The British North America Legislative Database includes characteristics of all the legislation passed by the pre-Confederation assemblies of eastern British North America.

This database is hosted by the Atlantic Canada Studies Centre and the Centre for Digital Scholarship, both located at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Funding for this project was made possible by Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies held by Elizabeth Mancke (2012-2019).

Available acts:
This content is available for viewing in its entirety. In some cases, it has not had "concepts" tags added and/or been edited.

  • Cape Breton (1785-1820)
  • Lower Canada (1792-1838)
  • New Brunswick (1786-1867)
  • Newfoundland (1833 -1867)
  • Nova Scotia (1758-1867) from 1758 to 1825**
  • Upper Canada (1792-1840)
  • United Canadas (1841-1867) from 1841 to 1856

**The years 1778-1782 & 1793-1804 were drawn from Uniacke's 1805 "Statutes at Large passed in the several General Assemblies held in His Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia," and in many cases consist of a title without the complete act.

Not completed: Prince Edward Island

 

PLEASE NOTE: This site is no longer under active construction, and legislative acts are no longer being added.