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'''Capital'''  Ottawa <br><br>
 
'''Languages''' English, French<br><br>
 
'''Currency''' Canadian dollar <br><br>
 
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Canada is the second largest country in the world and is divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories, each with its own capital city. From huge sprawling towns to vast wilderness areas and national parks, Canada is certainly a country of diversity, although culturally very similar to England and France.
 
 
 
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==General Information==
 
 
 
*[http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html Canadian History And Genealogy]
 
 
 
*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/index-e.html Canadian Genealogy Centre]
 
 
 
*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html Canada Archives And Library]
 
 
 
*[http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ Olive Tree Genealogy]
 
 
 
*[http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/ Canadian Genealogy Resources]
 
 
 
*[http://www.canadian-genealogy.org/ Canadian Genealogy]
 
 
 
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/index.html Genealogy Links Canada]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/canada.htm Cyndi's List Canada]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canghl/ Canada Help Lists Rootsweb]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ Canada Genweb-Rootsweb]
 
 
 
*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Canada.htm Canada - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ked1/ Collection of Canadian Links]
 
 
 
*[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - Indices to Canadian Censuses]
 
 
 
*[http://www.canadianletters.ca/index.php The Canadian Letters and Images Project]
 
 
 
*[http://drouininstitute.com/mfilms/ Drouin Collection - Vital Records]
 
 
 
*[http://www.members.shaw.ca/nfhs/ Nanaimo Family History Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/index.html Contact Information for The Tribes of The USA and Canada]
 
 
 
*[http://www.explorenorth.com/whalers/ The Whalers' Heritage Project]
 
 
 
*[http://www.teamapproach.ca/genealogy/census.htm Genealogy Resources]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canms/canada.html Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants]
 
 
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/genealogypages/ Canadian Genealogy Webring]
 
 
 
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==Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
 
 
 
* See [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
 
 
 
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==Military History==
 
 
 
*[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|'''Military and Maritime History''']]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cmhg-phmc.gc.ca/ Canadian Military History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/ Canada's Role in World War One]
 
 
 
*[http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/index.asp Canadian Great War Project]
 
 
 
*[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-909.006-e.html Canadian Libraries Archive Database]
 
 
 
*[http://www.kingandempire.com/index.html For King and Empire, Canada's soldiers in The Great War]
 
 
 
*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020152_e.html War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cefresearch.com/phpBB2/index.php Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group Forum]
 
 
 
*[http://www.102ndbattalioncef.ca/index.htm 102nd Canadian Battalion BN CEF]
 
 
 
*[http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/ Veteran's Affairs Canada]
 
 
 
*[http://ww1warbrides.blogspot.com/ Canadian War Brides of the First World War]
 
 
 
*[[War_Memorials#CANADA|War Memorials: Canada]]
 
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==Cemeteries ==
 
 
 
See [[Cemeteries Online]]
 
 
 
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==Alberta==
 
 
 
*[http://abgensoc.ca/ Alberta Genealogical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/home.htm The Alberta Heritage Digitisation Project]
 
 
 
*[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html Peel's Prairie Provinces]
 
 
 
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==British Columbia==
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/bc.htm British Columbia Lists]
 
 
 
*[http://victoria.tc.ca/Resources/bchistory.html British Columbia History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.fortlangley.ca/ The Children of Fort Langley]
 
 
 
*[http://www.abbygs.ca/ Abbotsford Genealogical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bckdgs/ Kelowna and District Genealogical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.lib.pg.bc.ca/pgnewspaper The Prince George Newspapers Project 1909 to 1961.]
 
 
 
*[http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/index.htm Vancouver City Archives]
 
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==Halifax and Nova Scotia==
 
 
 
*[http://www.blupete.com/ Halifax & Nova Scotia]
 
 
 
*[http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ Nova Scotia Archives & Records]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/ Family Roots of Pictou County, Nova Scotia]
 
 
 
*[http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/ Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pclandry/ St. John's Anglican Church Records, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia]
 
 
 
*[http://www.seawhy.com/lbrglndx.html Lunenburg County]
 
 
 
*[https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics]
 
 
 
*[http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html The Halifax Explosion]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tancook/ Tancook Island]
 
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==Manitoba==
 
 
 
*[http://www.westmanitoba.com/ Western Manitoba Genealogy Page]
 
 
 
*[http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php Vital Statistics ~ Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/info/about.shtml Manitoba Historical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.doftw.com/crandallmanitoba/introcrandall.html Crandall]
 
 
 
*[http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers Manitoba Life and Times]
 
 
 
*[http://archives.winnipegfreepress.com/Default.aspx Archives of the Winnipeg Free Press]
 
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==New Brunswick==
 
 
 
*[http://www.nbgs.ca/links.html New Brunswick Genealogical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rubycusack.com/ Genealogical Sources and Books of New Brunswick]
 
 
 
*[http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/?culture=en-CA New Brunswick Provincial Archives] - BMD Searches
 
 
 
*[http://www.heritagecharlotte.com/ Charlotte County]
 
 
 
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==Newfoundland, Labrador & Prince Edward Island==
 
 
 
*[http://members.tripod.com/~Al_Beagan/start.htm Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island]
 
 
 
*[http://www.islandregister.com/ The Island Register - Prince Edward Island Genealogy]
 
 
 
*[http://www.fhsnl.ca/ Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador]
 
 
 
*[http://ngb.chebucto.org/ The Newfoundland Grand Banks- With Original Source Material]
 
 
 
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==Northwest Territories & Nunavut==
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~cannt/ Northwest Territories & Nunavut GenWeb]
 
 
 
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==Ontario==
 
 
 
*[http://www.ogs.on.ca/ Ontario Genealogical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.uppercanadagenealogy.com/ Upper Canada Genealogy - Helping You Trace Your Ontario Roots]
 
 
 
*[http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/ Ontario and Upper Canada Genealogy and History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ongenweb/ Ontario GenWeb]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~forontario/ Genealogy Ontario]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~onessex/ Essex County, Ontario]
 
 
 
*[http://www.echrs.ca/ Essex County Historical Research Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.peopleofhastings.ca/ People of Hastings and the surrounding Area]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~theislands/index.html The Islands]
 
 
 
*[http://www.globalgenealogy.com/LCGS/ Lanark County Genealogical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/index.php?module=pnTNG&func=main Ramara Historical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.com/ Ontario GenWeb's Census Project]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ The Ontario Vital Statistics Project]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~peterborough/ Peterborough County Gensearch]
 
 
 
*[http://db.library.queensu.ca/census/ Search 1871 Census of Canada - Ontario - Heads & Strays]
 
 
 
*[http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/ Archeion - Ontario's Archival Information Network]
 
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==Quebec==
 
 
 
*[http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/leprdh.htm Quebec]
 
 
 
*[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/quebec.htm Genealogy Links - Quebec]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bms2000.org/ BMS2000 - A Genealogical Database for Quebec and Ontario]
 
 
 
*[http://www3.telus.net/public/mcelroye/webpages/gore.html/intro.html Gore Township]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hebridscots/ Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec]
 
 
 
*[http://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html Montreal Directories]
 
 
 
*[http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/public/RechEtatCivilIndividu.asp Repertory of Vital Events 1621-1799 ]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~girouard/ Victoriaville-Arthabaska]
 
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==Saskatchewan ==
 
 
 
*[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/ Saskatchewan Genealogical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.wauchope.ca/ Wauchope]
 
 
 
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==Yukon==
 
 
 
*[http://www.yukongenealogy.com/ Yukon Genealogy]
 
 
 
*[http://yukonalaska.com/pathfinder/gen/index.html Yukon and Alaska Genealogy Centre]
 
 
 
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
 
 
 
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