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🇨🇦 CanLII ~ Canadian case law & legislation API

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Non-profit legal library; the free HTTPS API returns metadata for court/tribunal decisions and statutes across every Canadian jurisdiction once you request a key via the feedback form.

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# CanLII ~ Canadian case law & legislation API needs an API key ~ get yours at:
# https://github.com/canlii/API_documentation/blob/master/EN.md
curl 'https://api.canlii.org/v1' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'

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API: CanLII ~ Canadian case law & legislation API
Provider: Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
Auth: requires an API key (sign up: https://github.com/canlii/API_documentation/blob/master/EN.md)
Pricing: free
Base URL: https://api.canlii.org/v1
Important note: Non-profit legal library; the free HTTPS API returns metadata for court/tribunal decisions and statutes across every Canadian jurisdiction once you request a key via the feedback form.

Source: Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) (https://github.com/canlii/API_documentation/blob/master/EN.md)
Source type: Official open-data catalogue
Endpoint type: Open-data catalogue JSON
Integration difficulty: Needs API key
Last checked: 2026-07-05
Production caveat: Keep credentials server-side and confirm current limits, pricing, and webhook/error behaviour in the provider docs.

Help me set up the correct onboarding/authentication path and make the first valid request ~ explain exactly where credentials go and what must happen before production.

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