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Culture & History

  • Black History Month

    February is Black History Month. Celebrate with us by learning more about the history and achievements of Black Canadians, participating in events, and more!

  • Black Studies in Video

    Award-winning collection containing documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying African-American history, politics, art and culture, family structure, gender relationships, and social and economic issues.

  • Border Entry Records

    Border entry records for immigrants crossing into Canada from the United States and for immigrants crossing into the United States from Canada.

  • British Columbia City Directories

    British Columbia city directories from 1860 to 1955. Directories include detailed historical information about British Columbian communities.

  • British Columbia Historical Newspapers: Province, Vancouver Sun and Times Colonist

    Digitized newspaper archives covering The Province (1898 - present), The Vancouver Sun (1912 - present) and The Times Colonist (1884 - present).

    Issues from most recent 3 months not available in this collection. See Canadian Newsstream for current issues.

  • British Columbia Historical Newspapers: UBC Open Collections

    Search and view community newspapers from around BC published between 1865 and 1994. This collection makes many of BC's earliest newspapers freely available in digital format

  • British Columbia History

    The Vancouver Public Library has extensive primary and secondary resources on the history of British Columbia. This guide is designed to help you begin your research on this topic and use library resources effectively.

  • British Columbia Index

    Finding tool for historical information about BC in books, magazines and newspapers in the Vancouver Public Library collection.

  • British Columbia Sessional Papers (UBC Open Collections)

    Selected papers tabled in the Legislative Council of British Columbia (2nd to 8th Sessions, 1865-1871) and the Legislative Assembly (1st to 32nd Parliaments, 1872-1982). Contains materials documenting the political, historical, economic, and cultural history of the province. Includes reports, orders of the day, records of land sales, maps, voters lists by district, and more.

  • British Isles Civil Registration

    Information for researchers looking for civil registration records in the British Isles.