The ease of finding a federal order in council depends greatly on when it was published.
The easiest way to get a federal OIC is through the Orders in Council online database which is a searchable database of orders in council from 1990 on. If the full text of an order listed in the database is not available, you can email the OIC Division to ask for a copy.
Orders in Council made between 1867 and 1924 can be found on the Orders in Council Research Tool through Library and Archives Canada.
Orders made between 1924 and 1990 are more challenging. Some, but not all, orders in council have been published in the Canada Gazette. Selected orders in council were published in the annual Statutes of Canada between 1872 and 1939.
You can contact Library and Archives Canada to request a copy of an Order in Council. However it can take a while to get an order retrieved this way and there will be a charge for this service.
Note that not all orders in council will be available, since some of them are not be made public if they pertain “to national security or military operations or those containing personal or commercially-sensitive information.”
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