HIST 120: Course Guide: Find Websites

Historic photographs depicting industry in Canada: agriculture, aviation, railways, marine stations, road transport and more.

Historic maps of Canada provided by the Department of Natural Resources

The Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project is intended to make the maps and data generated for the Atlas available to a wider audience by re-designing them for the Internet.

Explore a selection of material drawn from the Museum's artifact and archival collections. Historical and contemporary objects, images, and documents vividly express the cultural diversity as well as the creativity, resourcefulness, and endurance of this country's First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples.

This website is the most comprehensive attempt to chronicle traditional Métis history and culture on the World Wide Web and contains a wealth of primary documents – oral history interviews, photographs and various archival documents – in visual, audio and video files.

The website acknowledge the experiences of, and the impacts and consequences of Canada’s Residential School System on Aboriginal peoples; to create a public and historical record of this period in Canadian history that could be easily accessed by Canadians; and to promote public awareness, understanding and education of the history and legacy of residential schools.

The website provides information on Japanese Canadian history, including the Japanese Internment.

Provides an overview of Canada's involvement in WWI, and includes photographs of museum objects and historical photographs from the war.

The site includes almost 3000 records, organized around some 50 case studies. As well as a timeline to provide chronological context, some of the case studies include audio or video, and we have transcribed many of the original materials for easier reading.

Online materials that can be accessed include oral histories and articles on Canadian immigration history.