Sources

The treaties, acts and other documents that make up pioneer and immigration history in Canada stretch back hundreds of years. They have been researched from:

Online Texts

• The Early Canadiana Online collection.
  
  
• Canada (1887). Acts of the legislatures of the provinces now comprised in the Dominion, and of Canada. Ottawa: Brown Chamberlin.
  URL: http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/ItemRecord/9_01824
  
  
• Canada (1887). Actes des législatures des provinces formant aujourd'hui partie de la puissance et actes du Canada. Ottawa: Brown Chamberlin.
  URL: http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/ItemRecord/9_01931
  
  
• Canada (1877). Acts of Parliament relating to criminal law. Ottawa: Brown Chamberlin.
  URL: http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/ItemRecord/9_02041
  
  
• Canada (1893). Statutes relating to immigration. Ottawa: Government Print Bureau. URL: http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/ItemRecord/9_02345
  

Books

• Bruce, Jean. (1976). The Last Best West. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside.

• Kelly, Ninette and Michael Trebilcock. (1998). The Making of the Mosaic: A History of Canadian Immigration Policy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

• Keywan, Zonia. (1977). Greater Than Kings: Ukrainian Pioneer Settlement In Canada. Montreal: Harvest House.

• Martin, Chester. (1973). Dominion Lands Policy. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited.

• Palmer, Howard. (Ed.) (1975). Immigration and the Rise of Multiculturalism. Toronto: Copp Clark Publishing.
  

Maps

• Berton, Pierre. (1971). The Last Spike. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.

• The Canadian Encyclopedia online.

• Harris, R. Cole. (Ed.) (1987). Historical Atlas of Canada: From the Beginning To 1800. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  

Web sites

• Across the Generations: A History of the Chinese in Canada online. (Industry Canada Digital Collections).

• Alberta Métis Historical Society (Collections Canada)

• Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People online (Industry Canada Digital Collections).

• The Canadian Encyclopedia online.

• Library and Archives Canada (Collections Canada)

• The Dictionary of Canadian Biography online.

• Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company (Canadiana.org)

• Immigrant Voices (Industry Canada Digital Collections).

• Pathfinders and Passageways (Collections Canada)

• the Virtual Museum of Canada online.