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[[Category:Canada]]
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[[Image:Map of Canada copy.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Canada. Source: Wikipedia]]
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'''Capital'''  Ottawa <br><br>
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'''Languages''' English, French<br><br>
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'''Currency''' Canadian dollar <br><br>
 
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Canada is the second largest country in the world and is divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories, each with its own capital city. From huge sprawling towns to vast wilderness areas and national parks, Canada is certainly a country of diversity, although culturally very similar to England and France.
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==General Information==
  
 
*[http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html Canadian History And Genealogy]
 
*[http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html Canadian History And Genealogy]
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*[http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ Olive Tree Genealogy]
 
*[http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ Olive Tree Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.ingeneas.com/ inGeneas]
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*[http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/ Canadian Genealogy Resources]
  
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*[http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/ Canadian Genealogy Resources]
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*[http://www.canadian-genealogy.org/ Canadian Genealogy]
  
 
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/index.html Genealogy Links Canada]
 
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/index.html Genealogy Links Canada]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canghl/ Canada Help Lists Rootsweb]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canghl/ Canada Help Lists Rootsweb]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ Canada Genweb-Rootsweb]
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*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Canada.htm Canada - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ked1/ Collection of Canadian Links]
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*[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - Indices to Canadian Censuses]
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*[http://www.canadianletters.ca/index.php The Canadian Letters and Images Project]
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*[http://drouininstitute.com/mfilms/ Drouin Collection - Vital Records]
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*[http://www.members.shaw.ca/nfhs/ Nanaimo Family History Society]
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*[http://www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/index.html Contact Information for The Tribes of The USA and Canada]
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*[http://www.explorenorth.com/whalers/ The Whalers' Heritage Project]
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*[http://www.teamapproach.ca/genealogy/census.htm Genealogy Resources]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canms/canada.html Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants]
  
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/genealogypages/ Canadian Genealogy Webring]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/genealogypages/ Canadian Genealogy Webring]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ Canada Genweb-Rootsweb]
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==Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
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* See [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
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==Military History==
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*[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|'''Military and Maritime History''']]
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*[http://www.cmhg-phmc.gc.ca/ Canadian Military History]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/ Canada's Role in World War One]
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*[http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/index.asp Canadian Great War Project]
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*[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-909.006-e.html Canadian Libraries Archive Database]
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*[http://www.kingandempire.com/index.html For King and Empire, Canada's soldiers in The Great War]
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*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020152_e.html War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force]
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*[http://www.cefresearch.com/phpBB2/index.php Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group Forum]
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*[http://www.102ndbattalioncef.ca/index.htm 102nd Canadian Battalion BN CEF]
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*[http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/ Veteran's Affairs Canada]
  
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*[http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/cemeteries/canada/ Canadian Cemeteries]
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*[http://ww1warbrides.blogspot.com/ Canadian War Brides of the First World War]
  
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*[http://www.interment.net/can/ Cemeteries of Canada]
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*[[War_Memorials#CANADA|War Memorials: Canada]]
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*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Canada.htm Canada - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research]
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==Cemeteries ==
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ked1/ Collection of Canadian Links]
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See [[Cemeteries Online]]
  
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*[http://www.ogs.on.ca/ Ontario Genealogical Society]
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*[http://www.uppercanadagenealogy.com/ Upper Canada Genealogy - helping you trace your Ontario roots]
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==Alberta==
  
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*[http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/ Ontario and Upper Canada Genealogy and History]
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*[http://abgensoc.ca/ Alberta Genealogical Society]
  
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*[http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ongenweb/ Ontario GenWeb]
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*[http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/home.htm The Alberta Heritage Digitisation Project]  
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~onessex/ Essex County, Ontario]
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*[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html Peel's Prairie Provinces]
  
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==British Columbia==
  
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*[http://members.tripod.com/~Al_Beagan/start.htm Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/bc.htm British Columbia Lists]
  
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*[http://www.islandregister.com/ The Island Register - Prince Edward Island Genealogy]
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*[http://victoria.tc.ca/Resources/bchistory.html British Columbia History]
  
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*[http://www.fhsnl.ca/ Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador]
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*[http://www.fortlangley.ca/ The Children of Fort Langley]
  
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*[http://home.thezone.net/~leclair/heritage.html Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage and History]
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*[http://www.abbygs.ca/ Abbotsford Genealogical Society]
  
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*[http://ngb.chebucto.org/ The Newfoundland Grand Banks] includes large amounts of original source material for research.
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bckdgs/ Kelowna and District Genealogical Society]
  
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*[http://www.lib.pg.bc.ca/pgnewspaper The Prince George Newspapers Project 1909 to 1961.]
  
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*[http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/index.htm Vancouver City Archives]
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==Halifax and Nova Scotia==
  
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*[http://www.blupete.com/ Halifax and Nova Scotia]
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*[http://www.blupete.com/ Halifax & Nova Scotia]
  
 
*[http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ Nova Scotia Archives & Records]
 
*[http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ Nova Scotia Archives & Records]
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*[http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/ Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia]
 
*[http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/ Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pclandry/ St. John's Anglican Church Records, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia]
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*[http://www.seawhy.com/lbrglndx.html Lunenburg County]
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*[https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics]
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*[http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html The Halifax Explosion]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/bc.htm British Columbia Lists]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tancook/ Tancook Island]
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==Manitoba==
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*[http://www.westmanitoba.com/ Western Manitoba Genealogy Page]
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*[http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php Vital Statistics ~ Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records]
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*[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/info/about.shtml Manitoba Historical Society]  
  
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*[http://victoria.tc.ca/Resources/bchistory.html British Columbia History]
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*[http://www.doftw.com/crandallmanitoba/introcrandall.html Crandall]
  
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*[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/ Saskatchewan Genealogical Society]
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*[http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers Manitoba Life and Times]  
  
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*[http://archives.winnipegfreepress.com/Default.aspx Archives of the Winnipeg Free Press]
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==New Brunswick==
  
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*[http://www.ogs.on.ca/ Researching New Brunswick]
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*[http://www.nbgs.ca/links.html New Brunswick Genealogical Society]
  
 
*[http://www.rubycusack.com/ Genealogical Sources and Books of New Brunswick]
 
*[http://www.rubycusack.com/ Genealogical Sources and Books of New Brunswick]
  
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*[http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/?culture=en-CA New Brunswick Provincial Archives] - BMD Searches
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*[http://www.heritagecharlotte.com/ Charlotte County]
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==Newfoundland, Labrador & Prince Edward Island==
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*[http://members.tripod.com/~Al_Beagan/start.htm Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island]
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*[http://www.islandregister.com/ The Island Register - Prince Edward Island Genealogy]
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*[http://www.fhsnl.ca/ Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador]
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*[http://ngb.chebucto.org/ The Newfoundland Grand Banks- With Original Source Material]
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==Northwest Territories & Nunavut==
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~cannt/ Northwest Territories & Nunavut GenWeb]
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==Ontario==
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*[http://www.ogs.on.ca/ Ontario Genealogical Society]
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*[http://www.uppercanadagenealogy.com/ Upper Canada Genealogy - Helping You Trace Your Ontario Roots]
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*[http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/ Ontario and Upper Canada Genealogy and History]
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*[http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ongenweb/ Ontario GenWeb]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~forontario/ Genealogy Ontario]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~onessex/ Essex County, Ontario]
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*[http://www.echrs.ca/ Essex County Historical Research Society]
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*[http://www.peopleofhastings.ca/ People of Hastings and the surrounding Area]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~theislands/index.html The Islands]
  
 
*[http://www.globalgenealogy.com/LCGS/ Lanark County Genealogical Society]
 
*[http://www.globalgenealogy.com/LCGS/ Lanark County Genealogical Society]
  
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*[http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/index.php?module=pnTNG&func=main Ramara Historical Society]
  
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*[http://www.westmanitoba.com/ Western Manitoba Genealogy Page]
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*[http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.com/ Ontario GenWeb's Census Project]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ The Ontario Vital Statistics Project]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~peterborough/ Peterborough County Gensearch]
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*[http://db.library.queensu.ca/census/ Search 1871 Census of Canada - Ontario - Heads & Strays]
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*[http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/ Archeion - Ontario's Archival Information Network]
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==Quebec==
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*[http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/leprdh.htm Quebec]
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*[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/quebec.htm Genealogy Links - Quebec]
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*[http://www.bms2000.org/ BMS2000 - A Genealogical Database for Quebec and Ontario]
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*[http://www3.telus.net/public/mcelroye/webpages/gore.html/intro.html Gore Township]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hebridscots/ Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec]
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*[http://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html Montreal Directories]
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*[http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/public/RechEtatCivilIndividu.asp Repertory of Vital Events 1621-1799 ]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~girouard/ Victoriaville-Arthabaska]
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==Saskatchewan ==
  
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*[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/ Saskatchewan Genealogical Society]
  
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*[http://www.wauchope.ca/ Wauchope]
  
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==Yukon==
  
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*[http://www.yukongenealogy.com/ Yukon Genealogy]
  
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*[http://yukonalaska.com/pathfinder/gen/index.html Yukon and Alaska Genealogy Centre]
  
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Canada. Source: Wikipedia



Capital Ottawa

Languages English, French

Currency Canadian dollar


Canada is the second largest country in the world and is divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories, each with its own capital city. From huge sprawling towns to vast wilderness areas and national parks, Canada is certainly a country of diversity, although culturally very similar to England and France.



General Information



Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists



Military History



Cemeteries

See Cemeteries Online



Alberta



British Columbia



Halifax and Nova Scotia



Manitoba



New Brunswick



Newfoundland, Labrador & Prince Edward Island



Northwest Territories & Nunavut



Ontario



Quebec



Saskatchewan



Yukon



Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.



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