Canada

Canada [1]

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CRL Collections

The references below feature the strengths of CRL’s holdings. Links point to more detailed descriptions in our catalog, and where available point to digital version of the content or digitized finding aids for microfilm. Collecting in this area continues through the purchase programs [2].

Archives

Canadian imprints, [1751-1800]

Publisher : Public Archives of Canada

Temporal Coverage: 1751-1800

Microfilm copy of most of the originals listed in "A bibliography of Canadian imprints, 1751-1800" by Marie Tremaine, "a cornerstone of bibliography and book history studies in Canada."

The set includes diverse materials Including gazettes; almanacs; government reports and publications; laws and statutes; Assembly debates and reports; handbills; textbooks and primers; poetry; and many other types.

Catalog Record [3]

Canadian Parliamentary committee reports and minutes of proceedings and evidence, 1935-1970

Publisher : Micro Media

Temporal Coverage: 1935–70

GUIDE: Reference Folder #158: This is the microfiche of the English language edition of Parliamentary committee reports from House and Senate standing, special, and House legislative committees.

Catalog Record [4] Online Guide [5]

Governor General’s papers: despatches from Colonial Secretary to Governors

Publisher : Public Archives of Canada

Temporal Coverage: 1841–67

Contains despatches from the Colonial Secretary to the Governor General of the United Provinces (1841–67). Originals are held by Library and Archives Canada, shelfmark "C155-C157."

Catalog Record [6]

Public Archives of Canada. Inventaire analytique a serie C11A, vols. 1-126, Archives des colonies.

Publisher : Archives nationales, Paris

Temporal Coverage: 1540–1784

This is an analytical inventory compiled from transcripts of volumes 1–126 of Series C11A (Fonds des Colonies. Correspondance générale; Canada).

The original C11A series (held by Library and Archives Canada [LAC]) contains correspondence from Canada received by the Secretary of State (secrétaire d'État de la Marine et des Colonies): letters, reports, and petitions addressed to the Minister (or king) by the governors general, civil and military officers, traders, and other individuals; copies of letters exchanged between people of the colony; copies of correspondence with authorities in other colonies (English or French); and more. Series C11A has 126 volumes, about 100,000 pages of documents, generally organized by year and type of documentation, from 1540 to 1784.

Library and Archives Canada holds microfilm of both the original material contained in the series (shelfmark F-1 to F-128) as well as transcripts (C-2374-C-2412). A substantial portion of the original have also been digitized by LAC (access through Archivianet [7]).

Catalog Record [8] - Electronic Version [9] Online Guide [10]

Census

Census of Canada, 1860–61

Publisher : Public Archives of Canada

Temporal Coverage: 1860–61

Original hardcopy of the report of the census of Canada containing both population and non-population statistics. The census covers Ontario and Quebec.

Catalog Record [11]

Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Census of Canada, 1901.

Temporal Coverage: 1901

This is the original hard copy of the report of the census of Canada, containing both population and non-population statistics.

Uncataloged

Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Census of Canada, 1911.

Temporal Coverage: 1911

This is the original hard copy of the report of the fifth census of Canada, containing both population and non-population statistics.

Uncataloged

Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Census of Canada, 1921.

Temporal Coverage: 1921

This is the original hard copy of the report of the sixth census of Canada.

Uncataloged

Census of Canada, 1851–52

Publisher : Central Microfilm Unit, Public Archives of Canada

Temporal Coverage: 1851–52

Original hard copy of the report of the census of Canada containing both population and non-population statistics. The census covers Ontario and Quebec.

Catalog Record [12]

Census of Canada, 1870–71

Publisher : Central Microfilm Unit, Public Archives of Canada

Temporal Coverage: 1870–71

Report of the census of Canada, covering New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. Includes information on earlier censuses from 1665 to 1871, and vital statistics for 1608–1876.

Catalog Record [13]

Census of Canada, 1890–91

Publisher : National Archives of Canada: National Library of Canada

Temporal Coverage: 1890–91

Original hard copy of the report of the census of Canada.

Catalog Record [14]

Recensement Canada Ouest, 1881. Canada Census, Ontario, 1881

Publisher : Central Microfilm Operations, Public Archives Canada.

Temporal Coverage: 1880–81

Original hard copy of the report of the census of Canada.

Catalog Record [15]

Government Documents

Despatches from United States consuls

Publisher : United States. National Archives and Records Service

Temporal Coverage: 1835–1906

CRL holds numerous sets published by the U.S. National Archives and Records Service on relations between Canada and the United States. Each set is cataloged individually. Currently CRL holds despatches from United States consuls in Campbellton [16], Charlottetown [17], Clifton [18], Coaticook [19], Fort Erie [20], Halifax [21], Hamilton [22], Kingston [23], Ottawa [24], Port Stanley and St. Thomas [25], Quebec [26], St. John [27], Toronto [28], Windsor, [29] and Yarmouth [30]. Time coverage varies per set: see individual records for details.

Catalog Record [31]

All Topic Guides [32]