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== Finding and Using the Newspaper You Want (Continued) ==
=== Canada ===
'''Library and Archives Canada'''
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N4
General enquiries: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (Toll free in Canada and the US) [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/contact/index-e.html Online Contact Forms]
Their preferred method of receiving queries is via email, at either of the above addresses. There is a large collection of newspapers on mf at Library and Archives Canada. It published a union list in book form under the title ''Union list of Canadian newspapers held by Canadian libraries = Liste collective des journaux canadiens disponibles dans les bibliothèques canadiennes'' (National Library of Canada, 1977, with a supplementary volume in 1983). Since 1988 it has been published on microfiche only. This title is widely available in Canadian libraries of all sizes. Newspaper holdings for LAC are listed on their website:
[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/8/18/index-e.html Canadian Newspapers on Microform] Held by the Library and Archives Canada
==== Alberta ====
[http://culture.alberta.ca/paa/ Provincial Archives of Alberta]
8555 Roper Road
Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5W1
Telephone: 780-427-1750
Email: paa@gov.ab.ca
*The Legislature Library has a nearly complete collection of weeklies from 1905.
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/index.htm Library Services]
216 Legislature Building
10800-97th Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2B6
Telephone: (780)427- 2473
Email: [mailto:library.requests@assembly.ab.ca library.requests@assembly.ab.ca]
Both the Provincial Archives and Legislature Library have newspapers.
==== British Columbia ====
[http://www.bcarchives.bc.ca/ British Columbia Archives]
655 Belleville Street
Victoria, British Colombia
Mailing address: 675 Belleville Street
Victoria, British Colombia V8W 9W2
Telephone Toll Free from Greater Vancouver area: (604)660-2421 (ask the operator for 250-387-1952).
From other areas in British Columbia, excluding Vancouver and Victoria: 1-800-663-7867 (ask the operator for 387-1952).
From everywhere else (250)387-1952
Email: [mailto:access@bcarchives.bc.ca access@bcarchives.bc.ca]
(please see their website for a complex and very firm note on what is required for an [http://www.bcarchives.bc.ca/BCarchives/inq_inf.aspx email query])
Their catalogue is [http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/library/newspapr/newspapr.htm British Columbia Newspapers on Microfilm].
“The collection does not include the major 20th century Vancouver and Victoria daily newspapers; researchers are advised to contact public libraries, university libraries, or the Legislative Library of British Columbia for these materials.”
==== Manitoba ====
[http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/ Archives of Manitoba]
130-200 Vaughan Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1T5
Telephone Government Records: (204)945-3738
Telephone General Inquiries: (204)945-3971
Email: [mailto:archives@gov.mb.ca archives@gov.mb.ca]
For books and publications, researchers are referred to:
[http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/leg-lib/ Manitoba Legislative Library] in the same building.
Telephone: (204)945-4243
Email: [mailto:legislative_library@gov.mb.ca legislative_library@gov.mb.ca]
They have newspapers from Manitoba dating back to 1859 and make the microfilms available for interlibrary loan.
==== New Brunswick ====
[http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB)]
Bonar Law-Bennett Building
23 Dineen Drive
University of New Brunswick Campus
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1
Telephone: (506)453-2122
[http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperDirectory/?culture=en-CA New Brunswick Newspaper Directory]:
*The province’s largest collection of newspapers is at:
'''Harriet Irving Library'''
University of New Brunswick
P.O. Box 7500 Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H5
(Street address: 5 MacAulay Lane)
Telephone: (506) 453-4740
[http://www.lib.unb.ca/microforms/newsguide.html Newspaper Guide]
[http://www.gnb.ca/legis/leglibbib/index.asp Legislative Library of New Brunswick]
706 Queen Street
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1
Telephone: (506)453-2338
Email: [mailto:library.biblio-info@gnb.ca library.biblio-info@gnb.ca]
The Legislative Library also has a large collection. They have all New Brunswick newspapers and also make clippings files by subject from the four provincial dailies “concerning public issues and the activities of the New Brunswick government” so it appears unlikely these will be of use to genealogists.
==== Newfoundland and Labrador ====
[http://www.therooms.ca/ The Rooms (Provincial Archives)]
9 Bonaventure Avenue
P.O. Box 1800, Station C
St. John’s, Newfoundland A1C 5P9
Telephone: (709)757-8030
Email: [mailto:archives@therooms.ca archives@therooms.ca]
The principal repository for newspapers is the Newfoundland and Labrador Collection, which is part of the:
Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries
[http://www.nlpl.ca/index.php/nl-collection.html Newfoundland and Labrador Collection]
Provincial Resource Library
Arts and Culture Centre
St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 3A3
Telephone: 709-737-3955
==== Nova Scotia ====
[http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ Nova Scotia Archives]
6016 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1W4
(corner of University Avenue and Robie Street)
Telephone: (902)424-6060
Email: [mailto:nsarm@gov.ns.ca nsarm@gov.ns.ca]
A good listing of their newspaper holdings can be found in Terrence Punch’s ''Genealogical research in Nova Scotia'' (New revised edition, Halifax: Nimbus, 1998).
==== Ontario ====
[http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/ Archives of Ontario]
134 Ian Macdonald Blvd.
Toronto, Ontario M7A 2C5
Toll-Free Number (Ontario only): 1-800-668-9933 or (416)327-1600
Email: [mailto:reference@ontario.ca reference@ontario.ca]
AO has a large collection of pre-1930 newspapers. In the 1960s, Ontario universities had a cooperative programme to microfilm local newspapers, and these microfilms can be found in many university libraries. The largest collection of post-1930 Ontario newspapers in one place (aside from LAC) can be found at the:
[http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Toronto Public Library]
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street (1 block north of Bloor)
Toronto, Ontario M4W 2G8
Telephone: (416) 393-7131
==== Prince Edward Island ====
[http://www.gov.pe.ca/archives/ Public Archives and Records Office (PARO)]
Hon. George Coles Building, 4th floor
175 Richmond Street
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1000
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 7M4
Telephone: (902)368-4290
Email: [mailto:archives@gov.pe.ca archives@gov.pe.ca]
There are many newspapers here and at the:
[http://library.upei.ca/ Robertson Library]
University of Prince Edward Island
550 University Avenue
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3
Information/Reference Desk: (902)566-0696
Email: [mailto:reference@upei.ca reference@upei.ca]
==== Québec ====
The Archives nationales du Québec has nine locations, each of which has the materials for its area:
'''Abitibi-Témiscamingue et Nord-du-Québec'''
27, rue du Terminus Ouest
Rouyn-Noranda, Québec J9X 293
Telephone: (819) 763-3484
Email: [mailto:archives.rouyn@banq.qc.ca archives.rouyn@banq.qc.ca]
'''Bas-Saint-Laurent et Gaspésie, Iles-de-la-Madeleine'''
337, rue Moreault
Rimouski, Québec G5L 1P4
Telephone: (418) 727-3500
Email: [mailto:archives.rimouski@banq.qc.ca archives.rimouski@banq.qc.ca]
'''Côte-Nord'''
700, boulevard Laure, Bureau 190-2
Sept-Iles, Québec, G4R 1Y1
Telephone: (418) 964-8434
Email: [mailto:archives.sept-iles@banq.qc.ca archives.sept-iles@banq.qc.ca]
'''Estrie'''
225, rue Frontenac, bureau 401
Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 1K1
Telephone: (819) 820-3010
Email: [mailto:archives.sherbrooke@banq.qc.ca archives.sherbrooke@banq.qc.ca]
'''Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec'''
225, rue des Forges
Trois-Rivières, Québec G9A 2G7
Telephone: (819) 371-6015
Email: [mailto:archives.trois-rivieres@banq.qc.ca archives.trois-rivieres@banq.qc.ca]
'''Montréal'''
Édifice Gilles-Hocquart
535 avenue Viger est
Montréal, Québec H2L 2P3
Telephone: (514) 873-1100, option 4
Email: [mailto:archives.montreal@banq.qc.ca archives.montreal@banq.qc.ca]
'''Outaouais'''
855, boulevard de la Gappe
Gatineau (Québec) J8T 8H9
Telephone: (819) 568-8798
Email: [mailto:archives.gatineau@banq.qc.ca archives.gatineau@banq.qc.ca]
'''Québec'''
Campus de l’Université Laval
Pavillon Louis-Jacques-Casault
Cité universitaire, C.P. 10450
1055, avenue du Séminaire
Case postale 10450, succursale Sainte-Foy
Québec G1V 4N1
Telephone: (418) 643-8904
Email: [mailto:archives.quebec@banq.qc.ca archives.quebec@banq.qc.ca]
'''Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean'''
930, rue Jacques-Cartier Est
Bureau C-103
Chicoutimi, Québec G7H 2A9
Telephone: 418-698-3516
Email: [mailto:archives.saguenay@banq.qc.ca archives.saguenay@banq.qc.ca]
The principal repository for newspapers is the:
[http://www.banq.qc.ca/ Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)]
475, boulevard De Maisonneuve Est
Montréal, Québec H2L 5C4
Telephone: 514-873-1100
Toll free in Québec outside Montréal: 1-800-363-9028
==== Saskatchewan ====
'''''Regina location:'''''
[http://www.saskarchives.com/ Saskatchewan Archives Board]
3303 Hillsdale Street
Regina, Saskatchewan
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1665 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3C6
Telephone: 306-787-4068
Email: [mailto:info.regina@archives.gov.sk.ca info.regina@archives.gov.sk.ca]
'''''Saskatoon location:'''''
'''Saskatchewan Archives Board'''
91 Murray Building, University of Saskatchewan
3 Campus Drive Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A4
Telephone: 306-933-5832
Email: [mailto:info.saskatoon@archives.gov.sk.ca info.saskatoon@archives.gov.sk.ca]
The two offices’ collections reflect their geographical location, Regina collecting for the south and Saskatoon for the north of the province, but it is possible to have things sent to the other office if that is where you will be.
This is the best source for newspapers; papers from communities north of Davidson are in Saskatoon, the rest are in Regina. The weeklies on microfilm are available on interlibrary loan.
==== Yukon ====
[http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/archives.html Department of Tourism and Culture - Yukon Archives ]
Yukon Place - 400 College Drive
Whitehorse, Yukon
Telephone: (867)667-5321
==== Northwest Territories ====
[http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/programs/archive.htm Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre - NWT Archives]
P.O. Box 1320
4750 - 48 Street
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2L9
Telephone: (867)873-7551
Email: [mailto:nwtarchives@learnnet.nt.ca nwtarchives@learnnet.nt.ca]
==== Nunavut ====
'''Nunavut Archives'''
Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth
Box 1000, Stn. 800
Iqaluit, Nunavut X0A 0H0
Telephone: 867-975-5500
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