The Public

Thematic Guides

Unpublished Guides

The references to files suggested in these guides have been translated in both English and French in order to facilitate access to these records. Please note that the majority of the documents in these files are written in English, which was the working language of federal offices in the years before official bilingualism, although some documents in these files may be written in French.

Files guaranteed to contain primarily French language content have been clearly identified with an (F) next to the file reference.

Specific and General References

The following guides provide the precise references required to order archival documents.

• Abortion
• Avro Arrow (CF-105)
• Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition
• Canadian Government Expositions Centre
• Deportation from Canada, 1893-1977
• Early Meteorology Records
• Grosse-Île Quarantine Station (Québec)
• Halifax Explosion
• Immigration of Farm Labourers to Canada, 1918-1945
• International Joint Commission
• Louis Riel, the Red River Rebellion and the North West Campaign
• Organized Crime in Canada After 1945 and Immigration Records
• Records on the Immigration of Domestics
• Rideau Canal
• Ship - Empress of Ireland
• Ship - Empress of Ireland
• South African War
• Spanish Flu Epidemic
• Trans-Canada Highway
• Unidentified Flying Objects

Research Strategies and Advice

The following guides provide advise which will facilitate research in archival documents.

• Federal-Provincial Conferences
• Records of the Department of Public Works (RG 11)

Overview

The following guides provide general descriptions of archival documents pertaining to a particular subject.

• Canadian Immigration Since Confederation and the Department of External Affairs
• Immigration Instructions: A Chart of Circulars, Directives and Operations Memoranda, 1909-1978
• Most Frequently Used Immigration Records