Newspapers: Canada - Historical
Canadian Provinces Historical
Small print shop, probably near Unity, SK, ca. 1913. UASC, pamphlets collection
Note: Some historical newspapers are also available in microfilm at the Murray Library.
- The Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) Newspaper ArchivesThis archive holds digitized versions of Canadian Indigenous newspapers such as Saskatchewan Sage, Alberta Sweetgrass, Windspeaker, and more.
- Alberta Newspapers CollectionEarly Alberta Newspaper Collection, an Alberta Heritage - Digitization Project, is a work in development. Goal to scan all Alberta newspapers.
- BC Historical NewspapersBC newspapers from 1865-1994 (scanned issues).
- Manitoba NewspapersEarly Manitoba Newspapers (scanned issues).
- Peel's Prairie Provinces: Newspapers"An online bibliography of books, pamphlets, and other materials related to the development of the Prairies, as well as a searchable full-text collection of many of these items."University of Alberta.
- Prince Edward Island ArchivesIsland Newspapers.
- Quebec BANQ Newspapers Digital CollectionA list of magazines and newspapers from Quebec.
- Saskatchewan Historic Newspapers Online (SHNO)This collection when completed will see the digitization of newspapers from all across Saskatchewan from 1878 through to the mid 1960s. The first stage focuses on Saskatchewan newspapers published during the Great War period, from January 1914 through to the end of hostilities in 1918.
- Saskatchewan News IndexIndex to selected articles published in Saskatchewan newspapers from 1884-2000; compiled by a group of Saskatchewan cultural institutions.
Historical Newspapers Online Collections and Indexes
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Saskatoon Star-PhoenixThis historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1902 - 2009
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Leader-PostThis historical newspaper features full-page images of the newspaper pages as they were published, including the advertisements. It is digitized at the page-level and is fully searchable by keyword. It covers the period of 1883-2010.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and MailFull-page newspaper issues from June 1844. Coverage includes all the stories, images, advertisements, classifieds, political cartoons, births and deaths.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Toronto StarFull page newspaper issues of the Toronto Star newspaper since 1894.
- Indigenous Newspapers in North America(Formerly American Indian Newspapers) Indigenous Newspapers in North America aims to present a diverse and robust collection of print journalism from Indigenous peoples of the US and Canada over more than 9,000 individual editions from 1828-2016. Representing a large range in style, production, and audience, the 45 unique newspaper titles include national periodicals as well as local community news and student publications. In addition to English language publishing, the collection contains bilingual and Indigenous language editions, including Cherokee, Lakota, and Chinook.
- Democracy at war: Canadian newspapers and the Second World War"Collection of more than 140,000 clippings, arranged by subject and date, includes news stories and editorials from newspapers, mostly Canadian, documenting every aspect of the war. The English-language clippings are from the archive of the century-old Hamilton Spectator newspaper, while the French-language materials are from a collection of the newspaper Le Devoir."
- Canadian News FactsCall Number: Murray Library-5th Floor AP5 .C241 v.1 to v.35The indexed digest of Canadian current events. The library has print copies from v.1 1967 to v.35 2001.
Online access is available for v.31 1997 to v.35 2001.
- Google Newspapers ArchivesCoverage and history varies. Includes newspapers such as the Calgary Herald, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette etc.