History

Canada history web site of Canadian history politics military history maps war and conflict prime ministers.

Canadian Heritage Gallery - Welcome to the Canadian Heritage Gallery the most extensive collection of historical Canadiana on the Internet.

The Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest (Canadian edition) and the Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest (US edition) is a unique collection of over 320 original maps of explorers and navigators from four centuries of voyages and overland treks of exploration and discovery to the northwest coast, plus native maps, and a host of others selected for their interest or historical significance.

Welcome to Canada in the Making project! This site is about the history of Canada through the words of the men and women who shaped the nation. Built around the Government Documents collection of the Early Canadiana Online collection, it integrates narrative text with links to primary source texts.

Peterborough is home to approximately 80,000 residents. We offer an exceptional quality of life, an affordable cost of living, and access to first-rate educational institutions. In 2009, we were listed in the top 10 on “Canada’s Best Places to Live” list.

In 2004, the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada were drawn together by the Library and Archives of Canada Act to create a new knowledge institution for Canadians—Library and Archives Canada, a source of enduring knowledge and the continuing memory of the government of Canada and its institutions.

Definitions of genealogy: Successive generations of kin. An account or statement of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; pedigree; lineage; the study of pedigrees or family history; Study of one's ancestry, summary history or table of a person's ancestry.

The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterets in 1539 forced the priests to keep records of baptisms. The order of Blois in 1579 extended this obligation to marriages and burials. The Code Louis in 1667 requires the registrar in duplicate, one remaining in the parish, the other being sent to the nearest court office.

CanGenealogy.com - Canadian Genealogy / Family History Sources. Dave Obee's recommended links for genealogy research in Canada.

Genealogy Canada. Canadas News Service on Genealogy, Heritage, and History. If you would like to receive email notification when updating our site, please send us your request at genealogycanada@aol.com

Automatically search on your family tree, finding your ancestry for you. We offer a better way to search your genealogy, automated search and merge your family tree. See who else is working on your family history.

Discover your ancestors with the world's largest family history website. Start a family tree, browse census records and more online at Ancestry.ca

Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books are specialist dealers in 15th to 19th century Prints, Maps and Books. The gallery is able to offer one of the largest selections of Prints and Maps available in North America.

Map Canada features a printable map of Canada plus demographic information about Canada. Canada is located in the Northern Hemisphere, on the continent of North America.

Explore and discover Canada with Canadian Geographic Magazine online: Canadian Geographic Travel magazine and Canadian Geographic magazine.

The Historical Atlas of Canada project published three volumes which explored major themes and episodes in the history of Canada using maps, text and graphics.

The Historica-Dominion Institute is a national charitable organization that was launched in September 2009 through the amalgamation of two existing organizations: The Historica Foundation of Canada and The Dominion Institute.

NiCHE brings together historians, geographers, and other researchers who study nature and humans in Canada's past. We offer a forum for the field, support collaboration among scholars, and ensure that this research is shared with policymakers, scientists, and the Canadian public.

Our exposure of the Canadian genocide has simultaneously indicted the social order that gave rise to it. Euro-Canadian Christian society as a whole stands condemned in the dock alongside those persons who ran the Indian residential schools, sterilized and murdered children, spread smallpox, and dug mass graves.

History is happening right now at Canada's History, where our mission is to make the discovery of our nation's past relevant, engaging, empowering and accessible to all Canadians.