Canadiana

The Canadian Resource Page

 

Canadian Information by Subject
The National Library's Information Links

Or you can try any of the links below

 

News and Information

Facts and Figures

Travel and Tourism

Government Services and Information

Politics and History

Science and Education

Technology, Commerce, and Industry

Heritage, Culture and Entertainment

Other general resources


News and Information

CBC News Online

Radio Canada Nouvelles [French]

Weather: (courtesy Environment Canada)

The Weather Network®

Ski-Net Canada (current ski conditions)

Front Page News, courtesy Southam newspapers

Last Night's National (CBC) transcript

Québec Update: A biweekly newsletter of Quebec happenings, courtesy Quebec's Ministère des Affaires internationales

ClariNet newsgroups: clari.world.americas.canada.general, .biz, .briefs (subscribers only)

Lottery results


 

Media

Canadian-based Publications Online (Newspapers, periodicals, journals, E-zines)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Radio Canada International via shortwave, satellite, and the Internet


Facts and Figures

The National Atlas Information Service presents:

Canadian Time Zones, and their inventor 

Interactive map of Canada (courtesy Xerox) 

1991 Census population figures (from Statistics Canada)

What the CIA Factbook (1997) says about Canada

Language populations in Canada, from the Ethnologue database

O Canada!, Canada's official national anthem

God Save the Queen, the Royal Anthem

Lyrics to Gens du pays, the unofficial Quebec national anthem [French]

Lyrics to Ode to Newfoundland, the Newfoundland national anthem

Lyrics to Ode to Labrador, the unofficial Labrador national anthem

Lyrics to The Maple Leaf Forever, an older and depreciated anthem

Lyrics to In Flanders Fields, by John McCrae

Canadian and Provincial Flags and Arms

Canadian Economic Indicators [unofficial]

Consumer Price Index

Today's currency exchange rates [courtesy Bank of Canada]

Telephone number lookup

Reverse Telephone Lookup

Business telephone lookup (Yellow Pages)

Also:

Canadian Statistics, from Statistics Canada


Travel and Tourism

Tour Canada without leaving your desk

Canadian Passport Office

What the U.S. State Department has to say about travelling in Canada

Canadian Passenger Rail Services, including VIA Rail Canada (courtesy the Cyberspace World Railroad)

Official Via Rail Canada site

Airlines: Air Canada, Canadian Airlines International,

Bus: Greyhound Canada, Voyageur Colonial

City.Net


Government Services and Information

Government of Canada

infoCan

Open Government (mirror sites)

InterGov: Intergovernmental On-Line Information Kiosk

The Parliament of Canada

CPAC ONLINE: Internet companion to the Canadian Parliamentary Channel

The Legislative Assemblies of Canada

Reports of the Auditor General to the House of Commons

Report of the Commissioner of Official Languages to the House of Commons: 1996

Environment Canada:

Strategis: Industry Canada Online

The Daily, by Statistics Canada

Law:

Also:

Virtual Canadian Law Library

Canada Law, from Osgoode Hall Law School [index]

CANLAW.NET: Canadian Legal Network [index]

Canadian Legal Information Centre

Canadian Law - The Surfing Lawyer

Canadian Legal Resources on the WWW, by Peter Sim

The can.legal newsgroup

Public Safety

Immigration

Taxation and Finance:

Post:

Foreign Affairs:

Also:

Federal Institutions

Federal Government of Canada (courtesy NCF)

Provincial and Territorial Sources of Information (courtesy Open Government)


Politics and History

Political material

Canadian Pulse On-Line Poll

Historical document collection (courtesy CPAC ONLINE)

Canadian Confederation, from the National Library of Canada

Early Canadiana online New!

Canada's National History Society On-line

Canada at War: The Valour and the Horror

The 20th-Century Timeline

Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions

Early Canadiana Online

Canadian Economic History Page

The Books of Remembrance: remembering Canada's war dead

Religious History of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Beaton Institute: Cape Breton History and Heritage

The British Columbia History Page

Ghosts of the Klondike Gold Rush

Diefenbaker Web

Arctic Dawn -- The Journeys of Samuel Hearne

History Alive Media Library

Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet [index]

Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives

Also:


Learning, Teaching and Researching Canadian History (courtesy Department of History, University of Victoria)
History - Learning Resources (courtesy SchoolNet)
Canadian History Links (courtesy (History Television)
Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
Canadian Geneology and History Links


Science and Education

National Research Council of Canada, featuring:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

Canadian Federal Laboratories

Québec Science magazine [French]

Great Canadian Scientists project

ScienceWeb

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC)

International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS)

Canadian PostDoc Fellowships

The Commonwealth of Learning, an organisation established by the Commonwealth of Nations

Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program

DeathNET

Government of Canada Libraries

Canadian Libraries:

Museums

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

Canadian Universities [index]

Academic Associations [index]

University student organizations:

Primary and secondary education

Canada's SchoolNet

Technology Based Learning Network Canada (TBL.CA)

Digital Education Network (DEN)

CyberScol, a Quebec R&D project for the application of the new information technologies in education [French]

TACT: Educating the Educators, courtesy the TeleLearning Research Network

Media Awareness Network

Cable in the Classroom

Points North: Canadian K-12 Resources

Le projet Télécolombie (French-language education in B.C.) [French]

ALS/ESL Cybersite, from the Société pour la promotion de l'enseignement de l'anglais, langue seconde, au Québec (SPEAQ) [French]

Math Central

EXN: Exploration Network (from Discovery Channel Canada)

Canadian Kids Home Page

Canadian K12 School Registry (courtesy Web66)

Education Canada [employment opportunities in various provinces]

Also:

Canadian Education on the Web [index]


Technology, Commerce, and Industry

Strategis: Industry Canada Online

Canadian Internet Awards

The Information Highway In Canada

CanadaIT: Information technology news and information

Life on the Internet, companion to the Canadian TV documentary

Industry Network Canada

Canadian Space Directory

Canadian Aviation Web Sites

BIOWEB: Biotechnology in Canada

Energy Links

InterFace magazine (technology magazine)

Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)

Employment

The Canadian Job Source, by Jeff Lawrence

The Job Guide, by Margaret Riley

Resumé Canada

EMPLOI@ [French]

ActivEmploi [French]

Human Resources Development Canada's National Job Bank

Canada Employment Weekly

JobMatch

Career Internetworking

NetJobs: employment and resume listings

United States Immigration Issues for Canadian Businesses and Professionals

Financial information

Stock and Commodity Exchanges: Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Alberta, Vancouver

Canadian Financial Network Inc.

Financial Services Network

Digital Ink

Canada Net's financial pages

Canada Wealth Net

The Fund library

misc.invest.canada

Business

Chartered Accountants of Canada

Chartered Accountants of Quebec

Society of Management Accountants of Canada (CMA)

Directories

Royal Canadian Web

Commercial Web Sites in Canada

Canadian Business Advertising Network (currently very small)

Canadian Internet Business Directory (CIBD)

RidgeCo business index

AgriWeb Canada

C.A.F.F.E.I.N.E: Canadian Agriculture, Farm and Food: Extension Information Network and Exchange

FoodNet

Agrimark's Agriculture index

Canada Net

Quebec Business Directory

The Greater Fredericton Knowledge Industry Digital Directory (courtesy DISCscribe, Inc.)

Ottawa Online Ventures

Uniquely Canadian products (courtesy Fox Novator Systems)

Canadian Wilderness Products

Canada's Shopping Mall


Heritage, Culture and Entertainment

Seasonal Events

Literature

Also:

Canadian Writing Links [index]


Alexandrie: la bibliothèque virtuelle [French]

Stage

Also:

Monde théâtre [French]


Stage Door: Theatre in southwestern Ontario

Screen

Also:

Film and Media Related Web Sites in Canada (courtesy Queen's Film Studies) [index]

Museums

Also:

CHIN -- Guide to Canadian Museums [index]


Parks Canada: National Historic Sites
Artwave@Rogers
Alberta Museums [index]
Société des musées québécois

Music

Radio & Television


Broadcasting schedules for:

Sports

Also:

TSN - The Sports Network


Canadian Sport -- The Centre
NETLiNkS! Canadian Sports [index]
Sport: BC, NS

etc.

Also:

CultureNet [index]


Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
C-Arts
Acadie-Net
Cultural Heritage in British Columbia, courtesy the BC Museums Association
Heritage Society of British Columbia
Vancouver Arts Index
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Saskatchewan's Active Living and Environment Program (ALEP)
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (Yellowknife)
Canadian Geneology and History Links [index]
Francophone geneological resources, by Denis Beauregard
TicketMaster Network


Other General Resources

Canadian information systems (index of Gopher, WWW and other servers)

Maple Square: Canada's Internet Directory

Explorateur, par TotalNet [index] [French]

Yahoo! Canada [index]

Canadian Information by Subject, by the National Library of Canada

NETLiNkS!, Canadian Links Page [index]

Canada Info, courtesy the Canadian Almanac & Directory

Theatres of Learning, a Canadian presence at the 1996 Internet World Exposition

Canadian Internet Domain Information [index]

Canuck Site of the Day

CNet: Community Access Canada's Electronic Network

Canadian Community Networks (FreeNets)

Canadian Internet Service Providers [index]

Northern Canada's Net Index

Saskatchewan resource index

Manitoba resource index

La toile du Québec, a Quebec resource index

The Montre@l page

Atlantoile: francophone Web centre for Atlantic Canada

NewBie: New Brunswick Internet Exchange

Nova Scotia Links [index]

NewfoundLinks [index]

Links to Aboriginal Websites, courtesy the Assembly of First Nations

Canadian Women's Internet Association (CWIA)

Asian Canadian Resources [index]

Age of Reason, (formerly Seniorsnet)

Indie: The Integrated Network of Disability Information and Education

Campus Café

Canadian Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Resource Directory

Nonprofit Organizations, courtesy Charity Village [index]

Nonprofit Organization resource index, courtesy Contact Center Network [index]

Government of Canada Libraries


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by clamen+www@cs.cmu.edu (Last update: 2000-03-14)