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Constitution Act, 1982.
Date of text: 17 April 1982

Policies

Canada’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution.
Date of text: 01 February 2025
Commercial fisheries licensing policy for Eastern Canada.
Date of text: 30 January 2024
Canada’s 2030 Nature Strategy.
Date of text: 2024
Government of Canada Adaptation Action Plan.
Date of text: 2023
National Adaptation Strategy.
Date of text: 2023

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act (S.C. 2011, c. 25).
Date of text: 15 December 2011 (01 August 2012)
Canada Fund for Africa Act (S.C. 2002, c. 9, s. 45).
Date of text: 12 April 2002
Agricultural Employees Protection Act, 2002 (S.O. 2002, c. 16).
Date of text: 2002 (03 April 2019)
Farm Debt Mediation Act (S.C. 1997, c. 21).
Date of text: 13 March 1998 (17 December 2016)
Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (S.C. 1997, c. 20).
Date of text: 25 April 1997 (05 February 2016)

Climate change

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (S.C. 2021, c. 22).
Date of text: 29 June 2021
Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act (S.C. 2024, c. 13).
Date of text: 20 June 2024 (27 May 2025)
Net-zero Carbon Act, RSPEI 1988, c N-3.01.
Date of text: 2020
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 186)
Date of text: 21 June 2018 (02 June 2025)
Output-Based Pricing System Registration and Opt-in Regulations, NS Reg 32/2023.
Date of text: 01 January 2023

Cultivated plants

Pest Control Products Act (S.C. 2002, c. 28).
Date of text: 12 December 2002 (14 January 2023)
Plant Protection Act (S.C. 1990, c. 22).
Date of text: 19 June 1990 (27 February 2015)
Plant Breeders' Rights Act (S.C. 1990, c. 20).
Date of text: 19 June 1990 (27 February 2015)
Seeds Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. S-8).
Date of text: 1985 (15 January 2019)
Fertilizers Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-10).
Date of text: 1985 (01 July 2020)

Disaster risk management

COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2.
Date of text: 11 April 2020
COVID-19 Emergency Response Act.
Date of text: 25 March 2020
Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act (S.C. 2020, c. 5, s. 8)
Date of text: 25 March 2020
Emergency Management Act (S.C. 2007, c. 15).
Date of text: 22 June 2007 (03 August 2007)
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Act (S.C. 2005, c. 10).
Date of text: 23 March 2005 (28 February 2013)

Environment

Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33).
Date of text: 14 September 1999 (22 June 2023)
Impact Assessment Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1).
Date of text: 28 August 2019
An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2019, c. 28).
Date of text: 21 June 2019
Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (S.C. 2010, c. 21).
Date of text: 15 December 2010 (01 July 2020)
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Act (S.C. 2005, c. 10).
Date of text: 23 March 2005 (28 February 2013)

Fisheries and aquaculture

Fisheries Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14).
Date of text: 1985 (28 August 2019)
Coastal Fisheries Protection Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-33).
Date of text: 1985 (16 June 2019)
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act (S.C. 2008, c. 32).
Date of text: 26 June 2008 (03 April 2009)
Atlantic Fisheries Restructuring Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. A-14).
Date of text: 1985 (26 February 2015)
Fisheries Development Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-21).
Date of text: 1985

Food and nutrition

Safe Food for Canadians Act (S.C. 2012, c. 24).
Date of text: 2012 (14 January 2023)
Food and Drugs Act (R.S. 1985, c. F-27).
Date of text: 1985 (22 December 2023)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-26)
Date of text: 1985
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (S.C. 1997, c. 6).
Date of text: 20 March 1997 (17 June 2019)
Marketing Authorization to Permit a Lower Calcium Threshold for Exemptions from the Requirement for Prepackaged Products to Carry a Nutrition Symbol in the Case of Cheese, Yogurt, Kefir and Buttermilk (SOR/2024-89).
Date of text: 10 September 2018 (17 June 2019)

Forestry

Forestry Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-30).
Date of text: 1985
Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 (S.C. 2006, c. 13).
Date of text: 14 December 2006 (17 June 2016)
Timber Marking Act (R.S. 1985, c. T-11).
Date of text: 1985
Timber Royalty Adjustment Regulation – Private Woodlot Sustainability Act (NB Reg 2023-38).
Date of text: 29 June 2023 (28 March 2024)
Forest Products Marketing Boards – Natural Products Act (NB Reg 2020-49).
Date of text: 19 August 2020

Gender

Canadian Human Rights Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-6)
Date of text: 1985 (15 July 2019)
New Brunswick Women's Council Act (RSNB 2016, c 33).
Date of text: 08 July 2016 (20 December 2019)
Marital Property Act (RSNB 2012, c 107)
Date of text: 03 December 2012 (16 June 2023)
New Brunswick: Women’s Institute and Institut féminin Act (RSNB 2014, c 136).
Date of text: 30 December 2014 (29 March 2019)
Newfoundland and Labrador: Status of Women Advisory Council Act, RSNL 1990, c S-25.
Date of text: 1980 (2019)

Indigenous peoples

Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act (S.C .1986, c. 27).
Date of text: 17 June 1986 (27 April 2015)
First Nations Land Management Act (S.C. 1999, c. 24).
Date of text: 17 June 1999 (15 July 2019)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act S.C. 2021, c. 14.
Date of text: 21 June 2021
Indian Lands Agreement (1986) Act (S.C. 1988, c. 39).
Date of text: 28 July 1988
Canadian Human Rights Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-6)
Date of text: 1985 (15 July 2019)

Land and soil

Northwest Territories Act (S.C. 2014, c. 2, s. 2).
Date of text: 25 March 2014 (16 December 2014)
Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act (S.C. 1984, c. 18).
Date of text: 14 June 1984 (15 May 2014)
New Brunswick Indian Reserves Agreement Act (S.C. 1959, c. 47).
Date of text: 1959
First Nations Land Management Act (S.C. 1999, c. 24).
Date of text: 17 June 1999 (15 July 2019)
Indian Lands Agreement (1986) Act (S.C. 1988, c. 39).
Date of text: 28 July 1988

Livestock

Animal Protection Act (Chapter 21 of 2018).
Date of text: 2018
Health of Animals Act (S.C. 1990, c. 21).
Date of text: 13 June 1990 (15 January 2019)
Feeds Act, R.S.C. (R.S.1985, c. F-9).
Date of text: 1985 (17 June 2024)
Food and Drugs Act (R.S. 1985, c. F-27).
Date of text: 1985 (22 December 2023)
Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870).
Date of text: 1978 (17 June 2024)

Mineral resources and energy

Canadian Energy Regulator Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 10).
Date of text: 28 August 2019 (23 June 2022)
An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2019, c. 28).
Date of text: 21 June 2019
First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act (S.C. 2005, c. 48).
Date of text: 2005 (20 March 2014)
Canada Petroleum Resources Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. 36) (2nd Supp.).
Date of text: 1985 (28 August 2019)
Energy Administration Act (R.S.C, 1985, c. E-6).
Date of text: 1985 (12 December 2005)

Sea

Canada Marine Act (S.C. 1998, c. 10).
Date of text: 11 June 1998 (10 September 2020)
Oceans Act (S.C. 1996, c. 31).
Date of text: 18 December 1996 (30 July 2019)
Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (S.C. 2001, c. 26).
Date of text: 01 November 2001 (30 July 2019)
Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act (BILL C-64, S.C. 2019, c. 1).
Date of text: 2019 (28 February 2019)
Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act (S.C. 2002, c. 18).
Date of text: 23 June 2015 (28 August 2019)

Social protection

Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act (S.C. 2020, c. 5, s. 8)
Date of text: 25 March 2020
Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act (S.C. 2024, c. 31).
Date of text: 12 December 2024
National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act (S.C. 2024, c. 11)
Date of text: 20 June 2024
Agricultural Employees Protection Act, 2002 (S.O. 2002, c. 16).
Date of text: 2002 (03 April 2019)
Canada Health Care, Early Childhood Development and Other Social Services Funding Act (S.C. 2000, c. 35)
Date of text: 20 October 2000

Water

Canada Water Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-11).
Date of text: 1985 (01 April 2014)
Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund Act (S.C. 2002, c. 9, s. 47).
Date of text: 27 March 2002
Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (S.C. 1998, c. 25).
Date of text: 18 June 1998 (12 December 2017)
York Factory First Nation Flooded Land Act (S.C .1997, c. 28)
Date of text: 25 April 1997
Grassy Narrows and Islington Indian Bands Mercury Pollution Claims Settlement Act (S.C. 1986, c. 23).
Date of text: 17 June 1986

Wild species and ecosystems

Species at Risk Act (S.C. 2002, c. 29).
Date of text: 12 December 2002 (03 February 2017)
Canada National Parks Act (S.C. 2000, c. 32).
Date of text: 20 October 2000 (25 November 2022)
Canada Wildlife Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. W-9).
Date of text: 1985 (27 November 2024)
Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (S.C. 1992, c. 52).
Date of text: 17 December 1992 (12 July 2017)
Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulations (SOR/96-263).
Date of text: 14 May 1996 (01 April 2015)

Miscellaneous

Canada Cooperatives Act (S.C. 1998, c. 1).
Date of text: 31 March 1998 (01 May 2018)
Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act (S.C. 1994, c. 35).
Date of text: 1994 (27 April 2015)
Access to Information Act (R.S.C. 1985, c A-1).
Date of text: 1985 (22 June 2023)
Patent Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. P-4).
Date of text: 1985 (21 September 2017)
Competition Act (S.C., 1985, c. C-34).
Date of text: 1985 (20 June 2025)

International Agreements

Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean.
Date of text: 03 October 2018
An Act to implement the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership between Canada, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam” (BILL C-79).
Date of text: 2018 (25 October 2018)
Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
Date of text: 13 November 2013

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