Library and Archives Canada announces:

Launch of "Upper Canada Land Board"

Ottawa, December 2, 2010 – Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the launch of a new online database, "Upper Canada Land Board (1765–1804)."

Through this online database, researchers can access more than 16,000 references to documents of the Upper Canada Land Board between 1765 and 1804. The Land Boards were created in 1789 to oversee land matters and facilitate settlement in the districts of Hesse, Luneburg, Mecklenburg and Nassau. This territory is now part of the province of Ontario.

The database can be accessed at the following address: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/uclandboard/index-e.html

Library and Archives Canada announces:

Launch of Canadian Families database

Ottawa, December 2, 2010 — Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the launch of a new online database, Canadian Families.

Through this online database, researchers can access references to baptisms, marriages and burials inscribed in church records held at Library and Archives Canada. This database will expand slowly over the next few years as more references are added.

The database is available at: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/families/index-e.html

Library and Archives Canada Announces:

Launch of "Medals, Honours and Awards" database

Ottawa, December 9, 2010 — Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the launch of a new online database, "Medals, Honours and Awards".

Through this online database, researchers can access more than 113,000 references to medal registers, citation cards and records of various military awards. In addition to archival references, this research tool includes digitized images of some medal registers.
The database is available at: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/medals/index-e.html

Library and Archives Canada announces:

Launch of "Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916"

Ottawa, December 16, 2010 — Library and Archives Canada is pleased to make the 1916 census of the Prairie provinces available online.

In order to track the high rates of population growth in western Canada during the early years of the 20th century, the Canadian government called for a special census of the Prairie provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta). The first census was conducted in 1906, followed by another in 1916.

Access to the digitized images of the 1916 census is available online in two different ways:
Through a database that is searchable by Province, District Name, District Number, and Sub-district Number. The database is available at:www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1916/index-e.html

Through the research tool "microform digitization," you can browse the microfilm reels page by page. The tool is available at:www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/index-e.html