Canada News Centre2026-06-10T11:14:32-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/news.htmlhttps://www.canada.ca/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/assets/wmms-blk.svghttps://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2026/06/2026-library-and-archives-canada-scholar-awards-highlight-five-remarkable-canadians.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the LAC Foundation are pleased to announce the 2026 LAC Scholar Award recipients

Library and Archives Canada2026-06-10T09:50:00-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2026/05/the-call-for-applications-for-the-20262027-price-mcintosh-bursary-is-now-open.html

The Price McIntosh Bursary promotes diverse stories, experiences and interpretations

Library and Archives Canada2026-05-28T08:32:02-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2026/04/library-and-archives-canada-announces-its-new-creator-in-residence.html

Today, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is launching the second edition of Creator in Residence, its initiative welcoming an innovative individual to develop a project inspired by materials in LAC’s published and archival collections. This year’s collaboration will bring fresh, dynamic ways of looking at Canada’s documentary heritage.

Library and Archives Canada2026-04-20T15:01:08-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2026/02/ten-students-awarded-the-price-mcintosh-bursary-from-library-and-archives-canada.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is proud to announce the 2025-2026 recipients of the Price McIntosh Bursary. This year, $40,000 was awarded to support five new students and five returning students pursuing studies in fields related to Canadian documentary heritage.

Library and Archives Canada2026-02-13T09:01:26-05:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2025/10/statue-of-sir-arthur-doughty-officially-installed-at-library-and-archives-canadas-preservation-campus.html

The statue of the second Dominion Archivist is making its grand return to the public

Library and Archives Canada2025-10-10T09:10:12-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2025/06/2025-library-and-archives-canada-scholar-awards-highlight-five-remarkable-canadians.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the LAC Foundation are pleased to announce the 2025 LAC Scholar Awards recipients

Library and Archives Canada2025-06-30T11:06:48-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2025/01/eight-students-awarded-the-price-mcintosh-bursary-from-library-and-archives-canada.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is proud to announce the 2024–25 recipients of the Price McIntosh Bursary.

Library and Archives Canada2025-01-23T09:37:38-05:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2024/10/funding-to-support-14-first-nations-inuit-and-metis-documentary-heritage-projects.html

Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024–2025 funding cycle of its Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative.

Library and Archives Canada2024-10-31T13:54:30-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2024/10/funding-available-to-support-documentary-heritage-organizations.html

The call for proposals for the Documentary Heritage Communities Program 2025–2026 is now open

Library and Archives Canada2024-10-08T08:19:45-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2024/06/td-summer-reading-club-is-celebrating-their-20th-anniversary-as-a-national-program.html

Get ready to blast off with the 2024 TD Summer Reading Club!

Library and Archives Canada2024-06-20T08:45:35-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2024/05/celebrating-remarkable-canadians-2024-library-and-archives-canada-scholar-awards.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the LAC Foundation are pleased to announce the 2024 LAC Scholar Awards recipients

Library and Archives Canada2024-05-30T11:43:32-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2024/05/the-call-for-applications-for-the-20242025-price-mcintosh-bursary-is-open.html

The Price McIntosh Bursary promotes diverse stories, experiences and interpretations

Library and Archives Canada2024-05-29T10:45:11-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2024/05/about-library-and-archives-canadas-preservation-campus.html

The Preservation Campus, located at 625 Du Carrefour Boulevard in Gatineau, Quebec, consists of two buildings: the Preservation Centre and the Preservation Storage Facility. The two buildings are connected by a walkway.

Library and Archives Canada2024-05-23T11:14:37-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2024/05/open-house-at-the-gatineau-preservation-campus-public-access-to-the-new-building-for-the-first-time.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to invite the public to visit its Preservation Campus in Gatineau, Quebec, for its Open House event on Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free, and no registration is required.

Library and Archives Canada2024-05-23T11:14:27-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2024/05/library-and-archives-canada-open-house-at-gatineau-preservation-campus--media-preview.html

Library and Archives Canada is inviting members of the press to a Media Preview on Thursday, May 23, 2024, prior to its next Open House event at the Preservation Campus in Gatineau, Quebec.

Library and Archives Canada2024-05-22T10:35:46-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2024/05/lac-provides-funding-to-36-local-organizations-in-support-of-canadas-documentary-heritage.html

Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024–2025 funding cycle of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program

Library and Archives Canada2024-05-14T11:34:00-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2024/01/three-students-awarded-the-price-mcintosh-bursary-from-library-and-archives-canada.html

Library and Archives Canada announces recipients of 2023–2024 Price McIntosh Bursary

Library and Archives Canada2024-01-19T13:51:01-05:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/11/funding-available-to-support-first-nations-inuit-and-metis-documentary-heritage-projects.html

Library and Archives Canada’s new funding cycle of its Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative is now open. First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations striving to digitize and preserve language and culture materials and build digitization and preservation capacity for their communities are welcome to apply by January 30, 2024.

Library and Archives Canada2023-11-27T15:32:03-05:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/10/funding-to-support-25-first-nations-inuit-and-metis-nation-documentary-heritage-projects.html

Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023–2024 funding cycle of its Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative.

Library and Archives Canada2023-10-31T14:34:38-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/10/a-concrete-milestone-adisoke-celebrates-completion-of-floors.html

At an event today, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, Councillor Matthew Luloff, Chair of the Ottawa Public Library Board, Chief Greg Sarazin, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, and Band Councillor Frankie Cote, on behalf of Chief Dylan Whiteduck, Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg, celebrated the completion of the pouring of all five floors, also known as the “topping off” of Ādisōke, the Ottawa Public Library – Library and Archives Canada joint facility.

Library and Archives Canada2023-10-18T10:50:51-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/10/adisoke-branding.html

The brand identity for Ādisōke, designed by Ottawa-based Spruce Creative, evolved from the feedback we received through public engagement in the design phase, as well as collaborative discussions between, Ottawa Public Library, Library and Archives Canada and the Anishinābe Algonquin Host Nation.

Library and Archives Canada2023-10-18T10:40:28-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/10/funding-available-to-support-documentary-heritage-organizations.html

Library and Archives Canada is opening the call-for-proposals period for its Documentary Heritage Communities Program.

Library and Archives Canada2023-10-10T09:43:16-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/06/statement-from-the-librarian-and-archivist-of-canada.html

Statement from the Librarian and Archivist of Canada

Library and Archives Canada2023-06-23T16:00:03-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/06/the-1931-census-is-now-online.html

Browse the history of 10 million Canadians.

Library and Archives Canada2023-06-01T08:13:45-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/05/call-for-applications-for-20232024-price-mcintosh-bursary-now-open.html

The Price McIntosh Bursary encourages diverse stories, experiences and interpretations.

Library and Archives Canada2023-05-29T09:16:42-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/05/lac-helps-preserve-documentary-heritage-across-canada-by-funding-projects-in-communities.html

This year, archives, libraries and documentary heritage institutions will share $1.5 million to carry out 38 projects, selected under Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP).

Library and Archives Canada2023-05-19T12:52:41-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/05/library-and-archives-canada-scholar-awards-honour-five-remarkable-canadians.html

The Government of Canada and LAC Foundation are proud to announce this year’s Library and Archives Canada Scholar Awards recipients

Library and Archives Canada2023-05-11T15:15:10-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/05/library-and-archives-canada-in-partnership-with-the-lac-foundation-to-celebrate-2023-lac-scholar-awards-recipients.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the LAC Foundation invite members of the media to attend the 2023 Library and Archives Canada Scholar Awards ceremony.

Library and Archives Canada2023-05-04T11:11:02-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2023/03/1931-census-of-canada-to-be-released-on-june-1-2023.html

Library and Archives Canada is preparing to release the historical data contained in the 1931 Census of Canada.

Library and Archives Canada2023-03-14T10:05:35-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/12/library-and-archives-canada-announces-first-nations-inuit-and-metis-nation-organizations-receiving-20222023-funding-from-listen-hear-our-voices-ini.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is announcing the recipients of the most recent funding cycle of its Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative

Library and Archives Canada2022-12-07T10:27:44-05:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/12/library-and-archives-canada-launches-new-listen-hear-our-voices-funding-cycle-for-20232024-in-support-of-first-nations-inuit-and-metis-nation-docum.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has launched the 2023–2024 funding cycle of its Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative.

Library and Archives Canada2022-12-07T10:27:25-05:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/11/library-and-archives-canada-opens-its-new-preservation-storage-facility.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) celebrated today the opening of its new state-of-the-art Preservation Storage Facility in Gatineau, Quebec.

Library and Archives Canada2022-11-24T10:15:03-05:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/11/library-and-archives-canada-to-inaugurate-its-new-preservation-storage-facilitylibrary-and-archives-canada-to-inaugurate-its-new-preservation-stora.html

Members of the media are invited to attend the opening of the first net-zero carbon archival preservation facility in the Americas. The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, will be making the announcement alongside the Honourable Steven MacKinnon, Chief government whip and Member of Parliament for Gatineau, the Honourable Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury Board of Canada, as well as several representatives from Government of Canada institutions that have played a key role in the success of the project. Ms. Leslie Weir, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, will also be present.

Library and Archives Canada2022-11-22T13:46:14-05:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/11/library-and-archives-canada-to-inaugurate-its-new-preservation-storage-facility-library-and-archives-canada-to-inaugurate-its-new-preservation-stor.html

Members of the media are invited to attend the opening of the first Government of Canada net zero carbon facility.

Library and Archives Canada2022-11-21T10:34:10-05:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/10/library-and-archives-canada-launches-new-call-for-proposals-under-documentary-heritage-communities-program-library-and-archives-canada-launches-new.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce that documentary heritage organizations across the country can now apply for funding for the 2023–2024 cycle of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP).

Library and Archives Canada2022-10-17T12:15:00-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/06/library-and-archives-canada-and-lac-foundation-mark-canada-day-by-announcing-2022-lac-scholar-awards-recipients.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the LAC Foundation are thrilled to announce the names of the 2022 recipients of the Library and Archives Canada Scholar Awards on this very special day to reflect on our values, our past and our future as a society.

Library and Archives Canada2022-06-30T12:56:56-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/06/foundation-set-for-adisoke.html

At an event today, City of Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, the Honourable Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury Board (on behalf of the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage), Councillor Matthew Luloff, Chair of the Ottawa Public Library Board and representatives from Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg and the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, celebrated the setting of the foundation for Ādisōke, the new Ottawa Public Library – Library and Archives Canada joint facility.

Library and Archives Canada2022-06-20T10:30:07-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/06/preserving-the-stories-of-sephardimizrahi-jews-in-canadaan-exhibition-and-a-new-collection-at-library-and-archives-canada.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and Sephardi Voices are pleased to announce a new exhibition in Ottawa and the donation of the Victor and Edna Mashaal Canadian Collection.

Library and Archives Canada2022-06-03T08:47:46-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/06/canadian-launch-of-the-names-in-the-landscape-geoportal.html

Today, Library and Archives Canada and the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, with the generous support of the Embassy of Belgium and the Canadian War Museum, mark the Canadian launch of the Names in the Landscape geoportal.

Library and Archives Canada2022-06-01T13:56:37-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/05/library-and-archives-canada-supports-northwest-territories-and-yukon-communities-in-preserving-their-documentary-heritage.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) will fund three projects submitted by local organizations in Northwest Territories and Yukon under the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP).

Library and Archives Canada2022-05-17T11:00:58-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/05/library-and-archives-canada-supports-quebec-communities-in-preserving-their-documentary-heritage.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) will fund eight projects submitted by local organizations in Quebec under the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP).

Library and Archives Canada2022-05-17T11:00:42-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/05/library-and-archives-canada-supports-ontario-communities-in-preserving-their-documentary-heritage.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) will fund eleven projects submitted by local organizations in Ontario under the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP).

Library and Archives Canada2022-05-17T11:00:27-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/05/library-and-archives-canada-supports-british-columbia-communities-in-preserving-their-documentary-heritage.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) will fund seven projects submitted by local organizations in British Columbia under the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP).

Library and Archives Canada2022-05-17T11:00:14-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/05/library-and-archives-canada-supports-atlantic-canada-community-in-preserving-its-documentary-heritage.html

Through its Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP), Library and Archives Canada (LAC) will contribute $13,991 in funding to the Annapolis Heritage Society, in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The funded project aims to preserve and make accessible a collection of photographs.

Library and Archives Canada2022-05-17T10:59:53-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/05/library-and-archives-canada-supports-prairie-communities-in-preserving-their-documentary-heritage.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) will fund eight projects submitted by local organizations in the Prairie provinces under the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP).

Library and Archives Canada2022-05-17T10:59:34-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/04/statement-by-the-librarian-and-archivist-of-canada-following-the-office-of-the-information-commissioners-systemic-investigation-on-access-to-inform.html

At Library and Archives Canada (LAC), we are dedicated to preserving and sharing Canada’s documentary heritage. We provide Canadians with access to the records in our care in a wide variety of ways and on a daily basis. In one form of access, however, we are falling short: completing Access to Information (ATI) requests for Government of Canada documents within the legislated timeframe.

Library and Archives Canada2022-04-26T12:15:35-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/04/library-and-archives-canada-announces-first-recipients-of-price-mcintosh-bursary.html

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce the first recipients of the Price McIntosh Bursary, for the 2021–22 academic year.

Library and Archives Canada2022-04-05T14:21:36-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/04/library-and-archives-canada-declares-ryan-reynolds-a-national-treasure.html

Library and Archives Canada Declares Ryan Reynolds a National Treasure

Library and Archives Canada2022-04-01T07:54:58-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2022/03/international-decade-of-indigenous-languages-highlighted-with-e-book-nations-to-nations-indigenous-voices-at-library-and-archives-canada.html

As we embark on the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, LAC invites you to learn about the diversity of the histories, languages and cultures of Indigenous peoples by consulting Nations to Nations: Indigenous Voices at Library and Archives Canada, an interactive multimedia e-book featuring essays written by First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation staff.

Library and Archives Canada2022-03-17T14:00:28-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2021/11/funding-available-to-preserve-the-diversity-and-richness-of-indigenous-heritage.html

For a third consecutive year, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is providing funding through its Listen, Hear Our Voices (LHOV) initiative to support First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation communities as they digitize their existing documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures.

Library and Archives Canada2021-11-17T12:12:32-05:00