Open Directory - Regional: North America: Canada: Society and Culture: History
See also: This category in other languages: - Hundreds of radio and television clips from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. - An exhibition of the Peter Winkworth Collection, a nationally significant, rare, and valuable art collection that documents more than four centuries of Canadian history. - Tells how Canada came to be, from the original four provinces in 1867 to the present. Historical essays showcase documents, articles and photographs. - Interactive and authoritative source of data with over 350,000 official and formerly official geographical names available in both English and French. - Collection of photographs, documents, illustrations, and maps highlighting Canadian history. - A guide to materials on Canadian history in digital format. Content is supervised by an expert editorial board. - The history of the Canadian War Brides of World War Two; 48,000 British and European women who met and married Canadian servicemen overseas between 1940-1946 and who came to Canada to live at the end of the war. - Pioneer of Catholic interracial and social justice, author, and foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate based in Combermere, Ontario. - An online exhibition on the history of women lawyers in Ontario. - A first hand account of the lifestyle of college students from 1900 to 1905; includes the first person experiences of a young school teacher in Saskatchewan. - All about the fur trade in Canada, and how it led to the exploration of Canada, as well as the formation of the oldest and largest company in Canadian history: Hudson's Bay Company. - Describes Fenian plans in the 1860s to attain control of what is now Canada and hold it in ransom for the freedom of Ireland. - This site is dedicated to documenting the various historic sites of Canada. - A collection of historical documents, photographs, maps and multimedia that enable users to investigate mysteries in Canadian history. - A guide to women in Canadian history with biographies, quotes, and links to related resources for students, teachers and history buffs. - Presents stories, information and photographs about the Hudson's Bay Company and Canada's early history. - Maps, graphs and text based on print volumes and redesigned for online, interactive viewing. Includes downloadable data in tabular form as well as printable map images. - Traces history and development of this firm from creation in Toronto up to its takeover by Gulf Canada in 1969. - Significant events and history of the people of the northwest Canada from 1774 to present day. Includes journal entries from Captain Cook, fur traders, Indian prophets, and ethnographers. - From prehistory to present, brief descriptions of the important events in Canadian history. - A scholarly site illustrates and documents heroic age of fur trade. Examines exploits of the North West Company and other Montreal-based fur trading companies. Includes full texts of manuscripts known as the Masson Papers from 1790 -1820. - A directory to National Historic sites in Canada, with links where available. - Marking the 400th anniversary of the French presence in North America in 2004, France and Canada have created this portal to a virtual exhibition and a database containing more than one million images. - A passage from the Canadian Encyclopedia describes the origins of the name, "Canada". - An online library, archive, museum and school all in one providing Canadian local histories and educational resources. - Details about the discovery and exploration of Canada with emphasis on explorers and mapmakers. - A brief investigation into the origin and meaning of the word "Pogey" (Employment Insurance payments). [PDF] - Includes documentation of Manitoba school legislation of 1890, which was regarded as anti-Catholic, and involvement of Quebecers in the controversy. [English and French] - Book and poems of pioneer life by Susanna Moodie. - Lists themes, news releases and products for the annual Women's History month, which is celebrated each October. - The conditions and challenges of emigrants' lives in 19th-century Canada as reflected in the lives and writings of Catharine Parr Traill(1802-99) and Susanna Moodie (1803-85). - Provides maps that depict the evolution of the nation's international, provincial and territorial boundaries from 1667 through 1999. - Information about the 1837 Mackenzie-Papineau rebellions that rocked Upper and Lower Canada. Chronology, biographies of the leaders, background, reactions, aftermath and other information. - Photographs, maps, and documents from two exploratory surveys conducted by J.B. Tyrrell of the region west of Hudson Bay. - Publication of Canada's National History Society, devoted to popularizing Canadian history and to make Canadians more aware and appreciative of their past. - The National Archives of Canada presents this virtual exhibition. A gateway to the large-scale digitization of selected holdings. Topics include the fur trade, scientific expeditions, aboriginal claims and urbanization. - Works to develop the shared memory and pride in the nation's accomplishments among Canadians, through educational programs, surveys and polls, and documentaries. - A National Archives exhibit on the 1927-1929 "Persons Case" in which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council declared women to be "persons". - Historical and informational site, showing original highway routes from 1925-Date, old signs, and lots of old photographs. For convenience, highway mileage charts are listed. - Frobisher's expeditions to Nunavut in the Arctic are described as well as the search for a Northwest Passage to Asia, the first mining venture in Canada, and the earliest attempt by the English to establish a colony in the New World. - Historical photos and documents of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School, with information about the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association. - Information about explorers, natives, European settlers, and chronology of the settling of New France. - A series of studies of Cape Breton Island culture to show that work is more than earning a living, it expresses values and involves people in relationships with their environment and communities.
