Polity · Beta

A legislative map of Canada.

Polity maps the bills of Canada’s Parliament to the acts they amend, and to the votes, sponsors, committee meetings and defined terms around them. The reports and the browser below are built on that map.

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Built on the map

Custom reports

A report gathers what the map holds on one topic: the bills that touch it, the acts they amend, how the House voted and which committees studied them.

A map from a Polity report on environment bills in the 45th Parliament. Party circles at the top connect to bills grouped by subject, which connect to the acts they amend below. — From the example report: the environment bills of the 45th Parliament by subject, with the parties that voted on them above and the acts they amend below.

See the example: environment bills in the 45th Parliament

The browser

Read a bill beside the act it amends. Each amending clause is matched to the section it changes, and the bill’s sponsor, versions, votes and committee meetings are a click away.

The Polity browser showing Bill C-39 beside the Impact Assessment Act. Clause 36 of the bill, which repeals section 43 of the act, is highlighted next to the full text of that section. — Bill C-39 beside the Impact Assessment Act. Clause 36 of the bill repeals section 43 of the act, and the section it would remove is highlighted beside it.

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Find out more

Write to support@baye.ca for a tour of the map, to request a custom report on any topic, or with any other question.

About the data

Polity is in beta, and the data may be incomplete or out of date. Each bill, act, version and vote links to the original government source, so anything that matters can be checked there.