Online legal research

Westlaw Canada: Trusted legal content at your fingertips 

Complete online legal research confidently by leveraging award-winning content, essential tools, unmatched editorial enhancements, and world-renowned research support

Unparalleled legal content and essential online research tools

Rely on authoritative content for your legal research

Access the most up-to-date and organized collections of case law, statutes, and regulations, regularly vetted by a team of expert lawyer-editors to ensure they meet rigorous editorial standards. This content includes The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (CED), the Canadian Abridgment, and the Index to Canadian Legal Literature (ICLL).

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Ensure you are citing good law

Quickly verify whether a case, statute, or other legal authority is still good law. KeyCite Canada makes it possible for legal professionals to rely on the most accurate, current information when encountering invalid or overruled points of law.

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Find the information you need faster with Westlaw Canada Search

Deliver the best results quickly and with more confidence with Canada’s most advanced legal search engine. You can use either natural language or Boolean connectors to find the exact content you need using this intuitive and easy-to-use search functionality.

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The value of Westlaw Canada

Improved accuracy in less time

Quickly find the answers you need — grounded in expertly written content — and stop second-guessing your sources, potentially saving hours per week on legal research tasks.

Maintenance of legal knowledge 

Monitor changes to local, provincial, and national law and research the impact of pivotal legislation so you can provide effective counsel to your clients or organization.

World-renowned research support

Keep your legal research tasks on track with Westlaw Canada's industry-leading legal content paired with expert research support, helping you find what you need quickly.