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Finland-Swedes in Canada

Discovering Some Unknown Finnish Facts. Article published in Siirtolaisuus - Migration, 1/1997, by Mika Roinila.

First Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the indigenous peoples of Canada.

First Peoples of Canada

French Canadian Ancestors

English website dedicated to help and provide databases to find French-Canadian roots for descendants living in New England and throughout Canada.

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.

Home Children Records - Library and Archives Canada

Between 1869 and the late 1930s, over 100,000 juvenile migrants were sent to Canada from the British Isles during the child emigration movement.

Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920

Japanese Canadian History

Historical information about the Japanese Canadian experience.

Library and Archives Canada - Indigenous genealogy

Library and Archives Canada - Ukrainian Immigrants, 1891-1930

Access to 14,793 references to names of Ukrainians who arrived in Canada between 1891 and 1930.

Metis National Council Historical Online Database

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National Archives of Canada - Aboriginal Peoples

Native Land

A map of land and locations for native peoples throughout the world. Once you click, a number of links will appear with different nation names. By clicking on those links, you will be taken to a page specifically about that nation, language, or treaty, where you can view some sources, give feedback, and learn a little more.

Origins Canada: Natural Mother, Natural Father, and Adoptee Support

Origins Canada is a support and advocacy group for for people separated from family members by adoption, including natural mothers (first mothers, exiled mothers) and fathers, natural relatives, and adopted persons.

Prussian Mennonite Genealogical Resources

SEDAI: The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project

Site contains many oral histories, photographs, archival material related to the Japanese Canadian experience.

The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

This site brings together the databases and digitized archival material of the Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives (CJCCCNA), the Jewish Public Library Archives of Montreal (JPL-A), the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre (MHMC), the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum (SJJHM), the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives and The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Archives.

The Knowles Collection

The Knowles Collection is group of records on the FamilySearch Community Trees Website. This database originally contained the records of a small section of the Jewish people of the British Isles. That set included less than 10,000 people. What was once a single database, has now grown to be six individual databases that now contain the genealogical records of almost 1.2 million Jewish people: The Jews of the British Isles; The Jews of North America; The Jews of Europe; The Jews of South America and the Caribbean; The Jews of Africa, The Orient and the Middle East; The Jews of the South Pacific. Read more about the collection here: FamilySearch Blog - Popular Online Jewish Genealogy Collection Surpasses One Million Entries