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Canadiana.org is a national membership alliance of partners who work together to strengthen their collective ability to create, present and manage Canadian online content. Canadiana.org acts as an overall coordinator and facilitator for digitization initiatives, and guides their preservation infrastructures and their enduring access services. The Digitization, Preservation and Access (DPA) Technical Committee undertakes open source projects to advance Canadiana.org objectives.

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Canadiana.org has two streams of services: To know more about the Canadiana.org membership alliance, our projects, and how you can participate please continue to the About tab for information about Governance, Membership and the Digitization, Preservation, Access Technical Committee.

For information about the Early Canadiana digitization programme, subscription rates, and microfiche sales please navigate to the Early Canadiana tab.


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Learning resources

/Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company
The fur trade in Canada led to the exploration of the country, and to the formation of the longest operating company in Canadian history: Hudson's Bay Company.

/Canada in the Making
Learn about the formation of Canada through an exploration of the treaties and acts in the century leading up to confederation.

Popular titles

/Canadian Wildflowers
Botanical plates by Agnes Fitzgibbon with descriptions by Catharine Parr Traill, 1868.

/Alphabet mikmaque
A rare language primer published in Québec in 1817.

What's new

  • 7 April 2009: ECO reaches milestone: The Early Canadiana Online team is pleased to announce that our collection has surpassed three million pages. We continue to progress with the current Early Canadian Periodicals project. Check back regularly for new updates.
  • 4 March 2009: Press Release – Ron Walker appointed Interim Executive Director, Canadiana.org.

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