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McGill Style Guide (10th ed).

Statutes

Follow the order of information, punctuation, and capitalization in the examples below. See section 2.1.1 of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (10th ed.) for complete rules on citing Statutes, and section 2.2 for constitutional statutes.

Short Title in Italics, Statute Volume Jurisdiction Year, Chapter, Other Elements, (Session or Supplement), Pinpoint.

Examples

Interpretation Act, RSC 1985, c. I-21, s 1.

Children’s Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c C.12, s 29.

Amendments and Repeals

Repealed:

Psychology Act, SO 1991, c 38, as repealed by Advancing Oversight and Planning in Ontario's Health System Act, 2021, SO 2021, c 27, Sched 4 s 15.

Keeping Students in Class Repeal Act, SO 2022, c 20, as repealed by Keeping Students in Class Act, SO 2022, c 19.  

Amended:

Planning Act, RSO 1990, c P.13, s 47, as amended by Homeowner Protection Act, 2024, SO 2024, c 18, s 5.

Enhancing Access to Justice Act, SO 2024, c 2 s19, as amended by Education Act, RSO 1990, c E.2.  

Constitutional Statutes

When citing constitutional statues, use the statutes’ new title, not the title it was originally enacted under. To find the new title of the constitutional statute, consult the Schedule to the Constitution Act, 1982. If appropriate, provide the old title in parentheses at the end of the citation. If necessary, include a citation to Appendix II of RSC 1985 after the official citation. 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s 11, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c 11.

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