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Canlii MCP

alhwyn/canlii-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to the CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute) API. This server allows AI assistants to search and retrieve Canadian legal information including court decisions, legislation, and legal citations.

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Install

npx mcp-remote http://localhost:8787/sse

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canlii": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "http://localhost:8787/sse"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

CANLII_API
Author
@alhwyn
Category
Research & Data, Legal & Compliance
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Tools (7)

  • get_courts_and_tribunals

    Retrieves a list of available courts and tribunals databases.

  • get_legislation_databases

    Gets available legislation databases (statutes, regulations, etc.).

  • browse_legislation

    Browse legislation within a specific database.

  • get_legislation_regulation_metadata

    Get detailed metadata for a specific piece of legislation.

  • get_case_law_decisions

    Retrieve case law decisions from a specific database.

  • get_case_metadata

    Get detailed metadata for a specific court case.

  • get_case_citator

    Get citation information for cases (what cases cite this case, what this case cites, etc.).

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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