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Access the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of legal information, conforming to rigorous editorial standards.

Improved accuracy in less time

Find the information you need and stop second-guessing your sources, saving hours a week on research tasks.

Make sure you are citing good law

Rely on the most accurate, current information when it comes to invalid or overruled points of law.

Rely on authoritative content

Access the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of legal information, conforming to rigorous editorial standards.

Improved accuracy in less time

Find the information you need and stop second-guessing your sources, saving hours a week on research tasks.

Make sure you are citing good law

Rely on the most accurate, current information when it comes to invalid or overruled points of law.

Essential features included in all plans

Authoritative content on an intuitive platform

Rely on the most up-to-date and organized collections of case law, statutes, rules, and regulations, all maintained by expert legal editors and integrated with the powerful interface of Westlaw Canada. 

Subscribe to the resources most relevant to your practice

Westlaw Canada Source products allow users to subscribe to practice area-specific content in addition to the core subscription. These resources include authoritative, market-leading commentary fully integrated with primary law and innovative workflow tools.

Further customize your plan

Take your research to the next level by adding other secondary sources, including expertly written forms, legal memos, newsletters, journals, Topical Texts and Annotations, and practice tools, all at your fingertips with Westlaw Canada.

Essential features of Westlaw Canada

Primary law sources

The Canadian Abridgment

Quickly find relevant cases on specific legal issues, increasing precision and improving the quality of your case law research.

Legal technology & tools

KeyCite Canada Case and Legislative Citator

Work confidently with the ability to quickly verify whether a case or legislation is still good law without ever having to leave Westlaw.

Human expertise

Lawyer-editors

Research more efficiently and accurately with editorial enhancements created by our bar-admitted lawyer-editor team that analyses, categorises, and summarises the law for you.

“In practice, I use it on a near daily basis whether it is for researching statutes and regulations for various corporate matters or case law research for immigration appeals, refugee hearings or judicial review proceedings. Westlaw is great because there is guidance material available to help develop research skills, better understand search techniques and shortcuts and I personally have found that the more I use it and discuss with other lawyers I am constantly  finding unique uses for the technology.”

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