Industry
Digitizing immigration and residential-school records under Canadian access rules
Digitizing residential-school and immigration records in Canada means two access systems: IRPA for immigration files, community control for school records.
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canada
Guides
Library and Archives Canada genealogy records: what you can request and what stays closed
Library and Archives Canada genealogy records cover censuses, military files and civil records, but privacy law keeps some files closed and fees apply.
Guides
Does PIPEDA apply when you share records from your Canadian family archive?
PIPEDA reaches your Canadian family archive only when you handle personal records for payment. Here is where private keeping ends and the law begins.
Reviews
Archives of Ontario, BC Archives and seven more compared for family record requests
Provincial archives compared for family records: holdings, search fees, copying charges and request forms across Ontario and British Columbia.
Maintenance
Storing a family archive through a Canadian winter: pick the room
Storing a family archive through a Canadian winter starts with the room, not the box. Compare spare rooms, closets, basements and garages before October.