British Columbia Archives
The central archives service for the government of British Columbia.
Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet
The purpose of this site is to provide a comprehensive list of links to Canadian archives and associated resources on the Internet. These include links to individual repositories, multi-repository databases, archival listservs, archival associations, educational opportunities, and other related sites.
Canadian Jewish Congress Archives
The Canadian Jewish Congress began collecting archival material immediately after its founding in 1919. The general mandate of the Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives is to collect and preserve documentation of the Jewish presence in Quebec and Canada.
CanText Library: Canadian Documents Collection
A collection of original resources for Canadian Studies.
History--National Library of Canada, Canadian Information by Subject
Hudson's Bay Company Archives
The HBCA offers a wealth of information on the human and natural history of western and northern Canada and the western USA.
National Archives of Canada
Canada Aviation Museum
The museum has a research library and digital archive as well as an outstanding collection of aircraft. Ottawa, Ontario.
History of the Air Force
Nanton Lancaster Society and Air Museum
Nanton, Alberta
Academic Info--Canadian History
An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources on the History of Canada.
Acadian History
Archaeology in Arctic North America
University of Waterloo.
Arctic Dawn -- The Journeys of Samuel Hearne
Artefacts Canada
Provides access to information on millions of museum objects, natural history specimens and archaeological sites.
The British Columbia History Internet/Web Site
Canada's Criminal Code: A History
World Wide Legal Information Association.
Canada's Digitial Collections
Canadian Confederation
The influence of the American Civil War on the achievement of Canadian Confederation. National Library of Canada.
Canadian Constitutional Documents
A Legal History.
Canadian Genealogy and History Links
Amazingly comprehensive, quite up-to-date.
Canadian Heritage Gallery (images)
Canadian History
Focuses on resources that will likely be of most interest to teachers of history rather than their students. University of Victoria.
Canadian Social Progress Web Gallery
The site traces the history of social and democratic progress in Canada.Two links are currently available detailing the evolution of Canadian Labour history and electoral reform. Additional histories will be added.
Canadian Studies--A Guide to the Sources
Essay with embedded links and webliography at end. St. Francis Xavier University.
Canadiana - The Canadian Resource Page
CanPix (Canadian Image Base)
CanPix is an image base of over 3,500 pictures and audiovisual resources for Canadian Studies.
Colony of Avalon
The Colony was founded in 1621 by George Calvert, later Lord Baltimore. The site is located in Ferryland, Newfoundland.
Early Canadiana Online
A full text online collection of more than 3,000 books and pamphlets documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century.
Grade 12 (Canadian) History Internet Resources
University of Saskatchewan
History of Canada's Flag
History of Coal Mining in Nova Scotia
History of the Scots in New Scotland (Nova Scotia)
Images Canada
Central search access to the over 65,000 images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions.
Inuit and Mitis Cultures
Collecting undertaken by the Canadian Ethnology Service
has documented the cultural heritage of 110 different Native peoples and 10 Inuit regions. The collection of approximately 54,000 items includes a comprehensive collection of some 6,000 Indian or Inuit prints as well as sculptures and other
contemporary artworks. Some reference pieces from other countries are also held.
La Grande Paix de Montréal
The Great Peace of Montréal Web site. An historical overview of the signing of the Great Peace of 1701.
Lesson Plan for Batoche
Written by Saskatchewan educator, Wilma Riley, this suggests an approach to teaching the historical poems in Kim Morrissey's book about the 1885 defeat of Louis Riel's Metis community at Batoche.
The National - What Border? US-Canada History
Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
A wide range of information and analysis on the history, geography, population, culture, and society of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Parks Canada - National Historic Sites
Quebec History
Academic site that analyses the main events, issues and concepts of Quebec. Marianopolis College.
Statistics Canada--Historial Statistics of Canada
From the official federal statistics agency.
Teaching and Learning About Canada
Who Killed William Robinson?
Robinson was a Black American who was murdered on Salt Spring Island in the British Colony of British Columbia in 1868. This web site is not just about William Robinson or about British Columbia. It is also about historical understanding. It allows you to look at the same documents that professional researchers look at to build their accounts. It allows you to interpret the raw material of the past and to ask the larger questions like, how do we know what happened in the past?
An outstanding teaching tool by Ruth Sandwell a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia and John Lutz an Assistant Professor in the History Department at the University of Victoria.
Canada's National History Society
Canadian Historical Association
Multicultural History Society of Ontario
The Photographic Historical Society of Canada - History of Photography Magazine
Saanich Historical Artifacts Society
Waterloo Historical Society
Kitchener, Ontario
Wellington County Historical Society
Fergus, Ontario
Immigrants to Canada: Emigration Information of the Nineteenth Century and Ships They Came On
Contains accounts, emigration information, lists of ships sailing to Canada, information on the ports, and on the people.
Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920
The Canadian Government's internment of Ukrainian Canadians in Concentration Camps in Canada during the period of 1914-1920. By Yaroslav Kokodyniak and Vasyl Pawlowsky.
Peopling North America: Population Movements & Migration
An historical overview of migratory movements, this tutorial focuses on diasporas to and within Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean from Europe, Asia, and Africa. University of Calgary.
The Peopling of Canada: 1891-1921
Tutorial examines the movement of people into Canada and between regions during one of Canada's most important migration periods, 1891-1921. University of Calgary.
The Peopling of Canada: 1946-1976
Online tutorial from University of Calgary: second major wave of immigration to Canada in twentieth century.
Pier 21 Society
Wide range of information relating to thousands of immigrants who entered Canada through Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Canada at Scale
Maps of our History (National Archives of Canada).
Cartes des origines ethniques des Canadiens, 1901 (Atlas of Canada Origins of the People, 1901)
Historical atlas giving ethnic origins (as understood in 1901) of Canada's population.
Cartes géographiques numériques
From the Bibliothéque nationale du Québec. Very extensive collection of historical maps online, relevant to Quebec and eastern North America, from 1632 to 1950.
Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
Geography Department, University of Toronto.
Historical Maps of Canada
Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives.
Mapping Canada
Wander through the history of Canada and watch the map of the country transform. Canadian Geographic.
Territorial Evolution of Canada 1867-1999
Series of 21 maps depicting boundary changes since confederation, extensive teaching resources, and population data. National Atlas of Canada.
Trésors de la Cartothèque de l'Université Laval
Historical maps, mainly relating to what is now Quebec, from 1632-1950. In French.
W.H. Pugsley Collection of Early Canadian Maps
A collection of 50 early Canadian maps, dating from 1556 to 1857. McGill University.
The Black Watch (RHR) of Canada History
Canada and the First World War
This exhibition is designed to illustrate, through the National Archives of Canada's collections, the many roles that Canadian men and women played during the First World War, and the definite mark the war left on Canadian society.
Canadia and North America Land Forces History
Canada, and all North American colonies since 1783
Canadian Army Home Page (unofficial)
Canadian Forces Directorate of History and Heritage
The Canadian Letters and Images Project
This is an online archive of the Canadian war experience, both
homefront and battlefront, from any period of Canada's past. Through the use of letters, diaries, photographs, and other related documents, Canadians relate their own experiences based on their own words and images. The Project is run under the auspices of
the History Department at Malaspina University College.
The Canadian Military Heritage Project
French-Indian Wars, American Revolution, War of 1812, Rebellion of 1837, Civil War, Fenian Raids, Red River Rebellion, Nile Expedition, North West Rebellion, South African (Boer) War, WWI, Siberian Expeditionary Force, Spanish Civil War, WWII, Korean War, Gulf War, Peacekeeping Missions.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Information about the graves and memorials of more than 116,000 Canadians and their country. The site also contains digital images of photographs and personal memorabilia about individual Canadians, as well as extensive links.
Canadian War Museum
The national military history museum.
Canadian War Poster Collection, McGill University Libraries
The holdings of the Print Collection in the Rare Books and Special Collections Division include 150 Canadian posters from the two World Wars, with approximately equal numbers from each of the wars.
Canvas of War--Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum
Virtual exhibit--WW I, WW II-- with extensive annotation.
From Colony to Country: A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History
Bibliographical pathfinder from the National Library of Canada for the general reader with an interest in learning more about Canada's military heritage.
Veterans Affairs Canada--History
Campbell River Museum
Holds a fine collection of permanent exhibits that represent the unique culture and history of northern Vancouver Island.
Canada Science and Technology Museum
In accordance with the mandate to study the "Transformation of Canada," the collection of the Canada Science and Technology Museum encompasses a broad cross-section of Canadian scientific and technological heritage.
Canadian Heritage Information Network
Canadian Museum of Civilization--Online Resources for Canadian Heritage
McCord Museum of Canadian History
Houses more than 950,000 objects, images and documents portraying the history of Canada; many virtual tours. (Montreal)
Musée Pointe-é-Callière
Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History.
Museum of Civilization of Quebec City
Nova Scotia Museum
Panoramas--The North American Landscape in Art
Candian, Mexican and U.S. landscape art in this exhibition reflects the natural environment as well as history, industries, cultures, and belief systems. This trilateral virtual exhibition is a colloborative effort of The Canadian Heritage Information Network, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, and their respective governments.
Royal British Columbia Museum
Royal Ontario Museum
Very wide-ranging collection with significant archaeological, anthropological content.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Innovative multimedia content, the result of a partnership between
Canada's museum community and the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Virtual Museum of New France
Brings together traces of New France from wherever they are found around the world.
Canadian Navy of Yesterday and Today
Information about the ships and aircraft of Canada's navy, from its inception in 1910 until present day.
Fort Rodd Hill & Fisgard Lighthouse NHS
Canadian Federal Government Historic Site, coastal defence 1878-1956.
Lighthouses in Canada
Preserving the Heritage Value of Canadian Lightstations
Maritime History Archive
Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Usque Ad Mare - A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services
Celebrating Women's Achievements
National Library of Canada.
Women in Canadian History
History of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is France's oldest overseas territory and the last remaining North American possession of France.
World History Compass