Great Depression
Searching for Encyclopedias or Reference Books?
The Canadian Encyclopedia: The Great Depression 
Searching for Books?
Books about the Great Depression in Canada
Searching for Audiovisual material?
CBC Clip: On to Ottawa, June 1935
CBC Clip: Devastating Dry Spells: Drought on the Prairies, 1936
Videos about the Great Depression
Searching for Magazine, Journal and Newspaper Articles?
Using Information Databases, you will find articles published in magazines, newspapers and academic journals that you can’t find using the Internet. All our databases are listed on our website but we recommend you try the ones below first.
*If you are using a computer that isn’t in the library, you’ll be asked to type in your library card number.
- Click on Topics tab and type in “Great Depression Canada” as keywords.
- Click on view documents under the following topics, “Great Depression” AND “Canadian History” or “Canada (location) AND “Great Depression”.
Canada’s Heritage from 1844 (The Globe and Mail)
For first-hand news reports on specific events – e.g. the Stock Market Crash of October 24-29, 1929.
