Primary document · Text
Indian Act: current consolidated legislation
The Justice Laws page provides the consolidated Indian Act with full HTML, XML and PDF options and previous versions. Read its stated currency date before using it in a lesson or legal-history comparison.
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- Publisher / custodian
- Department of Justice Canada
- Source date
- R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5; current to 2026-09-21; last amended 2019-08-15
- Source type
- Primary document
- Format
- Text
- Regions
- Canada, Saskatchewan
- Peoples / communities
- First Nations covered by the Act
Read with context
Consolidation is time-sensitive. Notes identify coming-into-force issues and provisions not in force; a library summary is not legal advice or proof of a person's rights.
Questions to investigate
- Find the page's currency and last-amendment dates.
- Compare how a selected topic is treated in this consolidation and the 1876 Act.
Access and reuse
- Access
- link-only
- Rights / reuse
- External link only in this collection. No reuse permission is granted by this record; check publisher terms before copying or hosting source material. Publisher rights information ↗
- Record checked
- 2026-09-30
Opened Justice Laws page; currency is explicitly 2026-09-21 and last amendment 2019-08-15; document formats and previous versions are linked.
Copy-ready citation
Department of Justice Canada. Indian Act: current consolidated legislation. R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5; current to 2026-09-21; last amended 2019-08-15. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-5/. Record checked 2026-09-30.
Saskatchewan curriculum
These are suggested teaching connections. They do not establish full outcome coverage or Ministry approval. Review the official outcome, indicators and learner task.
Suggested connection · teacher review
HC7
Examine the Indian Act, including its amendments, and explore the effects it has on the lives of First Nations.
Locate provisions in the checked consolidation and compare editions before drawing conclusions about changes. A related statute does not itself explain all lived effects.
Candidate indicator: 1: Identify the elements/big ideas of the Indian Act, including its amendments.
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