This example is an adaptation of Documenting Legal Works in MLA Style. MLA Style does not have guidelines on citing Canadian legal sources; the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (10th ed.), commonly known as "The McGill Guide," is technically the Canadian standard. 

Location: KF 259 C212 2023 (Reserve & Main Collection)

Common abbreviations: 

• RSA = Revised Statutes of Alberta
• RSC = Revised Statutes of Canada
• SC = Statutes of Canada
• c = Chapter
• s = Section

Citation Recipe

1. Author.    Government of Canada.
2. Title of source.     Access to Information Act.
3. Title of container,     
4. Other contributors,    
5. Version,     RSC 1985 
6. Number,     c A-1
7. Publishers,  
8. Publication date,     
9. Location.     

Container 2 (in this case the website the legislation was retrieved from):

1. Title of container,    Justice Laws Website,
2. Other contributors,    
3. Version,
4. Number,
5. Publishers, 
6. Publication date,       25 June 2025,
7. Location.     laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-1/index.html

Example (MLA Adaptation)

(Government of Canada  s. 36)

Government of Canada. Access to Information Act. RSC 1985, c A-1. Justice Laws Website, 25 June 2025, laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-1/index.html

Tips

See Building a Works Cited Entry for more information on how to format each part of the citation.

If an element is not present (e.g., other contributors), leave it out.

When providing a URL, the link should be live (clickable). You can usually omit the "https://" protocol, unless omitting the protocol breaks the link (5.95).