
310:
307:
295:
291:
285:
282:
277:
271:
267:
263:
256:
253:
248:
242:
238:
237:
229:
226:
214:
208:
205:
193:
187:
184:
172:
166:
163:
156:
154:
152:
148:
144:
139:
137:
133:
128:
125:
119:
117:
110:
108:
106:
102:
98:
94:
90:
86:
76:
71:
59:
55:
52:
49:
43:
40:
37:
33:
30:
27:
23:
507:. Retrieved
505:. 2023-11-15
502:
493:
482:. Retrieved
478:
468:
456:. Retrieved
447:
434:
423:. Retrieved
419:
410:
399:. Retrieved
397:. 2018-04-20
394:
385:
373:. Retrieved
369:
359:
348:. Retrieved
344:the original
339:
330:
319:. Retrieved
309:
298:. Retrieved
293:
284:
265:
262:"Appendix 2"
255:
235:
228:
217:. Retrieved
207:
196:. Retrieved
186:
175:. Retrieved
165:
140:
134:to generate
129:
126:
123:
114:
88:
84:
82:
294:www.slaw.ca
215:. Canlii.ca
194:. Canlii.ca
550:Categories
509:2024-04-21
484:2024-04-21
425:2020-06-19
401:2018-09-12
375:10 October
350:2014-10-10
321:2012-02-26
300:2018-12-17
219:2018-09-12
198:2018-09-12
177:2019-11-26
157:References
111:Background
29:Non-profit
438:CanLII,
147:citation
458:Dec 30,
120:History
64:.canlii
57:Website
35:Purpose
272:
243:
93:French
89:CanLII
20:CanLII
479:Slaw
460:2022
377:2014
270:ISBN
241:ISBN
83:The
66:.org
25:Type
68:/en
62:www
552::
501:.
477:.
418:.
393:.
368:.
338:.
292:.
264:.
153:.
95::
91:;
512:.
487:.
462:.
428:.
404:.
379:.
353:.
324:.
303:.
278:.
249:.
222:.
201:.
180:.
87:(
70:/
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
