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Ancestry.com - Search Family & Local History Records

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Canadian Adoptees Registry and Classifieds

Canadian Adoptees Registry Inc.

For adoptees, birth mothers/fathers, siblings, relatives, fostered adults & adoptive parents.

Canadian Genealogy and History Links - Personal

CanGenealogy.com – Métis Genealogy Sources

Dave Obee's recommended links for genealogy research in Canada.

Capital Punishment in Canada - Canada Death Penalty Index

List of prisoners executed in Canada. Listed chronologically by province. Includes name, date, location, age, occupation, and crime.

Chinese-Canadian Genealogy

Comprehensive site developed by Vancouver Public Library. Offers practical tools and information for Chinese-Canadians interested in researching their roots.

Community and Family Histories of Ukrainians in Canada

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Persons who died between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years.

Finland-Swedes in Canada

First Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the indigenous peoples of Canada.

First Peoples of Canada

Genealogy - Acadian and French Canadian

Geographical Index to the Tribes of the United States and Canada

Henry Hudson - The life and times of Henry Hudson, explorer and adventurer

heroines.ca - A Guide to Women in Canadian History

An educational site about women in Canadian history, including biographies, historical images, news, This Month in Herstory, info about historical sites and statues, etc. The site was developed by Canadian historian Merna Forster.

Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920

Metis Families

Metis National Council Historical Online Database

The Métis National Council (MNC) Historical Online Database is a web-interfaced database that contains textual information extracted from archival documents relevant to the historical Métis Nation. The website also contains high-resolution digital photography and scans of many of the original documents represented in the database. The MNC Historical Online Database allows users to access Métis related archival information, previously only available at Library and Archives Canada (Ottawa) or on microfilm. Importantly, genealogists and Métis users of this website are able to construct Métis family trees using the documents in the database.

National Archives of Canada - Aboriginal Peoples