Political Science: Canada: Home
Political News Resources
For Canadian politcal news and election coverage. Also try the newspaper databases linked on this page, in the middle column.
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Hill Times and EmbassyWeekly Ottawa-based newspaper. Covers federal government and federal politics. An important source for political news, public policy briefings, feature stories, surveys, opinion columns and political analysis. Embassy covers foreign relations and international affairs.
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Politics - CBCRead the latest political news from the CBC
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The House - CBCCBC Federal political affairs program
News and Polls
Political coverage in the Canadian media, including the Federal Election on Oct 19, 2015
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CBC News- PoliticsFor election coverage form the CBC
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CTV News _ PoliticsFor the latest election news for CTV
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Ipsos News & PollsFor polls on the Canadian election
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CCPA 2015 Federal Election AnalysisFor analysis of the issues from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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2015 Federal Election Poll tracker - CBCFor the latest polls from the CBC
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2015 Federal Election coverage - Global NewsFor Election news highlights
Political Parties
NL Economic Upates
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City of St. John'sEconomic Outlook for 2015
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St. John's Economic Update October 2015Monthly updates created by the City of St. John's
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RBC Provincial OutlookRBC Reports on the economic outlook across Canada
Overview of Canada by Europa World Plus
Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.
Economist Intelligence Unit
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EIU.comIncludes Country Reports and Views Wire, from the Economist.
Find articles using Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Article search: CBCA Complete
OneSearch
Newspaper Databases
If you are searching for a database of international newspapers, try Factiva. If you are looking for newspapers from Atlantic Canada including Newfoundland and Labrador, use Eureka.
Governments Documents Online
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Provincial and Territorial GovernmentsLinks to all Provincial and Territorial government websites
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Documents on Canadian External RelationsVol. 12 (1946) to Vol. 29 (1962-63) online.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
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Historica Canada-PoliticsA guide to the significant events, issues, institutions, people and places that have shaped Canadian life from earliest times to the late twentieth century.
Find background information on your topic.
Some of the sources listed below are online, and others in print. Browse JL in the Reference area on the 2nd floor of the library to find more reference books about Canadian Politics.
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Oxford Handbook of Canadian PoliticsPrint editon JL 15 O94 2010
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SAGE KnowledgePolitics -online encyclopedias
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Credo Reference570 reference titles - Covers a broad range of subjects from 79 of the world's best reference publishers.
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International Studies EncyclopediaThis Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive source of its kind in the area of International Studies and International Relations. It is available in a paper version and an online version (see next link).
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Reference UniverseContains over 35 million data elements to over 45,000 specialized reference works.
Federal Elections
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Elections CanadaFor questions about the Federal election
Voter information, find a riding, and more
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FAQ for ElectionsFor information about registration, voting, voter ID and more
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Find your Electoral DistrictFor locating any riding in the country
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Find a Riding - CBCSearch the interactive map for any riding. Also included a map of the 2011 election results
Past election results
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Elections 1867-2011Election results by party from 1867-2011. Click on specific election link (ex: 41st General Election) to find more details about that election (election results, MPs, etc)
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History of Federal Ridings since 1867For the history of every riding in Canada
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Canadian Elections - Andrew Heard (SFU)Election statistics from 1867- the present. Created by Andrew Heard, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Simon Fraser University
Data and Statistics
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Canadian StatisticsCanadian Census, National Household surveys, Socio-economic data and more.
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Opinion PollsPolling surveys from Ipsos, Gallup and more
Conference Board Research
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Conference Board of Canada e-LibraryAccess to research reports, case studies, detailed findings, periodicals, conference presentations, and other publications researched and published by the Conference Board of Canada.
Policy Making In Canada
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Canadian Government Policy CycleA detailed summary of the Federal Government policy cycle. From MacOdrum Library, Carleton.
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Compendium of ProcedureThe Compendium is a collection of articles on specialized procedural topics in the House of Commons. It is designed to help those who need to better understand the workings of the House of Commons and its committees.
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The Policy Cycle-Government of NLA graphic that depicts the general order of stages in which policy development and implementation occurs.
How Bills Become Law
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How a Bill becomes a LawA step-by-step guide outlining the Federal legislative process. From McGill University Library.
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Guide to Making Federal Acts and RegulationsThe Guide describes the steps to be followed to transform policy into Federal Acts and regulations, which are forms of written law generally referred to as "legislation." It also outlines the roles of the participants in this process.
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Mapping PoliticsMapping Politics is an annual peer-reviewed journal produced by students in the Political Science department at Memorial University.
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