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page 1:
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page 2:
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page 4:
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page 5:
Migration and settlement
page 6:
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Canada, the nation
page 7:
Economic history
(Exploitation of natural resources, Industries and
trades, Labor, Commerce, Finance)
page 8:
Transportation history
(Water transportation, Railways, Air transportation,
Space flight) | 
Communications history
page 9:
Religious history | 
Social history | 
Women’s history






  1. Migration and settlement



    2. A Scattering of Seeds:
    The Creation of Canada

    http://www.whitepinepictures.com/seeds/


    Immigrant Voices

    http://www.canadianhistory.ca/iv/


    Passages
    to Canada

    http://www.passagestocanada.com/en/


    Port Returns
    [including Passenger Lists], 1816-1838

    http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/RS23E/Default-e.aspx?PageLoad=SearchForm


    HREF="http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html">Immigrants
    to Canada: Emigration Information of the Nineteenth Century

    http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html


    The
    Peopling of Canada, 1891-1921

    http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/canada1891/


    Immigration
    from 1896 (Laurier) to 1947 (King)

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/laurier/edu/edu2_e.asp


    The Peopling
    of Canada, 1946-1976

    http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/canada1946/


    Forging
    Our Legacy: Canadian Citizenship and Immigration, 1900-1977

    http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLish/resources/publications/legacy/index.asp


    Moving Here, Staying Here.
    The Canadian Immigrant Experience

    http://collectionscanada.ca/immigrants/index-e.html


    InGeneas
    Database: Canadian passenger and immigration records

    http://www.ingeneas.com/ingeneas/index.html


    ArchiviaNet:
    Immigration Records (1925-1935)

    http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/immigration-1925/index-e.html


    Le
    peuplement du Québec

    http://www.mcccf.gouv.qc.ca/index.php?id=2605


    The Canadian
    West

    http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0529/052901_e.html


    Online
    Modern History Review — Western Canada

    http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/menus/west-canada.menu.html


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/education/teacher-resources/oracles/history/ckitzan">Immigration
    to Western Canada: The Early 20th Century

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/education/teacher-resources/oracles/history/ckitzan


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/advertis/adindexe.shtml">The
    Last Best West: Advertising for Immigrants to Western Canada, 1870-1930

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/advertis/adindexe.shtml


    Images
    Canada: Pioneer Life

    http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-116-e.php?trail=trail14


    No Great Future: Government Sponsored Resettlement
    in Newfoundland and Labrador Since Confederation

    http://www.mun.ca/mha/resettlement/index.php


    Ste-Croix Island
    History

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nb/stcroix/index.aspx


    Pioneers, Ploughs, and Politics:
    New Brunswick Planned Settlements

    http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/PlannedSettlements/?culture=en-CA


    Acadian
    History

    http://www.grassroutes.com/clare/acadian.htm


    HREF="http://www.villagehistoriqueacadien.com/home.cfm">Historique
    Acadien

    http://www.villagehistoriqueacadien.com/home.cfm


    History
    of the Acadians

    http://www.acadian-cajun.com/hisacad1.htm


    Fenêtre virtuelle
    sur l’histoire acadienne

    http://www.cuslm.ca/~clio/fenetre/


    Champlain in
    Acadia

    http://www.histori.ca/champlain/index.do


    HREF="http://www0.umoncton.ca/maum/hist_acadie.html">Résumé
    de l’histoire acadienne – partie 1 (1604 – 1755)

    http://www0.umoncton.ca/maum/hist_acadie.html


    Il était une
    fois à l’Acadie

    http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/yoyo/


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca05eng.shtml">Canada Hall:
    Early Acadia

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca05eng.shtml


    The
    Acadians

    http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/infos/info.htm


    HREF="http://collectionscanada.ca/initiatives-bin/rella?mode=nbr&project_nbr=33615">The
    Acadian Odyssey

    http://collectionscanada.ca/initiatives-bin/rella?mode=nbr&project_nbr=33615


    HREF="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6502">The
    Acadian Exiles: A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline

    http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6502


    Acadia:
    Lifestyle in the days of our ancestors

    http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Acadie/index_e.html


    L’église
    Saint-Henri de Barachois; et les débuts de l’établissement
    de Barachois

    http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm.php?id=search_record_detail&fl=&lg=Francais&ex=65&rd=22763&sy=&st=%E9glise&ci=


    HREF="http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/people/les-filles-du-roy/les-filles-du-roy-intro">Les filles
    du Roy

    http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/
    people/les-filles-du-roy/les-filles-du-roy-intro


    An
    Adventure in New France: Pierre Boucher, Interpreter and Explorer

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/pierre-boucher


    Jean Guay au Canada

    http://jeanguay.free.fr/


    History
    of ancestor Étienne de Nevers, Sieur de Brantigny

    http://www.famillesboisvert.com/histden2.html


    Sur la trace de nos
    ancêtres

    http://www.famillerossi.com/ind_en.htm


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca06eng.shtml">Canada Hall:
    Farm Life

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca06eng.shtml


    HREF="http://www.globalgenealogy.com/LCGS/articles/A-HINTS.HTM">Hints
    to Immigrants in a Series of Letters from Upper Canada

    http://www.globalgenealogy.com/LCGS/articles/A-HINTS.HTM


    HREF="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/About_Clans/HtySctNS.html">History
    of the Scots in New Scotland (Nova Scotia)

    http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/About_Clans/HtySctNS.html

    also at:

    http://www.electricscotland.com/history/world/scotsns.htm


    Black
    History Canada

    http://www.blackhistorycanada.ca/


    Black Loyalists:
    Our History, Our People

    http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/blackloyalists/index.htm


    Early
    Black Settlement in Nova Scotia

    http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/blkdata.htm


    Remembering
    Black Loyalists, Black Communities in Nova Scotia

    http://museum.gov.ns.ca/blackloyalists/


    African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition

    http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/africanns/


    Birchtown
    Archaeology: Excavating a Black Loyalist Settlement in Nova
    Scotia

    http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/sites/birch/


    African
    Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition

    http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/africanns/


    Native Born:
    A Brief History of the Black Presence in Pictou County

    http://www.parl.ns.ca/nativeborn/


    History of the
    Ship Hector

    http://www.electricscotland.com/hiStory/canada/ship_hector.htm


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca15eng.shtml">Canada Hall:
    Arriving in Upper Canada

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca15eng.shtml


    The Visual
    Diary of Elizabeth Simcoe: A Journey Through Upper and Lower Canada

    http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/simcoe/index.aspx


    HREF="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/moodie/roughing/roughing.html">Roughing
    It In The Bush by Susanna Moodie

    http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/moodie/roughing/roughing.html


    The United Empire
    Loyalists

    http://www.uelac.org/


    HREF="http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsoc/g5u24ess.html#african">Social
    Studies Grade Five, Student Information Page: African Canadians

    http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsoc/g5u24ess.html#african


    Black
    Pioneers

    http://www.blackloyalist.com/canadiandigitalcollection/story/revolution/pioneers.htm


    The
    African Canadian Heritage Tour

    http://www.visitwindsor.com/byexperience/pointofinterest/
    africancanadian/africancanadian.asp


    Some Missing
    Pages: The Black Community in the History of Québec and Canada

    http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/social_sciences/features/missingpages/


    HREF="http://www.mhso.ca/ggp/Exhibits/Many_Rivers/TOC.htm">Many
    Rivers to Cross: The African-Canadian Experience

    http://www.mhso.ca/ggp/Exhibits/Many_Rivers/TOC.htm


    The Walk to Canada: Tracing
    the Underground Railroad

    http://www.ecf.toronto.edu/~shirley/african/walk.html


    The
    Underground Railroad in Canada

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/proj/cfc-ugrr/index_E.asp


    HREF="http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1826-1850/slavery/fugitxx.htm">Testimony
    of the Canadian Fugitives (ca.1850)

    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1826-1850/slavery/fugitxx.htm


    Pier 21,
    Halifax, Canada

    http://www.pier21.ca


    Pier 21,
    Canadian Immigration Process

    http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Pier21/flash_e.html


    HREF="http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/grosseile/natcul/natcul1.aspx">The
    History of Grosse-Île

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/grosseile/natcul/natcul1.aspx


    HREF="http://www.theclearances.org/clearances/articles.php?articleid=42">Grosse
    Île: island of death

    http://www.theclearances.org/clearances/articles.php?articleid=42


    Peter
    Robinson – Irish Emigration to Peterborough, 1825

    http://www.pcma.ca/robinson.htm


    HREF="http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Migrations/english/index.html">Germany –
    Canada Migration

    http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Migrations/english/index.html


    Downton
    Mass Exodus: 1 in 10 people leave for Canada

    http://www.thedowntonstory.com/


    Women of
    North Buxton and the Elgin Settlement

    http://www.buxtonmuseum.com/history/hist-settlementwomen.html


    Slave,
    Soldier, Settler: One Pioneer’s Story, The Life of Richard
    Pierpoint

    http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/soccult/pioneer.html


    HREF="http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/index-black-history.aspx">Black History

    http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/index-black-history.aspx


    HREF="http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/alvin-mccurdy/index.aspx">Preserving
    Black History – the Alvin D. McCurdy Collection

    http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/alvin-mccurdy/index.aspx


    The Pioneer Explorations of
    Scotch Boy John Tod

    http://bcheritage.ca/tod/


    Bruce
    MacDonald: The MacDonald Papers

    http://www.windsorpubliclibrary.com/digi/macdonald


    HREF="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=7099">A
    Trip to Manitoba

    http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=7099


    HREF="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6732">A
    Lady’s Life on a Farm in Manitoba

    http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6732


    HREF="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/murphy/west/west.html">Janey
    Canuck in the West

    http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/murphy/west/west.html


    HREF="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/marieannegaboury/histoire_marie_anne_gaboury/index.html">Histoire
    de Marie-Anne Gaboury

    http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/marieannegaboury/
    histoire_marie_anne_gaboury/index.html


    Métis
    Nation of Ontario – History

    http://www.metisnation.org/culture/history/home.html


    HREF="http://www.metismuseum.ca/browse/index.php?id=884">Métis
    Development and the Canadian West

    http://www.metismuseum.ca/browse/index.php?id=884


    Au pays de Riel

    http://www.shsb.mb.ca/paysriel/accueil.html


    The Alberta
    Metis

    http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/albertametis/default.htm


    The
    Méis in Alberta

    http://www.albertasource.ca/metis/eng/index2.htm


    In
    a Class of Their Own: A Study of Ten Metis Scrip Speculators, Northern
    Saskatchewan, 1906-1912

    http://www.wdm.ca/skteacherguide/WDM_TchrGdthemes_EN_web/
    WDM_TchrGdthemes_EN_web/WDMTG_metisfarming_web.pdf


    Who are the Mennonites?
    Coming to Canada

    http://www.mhsc.ca/mennos/hcanada.html


    Reinlaender
    Gemeinde Buch

    http://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/canada/reinland.htm


    HREF="http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/alexander.ross.proposal.html">Setting
    the Foundation for the Settlement and Civilization of the Indians of
    Western Canada

    http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/alexander.ross.proposal.html


    The Other
    Métis

    http://www.othermetis.com/?q=node/1


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca13eng.shtml">Canada Hall:
    Metis Bison Hunters

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca13eng.shtml


    Retour dans le
    passé : Albersask 1905

    http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/albersak/default.htm


    Life on a
    Homestead: Taken from 1955 memoirs by Violet Brown whose family homesteaded
    east of Drumheller, Alberta

    http://www.alittlehistory.com/ViH-bgin.htm


    Life on a
    Western Canadian Farm. The 1920s prairie lifestyle of a family of 10: in
    their house, on their farm, and in their community.

    http://www.alittlehistory.com/ZContent.htm


    East
    To West: The Story of Japanese Settlement in Southern Alberta

    http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/japanese/index.htm


    Early Asian Pioneers in Western Canada

    http://www.wwu.edu/depts/castudies/k12studycanada/files/
    Early%20Asian%20Pioneers%20in%20Western%20Canada.pdf


    Portrait de la Francophonie en Colombie-Britannique

    http://www.lacolombiebritannique.ca/media/Portraitcommunaut%C3%A9francophoneColombie.pdf


    HREF="http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/1885-rights-petition.html">Petition
    of Rights, 1884, Canadian Northwest

    http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/1885-rights-petition.html


    HREF="http://retirees.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/homeadd.html">Young
    Immigrants to Canada

    http://retirees.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/homeadd.html


    Neither
    Waif nor Stray: The Search for a Stolen Identity

    http://www.bookpump.com/upb/pdf-b/1127588b.pdf


    HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren/">Canada’s
    Invisible Immigrants: 100,000 British Home Children

    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren/


    Home Children

    http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020110_e.html



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