External Resources

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.

American Sociological Review.

Interface

Journal of Historical Sociology.

Mobilization.

Social Movement Studies.

Studies in Social Justice.

Women and Social Movements in the United States.