Resources for research on human rights in Canada. See also the News section as well as Further Reading on this site.
- Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre.
- American Civil Liberties Union.
- Amnesty International.
- British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.
- British Columbia Human Rights Clinic.
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
- Equitas.
- Human Rights Internet.
- Human Rights Research and Education Centre.
- Human Rights Watch.
- John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights.
- Liberty (United Kingdom).
- Ligue des droits et libertés.
- Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties.
- Right on Canada.
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
- Canada’s Human Rights Commitments
- Canadian Century Research Infrastructure (Census): The CCRI is a pan-Canadian, multi-disciplinary, and multi-institutional effort to develop a set of interrelated databases centred on data from the 1911, 1921, 1931, 1941, and 1951 Canadian censuses. The result will be a new foundation for the study of social, economic, cultural, and political change.
- Canadian Committee on Labour History.
- Canadian Committee on Women’s History: A bibliography of publications on women’s history.
- Canadian Families Project: The project team is studying families in Canada and has completed a national sample of the 1901 census of Canada.
- Canadian Legal Information Institute: A database of statutes, regulations, and case law in Canada.
- Census of Canada
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography: A database containing biographical information on thousands of individuals who died before 1930.
- Early Canadiana: A general resource for primary documents.
- Gallup Polls, Carleton University.
- Global Terrorism Database.
- The Globe and Mail: A searchable database for each issue of the Toronto Globe and Mail. Please visit your university or public library catalogue to access this database.
- Herbert Norman Digital Archive
- Historical Statistics of Canada
- Human Rights Treaties.
- Legal Information Institute (United States): A rich database of statutes and case law for all levels of government in the United States.
- Library and Archives Canada: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has one of the best online collections of primary documents and exhibits on Canadian history. Some of the most prominent resources include
- Cabinet Conclusions (summaries and verbatim minutes of federal government cabinet meetings).
- Immigration Records (names and reference data on people who arrived in Canada between 1865 and 1935).
- Mackenzie King Diaries (Mackenzie King was Canada’s longest-serving prime minister – you can access his entire diary).
- Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences, 1949-51 (Massey Commission, full text).
- Project Citizenship
- Primary Documents in Canadian History
- Simon Fraser Editorial Cartoon Collection
- Statistics Canada
- Supreme Court of Canada: Decisions are available online, as well as biographical data on Supreme Court of Canada justices, past and present.
- Digital Museums Canada: Exhibits on Canadian history, society, culture, science, and technology.
- Canada’s Human Rights History
- DoHistory.
- Great Unsolved Mysteries of Canadian History.
- Victoria’s Victoria.
- Famous 5: Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Irene Palby, and Nellie McClung.
- Prime Ministers of Canada.
- Bank of Canada Act
- British North America Act
- Laws of Canada
- United Nations Human Rights Treaties
- BC History
- Canada at War
- Canadian Encyclopedia
- Canadian History Portal
- Canadian Museum of History
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Disability History
- Encyclopedia of British Columbia
- History of Madness in Canada
- Newfoundland History: An Overview
- Australian Journal of Human Rights.
- Buffalo Human Rights Law Review.
- Canadian Journal of Human Rights.
- Citizenship Studies.
- Columbia Human Rights Law Review.
- Harvard Human Rights Journal.
- Human Rights and Human Welfare.
- Human Rights Digest (Canadian Human Rights Reporter).
- Human Rights Law Review.
- Human Rights Quarterly.
- Human Rights Watch World Report
- Humanity
- International Journal of Human Rights
- Journal of Civil and Human Rights
- Journal of Human Rights.
- Journal of Human Rights in the Commonwealth.
- Journal of Human Rights Practice.
- Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights.
- JSTOR: Database of articles, books, reviews, and many other research tools. Individuals who are affiliated with a university or college can access these resources for free through their library’s website.
- Érudit: Another major database for accessing electronic journals, Érudit is the best portal for accessing French-language journals, although it has many others, including the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association.
- Acadiensis (History of the Atlantic Region).
- American Review of Canadian Studies.
- Atlantis (Women’s Studies Journal).
- Australian-Canadian Studies.
- BC Studies.
- Canada’s History Magazine.
- Canadian Ethnic Studies.
- Canadian Historical Review.
- Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
- Canadian Journal of History.
- Canadian Journal of Law and Society.
- Canadian Journal of Political Science.
- Canadian Journal of Sociology.
- Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.
- Canadian Review of American Studies.
- Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology.
- Canadian Women Studies.
- Feminist Studies.
- Gender and History.
- Histoire sociale – Social History.
- Historical Methods.
- Historical Studies in Education.
- International Journal of Canadian Studies.
- International Journal of Maritime History.
- International Review of Social History.
- Journal of Canadian Studies.
- Journal of Historical Sociology.
- Journal of Social History.
- Journal of the Canadian Historical Association.
- Journal of the History of Sexuality.
- Journal of the West.
- Labour/Le travail.
- Law and History Review.
- Left History.
- Literary Review of Canada.
- New Left Review.
- Newfoundland Studies.
- Ontario History.
- Queen’s Quarterly.
- Studies in Political Economy.
- Urban History Review.
- Women’s History Review.