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Use this tool to search records and publications across most of the collections held by Library and Archives Canada.
For other records, try using Census search or one of our other search tools.

Search in:

Collection:

Subset of
Collections and Fonds:

Item ID number:

Date:

Set range

Specific terms:

Type of material:

Architectural and technical drawings
Art
Maps and cartographic material
Objects (including medals and pins)
Moving images

Photographs
Sound recordings
Stamps and stamp products
Textual material

Hierarchical level:

Available online Your search results will include all LAC descriptions by default, whether they are available in digital format or not. You can also show only digital material or exclude digital material from your search.:

Co-Lab contributions Co-Lab is LAC’s crowdsourcing tool. We include results based on both crowdsourced and LAC-created metadata by default. You can also show only Co-Lab-related results or exclude them from your search.:

Collection search

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