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Ottawa, ON, K1P 5P6

PO Box 523, Station B, Ottawa, ON, K1P 5P6

Focus on Heritage

Canadian National Digital Heritage Index

Canadian National Digital Heritage Index (The)

"The Canadian National Digital Heritage Index (CNDHI) is an index of digitized Canadian heritage collections located at Canadian universities and provincial and territorial libraries. Supported by funding from Library and Archives Canada and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, CNDHI is designed to increase awareness of, and access to digital heritage collections in Canada, to support the academic research enterprise and to facilitate information sharing within the Canadian documentary heritage community."

Canadiana Collections

Canadiana Collections

"With the support of major memory institutions, CRKN identifies, catalogues, and digitizes documentary heritage—books, newspapers, periodicals, images and nationally-significant archival materials—in specialized searchable databases."

CBC Historical Archives

CBC Historical Archives

"The CBC Archives is a unique collaboration of creative teams in Toronto working together with archivists and educational writers across Canada."

Capital Heritage Connexion

Capital Heritage Connexion

The Capital Heritage Connexion/Patrimoine de la Capitale is an umbrella organization serving heritage stakeholders in Canada’s Capital area. The CHC plays a leading role in developing and sustaining Ottawa’s heritage sector and ensuring local residents have access to heritage.

City of Ottawa Archives

City of Ottawa Archives

"Discover Ottawa's hidden treasures. Explore more than three million photographs, research your home or family and bring the past into the present. The caretakers of Ottawa’s documentary history, the City of Ottawa Archives, are mandated to preserve original documents on behalf of past and future generations. Ottawa’s history lives here. Uncover and discover for yourself."

Cumberland Township

Cumberland Township Historical Society

The Cumberland Township Historical Society is a non-profit, volunteer and community-based organization whose goal is to preserve Cumberland Township history.

Friends of the Ottawa Archives

Friends of the City of Ottawa Archives

"Created to preserve and share evidence of our collective memory, it also exemplifies what can emerge when cooperative stakeholders appreciate that the very nature of their teamwork serves the city - in the present and for the future."

Gloucester Historical Society

Gloucester Historical Society

"An organization for preserving and promoting the history of the former Gloucester Township."

Glengarry History

Glengarry History

"Glengarry History has been formed ... with the intent of acting as a liaison and partnership group for other organizations active in the area of preserving the history of Glengarry."

Goulbourn Township Historical Society

Goulbourn Township Historical Society

"Welcome to the Goulbourn Township Historical Society – a community group dedicated to the history of the former Goulbourn Township, now amalgamated into the City of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada.If you have ties with Goulbourn, or are interested in history generally, you might Richmond-Fair-2010 for webwant to join us."

Heritage Ottawa

Heritage Ottawa

"We are a group of dedicated volunteers who are passionate in our commitment to promote awareness, appreciation and preservation of outstanding examples of historic buildings and places in Ottawa and the National Capital Region."

Huntley Township Historical Society

Huntley Township Historical Society

"The Huntley Township Historical Society was formed in 1985 ... [t]o collect historical and genealogical material and establish a repository of information and artifacts on the former Huntley Township for research purposes and as a contribution to Canadian history, and to publish and display related materials."

Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada’s "mandate is as follows: to preserve the documentary heritage of Canada for the benefit of present and future generations; to be a source of enduring knowledge accessible to all, contributing to the cultural, social and economic advancement of Canada as a free and democratic society; to facilitate in Canada co-operation among communities involved in the acquisition, preservation and diffusion of knowledge; to serve as the continuing memory of the Government of Canada and its institutions."

Ottawa Public Library Ottawa Room

Ottawa Public Library Ottawa Room

A centralized information resource about Ottawa and surrounding areas, both past and present, that helps preserve Ottawa’s written heritage for researchers and for residents with a passion for local history. The collection includes over 15,000 items that can be consulted free of charge. Main Library, 3rd floor.

Old Ottawa South History Project

Ottawa South History Project

"We are a group of local amateur historians whose interest is to research, document, and present facts and information about the history of Old Ottawa South in a fun and informative way."

The Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal

"is a non-commercial site run (and paid for) on a hobby basis by Ken Watson."

The Rideau Township Historical Society

The Rideau Township Historical Society

"Preserving and promoting local history for the former Rideau Township."