How do I cite Canadian laws and legal materials?
Last Updated: Jul 25, 2025    Views: 11

The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal  Citation (10th ed.), also known as the McGill Guide, has been widely adopted as the Canadian standard for citing Canadian legal materials.

Copies are available in our Reserve and Main Collections: call number KF 259 C212 2023.

Common abbreviations that will be used include:

  • Revised Statutes of Alberta = RSA
  • Revised Statutes of Canada = RSC
  • Statutes of Canada = SC
  • chapter = c
  • section = s
  • sections = ss
  • Statutory Orders and Regulations = SOR
  • Alberta Regulations = Alta. Reg.

See our APA Guide for examples of citing Canadian legislation accessed online.