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Canadian History: Primary Sources

For detailed information on finding primary sources in the humanities and social sciences go to the Primary Sources guide.

General Collections

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Canada in the Making Canadian resource
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Publication coverage: 16th - early 20th century

News / Magazines

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The Globe and Mail - Canada's Heritage from 1844 Canadian resource
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Publication coverage: 1844 - approx. 4 years ago
Print holdings: On microfilm: Check holdings
Toronto Star -- Pages of the Past Canadian resource
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Publication coverage: 1894 - approx. 3 years ago
Print holdings: On microfilm: Check holdings
Paper of Record Canadian resource  Access limit
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Access restricted to the Queen's community (5 user limit)

Government Documents

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Canada Gazette
Official newspaper of the Government of Canada, 1841-1997
Hansard 1803–2005
British Parliamentary debates with some coverage of Canada
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (U.K.)
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Publication coverage: 1715 - present (with supplementary material back to 1688)
Some coverage of Canada

Digital Book Collections

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Champlain Collection
Digitized primary sources dealing with the exploration and settlement of Early Canada.
Early Canadiana Online Canadian resource
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Publication coverage: 16th - early 20th century
Empire Online
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Publication coverage: 1492-2007
Documents and other primary sources dealing with the British Empire including Canada.

Images

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Letters and Diaries

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British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
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Publication coverage: 1500 to 1950
North American Women's Letters and Diaries
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Publication coverage: Colonial - 1950

Other Collections of Note

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The Empire Club Addresses Canadian resource
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Publication coverage: 1903 - present
Treaties with Canada Canadian resource  Access limit
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Publication coverage: 1654 - recent years
Location limit: Lederman Law Library
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Last Updated: 13 September 2011