Related resources

If you are interested in tracing your ancestors, visit the Canadian Genealogy Centre. The Centre includes all physical and online genealogical services of Library and Archives Canada. It offers genealogical content, services, advice, research tools and opportunities to work on joint projects.

Estimated population of Canada, 1605 to present.

About Jean Talon, Canada’s first official statistician.

Reference map of 1665-66 New France [PDF].

Visit the Atlas of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, for Historical maps.

Visit the Museum of Civilization and the Virtual Museum of New France.

Visit the National Archives of Canada: Tracing the History of New France, The Canadian West virtual exhibition, Canada at Scale: Maps of Our History, and the Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index).

Visit the National Library of Canada: Canadian Confederation.

Visit the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

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