The National Archives regularly acquires new records (fonds, collections, items) from federal institutions. The following is only a small selection of records acquired in the past three years.

Please note that access to the records of federal institutions is governed by the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.

Major Acquisitions, 1997-2000

1. Records of the Office of the President of the Canadian International Development Agency, 1968-1989.

2. Records of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 1963-1995.

3. Censorship and court martial records from the Department of National Defence, 1939-1945.

4. Personnel files for members of the North West Mounted Police and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, 1905-1919.

5. Records of the Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces in Somalia, 1992-1997.

6. A total of 729 microfilm reels of records from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration containing ship passenger lists and border crossing lists, 1920-1935.

7. A wide range of records, some dating back to the mid-1850s, transferred from the Canadian National Railway Company.

8. Several accessions related to the management and development of natural resources created by the Northern Affairs Program of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1970-1990.