Canadian depository libraries

Full depository status is granted to Canadian libraries that are nominated and approved by a Committee consisting of representatives of the National Library of Canada and the Depository Services Program. This status is granted as either English, French or bilingual, depending on the clientele of the library in question. Full Depository Libraries automatically receive a shipment of all publications listed for distribution by the Program in the Weekly Checklist of Canadian government publications for that week. There are forty-eight full depositories in Canada and one each in England, Germany, Japan and the United States.

All other depositories have the status of selective depository. Selective depository libraries use the Weekly Checklist to choose those items they are entitled to order. Selective depository status is granted to Canadian public libraries and libraries of Canadian educational institutions which are open to the general public or clientele at least twenty hours per week and have at least one full-time employee.

See: http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Depo/table-e.html.