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General writing
General dictionaries
The Canadian Oxford Dictionary. — Edited by Katherine Barber. — 2nd ed. — Don Mills (Ont.): Oxford University Press, 2004. — xix, 1830 p. — ISBN 0-19-541816-6
Gage Canadian Dictionary. — Edited by Gaelan Dodds de Wolf et al. — Toronto: Gage Educational Publishing, ©2003. — xxv, 1730 p. — ISBN 0-7715-7399-5
ITP Nelson Canadian Dictionary of the English Language: An Encyclopedic Reference. — Scarborough (Ont.): ITP Nelson, ©1997. — xxxiv, 1694 p. — ISBN 0-17-606591-1
The Penguin Canadian Dictionary. — Edited by Thomas M. Paikeday. — Markham (Ont.): Penguin Books Canada; Copp Clark Pitman, ©1990. — xviii, 852 p. — ISBN 0-7730-5007-8
Style, usage and vocabulary
Buckley, Joanne. — Checkmate: A Writing Reference for Canadians. — 2nd ed. —Scarborough (Ont.): Nelson Education Ltd., ©2008. — ISBN 0-17-610361-9
Fee, Margery; McAlpine, Janice. — Guide to Canadian English Usage. — 2nd ed. — Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2007. — 658 p. — ISBN 0-19-542602-9
Flick, Jane; Millward, Celia. — Handbook for Writers. — 3rd Canadian ed. — Toronto: Harcourt Brace Canada, ©1999. — xiv, 679 p. — ISBN 0-7747-3607-0
Fowler, H. Ramsey; Aaron, Jane E.; McArthur, Murray. — The Little, Brown Handbook. — 5th Canadian ed. — Toronto: Pearson Education Canada, ©2007. — ISBN 0-321-41157-9
The Gregg Reference Manual. — William A. Sabin et al. — 7th Canadian ed. — Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2006. — ISBN 0-07-087737-8
Hacker, Diana. — A Canadian Writer's Reference. — 4th ed. — Scarborough (Ont.): Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. — ISBN 0-312-47283-8
McFarlane, James A.; Clements, Warren. — The Globe and Mail Style Book: A Guide to Language and Usage. — 9th ed. — Toronto: McLelland & Stewart, 2003. — ISBN 0-7710-5685-0
Paperback Oxford Canadian Thesaurus. — Edited by Robert Pontisso et al. – Don Mills (Ont.): Oxford University Press, 2004. — 802 p. — ISBN 0-19-542069-1
Tasko, Patti, editor. — The Canadian Press Stylebook: A Guide for Writers and Editors. — 15th ed. — Toronto: Canadian Press, ©2008. — 492 p. — ISBN 0-920009-42-5
Translation, terminology and editing
Translation
Dubé, Gilberte; Fortin, Eugénie. — Dictionnaire des expressions imagées = Images in Words Dictionary. — Montreal: Stanké, ©1998. — 388 p. — ISBN 2-7604-0599-0
Editing
Editing Canadian English. — Prepared for the Editor's Association of Canada. — 2nd ed., by Catherine Cragg et al. — Toronto: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, ©2000. — xiii, 258 p. — ISBN 1-55199-045-8
