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The J.N. Desmarais Library is a full depository library for the Government of Canada. Our collection of government documents is the largest in Northern Ontario. Search the library's catalogue for documents in print or electronic format.

We have the following print collections.

  1. Federal Government 
  2. Provincial  Governments
  3. International Governments
  4. International Organizations

Also, please visit the Government of Canada Publications website as most documents are only available online.

 

 

 

Did you know....

In February 2012, the long awaited report of the Commission of the Reform of Ontario's Public Services entitled "PUBLIC SERVICES FOR ONTARIANS: A PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY AND EXCELLENCE" was released. It is also called the "Drummond Report", after the Chair of the Commission, Don Drummond. 

 

Government Information Librarian

Sylvie Lafortune, MA, MLIS

Email: slafortune@laurentian.ca

or reference@laurentian.ca

Tel. : 705-675-1151 ext. 3330

Need help?

I am available for research consultations throughout the academic year.

 

City of Greater Sudbury

Greater City of Sudbury's Official Website


 

 

 

 

 

Maps

Maps of the City of Greater Sudbury

City of Greater Sudbury

Core:

Downtown Lockerby
Flour Mill - Donovan Minnow Lake
Gatchell - Westend New Sudbury

Outlying communities:

Azilda Dowling Naughton
Bowlands Bay -  Skead Falconbridge Onaping Levack
Capreol Garson Val Caron - Blezard Valley
Chelmsford Hanmer Val Therese
Coniston Lively Mikkola Wahnapitae
Copper Cliff McCrea Heights Whitefish

 

Electoral Districts 

Sudbury

Nickel Belt

Ward Boundaries

General Information

  1. Key Facts
  2. Pearson, David A.B. and J. Roger Pitblado. (1995). Geological and Geographic Setting. In J. M. Gunn (Ed.), Restoration and Recovery of an Industrial Region. (pp. 5-15). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
  3. Greater Sudbury on Wikipedia

 

Municipal Elections

Greater Sudbury Election Information

2010 Election Results

 

Greater Sudbury Statistics

    

 
 

Ontario

Government Websites

Official Government Web site

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Ontario Statutes and Regulations

About Ontario

Ontario Municipalities (produced and maintained by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario)

The Ontario Gazette

Our Ontario Government Documents

 

 

Aboriginals in Ontario

Ontario Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs 

All Aboriginal Communities in Ontario

 

How Bills become law

Flowchart style diagrams of the legislative process for each type of Bill. 

Acts and Regulations - when they come into force  

 

Finding CODOC Call Numbers

How to Find CODOC Call Numbers

  • CODOC is used to classify many of the print government publications. The call numbers are a combination of letters and numbers and are arranged on the shelves alphabetically by issuing country.

  • The Government Publications collection is located on the 3rd floor. Note that the collection is split in 2 sections: REFDOC and DOC.

  • The REFDOC collection covers mainly parliamentary publications (eg. Statutes of Canada, Senate and House of Commons, Canada Gazette, etc.) and material from Statistics Canada.

  • The DOC collection includes departmental publications of federal, provincial and international governments.

  • Publications with CODOC call numbers are listed in the Catalogue. It is important to note the EXACT call number including all spaces.

 

Reading CODOC Call Numbers

Spaces in CODOC call numbers are used to indicate the end of each line in the call number.

For example, CA2ON H90 99S21 will appear on the publication as shown below:

CA2ON

CA - identifies the country (Canada);

2 - identifies the government level within the country (provincial);

ON - identifies the province (Ontario)
H90

H - identifies the department (Ministry of Health);

90 - identifies the branch (Substance Abuse Bureau)
99S21

99 - identifies the year of the publication (1999);

S21 - unique document identifier

 

*** Important Additional Information***

After 1999, the date field changed to 4 digits: i.e CA1 HW245 2000P23 where 2000 identifies the year of pulication

REFDOC documents are indicated by Ref.Doc. at the end of the call number - in a few cases it may only be indicated in the Copy Location information of the Catalogue record Government documents (Ref. ) (3rd floor)

CODOC call numbers are devised according to the following codes:

Country Code:

CA - Canada 
 
Codes for Level of Government:
 
1 - Federal
2 - Province/Territory
3 - Region/County
4 - Municipal 
 
Provincial Codes for Canada:
 
AL - Alberta
BC - British Columbia
MA - Manitoba
NB - New Brunswick
NF - Newfoundland
NT - Northwest Territories
NV - Nova Scotia
ON - Ontario
PE - Prince Edward Island
PQ - Quebec
SA - Saskatchewan
YU - Yukon Territory