Editorial Policy and Fact-Checking
What counts as a source
We build each guide from primary sources first: the text of a statute or bylaw, a regulation in the Canada Gazette, a government ministry page, or a Statistics Canada or Health Canada publication. We use a secondary source only when no official one exists, and we label it as secondary on the page.
What we do not publish
- Claims we could not confirm on a page we actually read.
- Names of companies, products, advocacy groups or think tanks. We name laws, courts, regulators and official government programs.
- Advice about what an individual should do. We explain rules and point to the official source.
How a fact is verified
Every legal or numeric statement is recorded with its source address, the date we read it and a short supporting quote. A page is not published until each statement on it is marked verified. When we cannot verify something, the page says so.
Review schedule
Prices, taxes, ages, fines and city rules are reviewed every quarter. Other guides are reviewed every six months, and historical pages once a year. The review date appears at the top of every page.
Corrections
If a reader reports an error, we check the cited source, correct the page, and update the review date. Significant corrections are noted at the bottom of the page. Use the contact page to report one.
Independence
Content is not changed in exchange for payment, and no tobacco, vaping or cannabis company has any say in what we write.