Important Announcements

This page provides important up-to-date information for users of Library and Archives Canada’s website and buildings (e.g., changes of opening hours, maintenance work on the website, emergencies, etc.).

LAC Systems Upgrades

LAC computing services will not be available Thursday July 26, 2007 from 6:00 P.M. to 08:00 P.M.(ET). Our system is undergoing routine maintenance procedures, which may affect your ability to view results and/or records. Please try again after the mentioned time period. LAC regrets any inconvenience that this may cause. For systems status -- at any time -- call 994-0150 (NCR) or 1 (800) 665-6045.

Library Search and Archives Search will not be available from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (ET), 28 July, 2007. Our system is undergoing routine maintenance procedures, which may affect your ability to view results and/or records. Please try again after the mentioned time period. LAC regrets any inconvenience that this may cause. For systems status -- at any time -- call 994-0150 (NCR) or 1 (800) 665-6045.

Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce several improvements to rectify some recent systems problems experienced by our clients. The improvements include a new firewall and an increase of our bandwidth to meet the growing demand on our web services. As a result of these measures, access to our systems has been stabilized.

We appreciate the patience and understanding of our clients and wish to assure you that we are making all efforts to continue to provide stable and reliable systems for accessing the services of LAC.