Research Guides: Canadian Studies: Biographies

Online Sources

Canadian Who's Who (2006)
Directory of nearly fourteen thousand notable Canadians from all walks of life.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Directory of persons who died between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years.

To find biographies, combine your term(s) of interest with the subject term Canada biography

Canada -- biography

Here are some examples (start with a SUBJECT search and broaden to a keyword search if you don't get any results):

feminists canada biography

social workers canada biography

Broadcasters -- Canada -- Biography.

St. Catharines (Ont.) -- Biography (you can also use city names and provinces - broaden to a keyword search if you don't get any results)

The Canadian who's who. by Elizabeth Lumley
Call Number: REF FC 25 C255 (most recent edition)
Most recent edition - Main floor reference colelction
Older editions (back to 1936) on 9th FLOOR FC 25 C255
Canadian who's who index 1898-1984, incorporating Canadian men and women of the time by McMann, Evelyn de R.
Call Number: REF FC 25 C256 1986
Main floor reference collection
Biographical index of artists in Canada by Evelyn de R. McMann.
Call Number: REF N 6548 M33 2003
Publication Date: 2003
Main floor reference collection