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Parliamentary Proceedings and Sessional Papers, 1841-1970, Washington, D.C.: United States Historical Documents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
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Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North American Provinces 8 Parl. 3 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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