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Library and Archives Canada's (LAC) collection of directories includes national, provincial, territorial, as well as county and city directories, primarily of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in print, microform and electronic formats.
Library and Archives Canada's (LAC) collection of directories includes national, provincial, territorial, as well as county and city directories, primarily of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in print, microform and electronic formats.
*The Library’s bibliography: [https://www.worldcat.org/title/canadian-directories-1790-1987-a-bibliography-and-place-name-index/oclc/19522311 '''''Canadian Directories, 1790-1987'''''] [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/oclc/19522311?availability=Family%20History%20Library Family History Library][https://www.worldcat.org/title/canadian-directories-1790-1987-a-bibliography-and-place-name-index/oclc/19522311 WorldCat]<ref>Bond, Mary E., ''Canadian Directories, 1790-1987:  a bibliography and place-name index'', 3 volumes (Ottawa:  Library of Canada, 1989).</ref> , The listings tells what exists and where it is held.  
*The Library’s bibliography: [https://www.worldcat.org/title/canadian-directories-1790-1987-a-bibliography-and-place-name-index/oclc/19522311 '''''Canadian Directories, 1790-1987'''''] [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/oclc/19522311?availability=Family%20History%20Library Family History Library][https://www.worldcat.org/title/canadian-directories-1790-1987-a-bibliography-and-place-name-index/oclc/19522311 WorldCat]<ref>Bond, Mary E., ''Canadian Directories, 1790-1987:  a bibliography and place-name index'', 3 volumes (Ottawa:  Library of Canada, 1989).</ref> , The listings tells what exists and where it is held.  
*Genealogy and Local History to 1900:  a Bibliography ...'', compiled by J. Brian Gilchrist and Clifford Duxbury Collier  (Ottawa:  CIHM-ICHM, 1995) '''Old and rare Canadian books, periodicals and serials available on microfiche'''.</ref> , from the CIHM-ICMH, indicates which are available in microform and so can be obtained through inter-institutional loan services.  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79912?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''''Genealogy and Local History to 1900:  a Bibliography ...''''' at WorldCat], compiled by J. Brian Gilchrist and Clifford Duxbury Collier  (Ottawa:  CIHM-ICHM, 1995) Old and rare Canadian books, periodicals and serials available on microfiche and indicates which are available in microform and so can be obtained through inter-institutional loan services.  
*Be aware that gazetteers and atlases may include directories, e.g. Smith’s 1867 ''Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business Directory<ref>''The Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business Directory ... Containing Also Much Useful Information of a Miscellaneous Character'' (St Johns/St-Jean Quebec:  Smith and Co., Proprietors of the "News", 1867) Reprinted by Page-Sangster Inc., 1967.</ref>'' which described every community, large and small, and listed businesses and many residents.  
*Smith’s 1867 ''Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business Directory
*''The Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business Directory ... Containing Also Much Useful Information of a Miscellaneous Character'' (St Johns/St-Jean Quebec:  Smith and Co., Proprietors of the "News", 1867) Reprinted by Page-Sangster Inc., 1967.</ref>'' which described every community, large and small, and listed businesses and many residents.  


The Family History Library has directories for:
The Family History Library has directories for:
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