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GENERAL REFERENCE
Canadian Consumer Information Gateway
Industry Canada: Consumer Connection
Canadian Postal Codes
Statistics Canada

GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS
See the Alberta Learning Online Reference Centre (ORC) to access:
The Canadian Encyclopedia (Historica)
Grolier Online
Encyclopedia Americana
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
The New Book of Knowledge
The New Book of Science
Lands and People
Atlas and Dictionary
World Book Encyclopedia

DICTIONARIES
Encarta Dictionary
OneLook
Over 170 Language Dictionaries and Translators
ROGET'S Thesaurus


ALMANACS
CIA World Fact Book
Information Please - Offers continuously updated information on a wide variety of topics.
Old Farmer’s Almanac - online guide for garden lore, seasonal and weather information.


MAPS
Atlas of Canada
Canada WorldWeb Travel Guide
Encarta Maps Centre
MapQuest


CANADA
Canadians and Their Government: Useful Web Sites
Geography of Canada
Government of Canada
Provincial and Territorial Governments
Supreme Court of Canada
National Archives of Canada
National Library of Canada
CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Early Canadiana Online
Canada's Digital Collections
Oh Canada: Our history, our symbols, our values
Constitutional Keywords: as used in Canadaian Constitional debates


CANADIAN BIOGRAPHIES
Canada Speaks
Canadian Prime Ministers: Brief Facts
Greatest Canadians (CBC)
Biographies: Canadians and Government
The ABC of Famous Canadians
Canadian Celebrities
Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame
Canadian Poets
Biographies of Canadian Archievers
Famous Canadians
Heroes of Lore and Yore: Canadian Heroes in Fact and Fiction

INTERNATIONAL LINKS
World Governments
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
European Union (EU)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Organization of American States

HUMANITARIAN AID
Canadian Red Cross
World Vision Canada
Doctors Without Borders
Oxfam Canada
Oxfam Quebec (French only)
CARE Canada
UNICEF Canada
Development and Peace
Save the Children