CanLII

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CanLII

Summary

CanLII is a website[1]. CanLII ranks in the top 8% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • CanLII was a member of Free Access to Law Movement[3].
  • CanLII is in the country of Canada[4].
  • CanLII's instance of is recorded as website[5].
  • CanLII's instance of is recorded as legal information system[6].
  • CanLII's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[7].
  • CanLII's instance of is recorded as bibliographic index[8].
  • CanLII's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134805460[9].
  • CanLII's child organization or unit is recorded as LexUM[10].
  • +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of CanLII[11].
  • CanLII's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3x66h[12].
  • CanLII's parent organization or unit is recorded as Federation of Law Societies of Canada[13].
  • CanLII's official website is recorded as https://www.canlii.org/en/[14].
  • CanLII's official website is recorded as https://www.canlii.org/fr/[15].
  • CanLII's web feed URL is recorded as https://www.canlii.org/en/rss.html[16].
  • CanLII's web feed URL is recorded as https://www.canlii.org/fr/rss.html[17].
  • CanLII's official blog URL is recorded as https://blog.canlii.org/[18].
  • CanLII's official blog URL is recorded as https://blogue.canlii.org/[19].
  • CanLII's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6749[20].
  • CanLII's X is recorded as canlii[21].
  • CanLII's Instagram username is recorded as canlii_legal[22].
  • CanLII's Facebook username is recorded as CanLII.org[23].
  • CanLII's GitHub account is recorded as canlii[24].
  • CanLII's LinkedIn company or organization ID is recorded as canadian-legal-information-institute[25].
  • CanLII's API endpoint URL is recorded as https://api.canlii.org/v1/[26].
  • CanLII's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987011050434005171[27].

Body

Founding

+2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of CanLII[11].

Operations

CanLII's parent organization or unit is recorded as Federation of Law Societies of Canada[13]. CanLII's child organization or unit is recorded as LexUM[10].

Why It Matters

CanLII ranks in the top 8% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2] CanLII is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . canlii.org. Retrieved . canlii.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . blog.canlii.org. Retrieved . blog.canlii.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . blog.canlii.org. Retrieved . blog.canlii.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . blog.canlii.org. Retrieved . blog.canlii.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . blog.canlii.org. Retrieved . blog.canlii.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . canlii.org. Retrieved . canlii.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . blog.canlii.org. Retrieved . blog.canlii.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . flsc.ca. Retrieved . flsc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . X. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Instagram. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Facebook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q364. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . LinkedIn. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q364. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_canlii_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{CanLII}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/canlii}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-05}}
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