Co-operative Legislation

Saskatchewan is currently the only province with specific legislation enabling new generation co-operatives. For information about NGC legislation in other jurisdictions please refer to the relevant provincial co-operative legislation.

For more detailed discussion of NGC legislation please consult relevant chapters in New Generation Co-operatives: Resource Materials for Business Development Professionals and Agricultural Producers, and The NGC Development Guide. And the forthcoming Centre for the Study of Co-operatives publication, A Comparison of New Generation Co-operative Legislation in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

Canada
**Please note that electronic versions are not considered official and may not contain the most current amendments. Please refer to the main information pages of each site to locate other relevant statutes and regulations online.

Canadian Co-operatives Act - Canada

 

Co-operative Associations Act - Alberta (a new co-operatives act should be in effect in Spring of 2002)
Co-operative Associations Act - British Columbia
The Cooperatives Act - Manitoba
Co-operative Associations Act - New Brunswick
Co-operatives Act - Newfoundland
Co-operative Associations - Northwest Territories
Co-operative Associations Act - Nova Scotia
Co-operative Corporations Act - Ontario
Co-operative Associations Act - Prince Edward Island
Co-operative Associations Act - Saskatchewan
New Generation Co-operatives Act - Saskatchewan
Cooperatives Act - Quebec [in English]
Co-operative Associations Act - Yukon Territory

For legislative information for Nunavut please visit their web site.

International

COPAC - an international listing of co-operative legislation

ILO database NATLEX - a database of national labour law. NATLEX is a bibliographic database that contains information on national laws on labour, social security and related human rights. It is the only legislative database in the labour field that endeavours to cover as many legal systems as possible throughout the world.