Searching for Canadian Parliamentary Publications: Pre-Confederation Period

General guides

List of Pre-Confederation Official Publications, 1534-1866

Adam, Margaret Guide to the Principal Parliamentary Papers Relating to the Dominions, 1812-1911, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1913.

Bishop, Olga Publications of the Province of Upper Canada and of Great Britain relating to Upper Canada 1791-1840, Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, 1984

Bishop, Olga Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada 1841-1867, Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1963.

Hardisty, Pamela Publications of the Canadian Parliament: A Detailed Guide to the Dual Media Edition of Canadian Parliamentary Proceedings and Sessional Papers, 1841-1970, Washington, D.C.: United States Historical Documents Institute, 1974.

Official publications: Lower and Upper Canada, 1793-1840

Lower Canada. Legislature. Legislative Council.

Journals of the Legislative Council of the Province of Lower Canada 1802-1837

Lower Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly.

Journal of the House of Assembly, Lower Canada 1793-1837 and Appendix 1810-1837

Upper Canada. Legislature. Legislative Council.

Journal of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada 1826-1840

Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly.

Journal of the House of Assembly, Upper Canada 1826-1840 and Appendix 1825-1840

General Index to the Journals of the House of Assembly of the Late Province of Upper Canada, Commencing with the First Session of the Ninth Provincial Parliament 1825, and Ending with the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth Parliament 1839-40

Official publications: Province of Canada, 1841-1867

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Council

Journals v. 1 -26, 1841-1866

Journals 1841-1851

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Debates 1841-1867 Carleton University Library (Paper) (a) Mirror of Parliament (Canadian) 1841

(b) Mirror of Parliament 1846

(c) Mirror of Parliament (Thompson’s) 1860

Material from (b) and (c), The Quebec Chronicle, The Globe, The Colonist, The Ottawa Times, The Mail, The Daily News and The Mercury were used to produce the Scrapbook Debates

Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North American Provinces 8th Parl. 3rd Sess.

Early Canadiana Online

Carleton University Library (Paper) and Index

Journals v. 1-26, 1841-1866

Early Canadiana Online

LLMC Digital

Carleton University Library (holdings in microfilm – includes Appendix)

Appendix (Early Canadiana Online) v. 1-17, 1842-1859 continued by:

Sessional papers v. 18-26, 1860-1866

Early Canadiana Online

Carleton University Library

Damphouse, Patricia A. The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada: An Index to Journal Appendices and Sessional Papers, 1841-1866. London (Ont.): Edward Phelps, 1974. (Improves on the indexing found in General Index)

General Index to the Journals of the Legislative Assembly of Canada, v. 1 1841-1851; v. 2 1852-1866 (Paper). Note: v.1 and v.2 also available electronically.

Bills and Statutes

Bills – Check the Carleton University Library catalogue; individual bill records from Early Canadiana Online are available

Statutes of the Province of Canada 1841-1866

Early Canadiana Online

LLMC Digital

Carleton University Library (holdings in paper)

Consolidated Statutes of Canada, 1859

Consolidated Statutes of Lower Canada, 1860

Canada Gazette v. 1-28, Oct. 2, 1841 – June 26, 1869

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