News Archives: Canada

Click here to search for Canadian news print archives:

• By newspaper
• Many newspapers at a time

Individual newspaper Archives:

Ontario:

• Toronto Star       Search about two months of their extensive online editions. The Star has an instant search for their current issue and a few  months of back issues
• .The Globe and Mail      One week of archives for their Net version; certain columns and features archived longer
• National Post    Up to 60 days
• Ottawa Citizen -- Online Search      Free but limited online search for web articles going back to April, 1996.  You can also email their library for a free search going back to 1985, but they will only give you the date and page of the article. You'll have to pay if you want to see it.
• Ottawa Citizen -- Archives by Date        View online articles going back to November, 1997

Quebec:

• Montreal Gazette            Limited now as part of the Canwest chain.

Maritimes:

• Halifax Daily News     One feature story archived, plus back issues available at Infomart ... but you have to pay for Infomart
• Halifax Chronicle Herald         5 days of archives
• Fredricton Daily Gleaner        5 days of archives

Canadian archive services:

Free - the best:

• Vancouver Public Library Free access to many treasures troves, including newspaper archives, encyclopedias, corporate records. All that is required is a library card:
  • Full text of over 65 Canadian newspapers
  • The Globe and Mail newspaper The electronic full-image version of the complete works from its inception in 1844 to December 1999. The database includes every article, image, cartoon, advertisement, classified advertisement, birth and death notice published in the Globe and Mail.
• Toronto public library periodical databaseWith a library number, you can assess their database...which includes magazines and newspapers

The rest:

• Newstrawler Canada     Excellent service that allows you to search several Canadian newspapers (Ottawa Citizen, Globe, Toronto Star, Edmonton Journal and Montreal Gazette)
• Canada  Newswire        Archives of any news releases going back about 2 years.
• Search CANOE       Canoe -- which features the Sun newspapers, Maclean's and Chatelaine magazine -- offers a limited search function. Click on Search CNEWS.
• Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War The Canadian War Museum's newspaper archives database contains more than 144 000 newspaper articles from World War 2. The materials come from the The Hamilton Spectator, but also from the Toronto newspapers, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Telegram and The Toronto Daily Star and other canadian newspapers as well as from foreign newspapers such as The New York Times.

Fee-based:

• NewsLibrary Canada     Search four Sun papers and the London Free Press
• Canada News Disk - SFU     All Canadian archives; open to Simon Fraser University only
• Canada News Disk - UBC     All Canadian archives; open to University of British Columbia only
• Burrelles
• NEWSCAN
• Bowdens News Clippings     You need user authorization for this site

Government archives :

Ontario Archives
Alberta Archives
BC Archives