Research guides: News Sources: Canada

Canadian news sources: current and archives

Most of these databases include multiple news sources allowing you to search a topic across different sources at the same time. Check date coverage information for each database and then for each news source to be sure it covers the scope you need.

The following list of Canadian sources has two sections:

Currrent
Archival (back issues and ceased publications)

Current news

APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network)
Find national news, APTN InFocus, APTN Investigates, APTN Documentaries, and more.
AMMSA news archives
Indigenous news sources distributed by Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta. Titles include: Windspeaker, Sweetgrass (Alberta), Raven's Eye (British Columbia and Yukon), Ontario Birchbark, Saskatchewan Sage, Buffalo Spirit, CFWE-FM radio (Alberta).
Coverage: 1990s - present

Blacklock's Reporter
News related to the Canadian federal government. Stories cover bills and regulations, reports, and committees.
Coverage: 2012 - present
Access also includes: Federal Court Watch, Cabinet Watch, Lobby Watch, guest commentaries, and book reviews.
CBCA (Canadian Business & Current Affairs)
Full text of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles relating to business, culture, current events, education, language, agriculture, history, and politics in Canada.
Coverage: 1982 - present
Curio.ca
Videos and sound recordings of selected documentaries produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC / Radio-Canada). Find a selection of English and French language television and radio programs, and news reports.
Coverage: 1945 - present
Factiva
News, business magazines, trade journals, newsletters, and television and radio transcripts.
Coverage: 1970s - present. Varies by publication
Factiva forbids storing or using search results in research applications such as data mining or trend analysis.
Note: If you are at a public workstation you will be asked for your WatIAM (Quest) User ID and Password.

Indigenous News & Media
List and links via Dalhousie University Libraries library guide.

Nexis Uni
News, legal, and business sources from around the world, Find news, legislation, case law, statutes, company profiles, market & industry reports.
Coverage: 1970s - present
Note: If you are at a public workstation you will be asked for your WatIAM (Quest) User ID and Password.
PressReader
Access to newspapers and magazines from around the world in full-color, full-page format.
No Proxy/Off campus access to the Globe and Mail via PressReader.
Coverage: Varies

Archival (back issues and ceased publications)

Abolitionist Newspapers of the 1850s (Ontario)
Search 3 titles:
Provincial Freeman Mar. 24, 1853 - Jan. 3, 1876
Voice Of The FugitiveJan. 1, 1851 to Dec. 16, 1852
True Royalist May 10, 1860 to Jun. 21, 1861

Indigenous Newspapers in North America (formerly American Indian Newspapers)
A collection of papers from Indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada.
Coverage: 1828 - 2016

BC Historical Newspapers
Historical coverage only. Archive of 145 newspapers from various communities in British Columbia.
Coverage: 1865 - 1994

Globe and Mail, Canada's Heritage from 1844 [digital archive]
Search news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements.
Coverage: 1844 - 4 years ago

INK Newspaper Collection
INK is a pilot project of Our Digital World (ODW) that brings together over 200 years of newspaper titles. 52 community newspapers from Ontario and Quebec are presented, representing over 100,000 complete issues, and over 1 million full pages of English and French content.
Coverage: 1810 - 2016
Newspapers: Ontario English-Language
Find community newspapers held by the Dana Porter Library. Most of these are microfilm copies but some link to digitized copies.
Coverage: 19th century - 2000s.
Ontario Community Newspapers
Historical coverage only. Archives from Barrie, Brampton, City of Kawartha Lakes, Clarington, Cobourg,various Northern Ontario communities via Thunder Bay Public Library, Flesherton, Markdale, Grimsby, Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, Oakville, Kingston Frontenac area newspapers, Nastawgan via the Wilderness Canoe Association, Newmarket, Orillia, Oshawa, Nipigon, Brampton, Caledon, Mississauga, Richmond Hill, Timmins, Whitby, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Woodstock.

Paper of Record
Archive of selected 19 and 20th century community newspapers from across Canada, the United States, and other countries.
Coverage: varies
Toronto Star [digital archive]
Search for news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements.
Coverage: 1894 - 3 years ago

Print indexes: older dates / ceased newspapers

Canadian Index
Library has: 1993-1996.
Abs AI21.C32x Porter main floor.
Continues: Canadian Business Index (Library has: 1980-1992. Abs HF5001.C353x Porter); Canadian News Index (Library has: 1980-1992. Abs AI21.C3x Porter); and Canadian Newspaper Index (Library has 1977-1979. Abs AI21.C3x).
Index de l'Actualité
Library has: 1988-1999 (ceased).

A French-language index to articles from Le Devoir (Montreal), Le Journal de Montréal, La Presse (Montreal), Le Soleil (Montreal/Ottawa), and other publications concerning aspects of life in Canada or Quebec.
Continues: Index de l'Actualité Vue à Travers La Presse Écrite (Library has: 1972-1987. Abs AI21.D4x Porter), Index Le Devoir (Library has: 1966-1967. MIC S531), and Index du Journal Le Devoir (Library has: 1968-1971. Abs AI21.D4x Porter).
Inventory of Ontario Newspapers, 1793-1986
Ref Z6954.C2I59x 1987 Porter main floor.

A guide to English-language newspapers. Entries which describe the newspapers are arranged by place of publication and by masthead name. A good beginning resource for historical research.