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Request For Retrieval of Documents

This online service allows you to order material in advance of your visit to Library and Archives Canada (LAC). You may order a maximum of ten items (i.e.: books, boxes of archival documents, video-tapes, etc.) and you must submit your request at least five working days prior to your visit.

You must:

Provide your user card number. If you do not have one, complete the online User Card Registration Form. You will receive your user card number by email within two working days.
Provide an email address and a phone or fax number where you can be reached from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. We will contact you if the documents you are ordering are not available or the archival or bibliographical references are incomplete.
Provide the archival references (see Examples of archival references) or the bibliographical references (Amicus number, title and author). If you cannot find the information you need, ask us a question.

Please complete all applicable fields. Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.

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Client information

* First Name:

* Last Name:

* Email address:

* Confirm your email address:

Telephone number:
(999-999-9999)

Fax number:
(999-999-9999)

Retrieval Information

* User Card Number:

* Date of your visit (Month / Day):

Archival or bibliographical references:

Archival or bibliographical references 1

Archival or bibliographical references 2

Archival or bibliographical references 3

Archival or bibliographical references 4

Archival or bibliographical references 5

Archival or bibliographical references 6

Archival or bibliographical references 7

Archival or bibliographical references 8

Archival or bibliographical references 9

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Archival or bibliographical references 10

Additional Information:

If you cannot use the on-line service, you can transmit your request by fax, or by mail. You can also submit your request by telephone or TTY to order a maximum of five published documents (books, newspapers, magazines, etc.) from our collection.