Canada Year Book

Discover readable overviews on 31 aspects of our country's society and economy.

Canada Year Book 2011 (includes links to previous issues)

Lessons

• Counting Canadians: For history, literature and statistics - grades 3 to 12
• Provincial showdown: For geography and business studies - intermediate and secondary
• Archived lessons: Canada Year Book 1999

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Canada Year Book Historical Collection (1867 to 1967)

Browse the online collection by year or by topic to find text, tables, charts, maps and photos.

Historical Collection

Teachers' tool box: These lesson plans for history and social studies help students critically explore the collection's original source documents.

• Changing families and households     Intermediate  Secondary
• Lives of men and women     Intermediate  Secondary
• Occupations     Intermediate  Secondary
• Economic gains     Intermediate  Secondary
• The Great Depression     Intermediate  Secondary
• Communications     Intermediate  Secondary
• Ethnocultural diversity     Intermediate  Secondary
• Provinces and manufacturing     Intermediate  Secondary
• Immigration and emigration     Intermediate  Secondary
• Canada at war     Intermediate  Secondary