This section provides information about contacting different collection and service areas of Library and Archives Canada.

Mailing Address

Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON  K1A 0N4
CANADA

General Inquiries

Telephone:
Library and Archives Canada - (613) 996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

TTY:
(613) 992-6969 or 1-866-299-1699 (toll free in Canada)

Fax:
Library and Archives Canada - (613) 995-6274

Reference Inquiries

Library and Archives Canada - (613) 996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

Library and Archives Canada Reference Inquiry Form
Genealogy Reference: (613) 996-7458
Genealogy Inquiry Form (including requests for military personnel files)
Library Electronic Chat Reference Service

Library and Archives Canada Services

Click on the links below to contact specific Library and Archives Canada services. Response times may vary depending on the volume of requests.

	Archives: Acquisition of Private Sector Records			Guided Tours - Library
	Archives Reference Services			Interlibrary Loan
	Access to Information and Privacy Division			International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
	AMICUS Services			International Standard Music Number (ISMN)
	Canadiana: The National Bibliography of Canada			International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
	Canadian Book Exchange Centre (CBEC)			Jacob M. Lowy Collection
	Canadian Children's Literature Service			Legal Deposit
	Canadian Libraries and Librarianship			Library Reference and Information Services
	Canadian Literature Research Service			Literary Manuscript Collection
	Canadian Subject Headings (CSH)			MARC 21 Standards
	CIP (Cataloguing in Publication)			Music Division
	Cataloguing and Metadata			MARC Records Distribution Service (MRDS)
	Electronic Collection: A Virtual Collection of Monographs and Periodicals			Media Room
	Exchanges			National Archives: Archival Holdings in the Regions
	The Friends of Library and Archives Canada			The Rare Book Collection
	Genealogy and Personnel Records			Regional Operations - Federal Records Centres
	Gifts			Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM)
	Government Records Disposition Program			Theses Canada
	Guided Tours - Archives			Union Catalogue

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Locate an Employee

To locate the telephone number, fax and mailing address of specific Library and Archives Canada employees, you can look up their names in the Government of Canada Employee Directory.

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