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page 2: | Biography, demography and genealogy |
page 3: | Emblems, symbols and flags | Constitutional history | Politics and government |
page 4: | Discovery and exploration |
page 5: | Migration and settlement |
page 6: | The French régime | The British colonial period | Canada, the nation |
page 7: | Economic history (Exploitation of natural resources, Industries and trades, Labor, Commerce, Finance) |
page 8: | Transportation history (Water transportation, Railways, Air transportation, Space flight) | Communications history |
page 9: | Religious history | Social history | Women's history |
Symbols of
Canada
http://canada.gc.ca/canadiana/symb_e.html
also
at: http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/index_e.cfm
Ceremonial and Canadian Symbols Promotion
http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/index_e.cfm/
Flags
and Arms of Canada
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/clamen/misc/Canadiana/CA-Flags.html
Emblems of
Canada
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params;=A1ARTA0002590
Heraldry
http://www.gg.ca/heraldry/index_e.asp
Some
common symbols of Canada
http://info.wlu.ca/%7Ewwwgeog/special/vgt/English/can_mod4/unit1.htm
Social
Studies Grade Five, Student Information Page: Canadian Symbols
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsoc/g5u12ess.html#symbols
Emblems, Provincial
and Territorial
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params;=A1ARTA0002591
About
Ontario: Emblems and Symbols
http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/about/emblems.html
The
Canadian Flag
http://canada.gc.ca/canadiana/flag_e.html
Canada's
Flag
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/flag/
The Flags of Canada
http://fraser.cc/FlagsCan/
Canadian
Flags
http://www.flags.net/CANA.htm
The Images of
a Country: Canada's Flag Debate
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/flagdisplay/
Some
Personal Observations And Some Historical Facts About The Labrador
Flag
http://www.midcoast.com/~martucci/neva/labrador.html
Patriotic
Music
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cdnmus/english/canada/canada.html
Constitution
Acts, 1867 to 1982
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/const/index.html
Canada's
Constitutional Evolution
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/constitution/index-e.html
Canada in the Making
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/
The
History of Canada's Constitutional Development
http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/default.asp?Language=E&Page;=consfile⋐=ThehistoryofConstitution
The
Canadian Constitution, A History Lesson
http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/BluePete/ConstitutionHistory.htm
Canadian
Constitutional Documents
http://www.efc.ca/pages/law/cons/Constitutions/Canada/English/cons.html
Studies
on the Canadian Constitution and Canadian Federalism
http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/federal/index.htm
Constitutional
Activity from Patriation to Charlottetown
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/bp406-e.htm
The
Canadian Constitutional Debate: From the Death of
the Meech Lake Accord of 1987 to the 1992 Referendum
http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/default.asp?Language=E&Page;=consfile⋐=TheConstitutionalDebate
Quebec's
Constitutional Veto: The Legal and Historical Context
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/bp295-e.htm
Canada's
System of Justice
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/dept/pub/just/
Justice
and the Law in Canada
http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/en/jl/index.html
Canadian
Constitutional Documents: A Legal History
http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/index.html
also
at: http://www.miredespa.com/wmaton/Other/Legal/Constitutions/Canada/English/index.html
Canadian Law:
A History
http://www.duhaime.org/Canadian_history/default.aspx
Canada's
Legal Tradition
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/law/index.htm
Canada's Criminal Code:
A History
http://www.duhaime.org/Criminal/cacrhist.aspx
Politics Canada:
Historical Documents
http://politicscanada.com/History/
Charlottetown
Conference of 1864
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/charlottetown/
The
British North America Act of 1867
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/const/loireg/p1t1-1.html
Law Of The Sea - The Exclusive Economic Zone. An Overview of the Development of the 200 Mile Exclusive Economic Zone and the Related Canadian Fisheries and Other Interests http://www.civilization.ca/hist/lifelines/apple1e.html
The
Supreme Court of Canada: The Early Beginnings of the Court
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/brochure/english/html/Begin.htm
The
Court Structure of Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764 to 1860
http://www.hst.ulaval.ca/profs/dfyson/courtstr/
A
Guide to Legislation in pre-Confederation Quebec and Lower Canada
http://www.hst.ulaval.ca/Profs/Dfyson/Legis.htm
Grand
Juries, Political Power and Citizenship in Quebec and Lower Canada,
1764-1830
http://www.hst.ulaval.ca/Profs/Dfyson/GJ.htm
Constitutional
Documents: The Constitutional, Legal, and Political History of Newfoundland
and Labrador
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/3330/constitution/index.htm
New Brunswick
Commissions of Enquiry
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/commissions/
Human
Rights and Global Connection
http://www.mhso.ca/ggp/Themes/Humanrights/humanrights.html
Highlighting
Human Rights in Ontario
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/humnrits/index.html
Legal
History of Edmonton
http://www.gov.edmonton.ab.ca/parkrec/fort/1905/leghist.html
Canadians
and Their Government: A Resource Guide
http://www.pch.gc.ca/special/gouv-gov/index_e.cfm
How
Canadians Govern Themselves
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/idb/forsey/how-e.htm
By
Executive Decree: The Executive Branch in Canadian History
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/executive-decree/index-e.html
Canada's
Political Capital
http://www.capcan.ca/english/about/political/index.html
About
Parliament
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/aboutparl.asp?Language=E
Canada's Monarchy:
Arguments For The Maple Crown
http://www.monarchist.ca/why/
Role and Responsibilities
of the Governor General
http://www.gg.ca/gg/rr/index_e.asp
Governors
General of Canada: 1867 to date
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/gg.asp
First Among Equals:
The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/primeministers/
Prime Ministers of
Canada
http://www.canadainfolink.ca/pms.htm
Prime
Ministers of Canada 1867-1996
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/discourspm/
Prime
Ministers of Canada : 1867 to Date
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/PrimeMinister.asp?Language=E
Grave Sites
of Canadian Prime Ministers
http://www.pc.gc.ca/clmhc-hsmbc/pm/index_e.asp
Canada
Speaks
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/canspeak/
A collection of speeches by Prime Ministers dating back
to Confederation
Cabinet
Conclusions
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020150_e.html
About
Parliament - People
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/AboutParl_People.asp?Language=E
Ministers of
Justice 1867-2004
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/mag/justmins.html
Provincial
Premiers: Governing Through Hard Times
http://7thfloormedia.com/resources/canadiana/library/premiers.html
Previous
Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Newfoundland
http://www.mun.ca/govhouse/previous.html
History of the Lieutenant
Governors of New Brunswick
http://www.gov.nb.ca/LG/history.htm
Premiers
of Nova Scotia
http://www.canadainfolink.ca/premiers.htm
Prince Edward
Island: Lieutenant Governors
http://www.gov.pe.ca/lg/gallery/index.php3
Prince Edward
Island: Premiers
http://www.gov.pe.ca/premiersgallery/index.php3
List of Prime Ministers of Quebec
http://experts.about.com/e/l/li/List_of_Quebec_premiers.htm
Maires
de Montréal (1833-1997)
http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/archives/maires.htm
Le
personnel politique de Montréal, 1880-1914: évolution d'une
élite municipale
http://www.erudit.org/revue/haf/1998/v52/n2/005535ar.pdf
Lieutenant
Governors of Ontario
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/related/province/lieutgov.asp?Language=E&prov;=8
Premiers
of Ontario since 1867
http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/look/premier/index.html
History of the
Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan - Government House
http://www.ltgov.sk.ca/history.htm
British
Columbia Governors / Premiers
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/premiers/premiers.htm
British
Columbia Premiers
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/premiers/a/premiersbc.htm
Chief
Executive - Yukon
http://arcticculture.about.com/culture/arcticculture/library/yafeatures/bl-ExecYukon.htm
A Brief
History of the Conservative Party of Canada
http://www.conservative.ca/EN/1131/
Le
Parti Progressiste-conservateur du Canada : son histoire, son
héritage, ses chefs
http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~fgingras/doc/histoire-pc.html
Progressive
Conservative Party of PEI: A History of Achievement
http://www.truebluepei.com/islandpc.htm
History of the
Ontario Progressive Conservative Party
http://www.ontariopc.on.ca/history.htm
The History
of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
http://www.pcparty.mb.ca/history/history.html
Philosophy of the Liberal Party of Canada
http://www.liberal.ca/philosophy_e.aspx
Le
Parti Libéral du Canada : son histoire, son héritage, ses
chefs
http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~fgingras/doc/histoire-lib.html
Liberal
Party of Canada: Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Formula
http://canadahistory.about.com/aboutcanada/canadahistory/library/weekly/aa102400a.htm
A
Brief History of the New Democratic Party
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/ip/government/fedelect/nat/ndp/about/brief.history
Federal NDP Leaders
http://www.dcf.ca/federalndp/
Chronological
Table of the Federal Parliaments of Canada since 1867
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Ex-Parl/Dossier_bilingue/Federal%20ParliamentsLégislatures%20fédéralesUPDATE.htm
Elections
http://www.nodice.ca/elections/
Federal
Elections in Canada
http://canadahistory.about.com/aboutcanada/canadahistory/library/bl/bl-federalelectionindex.htm
Federal
Election Trivia
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/electionsTrivia/electionTrivia-question-e.htm
History
of the Federal Electoral Ridings Since 1867
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E
A
History of the Vote in Canada
http://www.civilization.ca/hist/elections/el_000_e.html
Voices: Getting the
Vote
http://www.histori.ca/voices/index.do
Minority
Governments in Canadian History
http://canadahistory.about.com/aboutcanada/canadahistory/library/weekly/aa102300a.htm
Prince
Edward Island: Political History
http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=52510〈=E
Quebec
Elections: 1960-1998
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-651/politics_economy/quebec_elections/
Répertoire des
élus municipaux de l'Outaouais de 1845 à 1975
http://craoutaouais.ca/repertoire/Web/Accueil.html
Saskatchewan's 1944
CCF Election
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/election/
Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade: The Department in History
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/department/history/
The
Political Voice Of Canadian Regional Identities
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/regional/
The
Prairie Roots of Canada's Political "Third Parties"
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/roots/
From
Riel to Reform: Understanding Western Canada
http://www.misc-iecm.mcgill.ca/publications/flanagan.pdf
Historic
Moments in Canadian Politics
http://www.planetcast.com/historic-moments/
Great
Canadian Debates
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/debates/
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