Today, millions of Canadians are celebrating Canada Day. In honour of the occasion, I've compiled a number of websites and resources which I hope are helpful to librarians in their reference work today as questions on Canada and Canada Day come up. I hope this article is also helpful to those just wishing to know a little more about Canada. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the holiday, here's a little history of Canada Day to start you off.
General / Canadiana
Canadian Information by Subject (NLC)
"Canadian Information By Subject is an information service developed by the National Library of Canada to provide links to information about Canada from Internet resources around the world. The subject arrangement is in the form of a "Subject Tree", based on the structure of the Dewey Decimal Classification system. This service is updated regularly and is constantly developing and expanding."
Canadiana: The Canadian Resource Page
Find news and information, facts and figures, travel and tourism information, government information, politics and history, science, technology, industry, culture and heritage information. I think Canadian-based Publications Online is particularly useful.
Flag Etiquette in Canada
The rules for flying and displaying the Canadian flag in different situations.
CNews: Canadiana is a great site for finding Canadian information. Some of the features of this site include:
Canada, A-Z is an interesting collection of Canadiana tidbits, here are the entries for A, P, and U:
A is for Acadians, the French-speaking settlers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick whose large-scale expulsion by the British in the 1700s inspired Henry Longfellow's poem, Evangeline. Some descendants still live in the Maritimes, others have a thriving culture in Louisiana, where they are known as Cajuns.
P is for poutine; that uniquely Canadian concoction of french fries, gravy and cheese curds. Loaded with fat and lacking any pretensions to healthy living, it's greeted with equal portions of relish and repulsion.
U is for United Empire Loyalists, American colonists who supported the Crown against the revolution and found themselves dispossessed after the United States was formed. Between 80,000 and 100,000 fled America, with about half coming to Canada in 1783 and 1784. Loyalists who settled in what is now Ontario gave the region its first substantial population and led to the creation of a separate province.
Canada Day Multimedia (this site requires Flash)
Take a quiz, learn Canadian history and facts, view photos of Canada Day celebrations, and learn about Canadian inventors.
General / Canadiana
Canadian Information by Subject (NLC)
"Canadian Information By Subject is an information service developed by the National Library of Canada to provide links to information about Canada from Internet resources around the world. The subject arrangement is in the form of a "Subject Tree", based on the structure of the Dewey Decimal Classification system. This service is updated regularly and is constantly developing and expanding."
Canadiana: The Canadian Resource Page
Find news and information, facts and figures, travel and tourism information, government information, politics and history, science, technology, industry, culture and heritage information. I think Canadian-based Publications Online is particularly useful.
Flag Etiquette in Canada
The rules for flying and displaying the Canadian flag in different situations.
CNews: Canadiana is a great site for finding Canadian information. Some of the features of this site include:
Canada, A-Z is an interesting collection of Canadiana tidbits, here are the entries for A, P, and U:
A is for Acadians, the French-speaking settlers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick whose large-scale expulsion by the British in the 1700s inspired Henry Longfellow's poem, Evangeline. Some descendants still live in the Maritimes, others have a thriving culture in Louisiana, where they are known as Cajuns.
P is for poutine; that uniquely Canadian concoction of french fries, gravy and cheese curds. Loaded with fat and lacking any pretensions to healthy living, it's greeted with equal portions of relish and repulsion.
U is for United Empire Loyalists, American colonists who supported the Crown against the revolution and found themselves dispossessed after the United States was formed. Between 80,000 and 100,000 fled America, with about half coming to Canada in 1783 and 1784. Loyalists who settled in what is now Ontario gave the region its first substantial population and led to the creation of a separate province.
Canada Day Multimedia (this site requires Flash)
Take a quiz, learn Canadian history and facts, view photos of Canada Day celebrations, and learn about Canadian inventors.
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