Canadian History in the 20th Century

Please note that Library and Archives Canada and Ontario Archives pages migrate to different addresses a lot. If their links below do not work, please put the description in your internet browser and find them as they are invaluable sites.

Sites of General Interest

• Canada: A People's History
• Historical Atlas of Canada
• Great Events in Canadian History
• Foreign Affairs and International Affairs
• Images Canada
• Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King
• Statistics Canada historical statistics
• Globe, Toronto, 1907
• Catalogues 1930-9
• U.S. History index
• History of agriculture at Archives of Ontario
• Bungalow house style
• Canadian paintings in the 30's at Cyber Muse
• Canadian airmen and the Victoria Cross

Photo Representations

• Archives Canada searchable photo database
• Archives Canada enhanced image search
• Picturing the Century - this is an American site with excellent photos 
• America from the Great Depression to World War II - 164 000 photos searchable by key word 
• American Memory Project
• Touring Turn of the Century America, Detroit Publishing Company 1880-1920
• Ontario History Quest digital collections (are 138 scans related to WW1 here; units for Gr.7,8,10,12)
• Canada's Prime Ministers at First Among Equals

World War I

• First World War: Nurses Oral Histories at Library and Archives Canada
• Interviews with veterans and a photo archive
• WWI Photo archive of the home front and music and songs
• UK National Archives education units
• Archives of Ontario exhibits including those related to war
• University of Manitoba Canadian Wartime Experience original documents project
• War Diaries at Library and Archives Canada
• Memoirs at Courage Remembered
• War Diary of Private Donald Fraser, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1915-16
• Sid Unwin diary
• Letters Home from Canadian Military Heritage
• A Mother's war at Virtual Museum of Canada - diary pages, post cards and images
• Nursing documents from the Virtual Library.
• Nursing Sister Helen Fowlds
• Van Doos from CBC Archives
• The Memory Project
• Vimy Ridge at Canadian War Museum
• Military History
• Brantford Expositor, 1915
• The American Field Service
• CBC Welcome Home, Soldier (at the bottom)
• WW1 Sketchbook at U of Victoria Special Collections 
• Our Ontario supports digital projects online. Find World War 1 photos, clippings, artifacts
• World War I attestation papers - searchable
• University of Oxford Great War Archive

The Spanish Flu

• At home tragedies Library and Archives Canada
• Ottawa's Dance with the Spanish Lady by Marc St. Pierre
• 1919 Stanley Cup cancelled.
• Photos at about.com (many ads may be a distraction here)
• Legion magazine
• Wikipedia on Spanish flu
• Spanish Flu panics Canada
• Influenza encyclopedia

• Facts on the House of Refuge
• Cemetery list

The Depression

• General facts on the Depression
• Parks Canada The Great Depression
• Saskatchewan Depression
• American Federal Writer's Project: Voices from the 30s
• The Depression  from KHAN online study
• Dirty Thirties at McCord Museum
• New Deal Network with resources on the Depression

Halifax Explosion

• Facts and archival material at Library and Archives Canada 
• Historica Minute
• Remembrance Book listing the names of those who died

• Report from the New York Times
• From our friends in Maine Learn About the Great Depression and the Stock Market Crash of 1929
• A site Natalie likes to use with links about the stock market and the Depression
• A site from Stuart about the stock market and the crash

• Early adventures with the automobile from Eyewitness History (there are ads on this site) and it is American
• First woman to fly the English Channel 1912 from Eyewitness History (American)
• Charles Lindbergh 1927 from Eyewitness History (American)

Labour

• Canadian Labour History - especially interesting are the VOICES links
• Sweat shops in Canada - women recount their experiences
• 'Tough cookies' of the Great Depression
• Children at work 1908-1912 from Eyewitness History (American)
• Child Labor in America 1908-1912 - In 1908 the National Child Labour Committee employed Lewis Hine as their staff investigator and photographer. Hine travelled the country taking pictures of children working in factories. An excellent site.
• Immigration stats

Voting

• The History of the Vote in Canada Canada Civilization Museum
• Women's Suffrage Pictures from the US
• Annie Ada York Secord diary on voting

• The CBC Archives

• The History of Canada's Public Pensions at Canadian Civilization Museum

Royalty

• 1939 tour by train
• Search the diary of William Lyon Mackenzie King. Put "royal train" in the search box to find references in his diary.
• Royal train photos at Our Ontario. Put "royal train" in the search box.

Family Life

• Vintage images from Vogue magazine

Sites For Teachers

• Queen's University World War 1 World War 1 and since World War I unit
• Canada's National History Society
• Teach students how to read pictures
• NARA Lessons on teaching with documents
• Education ideas at Archives of Ontario for students and the Depression also using primary documents
• Using Primary Sources on the Web from American Library Association
• Library of Congress ideas on using primary sources