Historical Primary Sources: Canada

Archival documents, photographs, books and artifacts related to three broad themes: British Columbia History, Immigration and Settlement and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

Offerings include archival collections, city council records, Chinese Canadian, Japanese Canadian, and South Asian Canadian collections, historical mages, and oral histories.

Collections on the immigrant experience, British Columbia, indigenous populations, and many other topics.

Includes digital photos, books, newspapers, maps, videos, theses and more.

Digitized materials both from the rare and unique holdings in Special Collections and University Archives and from UVic Libraries’ project partners