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APA Style

Your guide to citing and referencing in APA Style (7th edition)

Government Report by Individual Author

Government documents will be written by individual authors, task forces, government agencies or group.

Reference

Author Last Name, Initials, or Government Department or Task Force or Group (Year). Title of report in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle (Report number if applicable). Publisher. Hyperlinked URL

Williams, D. (2016). Vaccines: The best medicine 2014 report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Queen's Printer for Ontario. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/common/ministry/publications/reports/ cmoh_14_vaccines/docs/cmoh_14_vaccines.pdf

In-text Citation

(Author Last Name, Government Department, Task Force or Group, Year, p. #).

(Williams, 2016, p. 6). 

Report by Government Ministry

Reference

Author Last Name, Initials, or Government Department or Task Force or Group (Year). Title of report in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle (Report number if applicable). Publisher. Hyperlinked URL

Ministry of Health. (2020, June 4). Roadmap to wellness: A plan to build Ontario’s mental health and addictions system. Queen's Printer for Ontario. https://www.ontario.ca/page/roadmap-wellness-plan-build-ontarios-mental-health-and-addictions-system

In-text Citation

(Name of Ministry, Year, para. #).

(Ministry of Health, 2020, para. 5). 

Debates

Reference

Speaker Last Name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). "Title of Debate." Location of debate. Source of debate transcript, volume(issue). Session information. Retrieved from URL.

Lauzon, S. (2015, December 7). "International Day of Persons with Disabilities." Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Edited Hansard, 148(3). 42nd Parliament, 1st session. http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=42&Ses=1&DocId=8062561 

In-text Citation

(Speaker Last Name, Year).

(Lauzon, 2015). 
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