Historical & Governmental Research (in no particular order)
CANADA
Government of Canada Publications
GALLOP (Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publication Portal) - access to almost 500,000 electronic government publications from all levels of Canadian government
LiPAD (Linked Parliamentary Data Project) - search Canadian Hansard, from 1901 to present
British North American Legislative database, 1758-1867
Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources, 1867-1996 - debates, journals, and selected committee documentation of the Senate and the House of Commons
Hansard - Canadian House of Commons, 1994-present - includes House Publications, Journals and Order and Notice Papers
Hansard - Canadian Senate, 1996-present - Senate Publications, Journals and Order and Notice Papers
LEGISinfo - provides information on bills before Canadian House and Senate
Indian Affairs Annual Reports (1864-1990) database, LAC
Canadiana Online
1943 Schedule of Indian reserves in the province of BC (schedule to 1943 Indian Affairs Annual Report)
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system :
Department of Indian Affairs: Indian Commissioner for British Columbia
Available reels: 37 reels - T reels
Office of the Indian Reserve Commissioner for the Province of British Columbia
Available reels: 6 reels - 3 C reels, 3 T reels
Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Available reels at Canadiana: 13
- Transcripts of evidence at UBCIC
JIRC journal
Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (CARD)
National Airphoto Library
Department of Indian Affairs file history cards
BRITISH COLUMBIA, COLONY
UK legislation creating Colony of B.C. is available at RSBC 1897 (through HeinOnline, Provincial Statutes)
GATOR: Finding historic Crown grants in British Columbia.
The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1846-1871
Archived Journals of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 1851-present
List of Persons Entitled to Vote, British Columbia, 1875 (Sessional Papers)
FamilySearch.org - two separate databases for Crown grants (excellent - just needs free account => Search/Research Wiki - search "British Columbia", then select blue button "British Columbia Online Genealogy Records" for all BC sources)
LTSA for colonial maps - how to order: "Other Requests/Order Scan on Demand from Surveyor General"; see also Excel spreadsheet of ALL colonial holdings that Calvin Woelke sent me on March 16, 2021
UVic Vault - various collections, including historical BC maps (lots)
BRITISH COLUMBIA, PROVINCE
Historical BC legislation: go to HeinOnline (through CHL), then Legislation, then "Browse Databases by Name", then "Provincial Statutes of Canada"
B.C. Law Reform Commission reports, 1970-1995
Royal Commission on Indian Affairs (McKenna-McBride) - reports @ UBCIC
BC Sessional Papers - on UBC Open Collections site
omnibus website with lots of links to everything BC - Mary's Genealogy Treasures
To find District Lots
BC Ministries over time (esp re land) - BC Archives blog + schematic
COMMONWEALTH
Foundations of the Common Law Library (1215-1914), online, hosted by Commonlii, the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
Researching British treaties
British and Foreign State Papers
Australia - Native Title Law database
OTHER HISTORICAL
George Gibbs, "A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon", 1863
Google Newspapers - including for historic newspapers
UBC's Undergraduate History Honours Thesis archive
Maps from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
The Avalon Project, Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Government of Canada Publications
GALLOP (Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publication Portal) - access to almost 500,000 electronic government publications from all levels of Canadian government
LiPAD (Linked Parliamentary Data Project) - search Canadian Hansard, from 1901 to present
British North American Legislative database, 1758-1867
Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources, 1867-1996 - debates, journals, and selected committee documentation of the Senate and the House of Commons
Hansard - Canadian House of Commons, 1994-present - includes House Publications, Journals and Order and Notice Papers
Hansard - Canadian Senate, 1996-present - Senate Publications, Journals and Order and Notice Papers
LEGISinfo - provides information on bills before Canadian House and Senate
Indian Affairs Annual Reports (1864-1990) database, LAC
Canadiana Online
1943 Schedule of Indian reserves in the province of BC (schedule to 1943 Indian Affairs Annual Report)
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system :
- Thousand series - Available reels: 73 reels (was very useful for Ulkatcho, Lhoosk'uz Dene & Nazko)
- Black series - Available reels: 20 reels- C reels (and some T reels?)
Department of Indian Affairs: Indian Commissioner for British Columbia
Available reels: 37 reels - T reels
Office of the Indian Reserve Commissioner for the Province of British Columbia
Available reels: 6 reels - 3 C reels, 3 T reels
Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Available reels at Canadiana: 13
- Transcripts of evidence at UBCIC
JIRC journal
Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (CARD)
National Airphoto Library
Department of Indian Affairs file history cards
BRITISH COLUMBIA, COLONY
UK legislation creating Colony of B.C. is available at RSBC 1897 (through HeinOnline, Provincial Statutes)
- An Act to Provide for the Government of British Columbia (U.K.), 21 & 22 Vict., c. 99 (2 August 1858) - (this one also in Hendrickson, Journals of Colonial Legs.)
- An Act to Define the Boundaries of the Colony of British Columbia, and to continue an Act to provide for the Government of the said Colony (U.K.), 26 & 27 Vict., c. 83 (28 July 1863)
- An Act for the Union of the Colony of Vancouver Island with the Colony of British Columbia (U.K.), 29 & 30 Vict., c. 67 (6 August 1866) - (this one also in Hendrickson, Journals of Colonial Legs.)
GATOR: Finding historic Crown grants in British Columbia.
The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1846-1871
Archived Journals of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 1851-present
List of Persons Entitled to Vote, British Columbia, 1875 (Sessional Papers)
FamilySearch.org - two separate databases for Crown grants (excellent - just needs free account => Search/Research Wiki - search "British Columbia", then select blue button "British Columbia Online Genealogy Records" for all BC sources)
- see Crown Land Grant Records, 1851-1874
- see Crown Land Grants, 1869-1930
- see also Pre-emption Registers (note: this is not ALL pre-emptions/registers)
LTSA for colonial maps - how to order: "Other Requests/Order Scan on Demand from Surveyor General"; see also Excel spreadsheet of ALL colonial holdings that Calvin Woelke sent me on March 16, 2021
UVic Vault - various collections, including historical BC maps (lots)
- "Early British Columbia Maps" (from National Archives England), "Hudson's Bay Company Maps", "LTSA Maps"
- Official Gazettes of the Province of BC
- BC Legislative Assembly Sessional Clippings Books (1891-1972)
BRITISH COLUMBIA, PROVINCE
Historical BC legislation: go to HeinOnline (through CHL), then Legislation, then "Browse Databases by Name", then "Provincial Statutes of Canada"
B.C. Law Reform Commission reports, 1970-1995
Royal Commission on Indian Affairs (McKenna-McBride) - reports @ UBCIC
BC Sessional Papers - on UBC Open Collections site
omnibus website with lots of links to everything BC - Mary's Genealogy Treasures
To find District Lots
- use ParcelMap (log in to LTSA site to get here) to identify PID or other identifier
- input the identifier into GATOR (not the Historic Crown Grants GATOR)
- from Gator, select "Report"
- see also Crown Land Grants, 1869-1930
- see also Pre-emption Registers (note: this is not ALL pre-emptions/registers)
BC Ministries over time (esp re land) - BC Archives blog + schematic
COMMONWEALTH
Foundations of the Common Law Library (1215-1914), online, hosted by Commonlii, the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
Researching British treaties
British and Foreign State Papers
Australia - Native Title Law database
OTHER HISTORICAL
George Gibbs, "A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon", 1863
Google Newspapers - including for historic newspapers
UBC's Undergraduate History Honours Thesis archive
Maps from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
The Avalon Project, Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Legal Research & Writing
The Canadian Legal Research & Writing Guide on Canlii.
How to figure out if an Act has come into force (all jurisdictions), courtesy of Slaw Tips.
How to link to a particular paragraph in a Canlii case or legislation in your factum or argument.
Law Society of Ontario's free access to continuing legal education and professional development materials
How to figure out if an Act has come into force (all jurisdictions), courtesy of Slaw Tips.
How to link to a particular paragraph in a Canlii case or legislation in your factum or argument.
Law Society of Ontario's free access to continuing legal education and professional development materials