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Agriculture
Financial
Fisheries
Forestry
Fur Trade
Mining
Miscellaneous
- Canadian Economic History
An online course by Prince Edward Island University which is a chronicle of National Economic Policy from 1460-1860 'The Age of Sail" up to present time.
- Canadian Enterprises Gallery
Historical profiles of entreprises that laid the foundations of Canada as one of the best nations in the world to live in.
- Fort Steele
The history of the heritage town of Fort Steele, in British-Columbia.
- Furniture Making in Newfoundland
A history of furniture making by the Museum of Newfoundland in the "Notes" section of their site that spans all of the history of the province from the Beothuks to the XIX th century history, seen from the economic as well as from the artistic standpoint.
- Glass Works: The story of glass and glass-making in Canada
A history of glass and glass-making by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation that includes a database of 70,000 artifacts, still growing and easily searchable.
- Guide to the Goldfields
A thesis by David Dendy, currently Professor of History at the Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC. A comprehensive study of economic trends throughout history.
- Hudson's Bay Company digital collection
A beautiful digital,categorized collection of ancient artifacts.
 L'aventure de la North West company en Mauricie, 1799-1814
A brief survey of the activities of the North West Company in the St Maurice region through the analysis of the account books of the company. Pdf document in French.
- The CCF: the Original Reform Movement
The history of the Reform Movement in Alberta by Eugene W.Plawiuk.
- The Cooperative Movement in Nova Scotia
A digital collection sponsored by Industry Canada. A portrait of Father Tompkins who inspired the cooperative movement in Nova-Scotia.
- The Hudson's Bay Company Archives
A guide of the Hudson's Bay company comprehensive archives, most of which are off-line.
Natural Resources
Ships, Boats & Waterways
- A Brief History of Fort Langley
A history of Fort langley, the birth place of British Columbia by Gerry Borden,Heritage Communicator, Fort Langley National Historic Site.
- Development of the Canoe Building Industry in Peterborough
An online exhibition by the Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives.
- Diving for a Sunken Canadian Treasure: Rediscovering the P.S. Lady Sherbrooke
The description of the P.S. Lady Sherbrooke and the important archaeological dive to explore its underwater wreckage.A Schoolnet digital collection project.
- Early Transportation on the Skeena River
Transportation on the Skeena River in the early days of the Hudson Bay Company.
- Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System - History
The official site of the St.Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation that manages the Great Lakes/St.Lawrence Seaway System that links the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Ontario and the four Upper Great Lakes through a series of locks,canals and channels.
- History of Saskatchewan Waterways
The history of the role played by the different types of canoes in the fur trade in Saskatchewan.
- History of the Rideau Waterway
The official, illustrated history of the Rideau Canal in Ottawa.
- In Search of Shipwrecks: Government Archives Sources Relating to Marine Casualties in Canada
A collection of government archives on shipwrecks, presented by Richard Brown and Glenn T. Wright,for the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes.
- Marine Museum Research Resources
A searchable database and resource centre of the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston, Ontario.
- Maritime History of the Great Lakes
A resource centre on the maritime history of the Great Lakes with links to external sites. An Introduction to the Sources for the Study of Great Lakes History at the National Archives of Canada
- River Transportation in the Yukon
The S.S.Klondike national history site that sheds light on river transportation in the Yukon in the XXth century.
- Shipwrecks of Prince Edward Island
Shipwrecks of Prince Edward Island
- The Canoe - The Boat that Built a Nation
A few of the 200 canoes on display at the Canoe Museum in Peterborough.
- The Canoe: Portraits of the Great Fur Trade Canoes
An online exhibition of the Canadian Museum of Civilization on the canoe and its role in Canadian history.
- The Forgotten Wharves of The United Counties of Prescott - Russell
A history of early navigation in the United Counties of Prescott-Russell.
- The Frontenac: A Reappraisal
The history of the first steamboat, the Frontenac, to have navigated the Great Lakes by Walter Lewis.
- The Halifax Explosion
The story of a huge explosion that wiped out half of the town in 1917, in the history section of the heritage site of Halifax.
- The Marco Polo Project
The official web site of a historical project on the Marco Polo, "the fastest ship in the world."
- Titanic and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
The permanent online exhibition and research page on the Titanic, hosted by the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.It includes lots of external links and relevant data on this maritime disaster.
- West Coast Shipbuilding
A Schoolnet digital project on the Versatile Pacific Shipyards of the West Coast that played a major role in the economic development of the province and in the two World Wars.
- Wooden Ships of River John
A digital collection of the wooden ships of the North Shore, about the shipbuilding industry in the Maritimes,produced under contract to the Schoolnet Digital Collection Program.
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