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Canadian History: Newspapers

History/Canadian Studies 183S Spring 2011

Newspaper Archives on Microfilm

 

Montreal LE DEVOIR   S108 (1910-)  
Montreal MONTREAL GAZETTE   S144
(1785-1877; 1949-)  
Toronto NATIONAL POST  S109
(1907-) 
Toronto GLOBE AND MAIL  S118
(1844-) CPI.Q: 1/97-LexisNexis Academic: 2000-  (also in print)
Vancouver VANCOUVER SUN  S179a
(1981-)   also in print
Winnipeg WINNIPEG FREE PRESS   S185
(1874-1944; 1962-)

Online newspapers

Canadian Newsstand: Major Dailies
includes 21 national and leading regional newspapers, including: The Globe and Mail, National Post, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Regina Leader Post, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun and the Victoria Times Colonist. Some backfiles date as far back as the late 1970s and 1980s. Content is updated daily.

Lexis/Nexis Academic
Go to Sources/Canada.  Most newspapers begin in th e1980s.

The British Colonist Online
Newspaper from British Columbia from 1858-1910.