The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) provides case law by province and at the federal level. CanLII also provides unofficial versions of Canadian and provincial legislation and commentaries on legal topics.
pdf Reading and Understanding Case Reports: A Guide for Self-Represented Litigants(1.53 MB) . Developed by the National Self-Represented Litigants Project, the goal of the Reading and Understanding Case Reports Guide is to give self-represented litigants the tools they need to understand and make good use of reported court decisions (case law or "case reports") when doing legal research and preparing to present their own case in court.
The following websites provide past decisions of their respective courts.
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Federal Court of Canada
- Federal Court of Appeal
- Tax Court of Canada
- Federal Court Reports on the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs website.
- The Courts of Nova Scotia