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- ↑ Government Publications Library Guides Ontario - Statutes
- ↑ "Statutes Revision Act, 1989, SO 1989, c. 81.", Ontario: Annual Statutes collection (at Osgoode Digital Commons website), archived from the original on 2021-06-29, retrieved 2023-02-27
- ↑ "About e-Laws", Ontario e-Laws website, 2022-01-21, archived from the original on 2023-02-27, retrieved 2023-02-27,
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- ↑ The revised statutes of Ontario: Being a consolidation of the public general acts of the Legislature of Ontario, with such of the public general acts of the late province of Canada as relate to matters within the authority of the Legislature of Ontario. Laws, etc. Printed by J. Notman. 1877.
- ↑ The revised statutes of Ontario, 1887.
- ↑ The revised statutes of Ontario, 1897.
- ↑ The revised statutes of Ontario, 1914.
- ↑ "Ontario: Revised Statutes | Vol 1914".
- ↑ The revised statutes of Ontario, 1927.
- ↑ "Ontario: Revised Statutes | Vol 1927".
- ↑ "Ontario: Revised Statutes | Vol 1937".
- ↑ "Ontario: Revised Statutes | Vol 1950".
- ↑ "Ontario: Revised Statutes | Vol 1960".
- ↑ "Ontario: Revised Statutes | Vol 1970".
- ↑ "Ontario: Revised Statutes | Vol 1980".
- ↑ "Ontario: Revised Statutes | Vol 1990".
