Acts and Regulations

What are we doing?

As a department, Justice Canada is responsible for the following:

• List of Acts and Regulations
• Forward Regulatory Plan
• Information on Regulations
• Departmental Action to respond to the Red Tape Reduction Commission's Recommendations Report: Guide to fostering the readability of legislative texts
• Regulatory Stock Review Plan
• Reducing Red Tape: Department of Justice Canada Progress Report (September 2025)

All of the government's Acts and Regulations can be found on the Justice Canada Laws website.

For more information

• Government-Wide Forward Regulatory Plans
• The Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Management
• Red Tape Review
• The Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council

To learn about upcoming or ongoing consultations on proposed federal regulations, visit the Canada Gazette and Consulting with Canadians websites.