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Catalogue Entry: Legal Aid in Canada, 2020-21
This report provides national level statistics on revenues, expenditures, personnel, and caseloads from legal aid plans across Canada. Justice Canada has been producing the... -
Catalogue Entry: Black Youth and the Criminal Justice System: Summary Report of an Engagement...
Between August 2020 and April 2021, the Department of Justice Canada (JUS), in collaboration with the Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat at the Department of Canadian Heritage,... -
Catalogue Entry: Canada’s Emergencies Act
The Emergencies Act, which became law in 1988, is a federal law that can be used by the federal government in the event of a national emergency. -
Catalogue Entry: Report by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada on the...
In 2018, Parliament enacted former Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, S.C. 2018,... -
Catalogue Entry: Assessment of the Initial Impact of Mandatory Alcohol Screening on...
Mandatory Alcohol Screening (MAS) became law in Canada on December 18, 2018. This amendment to the Criminal Code allowed police to demand a breath test of any driver even in the... -
Catalogue Entry: Cyberbullying and the Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images
The Report is divided into two parts: the first part of the report addresses the issue of cyberbullying and includes information relating to the scope of the problem, the impact... -
Catalogue Entry: Canadian Victims Bill of Rights Complaint Mechanism
The Canadian Victims Bill of Rights (CVBR) came into force on July 23, 2015. The CBVR created statutory rights at the federal level for victims of crime. The legislation... -
Catalogue Entry: An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Violent Victimization in Canada, 2009
The costs of victimization of five violent crimes are analyzed in this report: assault, criminal harassment, homicide, robbery, and sexual assault and other sexual offences.... -
Catalogue Entry: Department of Justice Annual Reports to Parliament: Privacy Act
The Privacy Act (PA) was proclaimed into force on July 1, 1983. The PA extends to individuals the right of access to information about themselves held by the Government, subject... -
Catalogue Entry: Internal Audits 2017
The mandate of Justice Canada’s internal audit function is to help Justice Canada achieve its strategic outcomes by using a systematic and disciplined approach to assess and... -
Catalogue Entry: Government Responses and Standing Committee Reports
Government Responses and Standing Committee Reports discuss reports tabled concerning justice-related issues. These responses are meant to provide greater insight into... -
Catalogue Entry: Children Come First: A Report to Parliament Reviewing the Provisions and...
This publication consists of two volumes. This particular asset is volume two of two. It was produced by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Family Law Committee and the... -
Catalogue Entry: Bill C-26 (S.C. 2012 c. 9) Reforms to Self-Defence and Defence of Property
Bill C-26 the Citizens Arrest and Self-defence Act, S.C. 2012 c.9, came into force on march 11, 2013. The legislation replaces the old Criminal Code provisions on self-defence... -
Catalogue Entry: A Handbook for Police and Crown Prosecutors on Criminal Harrassment
The Handbook for Police and Crown Prosecutors purposes itself to provide police and Crown prosecutors with guidelines for the investigation and prosecution of criminal... -
Catalogue Entry: Internal Audits 2012
The mandate of Justice Canada’s internal audit function is to help Justice Canada achieve its strategic outcomes by using a systematic and disciplined approach to assess and... -
Catalogue Entry: JustFacts - Child Support Cases, 2016-2017
The Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs (SMEP) is an annual survey that collects statistical and descriptive information on child and spousal support payments and cases... -
Catalogue Entry: Fact Sheet: Prostitution Criminal Law Reform: Bill C-36, the Protection of...
Bill C-36 the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, received Royal Assent on November 6, 2014. Bill C-36 treats prostitution as a form of sexual exploitation that... -
Catalogue Entry: We are Justice
Welcome to We are Justice – a publication that showcases some of the interesting and diverse work of Department of Justice employees. Our Department has close to 5,000 employees... -
Catalogue Entry: Litigation Year in Review 2017
The Litigation Year in Review for 2017 is the second time that the Attorney General of Canada published a report on the litigation decisions and strategies used on behalf of the... -
Catalogue Entry: Department of Justice Annual Reports to Parliament: Access to Information Act
The Access to Information Act (ATIA) was proclaimed into force on July 1, 1983. The Act gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents and any person and corporation present in...