Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/References

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Contents 1 Internal Wikipedia Resources 2 Websites 2.1 General Reference 2.2 Government 2.3 Media 2.4 Library 2.5 Entertainment 2.6 Statistics Canada 3 Books 4 Other

[edit] Internal Wikipedia Resources

The following links list articles and/or lists that already exist; please feel free to check these pages (or parts of them, as some of them are long) for Canadian-related articles or lists that may need to be wikified and/or categorized.

• Wikipedia:List of lists
• Wikipedia:List of lists/uncategorized
• Wikipedia:Deadend pages
• Special:Allpages
• Page formating
  • Image syntax
  • Extended image syntax
  • Table syntax

These links provide suggestions for articles that haven't been written yet; please check for Canadian-related articles. If you come across a Canada-related topic, you can either write the article, or add it to the appropriate subpage here.

• Wikipedia:List of encyclopedia topics
• Wikipedia:Requested articles

[edit] Websites

[edit] General Reference

• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography (persons whose deaths were 1930 or earlier)

[edit] Government

• Past and present federal politicians
• Canadian Honours Search Page (includes Order of Canada, Decorations for Bravery, etc.)

[edit] Media

• CNW (Canada NewsWire - media releases)
• Canoe (Sun Media)

[edit] Library

Note online collections on some of these sites may require a library card number

• (French) Bibliothèque de Montréal
• Ottawa Public Library
• Toronto Public Library
• Vancouver Public Library

[edit] Entertainment

• Jam!'s Canadian Pop Encyclopedia
• Northern Stars - Canadians in the Movies
• (French) Quebec Info Musique
• Directory of CBC Television Series
• Juno Awards winners/nominees search

[edit] Statistics Canada

• Statistics Canada
  • 2001 census information on Federal electoral districts
  • 2001 census data
  • 2001 community profiles for every community in Canada
  • 2006 census reference material

[edit] Books

[edit] Other

• CBC Archives (including historic media clips)