Public research lists

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Browse lists of records put together by our staff and the public, which help you discover the collection. You can use My research to create and publish your own lists, with records from Collection Search and Census Search. When using our collections online, you are subject to the terms of use.

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New France Census Data

A list of digitized censuses from the New France which includes Acadia, the Saint Laurence River Valley, Newfoundland, PEI, New Orleans, and other various regions.

Canadian War Diaries from the First World War

Military history

First World War

Music of the 1990s

Arts and culture

Records related to the Canadian (and American) music industry in the 1990s.

Food safety in Canada

Science and technology

A short list of records relating to food safety (notably leading up to passing the Canadian Food and Drug Act) in the 1920s to 1940s.

canada food board

Expo 67

Arts and culture

Universal and International Exhibition held in Montreal from April 28 to October 29, 1967, under the theme “Terre des hommes”, and included pavilions from several countri

Exposition universelle

Marilyn Monroe filming Niagara in 1952

Arts and culture

Photographs from Jock Carroll’s Interview with Marilyn Monroe in 1952 when she was in Niagara Falls (Ont.) filming Niagara (film).

Prime ministers in the Census

Politics, government and law

Some census returns for the Prime ministers of Canada between 1871-1931.

Sir Robert Borden

Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Asiatic immigration

Genealogy and family history

Early Maps of the Saint John/Wolastoq River

A collection of maps of the Saint John/Wolastoq river, from Champlain to confederation.

Daylight Savings Time

Science and technology

Records relating to the approval of the Daylight Savings Act in Canada.

daylight savings time

Fashion history books

Arts and culture

Fashion history, with as much focus on 19th century Canadian fashions as possible.

fashion history

Blomindon, Nova Scotia

Photographs, stamps, maps and other materials related to Cape Blomindon, Nova Scotia.

Sketches of Canadian Wildflowers

This list features digitally-available sketches of Canadian wildflowers. The records consist mainly of botanical plates from the 19th century.

Apple industry in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

Economy, transportation and infrastructure

Records relating to the evolution of the Apple industry in Nova Scotia; in particular, the Annapolis Valley.

Early Canadian cookbooks

Early, pre-19th century Canadian cookbooks. Some compilations of household "receipts" and some recipes in the Canada Gazette.

Québec music

Arts and culture

Early encyclopedias

Early encyclopedias and dictionaries related to glossaries and lists of terms used in the past.

Sandford Fleming and Standardized Time (Time Zones)

Economy, transportation and infrastructure

Records relating to the creation of Standardized time zones in Canada.

railway stations

Glossaries and dictionaries

Arts and culture

Glossaries and dictionaries of language terms, including Indigenous languages, in our collection.

indigenous language

Sable Island

Documents related to Sable Island, the Graveyard of the Atlantic.