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Discover Canada, 16. For More Information

16. For More Information

Canadian citizenship

Obtain citizenship application information and take advantage of the many resources that are available.

Online

Visit the Citizenship and Immigration website at www.cic.gc.ca.

Discover Canada can be downloaded from this website. Citizenship classes

Contact schools and colleges in your area

Go to your local library or community centre

Contact local settlement agencies or ethnocultural associations

Canada

Ask a librarian to help you find books and videos about Canada.

You could begin by asking for these books. The Canada Yearbook (published by Statistics Canada)

Canada: A Portrait (published by Statistics Canada)

How Canadians Govern Themselves (written by Eugene Forsey)

The Canadian Encyclopedia (including The Youth Encyclopedia of Canada)

The Story of Canada (written by Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore, published by Lester Publishing Ltd.

Symbols of Canada (published by Canadian Heritage)

A Crown of Maples (published by Canadian Heritage)

Canada: A People's History (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Canada's History (published by Canada's National History Society)

Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Kids (published by Canada's National History Society)

Federal Programs and Services

You can obtain information about Canada by telephone or on the Internet:

Telephone:

1-800-O-Canada (1 800 622-6232) (toll-free)

1-800-465-7735 — TTY (toll-free)

Internet:

The Government of Canada website contains information about many government programs and services.

Other websites of interest that provide information on topics found in this guide:

About Canada

The Crown and the Governor General

Canadian Heritage

Atlas of Canada

Teachers & Youth Corner Parks Canada

Institute for Canadian Citizenship

Historica—Dominion Institute

The Canadian Experience—A Civic Literacy Project for the New Mainstream

Canadian History

Canadian Confederation

Confederation for Kids

First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics

Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)

Canadian War Museum

Canadian Black History

Military History and Remembrance

A Day of Remembrance

Heroes and Poppies–An Introduction to Remembrance

Available in hard copy version only.

Order a copy Canada Remembers

Historical booklets

Government

Parliament of Canada

I Can Vote!

Canada's System of Justice

For a “Greener” Canada

Sustainable Development

Being Energy Efficient

Getting Involved

Volunteer Canada

Volunteer opportunities related to the environment

Travel in Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador

Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

Quebec

Ontario

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

Alberta

British Columbia

Nunavut

Northwest Territories

Yukon Territory

The Confederation Bridge joins the provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

At almost 13 kilometres in length, the bridge is the longest in the world to cross water that freezes in winter Acknowledgments

Government of Canada Departments and Agencies

Canadian Heritage

Canadian Human Rights Commission

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages

Elections Canada

Environment Canada

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Industry Canada

Justice Canada

Library and Archives Canada

Library of Parliament

Natural Resources Canada

Parks Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada

Organizations

Canada's National History Society

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (FCFA)

The Historica-Dominion Institute

Institute for Canadian Citizenship

Individuals

Dr.

Janet Ajzenstat Mr.

Curtis Barlow Dr.

Randy Boyagoda Mr.

Marc Chalifoux General John de Chastelain

The Rt.

Hon. Adrienne Clarkson Mr.

Andrew Cohen Mr.

Alex Colville Ms.

Ann Dadson Dr.

Xavier Gélinas Dr.

Jack Granatstein Mr.

Rudyard Griffiths Dr.

Lynda Haverstock Dr.

Peter Henshaw Dr.

D. Michael Jackson Senator Serge Joyal

Dr.

Margaret MacMillan Dr.

Christopher McCreery Mr.

James Marsh Fr.

Jacques Monet, SJ Dr.

Jim Miller Ms.

Deborah Morrison Dr.

Desmond Morton Mr.

Bernard Pothier Mr.

Colin Robertson Dr.

John Ralston Saul Photo Credits

Section 1:

Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada: Canadian Heritage

Taking the oath of citizenship: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Section 2:

Family: Stock image

Parliament Hill: Canadian Tourism Commission

Boy holding Canadian flags: Stock image

Section 3:

Taking the oath of citizenship: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Taking the oath of citizenship: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Taking the oath of citizenship: MaRS Discovery District

Canadian Passport: Passport Canada

Boy at Citizenship Ceremony: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Citizenship Judge and Mountie: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Family at Citizenship Ceremony: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Section 4:

Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada: Library and Archives Canada PA-141503

Woman donating blood: Stock image

Children's program: Debbie Farnand

Man and woman: Stock image

Canadian Army General and Navy sailor shaking hands: National Defence

Canadian Air Force Pilot: National Defence, Master Corporal John Bradley

Canadian Forces participating in the annual Nijmegen Marches in the Netherlands: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Master Corporal Robert Bottrill

Section 5:

Métis from Alberta: Fred Carroll

Cree dancer: Fred Cattroll

Inuit children in Iqaluit, Nunavut: Fred Cattroll

Haida artist Bill Reid carves a totem pole: Chris Hopkins

Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada (novelist John Buchan), in Native attire: (Year of the Portrait), Yousuf Karsh, Library and Archives Canada

St.

Patrick's Day Parade, Montreal, Quebec: Jimmy James Highland dancer at Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville, Ontario: Mario Groleau

Celebrating Fête Nationale, Gatineau, Quebec: Patrick Guillot

Acadian fiddler, Village of Grande-Anse, New Brunswick: Canadian Tourism Commission

Celebration of cultures, Edmonton, Alberta: Canadian Tourism Commission

Ismaili Muslims in the Calgary Stampede, Alberta: Ismaili Council

Caribbean cultural festival, Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Tourism

Ukrainian Pysanka Festival, Vegreville, Alberta: Vegreville and District Chamber of Commerce

Young Polish dancers in Oliver, British Columbia: Stock image

Pipes and drums in Ottawa: National Defence – Corporal Bern LeBlanc

Winter fun in Whistler, British Columbia: Canadian Tourism Commission

Kids playing hockey in the street: Paul Chambers

Sailing, Toronto harbour: Canadian Tourism Commission

Cadets white-water rafting: Cadets Canada

Christmas in Gatineau, Quebec: Rob Wiebe

Chinese-Canadian war veterans: Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society

Notre-Dame des Victoires, Québec City: Stock image

Chinese New Year celebration, Vancouver, British Columbia: Paul Clarke

Olympian Marjorie Turner-Bailey of Nova Scotia: The Black Loyalist Heritage Society

Section 6:

Indian encampment, fur trade era: Library and Archives Canada C-040293

John Cabot: Oil on canvas by Ernest Board, Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery

Jacques Cartier: Library and Archives Canada C-011226

Count Frontenac: Library and Archives Canada C-073710

Pierre Le Moyne: Louisiana State Museum

Sir Guy Carleton: Library and Archives Canada C-002833

The first elected Assembly of Lower Canada, in Québec City: Collection of the National Assembly of Quebec

Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada's first Lieutenant Governor: Library and Archives Canada C-008111

Mary Ann (Shadd) Carey: Library and Archives Canada C-029977

HMS Shannon, a Royal Navy frigate, leads the captured USS Chesapeake into Halifax harbour, 1813: Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management N-2301 & CN-1139 Major General Sir Isaac Brock and Chief Tecumseh: Library and Archives Canada C-011052

French-Canadian militiaman illustration: Militiaman, Lower Canada Sedentary Militia, 1813 G.A.

Embleton, © Parks Canada Duke of Wellington: Public Domain

Laura Secord: Canada Post

The Fathers of Confederation: House of Commons Collection, Ottawa (Artist – Rex Woods)

Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine: Library and Archives Canada C-005961

Dominion of Canada one dollar note, 1923: National Currency Collection, Currency Museum, Bank of Canada

Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada: Library and Archives Canada C-006536

Interior of Old Fort Garry: Shaun Mayberry.

Mayberry Fine Art Sir Sam Steele: Library and Archives Canada PA-028147

Gabriel Dumont: Library and Archives Canada PA-117943

Members of the train crew pose with a westbound Pacific Express: Canadian Pacific Archives A17566

Chinese workers' camp on the CPR, Kamloops, 1886: Library and Archives Canada C-021990

Sergeant, Fort Garry Horse, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1916: Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie 1919: Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, CWM19710261-0539.

Beaverbrook Collection of War Art © Canadian War Museum

Maple Leaf cap badge from the First World War: Maple Leaf cap badge CWM 19820048-001 © Canadian War Museum

The Vimy Memorial in France: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Sergeant Jerry Kean

Canadian nurses nicknamed the“Bluebirds” served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps: Richard Mathews

Agnes Macphail: Library and Archives Canada C-006908

Nursing Sister: Richard Mathews, CWM 19710261-6070, Beaverbrook Collection of War Art © Canadian War Museum

Canadian soldiers observe Remembrance Day: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Master Corporal Robert Bottrill

Remembrance Day poppy: Stock image

Canadian war veteran: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Master Corporal Frank Hudec

Scouts with Remembrance Day wreath: Patrick Tam

Phil Edwards: Library and Archives Canada PA-150992

The 1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment, Assault Landing at Courseulles, France, June 1944: Royal Regina Rifles Trust Fund, Painting by O.N.

Fisher, 1950 Give – The Canadian Red Cross, CWM 19720114-023, © Canadian War Museum

Section 7:

Toronto business district: Stock image

Vietnamese-Canadians: Alex Pylyshyn

F-86 Sabre, Royal Canadian Air Force: National Defence

Cirque du Soleil: Photo: OSA Images, Costume: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt, @ 2007 Cirque du Soleil

The Jack Pine, Tom Thomson: Tom Thomson, Tom Thomson, The Jack Pine, 1916-1917, photo © National Gallery of Canada, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Donovan Bailey: COC/The Canadian Press/Claus Andersen

Chantal Petitclerc: Canadian Paralympic Committee/Benoit Pelosse

Terry Fox: Ed Linkewich

Wayne Gretzky: The Canadian Press, Mike Ridewood

Mark Tewksbury: The Canadian Press, Ted Grant

Paul Henderson: Adaptation by Henry Garman for the Power to Change Campaign, 2008

Catriona Le May Doan: The Canadian Press

Canadian Football: The Saskatchewan Roughriders

The Canadarm2: Canadian Space Agency

Sir Frederick Banting: Library and Archives Canada PA-123481

Section 8:

Queen Elizabeth II opening the 23rd Parliament (1957): Photograph by Malak, Ottawa

Parliament Hill: Stock image

His Excellency The Right Honourable David Johnston: Sun Media

Section 9:

House of Commons chamber: Parliement of Canada

House of Commons in session: House of Commons

Election photos: Elections Canada

Provincial Assembly of Charlottetown, PEI: Government of Prince Edward Island

Québec City Hall: Stacey M. Warnke

Section 10:

Scales of Justice, Vancouver Law Courts: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Jury benches: Dan Carr

Ottawa police constable Steve Lewis helping a young boy at the Aboriginal Day Flotilla: Ottawa Police Service

Handcuffs: Correctional Services Canada

Border guard with sniffer dog: Canada Border Services Agency

Section 11:

Mace of the House of Commons: Ottawa House of Commons Collection, Ottawa, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company (Great Britain) Canadian Flag of 1965: Stock image

The Royal Arms of Canada: Bank of Canada

Parliament at dusk: Stock image

The Snowbirds: National Defence

The Red Ensign: Patrick Riley, Dominion Command, The Royal Canadian Legion

Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions, 1978: CHC – Denis Brodeur

RCMP Musical Ride, Ottawa, Ontario: Patrick Guillot

The industrious beaver: Stock image

Oscar Peterson, Norah Willis Michener and Governor General Roland Michener, 1973: John Evans / Library and Archives Canada / e002107535-v6

Colonel Alexander Roberts Dunn, V.C: Sharif Tarabay

Able Seaman William Hall, V.C.

: Library and Archives Canada NLC-8759 Brigadier Paul Triquet, V.C: Mr. Adam Sherriff Scott, CWM 19710261-5841, Beaverbrook Collection of War Art, © Canadian War Museum

Sergeant Filip Konowal, V.C.

: Arthur Ambrose McEvoy, CWM 19710261-6070, Beaverbrook Collection of War Art © Canadian War Museum Honorary Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, VC, DSO and Bar, MC, DFC: Alphonse Jongers, VC, DSO and Bar, MC, DFC CWM 19680068-001, Beaverbrook Collection of War Art, © Canadian War Museum

Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray, V.C.

: Sharif Tarabay

Section 12:

Oil pumpjacks in southern Alberta: Stock image

Atlantic lobster: Stock image

Hydro-electric dam on the Saguenay River, Quebec: Stock image

Lumber truck: Stock image

Toronto's financial district: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Car assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario: Ford of Canada

Port of Vancouver: Evan Leeson

Research laboratory: The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck

RIM's BlackBerry: Stock image

Ice wine grapes, Niagara Region, Ontario: Stock image

Section 13:

Ottawa's Rideau Canal: Stock image

Banff National Park: Stock image

Peggy's Cove Harbour: Stock image

“The Edge” Newfoundland and Labrador: Canadian Tourism Commission

Moose: Ontario Tourism

Point Prim, Prince Edward Island: Canadian Tourism Commission

Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island: Smudge 9000

Destroyer HMCS Athabasca (DD282), in the foreground, and HMCS Toronto (FF333) sail through Halifax Harbour on February 17, 2009, for an annual sailpast: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Private Martin Roy

Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia: Stock image

Hopewell Rocks, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick: Canadian Tourism Commission

Whale: Canadian Tourism Commission

Percé Rock: Stock image

Petit Champlain, Québec City: Stock image

Muskoka Skeleton Lake, Ontario: Ontario Tourism

Toronto Skyline: Stock image

Pisew Falls, Manitoba: Stock image

Golden Boy statue: Government of Manitoba

Wheat fields in Saskatchewan: Stock image

Coronach, Saskatchewan: Canadian Tourism Commission

Alberta rancher: Stock image

Alberta oil pump jack: Stock image

Vancouver skyline: Stock image

Orca: Stock image

Family searching for gold, Dawson City, Yukon: Canadian Tourism Commission

Takhini Hot Springs Road, Yukon: Canadian Tourism Commission

Sir William Logan: Natural Resources Canada

Mount Logan: Natural Resources Canada

Northern lights, Northwest Territories: Canadian Tourism Commission

Polar bear: Stock image

Pangnirtung, Nunavut: Lindsay Terry

Inukshuk, Nunavut: Stock image

The Canadian Rangers: National Defence

An Inuit boy in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut: Clarkework Orange Photography

The caribou (reindeer): Stock image

Section 14:

Confederation Bridge: Stephen Downes

Authorities:

2010 men's hockey Olympic gold medal winners: Getty Images

Memorable Quotes:

Sir Wilfrid Laurier – Library and Archives Canada c001971

John Diefenbaker – Library and Archives Canada c006779


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Canadian citizenship

Obtain citizenship application information and take advantage of the many resources that are available.

Online

Visit the Citizenship and Immigration website at www.cic.gc.ca.

Discover Canada can be downloaded from this website. Citizenship classes

Contact schools and colleges in your area

Go to your local library or community centre

Contact local settlement agencies or ethnocultural associations

Canada

Ask a librarian to help you find books and videos about Canada.

You could begin by asking for these books. The Canada Yearbook (published by Statistics Canada)

Canada: A Portrait (published by Statistics Canada)

How Canadians Govern Themselves (written by Eugene Forsey)

The Canadian Encyclopedia (including The Youth Encyclopedia of Canada)

The Story of Canada (written by Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore, published by Lester Publishing Ltd.

Symbols of Canada (published by Canadian Heritage)

A Crown of Maples (published by Canadian Heritage)

Canada: A People’s History (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Canada’s History (published by Canada’s National History Society)

Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids (published by Canada’s National History Society)

Federal Programs and Services

You can obtain information about Canada by telephone or on the Internet:

Telephone:

1-800-O-Canada (1 800 622-6232) (toll-free)

1-800-465-7735 — TTY (toll-free)

Internet:

The Government of Canada website contains information about many government programs and services.

Other websites of interest that provide information on topics found in this guide:

About Canada

The Crown and the Governor General

Canadian Heritage

Atlas of Canada

Teachers & Youth Corner Parks Canada

Institute for Canadian Citizenship

Historica—Dominion Institute

The Canadian Experience—A Civic Literacy Project for the New Mainstream

Canadian History

Canadian Confederation

Confederation for Kids

First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics

Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)

Canadian War Museum

Canadian Black History

Military History and Remembrance

A Day of Remembrance

Heroes and Poppies–An Introduction to Remembrance

Available in hard copy version only.

Order a copy Canada Remembers

Historical booklets

Government

Parliament of Canada

I Can Vote!

Canada’s System of Justice

For a “Greener” Canada

Sustainable Development

Being Energy Efficient

Getting Involved

Volunteer Canada

Volunteer opportunities related to the environment

Travel in Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador

Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

Quebec

Ontario

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

Alberta

British Columbia

Nunavut

Northwest Territories

Yukon Territory

The Confederation Bridge joins the provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

At almost 13 kilometres in length, the bridge is the longest in the world to cross water that freezes in winter Acknowledgments

Government of Canada Departments and Agencies

Canadian Heritage

Canadian Human Rights Commission

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages

Elections Canada

Environment Canada

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Industry Canada

Justice Canada

Library and Archives Canada

Library of Parliament

Natural Resources Canada

Parks Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada

Organizations

Canada’s National History Society

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (FCFA)

The Historica-Dominion Institute

Institute for Canadian Citizenship

Individuals

Dr.

Janet Ajzenstat Mr.

Curtis Barlow Dr.

Randy Boyagoda Mr.

Marc Chalifoux General John de Chastelain

The Rt.

Hon. Adrienne Clarkson Mr.

Andrew Cohen Mr.

Alex Colville Ms.

Ann Dadson Dr.

Xavier Gélinas Dr.

Jack Granatstein Mr.

Rudyard Griffiths Dr.

Lynda Haverstock Dr.

Peter Henshaw Dr.

D. Michael Jackson Senator Serge Joyal

Dr.

Margaret MacMillan Dr.

Christopher McCreery Mr.

James Marsh Fr.

Jacques Monet, SJ Dr.

Jim Miller Ms.

Deborah Morrison Dr.

Desmond Morton Mr.

Bernard Pothier Mr.

Colin Robertson Dr.

John Ralston Saul Photo Credits

Section 1:

Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada: Canadian Heritage

Taking the oath of citizenship: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Section 2:

Family: Stock image

Parliament Hill: Canadian Tourism Commission

Boy holding Canadian flags: Stock image

Section 3:

Taking the oath of citizenship: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Taking the oath of citizenship: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Taking the oath of citizenship: MaRS Discovery District

Canadian Passport: Passport Canada

Boy at Citizenship Ceremony: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Citizenship Judge and Mountie: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Family at Citizenship Ceremony: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Section 4:

Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada: Library and Archives Canada PA-141503

Woman donating blood: Stock image

Children’s program: Debbie Farnand

Man and woman: Stock image

Canadian Army General and Navy sailor shaking hands: National Defence

Canadian Air Force Pilot: National Defence, Master Corporal John Bradley

Canadian Forces participating in the annual Nijmegen Marches in the Netherlands: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Master Corporal Robert Bottrill

Section 5:

Métis from Alberta: Fred Carroll

Cree dancer: Fred Cattroll

Inuit children in Iqaluit, Nunavut: Fred Cattroll

Haida artist Bill Reid carves a totem pole: Chris Hopkins

Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada (novelist John Buchan), in Native attire: (Year of the Portrait), Yousuf Karsh, Library and Archives Canada

St.

Patrick’s Day Parade, Montreal, Quebec: Jimmy James Highland dancer at Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville, Ontario: Mario Groleau

Celebrating Fête Nationale, Gatineau, Quebec: Patrick Guillot

Acadian fiddler, Village of Grande-Anse, New Brunswick: Canadian Tourism Commission

Celebration of cultures, Edmonton, Alberta: Canadian Tourism Commission

Ismaili Muslims in the Calgary Stampede, Alberta: Ismaili Council

Caribbean cultural festival, Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Tourism

Ukrainian Pysanka Festival, Vegreville, Alberta: Vegreville and District Chamber of Commerce

Young Polish dancers in Oliver, British Columbia: Stock image

Pipes and drums in Ottawa: National Defence – Corporal Bern LeBlanc

Winter fun in Whistler, British Columbia: Canadian Tourism Commission

Kids playing hockey in the street: Paul Chambers

Sailing, Toronto harbour: Canadian Tourism Commission

Cadets white-water rafting: Cadets Canada

Christmas in Gatineau, Quebec: Rob Wiebe

Chinese-Canadian war veterans: Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society

Notre-Dame des Victoires, Québec City: Stock image

Chinese New Year celebration, Vancouver, British Columbia: Paul Clarke

Olympian Marjorie Turner-Bailey of Nova Scotia: The Black Loyalist Heritage Society

Section 6:

Indian encampment, fur trade era: Library and Archives Canada C-040293

John Cabot: Oil on canvas by Ernest Board, Bristol’s City Museum and Art Gallery

Jacques Cartier: Library and Archives Canada C-011226

Count Frontenac: Library and Archives Canada C-073710

Pierre Le Moyne: Louisiana State Museum

Sir Guy Carleton: Library and Archives Canada C-002833

The first elected Assembly of Lower Canada, in Québec City: Collection of the National Assembly of Quebec

Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada’s first Lieutenant Governor: Library and Archives Canada C-008111

Mary Ann (Shadd) Carey: Library and Archives Canada C-029977

HMS Shannon, a Royal Navy frigate, leads the captured USS Chesapeake into Halifax harbour, 1813: Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management N-2301 & CN-1139 Major General Sir Isaac Brock and Chief Tecumseh: Library and Archives Canada C-011052

French-Canadian militiaman illustration: Militiaman, Lower Canada Sedentary Militia, 1813 G.A.

Embleton, © Parks Canada Duke of Wellington: Public Domain

Laura Secord: Canada Post

The Fathers of Confederation: House of Commons Collection, Ottawa (Artist – Rex Woods)

Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine: Library and Archives Canada C-005961

Dominion of Canada one dollar note, 1923: National Currency Collection, Currency Museum, Bank of Canada

Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada: Library and Archives Canada C-006536

Interior of Old Fort Garry: Shaun Mayberry.

Mayberry Fine Art Sir Sam Steele: Library and Archives Canada PA-028147

Gabriel Dumont: Library and Archives Canada PA-117943

Members of the train crew pose with a westbound Pacific Express: Canadian Pacific Archives A17566

Chinese workers' camp on the CPR, Kamloops, 1886: Library and Archives Canada C-021990

Sergeant, Fort Garry Horse, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1916: Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie 1919: Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, CWM19710261-0539.

Beaverbrook Collection of War Art © Canadian War Museum

Maple Leaf cap badge from the First World War: Maple Leaf cap badge CWM 19820048-001 © Canadian War Museum

The Vimy Memorial in France: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Sergeant Jerry Kean

Canadian nurses nicknamed the“Bluebirds” served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps: Richard Mathews

Agnes Macphail: Library and Archives Canada C-006908

Nursing Sister: Richard Mathews, CWM 19710261-6070, Beaverbrook Collection of War Art © Canadian War Museum

Canadian soldiers observe Remembrance Day:  Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Master Corporal Robert Bottrill

Remembrance Day poppy: Stock image

Canadian war veteran: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Master Corporal Frank Hudec

Scouts with Remembrance Day wreath: Patrick Tam

Phil Edwards: Library and Archives Canada PA-150992

The 1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment, Assault Landing at Courseulles, France, June 1944: Royal Regina Rifles Trust Fund, Painting by O.N.

Fisher, 1950 Give – The Canadian Red Cross, CWM 19720114-023, © Canadian War Museum

Section 7:

Toronto business district: Stock image

Vietnamese-Canadians: Alex Pylyshyn

F-86 Sabre, Royal Canadian Air Force: National Defence

Cirque du Soleil: Photo: OSA Images, Costume: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt, @ 2007 Cirque du Soleil

The Jack Pine, Tom Thomson: Tom Thomson, Tom Thomson, The Jack Pine, 1916-1917, photo © National Gallery of Canada, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Donovan Bailey: COC/The Canadian Press/Claus Andersen

Chantal Petitclerc: Canadian Paralympic Committee/Benoit Pelosse

Terry Fox: Ed Linkewich

Wayne Gretzky: The Canadian Press, Mike Ridewood

Mark Tewksbury: The Canadian Press, Ted Grant

Paul Henderson: Adaptation by Henry Garman for the Power to Change Campaign, 2008

Catriona Le May Doan: The Canadian Press

Canadian Football: The Saskatchewan Roughriders

The Canadarm2: Canadian Space Agency

Sir Frederick Banting: Library and Archives Canada PA-123481

Section 8:

Queen Elizabeth II opening the 23rd Parliament (1957): Photograph by Malak, Ottawa

Parliament Hill: Stock image

His Excellency The Right Honourable David Johnston: Sun Media

Section 9:

House of Commons chamber: Parliement of Canada

House of Commons in session: House of Commons

Election photos: Elections Canada

Provincial Assembly of Charlottetown, PEI: Government of Prince Edward Island

Québec City Hall: Stacey M. Warnke

Section 10:

Scales of Justice, Vancouver Law Courts: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Jury benches: Dan Carr

Ottawa police constable Steve Lewis helping a young boy at the Aboriginal Day Flotilla: Ottawa Police Service

Handcuffs: Correctional Services Canada

Border guard with sniffer dog: Canada Border Services Agency

Section 11:

Mace of the House of Commons: Ottawa House of Commons Collection, Ottawa, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company (Great Britain) Canadian Flag of 1965: Stock image

The Royal Arms of Canada: Bank of Canada

Parliament at dusk: Stock image

The Snowbirds: National Defence

The Red Ensign: Patrick Riley, Dominion Command, The Royal Canadian Legion

Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions, 1978: CHC – Denis Brodeur

RCMP Musical Ride, Ottawa, Ontario: Patrick Guillot

The industrious beaver: Stock image

Oscar Peterson, Norah Willis Michener and Governor General Roland Michener, 1973: John Evans / Library and Archives Canada / e002107535-v6

Colonel Alexander Roberts Dunn, V.C: Sharif Tarabay

Able Seaman William Hall, V.C.

: Library and Archives Canada NLC-8759 Brigadier Paul Triquet, V.C: Mr. Adam Sherriff Scott, CWM 19710261-5841, Beaverbrook Collection of War Art, © Canadian War Museum

Sergeant Filip Konowal, V.C.

: Arthur Ambrose McEvoy, CWM 19710261-6070, Beaverbrook Collection of War Art © Canadian War Museum Honorary Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, VC, DSO and Bar, MC, DFC: Alphonse Jongers, VC, DSO and Bar, MC, DFC CWM 19680068-001, Beaverbrook Collection of War Art, © Canadian War Museum

Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray, V.C.

: Sharif Tarabay

Section 12:

Oil pumpjacks in southern Alberta: Stock image

Atlantic lobster: Stock image

Hydro-electric dam on the Saguenay River, Quebec: Stock image

Lumber truck: Stock image

Toronto’s financial district: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Car assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario: Ford of Canada

Port of Vancouver: Evan Leeson

Research laboratory: The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck

RIM’s BlackBerry: Stock image

Ice wine grapes, Niagara Region, Ontario: Stock image

Section 13:

Ottawa’s Rideau Canal: Stock image

Banff National Park: Stock image

Peggy’s Cove Harbour: Stock image

“The Edge” Newfoundland and Labrador: Canadian Tourism Commission

Moose: Ontario Tourism

Point Prim, Prince Edward Island: Canadian Tourism Commission

Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island: Smudge 9000

Destroyer HMCS Athabasca (DD282), in the foreground, and HMCS Toronto (FF333) sail through Halifax Harbour on February 17, 2009, for an annual sailpast: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Private Martin Roy

Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia: Stock image

Hopewell Rocks, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick: Canadian Tourism Commission

Whale: Canadian Tourism Commission

Percé Rock: Stock image

Petit Champlain, Québec City: Stock image

Muskoka Skeleton Lake, Ontario: Ontario Tourism

Toronto Skyline: Stock image

Pisew Falls, Manitoba: Stock image

Golden Boy statue: Government of Manitoba

Wheat fields in Saskatchewan: Stock image

Coronach, Saskatchewan: Canadian Tourism Commission

Alberta rancher: Stock image

Alberta oil pump jack: Stock image

Vancouver skyline: Stock image

Orca: Stock image

Family searching for gold, Dawson City, Yukon: Canadian Tourism Commission

Takhini Hot Springs Road, Yukon: Canadian Tourism Commission

Sir William Logan: Natural Resources Canada

Mount Logan: Natural Resources Canada

Northern lights, Northwest Territories: Canadian Tourism Commission

Polar bear: Stock image

Pangnirtung, Nunavut: Lindsay Terry

Inukshuk, Nunavut: Stock image

The Canadian Rangers: National Defence

An Inuit boy in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut: Clarkework Orange Photography

The caribou (reindeer): Stock image

Section 14:

Confederation Bridge: Stephen Downes

Authorities:

2010 men’s hockey Olympic gold medal winners: Getty Images

Memorable Quotes:

Sir Wilfrid Laurier – Library and Archives Canada c001971

John Diefenbaker – Library and Archives Canada c006779