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Constitution Act, 1982.
Date of text: 17 April 1982

Policies

Commercial fisheries licensing policy for Eastern Canada.
Date of text: 30 January 2024
Canada’s 2030 Nature Strategy.
Date of text: 2024
Pan-Canadian Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Date of text: 2023
Québec: Plan Stratégique 2023-2027 du Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation.
Date of text: 2023
Manitoba: Manitoba’s Water Management Strategy.
Date of text: 01 September 2022

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Farm Income Protection Act (S.C. 1991, c. 22).
Date of original text: 1991 (01 March 2013)
Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act (S.C. 2011, c. 25).
Date of original text: 15 December 2011 (01 August 2012)
Canada Fund for Africa Act (S.C. 2002, c. 9, s. 45).
Date of text: 12 April 2002
Agricultural Employees Protection Act, 2002 (S.O. 2002, c. 16).
Date of original text: 2002 (03 April 2019)
Farm Debt Mediation Act (S.C. 1997, c. 21).
Date of original text: 13 March 1998 (17 December 2016)

Climate change

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (S.C. 2021, c. 22).
Date of text: 29 June 2021
Net-zero Carbon Act, RSPEI 1988, c N-3.01.
Date of text: 2020
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 186)
Date of original text: 21 June 2018 (01 January 2020)
Output-Based Pricing System Registration and Opt-in Regulations, NS Reg 32/2023.
Date of text: 01 January 2023
Part 1 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act Regulations (Alberta)
Date of text: 01 January 2020

Cultivated plants

Pest Control Products Act (S.C. 2002, c. 28).
Date of original text: 12 December 2002 (14 January 2023)
Plant Protection Act (S.C. 1990, c. 22).
Date of original text: 19 June 1990 (27 February 2015)
Plant Breeders' Rights Act (S.C. 1990, c. 20).
Date of original text: 19 June 1990 (27 February 2015)
Fertilizers Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-10).
Date of original text: 1985 (15 January 2019)
Seeds Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. S-8).
Date of original text: 1985 (27 February 2015)

Disaster risk management

COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2.
Date of text: 11 April 2020
COVID-19 Emergency Response Act.
Date of text: 25 March 2020
Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act (S.C. 2020, c. 5, s. 8)
Date of text: 25 March 2020
Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act (S.C. 2015, c. 4, s. 120).
Date of original text: 26 February 2015 (01 January 2017)
Emergency Management Act (S.C. 2007, c. 15).
Date of original text: 22 June 2007 (03 August 2007)

Environment

Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33).
Date of original text: 14 September 1999 (22 June 2023)
Impact Assessment Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1).
Date of text: 28 August 2019
An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2019, c. 28).
Date of text: 21 June 2019
Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (S.C. 2010, c. 21).
Date of original text: 15 December 2010 (01 July 2020)
Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act (S.C. 2023, c. 12).
Date of text: 13 June 2023

Fisheries

Fisheries Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14).
Date of original text: 1985 (28 August 2019)
Coastal Fisheries Protection Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-33).
Date of original text: 1985 (16 June 2019)
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act (S.C. 2008, c. 32).
Date of original text: 26 June 2008 (03 April 2009)
Atlantic Fisheries Restructuring Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. A-14).
Date of original text: 1985 (26 February 2015)
Fisheries Development Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-21).
Date of text: 1985

Food and nutrition

Safe Food for Canadians Act (S.C. 2012, c. 24).
Date of original text: 2012 (14 January 2023)
Food and Drugs Act (R.S. 1985, c. F-27).
Date of original text: 1985 (22 December 2023)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-26)
Date of text: 1985
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (S.C. 1997, c. 6).
Date of original text: 20 March 1997 (17 June 2019)
Marketing Authorization to Permit a Lower Calcium Threshold for Exemptions from the Requirement for Prepackaged Products to Carry a Nutrition Symbol in the Case of Cheese, Yogurt, Kefir and Buttermilk (SOR/2024-89).
Date of original text: 10 September 2018 (17 June 2019)

Forestry

Forestry Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-30).
Date of text: 1985
Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 (S.C. 2006, c. 13).
Date of original text: 14 December 2006 (17 June 2016)
Timber Marking Act (R.S. 1985, c. T-11).
Date of text: 1985
Timber Royalty Adjustment Regulation – Private Woodlot Sustainability Act (NB Reg 2023-38).
Date of original text: 29 June 2023 (28 March 2024)
Forest Products Marketing Boards – Natural Products Act (NB Reg 2020-49).
Date of text: 19 August 2020

Gender

New Brunswick Women's Council Act (RSNB 2016, c 33).
Date of original text: 08 July 2016 (20 December 2019)
Marital Property Act (RSNB 2012, c 107)
Date of original text: 03 December 2012 (16 June 2023)
Canadian Human Rights Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-6)
Date of original text: 1985 (15 July 2019)
New Brunswick: Women’s Institute and Institut féminin Act (RSNB 2014, c 136).
Date of original text: 30 December 2014 (29 March 2019)
Newfoundland and Labrador: Status of Women Advisory Council Act, RSNL 1990, c S-25.
Date of original text: 1980 (2019)

Indigenous peoples

Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act (S.C .1986, c. 27).
Date of original text: 17 June 1986 (27 April 2015)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act S.C. 2021, c. 14.
Date of text: 21 June 2021
Addition of Lands to Reserves and Reserve Creation Act
Date of text: 27 August 2019
Department of Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act (S.C. 2019, c. 29, s. 337)
Date of text: 15 July 2019
Department of Indigenous Services Act (S.C. 2019, c. 29, s. 336)
Date of text: 21 June 2019

Land and soil

Northwest Territories Act (S.C. 2014, c. 2, s. 2).
Date of original text: 25 March 2014 (16 December 2014)
First Nations Land Management Act (S.C. 1999, c. 24).
Date of original text: 17 June 1999 (15 July 2019)
Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act (S.C. 1994, c. 34).
Date of original text: 1994 (27 April 2015)
Indian Lands Agreement (1986) Act (S.C. 1988, c. 39).
Date of text: 28 July 1988
Territorial Lands Act (R.S. 1985, c. T-7).
Date of original text: 1985 (01 April 2014)

Livestock

Animal Protection Act (Chapter 21 of 2018).
Date of text: 2018
Health of Animals Act (S.C. 1990, c. 21).
Date of original text: 13 June 1990 (15 January 2019)
Feeds Act, R.S.C. (R.S.1985, c. F-9).
Date of original text: 1985 (17 June 2024)
Food and Drugs Act (R.S. 1985, c. F-27).
Date of original text: 1985 (22 December 2023)
Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870).
Date of original text: 1978 (17 June 2024)

Sea

Canada Marine Act (S.C. 1998, c. 10).
Date of original text: 11 June 1998 (10 September 2020)
Oceans Act (S.C. 1996, c. 31).
Date of original text: 18 December 1996 (30 July 2019)
Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act (BILL C-64, S.C. 2019, c. 1).
Date of original text: 2019 (28 February 2019)
Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act (S.C. 2002, c. 18).
Date of original text: 23 June 2015 (28 August 2019)
Canadian High Arctic Research Station Act (S.C. 2014, c. 39, s. 145).
Date of original text: 16 December 2014 (21 June 2018)

Social protection

Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act (S.C. 2020, c. 5, s. 8)
Date of text: 25 March 2020
Agricultural Employees Protection Act, 2002 (S.O. 2002, c. 16).
Date of original text: 2002 (03 April 2019)
Canada Health Care, Early Childhood Development and Other Social Services Funding Act (S.C. 2000, c. 35)
Date of text: 20 October 2000
Employment Insurance Act (S.C. 1996, c. 23)
Date of original text: 1996 (16 April 2020)
Ministerial Order 2020-15 on Community and Social Services
Date of text: 14 April 2020

Water

Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act (S.C. 2002, c. 10).
Date of original text: 30 April 2002 (28 August 2019)
Canada Water Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-11).
Date of original text: 1985 (01 April 2014)
Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund Act (S.C. 2002, c. 9, s. 47).
Date of text: 27 March 2002
Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (S.C. 1998, c. 25).
Date of original text: 18 June 1998 (12 December 2017)
York Factory First Nation Flooded Land Act (S.C .1997, c. 28)
Date of text: 25 April 1997

Wild species and ecosystems

Species at Risk Act (S.C. 2002, c. 29).
Date of original text: 12 December 2002 (03 February 2017)
Canada National Parks Act (S.C. 2000, c. 32).
Date of original text: 20 October 2000 (25 November 2022)
Canada Wildlife Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. W-9).
Date of original text: 1985 (12 December 2017)
Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (S.C. 1992, c. 52).
Date of original text: 17 December 1992 (12 July 2017)
Alberta Natural Resources Act (S.C. 1930, c. 3).
Date of text: 1930

Miscellaneous

Canadian Energy Regulator Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 10).
Date of original text: 28 August 2019 (23 June 2022)
Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act (S.C. 2013, c. 14, s. 2).
Date of original text: 19 June 2013 (09 July 2015)
First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act (S.C. 2005, c. 48).
Date of original text: 2005 (20 March 2014)
Canada Cooperatives Act (S.C. 1998, c. 1).
Date of original text: 31 March 1998 (01 May 2018)
Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act (S.C. 1994, c. 35).
Date of original text: 1994 (27 April 2015)

International Agreements

Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean.
Date of text: 03 October 2018
An Act to implement the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership between Canada, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam” (BILL C-79).
Date of original text: 2018 (25 October 2018)
Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
Date of text: 13 November 2013

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