Those of you who have perused this site have seen passing references to Canadian-centric resources subsumed in writings on American history. (This entry for example.) But this time, we are looking at specific Canadian resources:
BC Historical Newspapers. (University of British Columbia)Digital copies of 167 titles.
The British Colonist (title varies over the years) allows access to an almost complete rum of this important British Columbia newspaper from 1858 – 1950. You can browse by date of use an advanced search option with multiple filters.
Canada Gazette. (Library and Archives Canada) The “official newspaper of the Canadian government. Over 160 years are available online.
Canada Online Historical Newspapers. Access to many titles, the vast majority are freely available.
French-Canadian Newspapers: An Essential Historical Source (1808-1919) (Library and Archives Canada) provides digital images of numerous papers.
Halifax Gazette.Canada’s first newspaper, published in 1752. A history of the paper is here.
Historical Canadian Newspapers Online (from Bowling Green State University) has gathered dozens of English and French titles that span the centuries. Many of the images come courtesy of the cancelled Google Newspaper Archive.
Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers (Nova Scotia Archives). Including newspapers published by those pro-British colonists forced to flee both during and after the Revolutionary War.
Victoria’s Newspapers 1858-1936 provides indices to the British Colonist. Come here to review the scope of this site.
