Note: Because the Publication Manual of the APA does not actually provide instructions for citing Canadian government documents, the formats below are only suggestions. Please check with your instructor to see if he or she has any particular instructions for citing government documents.
If an online government document has a personal author, then the publishing entity is indicated by the name of the website from which the document was retrieved. Any additional identifying information, such as a report number or catalogue number, goes in parentheses after the title.>
Template
Author, A. A. (Date). Title of government document (Report No. xxx). Retrieved from Agency Name website: http://...
Example:
Nagorsen, D. W. (1995, March). Status of the western harvest mouse in British Columbia (Wildlife Working Report No. WR-71). Retrieved from British Columbia Ministry of the Environment website: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/statusrpts/wr71.pdf
If a government document has a corporate author, then that entity is assumed to be the publisher and the name of the website is omitted.
Template
Corporate Author. (Date). Title of government document (Report No. xxx). Retrieved from http://...
Example:
British Columbia Ministry of Housing and Social Development. (2010). Disability assistance and trusts. Retrieved from http://www.hsd.gov.bc.ca/publicat/pdf/DisabilitiesTrusts.pdf