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1.	Illustrated Historical Atlas of Halton County Halton Information Network (HALINET) Digitized images of the Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Halton published by Walker and Miles in 1877. Includes township maps with names of property owners as well as historical sketches naming early settlers.
2.	Guide to Biographies Provincial Archives of New Brunswick The «Guide to Biographies at the Provincial Archives» was created by compiling a listing of published and printed biographies found in various collections or publications at the Provincial Archives.
3.	Dictionnaire historique Société historique du Marigot A historical dictionary of Longueuil, Jacques-Cartier, LeMoyne and Montreal-South. Contains biographical and historical descriptions.
4.	Old Protestant Burying Grounds (Elm Ave Cemetery) Biographies Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society Biographies of prominent burials in the Old Protestant Burying Grounds. Some names are linked to a photograph of the tombstone.
5.	Canadian railway agent, operator, dispatcher genealogical index Canadian Railway Telegraph History Names are in alphabetical order within each province. There are also photographs.
6.	Land Harvested By Faith (A ...) Saskatchewan GenWeb Index of names appearing in A Land Harvested By Faith 1884-1984, Wakaw, Saskatchewan. This local history contains many family biographies.
7.	Biggar's First Citizens Saskatoon GenWeb Biographical sketches of businessmen and GTP railway employees in Biggar, Saskatchewan, extracted from the Biggar World, 1909. Sketches vary in detail but may include birthplace, age, educational background and occupation.
8.	History of the County of Pictou Pictou County GenWeb This transcribed collection of historical items includes biographies of early settlers and prominent Pictou figures.
9.	85th Canadian Infantry Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders S. Gowan Nominal list of officers and men who served in Europe. The information is taken from «The Eighty-Fifth in France and Flanders» by Lt. Col. Joseph Hayes. There are also biographies, photographs, transcriptions of letters home, songs, etc.
10.	Home Page, Swift Current GenWeb Swift Current GenWeb This page offers convenient access to all GenWeb resources for this area of Saskatchewan. Links are organized by type of resource.
11.	Home Page, St. Joseph's Colony GenWeb St. Joseph's Colony GenWeb This page offers convenient access to all GenWeb resources for this area of Saskatchewan. Links are organized by type of resource.
12.	Home Page, Barr Colony GenWeb Barr Colony GenWeb This page offers convenient access to all GenWeb resources for this area of Saskatchewan. Links are organized by type of resource.
13.	Home Page, Brant County GenWeb Brant County GenWeb This page offers convenient access to all GenWeb resources for this area of the province of Ontario. Links are organized by type of resource.
14.	Home page, Midwest Manitoba GenWeb Midwest Manitoba GenWeb This page offers convenient access to all GenWeb resources for this area of the province of Manitoba. Links are organized by type of resource
15.	Townships Heritage WebMagazine Townshippers' Association The WebMagazine provides the public with a window on Eastern Townships history on the region's heritage, past and present. It contains articles and links relating to the Eastern Townships.
16.	La grande recrue de 1653 Société généalogique canadienne-française In 1651, Maisonneuve goes to France to recruit 100 new settlers to ensure the survival of Montreal. This site gives a short history of this trip, as well as biographies of each of the new settlers, maps and photographs showing their place of origin in France, birth certificates, etc.
17.	Black Loyalists: Our Story, Our People Black Loyalist Heritage Society This Web site contains a full version of the Black Loyalist story along with hundreds of pages of transcribed original documents such as autobiographies, letters, official documents and proclamations, treaties, muster lists, the Book Of Negroes, survey records, land sales, and others.
18.	Patriotes de 1837-1838 Cégep du Vieux Montréal This site contains biographies, genealogies, brief descriptions of interesting events, articles, images, monuments, etc, relating to the Rebellions of 1837-1838.
19.	Early Canadiana Online (ECO) Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM) Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a digital library providing access to Canada's printed heritage. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century.
20.	Senators and Members Parliament of Canada This site contains short biographical skectches of cabinet ministers, senators and members of parliament, past and present, with some photographs.
21.	First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics Library and Archives Canada This site contains quick facts about the prime ministers of Canada, biographies, anecdotes, bibliographies, speeches and photographs.
22.	Empire of the Bay PBS A companion to the PBS television program, this site contains historical information and biographies of the key characters of the Hudson’s Bay Company.
23.	Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Mennonite Historical Society of Canada The Encyclopedia is a dynamic source of information about the Anabaptist-Mennonite groups in Canada. Subjects of interest to genealogists include, history, biography and family history.
24.	Remembering Black Loyalists, Black Communities in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Museum This site gives historical background about people, places and events. It contains several biographies and images of places and objects.
25.	Canadian VC Recipients Veterans Affairs Canada This site gives the names of all 94 Canadian winners of the Victoria Cross with the citation, a short biographical sketch and a photograph.

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