On the following list of websites, you will find interesting and useful information all about Canada!   Listen to our national anthem, or read the latest news in our award-winning newspapers. Look up your local government official or when the next train leaves for your next destination in Canada. If you have any suggestions of other useful links that we can add, please contact the CAPLS office.

Government

Government of Canada Primary Internet Site
Main site for information about Canada, its government and services.

Canadian Passport Office

Reference

Yellow Pages
Search Canada or the USA by business type, name and location. Also contains a directory of sites offering still pictures and live webcam images of various Canadian locations.

Canada 411
Find a person or a business in Canada with this directory compiled by Canadian telephone companies.

Phone your civil servant
Get the email and phone number of any civil servant in Canada with this directory.

Postal codes
Look up postal codes for any address in Canada.

Online News & Information

www.canada.com
www.canoe.com

Major Canadian newspapers

•  British Columbia
The Vancouver Sun
Times Colonist  - Victoria, B.C.

•  Prairie Provinces
The Free Press Winnipeg - Manitoba
Regina Leader Post Regina - Saskatchewan
The Sun - Calgary, Alberta
The Sun - Edmonton, Alberta

•  Ontario
The Citizen - Ottawa
National Post - Toronto
Globe and Mail - Toronto
Toronto Star - Toronto
The Sun - London, Ontario

•  Québec
Le Devoir - Montréal
The Gazette - Montréal
Le Soleil - Québec

•  Atlantic Canada
Chronicle-Herald  - Main newspaper for Halifax and Nova Scotia.

Major Canadian Magazines

Maclean's
General Weekly.
 
Saturday Night
General Monthly.
 
Canadian Geographic
Nature, outdoor bimonthly.
 
Canadian Business
Business bimonthly.

Radio & TV

CBC Newsworld
National TV news programs in text, picture and Real Audio format.
 
CBC TV
Entertainment and public affairs programs, reviews and Real Audio clips.
 
CBC Radio news
Text summaries of stories updated hourly with Real Audio links.
 
Radio Canada International
Text and Real Audio clips in several languages.

The Land

Weather
reports for Canadian cities from Environment Canada.
 
Geography
The National Atlas of Canada online.
 
How far is it?
Did you know that Halifax is as far away from Vancouver as it is from London, England? Measure it yourself.
 
Community profiles
Pick a community-- any community in Canada, and see it on a map. Then zoom in close-- in some cases close enough to see individual streets.

Culture Canada - La culture canadienne

Curiosities

Anthem
Listen to Canada's national anthem or just read the lyrics.
 
Canadiana Collections
Shop for items like native handicrafts, Anne of Green Gables dolls, maple syrup and RCMP beer mugs.

Traveling in Canada

The dollar
Foreign exchange currency rates updated daily.

Rail lines
Via Rail

Airlines
Air Canada, Westjet

Bus lines
Greyhound bus lines

Information

Atlantic TravelNet
Information on travel through Atlantic Canada.

Ocanada
Interesting information about Canadian culture, climate, geography and more…