Template:Cite canlaw

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This citation template is for use in citing Canadian federal and provincial laws and regulations in a uniform manner. It is based on the format used at Queen's University at Kingston, found here.

Please note: use of this template is not required by policy, MOS, CITE, or any other policies and guidelines. It just keeps things tidy and uniform.

Syntax

{{Cite canlaw
|short title  =
|abbr         =
|year         =
|chapter      =
|section      =
|subsection   =
|part         =
|division     =
|subdivision  =
|schedule     =
|link         =
|linkloc      =
|wikilink     =
|type         =
|amended1     =
|amended2     =
|amended3     =
|amended4     =
|amended5     =
|regtitle     =
|regnumber    =
}}

or

{{Cite canlaw|short title  =|abbr =|year =|chapter =|section =|subsection =|part =|division =|subdivision =|schedule =|link =|linkloc =|wikilink =|type =|amended1 =|amended2=|amended3 =|amended4 =|amended5 =|regtitle =|regnumber =}}

Usage

Parameter	Mandatory	Description	Input	Result
short title	yes	The short title of the Act	Employment Standards Act	Employment Standards Act Will be linked, subject to wikilink and/or link parameters.
abbr	yes	The abbreviation of the record in which the statute was published.	S.O.	S.O. S.C. and R.S.C. will automatically be linked to Statutes of Canada; all other inputs will render as plaintext (until we have articles for them...)
year	yes	Year of publication in the above record.	2000	2000
chapter	yes	Chapter name or number in the record.	41	chap. 41
section	no	Section of chapter	8	section 8
subsection	no	Subsection of above section	3	sub. 3
part	no	Part of Act	IV	Part IV
division	no	Division within Part	III	Div. III
subdivision	no	Subdivision within Division	H	Subdiv. H
schedule	no	Schedule to Act		Sch.
link	yes	Full link to website of statute. Please be specific.	http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_00e41_e.htm#s8s3	Will be linked from the title of the act, or separately at the end of the citation if there is a valid wikilink for the act.
linkloc	yes if wikilink is provided	Name of website where text is sourced	ServiceOntario	at ServiceOntario Appended to the end of the citation if a valid wikilink is provided only.
wikilink	no	Bare wikilink to enwiki article about the act	Employment Standards Act	Employment Standards Act
type	no	Determines whether this is a statute or a regulation.	reg	Switches template to shorter version for citing regulations. If this variable is used, only the regtitle, regnumber, wikilink, link* and linkloc parameters need be used.*
amended1	no	Displays information about amendments to the original statute.	S.O. 2009, c. 9, s. 1	as amended by S.O. 2009, c. 9, s. 1 Note that the full volume, year, chapter, section information needs to be included as plaintext, because I wasn't up to coding all that.
amended2	no	Displays information about further amendments to the original statute.	S.O. 2017, c. 4, s. 42	and S.O. 2017, c. 4, s. 42
amended3	no	as above	as above	as above
amended4	no	as above	as above	as above
amended5	no	as above	as above	as above
regtitle	no unless citing a regulation as opposed to statute	Title of the regulation	Canadian Aviation Regulations	Canadian Aviation Regulations Will be linked, subject to wikilink and/or link parameters.
regnumber	no unless citing a regulation as opposed to statute	Number of the regulation	SOR/96-433	SOR/96-433

Examples

Statute

{{Cite canlaw
|short title  = Employment Standards Act
|abbr         = S.O.
|year         = 2000
|chapter      = 41
|section      = 8
|subsection   = 3
|wikilink     = Employment Standards Act
|link         = http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_00e41_e.htm#s8s3
|linkloc      = ServiceOntario
|amended1     = S.O. 2009, c. 9, s. 1
}}

Gives: Employment Standards Act, S.O. 2000, c. 41, s. 8(3), as amended by S.O. 2009, c. 9, s. 1

Regulation

{{Cite canlaw
|link         = http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/regu/sor-96-433/latest/sor-96-433.html
|linkloc      = CanLII
|wikilink     = Canadian Aviation Regulations
|type         = reg
|regtitle     = Canadian Aviation Regulations
|regnumber    = SOR/96-433
}}

Gives: Canadian Aviation Regulations, SOR/96-433 (Canadian Aviation Regulations at CanLII)