Identify the three or four biggest changes to Canadians' collective identities as a result of increased urbanization and industrialization between the 1870-1900 period and now.
References
Title:
A Sense of Place
Host:
Archives Society of Alberta
Description:
This website contains a virtual exhibit of archival records from a variety of communities throughout Alberta.
Navigation Tips:
Scroll down and click on the underlined headings to view images and access information.
This website contains archival photographs of Edmonton and surrounding areas.
Navigation Tips:
Scroll down to the middle of the screen to Online Research Tools and click on City of Edmonton Archives Photographs to access an alphabetical listing of photograph categories. Click on a category to view thumbnail images. Click on thumbnails to enlarge and access descriptions.
This website contains a map exhibition that reflects the evolution of cartography in our country: Aboriginal peoples, European colonial powers, Canadians, governments, private industry and academics all produced maps.
Navigation Tips:
Note: After clicking on Exploration, colonization and development or on Government cartography, click the down arrow on the Please select an image box, and scroll down to choose a map. Then click Go. Click on the image at the right to enlarge it.
The Atlas of Canada: Discover Canada through National Maps and Facts
Host:
Natural Resources Canada
Description:
This website contains a collection of maps and related information about Canada.
Navigation Tips:
Click on a category—Environment, People and Society, History, etc.—in the left-hand-side menu to access a list of topics. Then, click on a topic to view map and related information.
Note: Click on Read about this map to access information about the map without downloading the image.
This website contains archived Canada Year Books, a statistical publication by the
Canadian government detailing social and economic trends in Canada from 1867 to
1967.
Navigation Tips:
Click on a year to access a year book and the contents.
This website uses sound, images, tables, graphs and both analytical and descriptive text to look at Canada.
Navigation Tips:
Click on a topic— The Land, The People, The Economy and The State—in the left-hand-side menu to bring up a list of subtopics and then click on a subtopic to access information
The website contains a selection of summary tables that provide an overview of statistical information on Canada’s people, economy and governments.
Navigation Tips:
Click on a table category in the left-hand side menu to access a list of tables within that category. Then, click on any heading within the list to access the table.
Note: Enter keywords in the Search in summary table’s box and click Search to access specific tables.