Stephanie Vande Kraats's List: Heritage Fair

Another really important site. Many Statistics Canada documents are only available at a cost, but a variety of Canadian statistical information is available here for free. Much of this information is routinely requested at libraries. One of the useful fea

The rough equivalent of the site for the B.C. Legislature this site provides a wide variety of information about the House of Commons and the Senate. It includes directory information for MPs, information on the status of bills through the two chambers, a

This site provides directory-type information for federal government employees and offices, as well as Members of Parliament and Senators. The site links to a wide variety of information about the federal government bureaucracy such as passport informatio

This is the Prime Minister's site and contains useful and interesting information. Note that though this site highlights the current Prime Minister it is not his personal Web site nor maintained by his political party. This is a government site for the Of

Business directories such as this are useful because they give you options for finding various business types and will show you where the business is by locating it on a map. They list literally thousands of Canadian and American businesses and are very u

This site is a compendium of items and like all government websites, it is becoming more and more comprehensive and therefore, difficult to use. It is enormous and tries to give comprehensive business information on all sectors of the Canadian business co

A great resource that lists product & food recalls, alerts on the latest consumer scams & frauds, tips on how to protect yourself in various consumer situations such as shopping online, investing, dealing with telemarketers or door-to-door sales people, r

This is one of 150 BBBs in the U.S. and Canada. BBBs are private, nonprofit, self-regulating organization that are committed to honesty and ethical business practice in the marketplace. The believe an informed and educated public are necessary to ensure b

This site is sponsored by the B.C. Government and contains useful information on all kinds of topics, including business and economics. Choosing subjects from the main page is a useful way to get an idea of the scope of this site. \n\nGood maps, regional an

The Bank of Canada is Canada's central bank. It is responsible for setting Canadian monetary policy. Among other things, this site includes information on exchange rates, financial statistics, information on the activities of the bank itself and an edited

Canadiana.org is a national group consisting of academic and public libraries and government departments such as Statistics Canada, who work together to create, present and manage Canadian online content. Canadiana.org acts as an overall coordinator for digitization projects and access to collections. One of the services provided by Canadiana is access to Early Canadiana Online, a searchable online catalogue of pre-1900 microfilmed documents and a digital library of over 2.3 million pages of documents and publications. Not all items in the catalogue have been digitized and some ECO content is only available to registered ECO members. But with new material digitized all the time this is a fast-growing reference collection for historians. And in March 2007 Canadiana.org formed a partnership with Ancestry.ca to bring online nearly 300 years of early Canadian historical documents dating back to the 1600s.

In May 2004 the National Archives and the National Library of Canada merged to become Library and Archives Canada (LAC) which resulted in a single website linking to resources from both institutions. LAC is providing more and more archival and historical material online in an effort to provide Canadians with access to their national heritage. Another resource hosted by the LAC is a site dedicated to information on Canada's Confederation.

A bilingual educational website featuring webquests for teaching Canadian history. Provides educational materials for students and teachers, including historical documents, maps, activities and teacher’s notes.