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I thought it would
be interesting to make available some issues of old Canadian
Magazines as they often contain some great information. As I come
across magazines I'll endevour to get hold of some pdf versions and
will add them here. Should you be aware of a publication do
feel free to send me their names and I'll see if I can find copies.
The Canadian Newspaper
Directory
Fifth Edition 1907 (pdf)
Canadian Geographic
January/February 2020 edition (pdf)
The Busy Man's Magazine
Founded in 1905 by Toronto journalist and entrepreneur Lt.-Col.
John Bayne Maclean, a 43-year-old trade magazine publisher who
purchased an advertising agency's in-house business journal, along
with its 5,000-strong subscription base. The Business Magazine, was
launched in October of that year as a pocket-sized digest of
articles gathered from Canadian, British, and American periodicals.
It sold 6,000 copies. Inside its bright blue cover, the fledgling
monthly anointed itself, "the Cream of the World's magazines
reproduced for Busy People." Its aim, Maclean wrote a year later,
was not "merely to entertain but also to inspire its readers." It
was renamed The Busy Man's Magazine in December 1905, and began
soliciting original manuscripts on varied topics such as
immigration, national defence, home life, women's suffrage, as well
as fiction. Maclean renamed the magazine after himself in 1911,
dropping the previous title as too evocative of a business magazine
for what had become a general interest publication.
John Bayne Maclean was born September 26, 1862, Crieff,
Canada West, Died September 25, 1950 (aged 87) Toronto, Ontario.
Lieutenant Colonel John Bayne Maclean was a Canadian publisher. He
founded Maclean's Magazine, the Financial Post and the Maclean
Publishing Company, later known as Maclean-Hunter. He was born in
Crieff, Ontario (near Guelph). Maclean's father, Andrew Maclean, was
a Presbyterian minister in Puslinch Township who had immigrated to
Canada from Scotland. Maclean worked as a teacher and financial
editor of the Toronto Mail before entering publishing with his
brother Hugh Cameron Maclean by founding Canadian Grocer &
Storekeeper's Newspaper in 1887. In 1905 he founded The Business
Magazine which became "The Busy Man's Magazine" before changing its
name to Maclean's Magazine in 1911. He founded the Financial Post in
1907, the Farmer's Magazine in 1910, Mayfair in 1927 and Chatelaine
in 1928 building Canada's largest magazine empire. His military rank
was earned through service with the Canadian militia, in which he
was Commanding Officer of Montreal's Royal Canadian Hussars from
1898 to 1903.
November 1907
May 1908
November 1908
May 1909
November 1909
May 1910
November 1910
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Canadian Archive
Reports
Produced by Douglas Brymner
The Canadian Horticulturist
Published by
the Fruit Growers Association of Ontario
The Canadian Dry Goods Review
1892
1900
1919
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Magazine of Politics,
Science, Art and Literature
From the Ontario Publishing Co. Ltd.
The CANADIAN MAGAZINE needs no apology
for appearing. The necessity, or, at least, the great desirability
of Canada possessing a medium through which, in fuller measure than
has hitherto been practicable, our leading statesmen and thinkers
may, with the comprehensiveness of review articles, present to the
public throughout the Dominion their views on questions of public
interest, and the facts and arguments on which these views are
based, has been recognized by many, and has been an important
consideration with the founders of this Magazine. The Magazine is,
therefore, intended to fill, in some measure, for Canada, the
purpose served in Great Britain and the United States by the great
Reviews of these countries. Timely articles on political and other
public questions of interest to the Canadian people will appear
every month from the pens of leading statesmen and writers of
various shades of political opinion. While the pages of the Magazine
will be open to the expression of a wide diversity of opinions, and
opinions with which the Magazine does not agree, the policy will be
steadily pursued of cultivating Canadian patriotism and Canadian
interests, and of endeavoring to aid in the consolidation of the
Dominion on a basis of national self respect and a mutual regard for
the rights of the great elements which make up the population of
Canada. In this endeavor, we are happy to announce, we have the
co-operation, as contributors, of many of the leading public men and
writers of both political parties.
A series of articles descriptive of various portions of the
Dominion, and dealing with their scenery, industries and resources,
will appear during the current year from the pens of travellers and
well-known and graceful writers.
Social and scientific subjects of popular interest will be discussed
in a popular vein from month to month by eminent specialists of our
own and other countries.
Fiction, chiefly in the form of short stories touching Canadian
life, will receive, with other contributions to light and wholesome
entertainment, a considerable amount of attention. In short, the
Magazine will embrace a wide range of subjects, and appeal to a wide
variety of individual tastes.
The staff of contributors includes many well-known Canadian and
foreign writers, and is always ready to include, also, worthy
aspirants to literary honors, whose names are yet unknown to the
public. In thus endeavoring to stimulate Canadian thought, and to
aid in opening mines of literary worth that are yet undeveloped. The
Canadian Magazine trusts to have the sympathy and practical
encouragement of patriotic Canadians.
To those who recognize how much Canada has hitherto been dependent
for magazine literature on foreign countries, and how unfavorable
such dependence is to the growth of healthy national sentiment in
our homes, our appeal, we believe, will not be in vain. And with the
very large increase during the past decade in the number of
graduates of our colleges and high schools, and the marked
development in late years of a general taste for magazine
literature, and the growing feeling of respect for ourselves as a
nation, we think that our effort to permanently establish a magazine
and national review, broadly Canadian in tone and feeling, will meet
with a large and generous support in every part of the Dominion.
Volume 1 March to October 1893 is offered but is a little blurry
to read but I was able to ocr in the above account from it.
May 1899 to October 1899
May 1906 to October 1906
Other 68 issues can be found on the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Magazine
Volume II 1893 (pdf)
Belford's Monthly Magazine
A Magazine of Literature and Arts
Volume 1 (1877)
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
The Canada Farmer
A fortnightly publication on Agriculture, Horticulture and Rural
Affairs
Volume 1
(1864)
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Canadian Farmer Year Book
A Complete Reference Library and Handy Book tor the Farmer and
Stockman
1916 - 3rd volume
The Canada Lumberman and
Wood-Worker
Also Canadian Forrest Industries
25th edition 1905
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Canadian Life and Resources
A Monthly Review of the Developed and Undeveloped Wealth of the
Dominion of Canada and of Newfoundland
Volume 2
April 1904
Volume 5 1907
Volume 6 1908
Volume 7 1909
Volume 8 1910
Volume 9 1911
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Law Times
Volume 2 1882
Volume 9 1889
Volume 10 1890
Volume 14 1894
Volume 16 1896
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Canadian Textile Journal
A Monthly Journal devoted to Textile Manufacturing with an
up-to-date review of what is going on in the industry, E. S. Bates,
Editor
1914
1922
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Farmer's Magazine
A monthly magazine
1913
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
The Dominion Annual Register and
Review
For the Sixteenth Year of the
Canadian Union 1882 edited by Henry J. Morgan, Keeper of the
Records of Canada (1883) (pdf)
For the Nineteenth Year of the
Canadian Union 1886 edited by Henry J. Morgan, Keeper of the
Records of Canada (1886) (pdf)
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review
Edited by G. Mercer Adam
Volume 2 - January to June 1879
Volume 5 - July to December 1880
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Canadian Grocer
Only Weekly Grocery Paper Published in Canada.
October 3, 1913
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Canadian Practitioner
Formerly The Canadian Journal of Medical Science, A Monthly Journal
of British and Foreign Medical Science, Criticism and News Edited by
U. Ogden M.D., Corresponding Editor R. Zimmerman, M.B., L.R.C.P.,
London
Volume 1 (1876)
Volume 10 (1885)
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Canadian Railway and Marine World
1918
1919
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Canadian Railroader
The circulation of the magazine is devoted to the Canadian Railroad
Men
Volume 1
(1917)
Another 107 issues are available on the
Internet Archive
Canadian
Foundryman and Metal Industry News
1917
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Canadian Home
Journal
1910
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
Canada Gazette
The Canada Gazette is the official newspaper of the Government of
Canada. You can learn about new statutes, new and proposed
regulations, administrative board decisions and public notices. Find
out how government departments, businesses and other Canadian
organizations can publish their public notices.
160 year History of the Canadian Gazette
Canada Gazette web site
Prince
of Wales Royal Regiment March 6, 1858
The Canada Gazette 1892 (pdf)
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
O.A.C. Review
For 72 years, from 1889-1961, this magazine was
published annually by and for students of the Ontario Agricultural
College. It provides a rich source of historical information about
the department and its alumni as well as the social and agricultural
history of Ontario. Regular columns from the Ontario Agricultural
College and the MacDonald Institute for Women provide ongoing
commentary on student life, detailing the academic, athletic and
social events of each year. Feature articles address the scientific,
social and political issues of the day, through the Great Depression
and two World Wars. Photographs, special reports and advertisements
enhance the historical richness of this publication. Material for
this collection is provided by the University of Guelph Library,
Archival & Special Collections, and is available on The
Atrium open
access institutional repository.
Volume 1
Another 294 copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Nurse
Owned and published Monthly by the Canadian National Association of
Trained Nurses
Volume 14 issue 11
November 1918 in which training is featured
Some 200 other issues are available on
the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Builder
Practical Paper Devoted to all Branches of the Building Trades
Volume 1 Issue 2
Some 43 other issues are available on
the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Indian
The Canadian Indian appeals, without distinction of race or creed,
to every friend of our aborigines. We would like to see the magazine
at least doubled in size so as to admit of longer signed articles
from experts in Indian ethnology and philology, but its enlargement
depends of course on the generosity with which it is supported. The
cause, both in its humane and scientific aspects, is a most worthy
one, one that merits the support of every true Canadian. — Dominion
Illustrated.
Note: This seems to have been the only
issue as I can find no reference to any additional volumes being
available.
Volume
1 October 1890
Canadian Forestry Journal
Volume 15
Another 9 copies can be found on the
Internet Archive. There is an article about how to prevent
forest fires in the 1905 edition.
Canadian Motor, Tractor and
Implement Trade Journal
Volume II (1920)
Do read the story "Rosenheim Buys a
Farm" on page 13
Canadian Druggist
Volume 1 (1889)
24 other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Therapeutist and
Sanitary Engineer
Incorporating the Canadian Journal of Public Health
Volume 1 issue 6 (June 1910)
Another 26 issues can be downloaded
from the
Internet Archive
Canadian Chemical Journal
Volume 1 (1917)
Another 9 issues can be downloaded
from the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Field Naturalist
The Ottawa Naturalist is issued bv the Ottawa Field Naturalists’
Club in continuation of its Transactions already published; the
second volume of which was completed by the number for 1885-1886.
For eight years the Club has earnestly carried on the work for which
it was organized—“The study of the Natural History of this
locality.’’ Nor has it confined itself to this rich and extensive
field. It has gradually extended its influence, and, by excursions,
classes and lectures, has sought to foster a love for Natural
History, and a desire in all its members to investigate the
marvellous realms of nature.
After careful consideration of suggested changes in the method of
carrying on the Club’s work, it has been decided that its value, not
only to members but to scientific observers in other places, will be
greatly increased by the issue of a portion of its Transactions each
month. This will ensure an earlier publication of the papers
prepared for its. soirees, which is especially desirable when new
species are described, and will keep the members more fully informed
as to the progress of its work. The record of its proceedings will
be made as complete as possible. To the papers and reports that have
formerly appeared, will be added an account of each general meeting,
soiree, class, excursion, sub-excursion, or other undertaking of the
Club. This step will double the present size of our Transactions,
and will necessarily entail a proportionate outlay. We must
therefore have many new members. The Council will do all in its
power, but the required increase in membership can only be secured
by the active co-operation of every member of the Club. Especially
will ladies be welcomed to our ranks, and every effort will be put
forth to make the excursions and soirees pleasant as well as
instructive It is much regretted that up to the present time the
lady members have, with a few exceptions, not taken an active part
in the work of the Club. There .are several branches of natural
history, such as Botany, Entomology and Ornithology, which offer to
them attractive fields for observation and experiment, and in which
many ladies are doing most excellent work elsewhere.
The Club has endeavoured to impress the value of an acquaintance
with the works of nature upon the teachers in our educational
institution of all kinds, and upon those now being trained for these
important positions. Every teacher would derive immeasurable delight
and profit from such a knowledge, and those whose duties are
performed outside the larger cities have great advantages in their
closer proximity to inexhaustible and almost unexplored mines of
scientific wealth. Teachers would do well to avail themselves of
every opportunity of acquiring a knowledge of natural history so as
to be able to communicate information whenever requested.
The time has come to renew our investigations in the field—to watch
the return of the birds, the unfolding of leaf and flower, the
reappearance of insects, the emerging of reptiles and other animals
from their winter retirement. Notes of all these, and of similar
occurrences should be carefully taken, and forwarded to the leaders
who have been appointed in each branch to preserve and compile such
records. It is particularly requested that the leaders of the
Ornithological branch be kept informed as to the arrival and
movements of our birds. These are now working northward to their
breeding grounds and summer habitats ; some to remain with us,
others stopping merely to rest and feed before continuing theii-
journey.
The Club has been requested by the American Ornithologists’ Union to
co-operate with it in obtaining information as to the migrations and
breeding habits of all birds resident in or visiting this district,
and to exert its influence in increasing the number of observers.
The schedules and instructions furnished for making the desired
records may be obtained on application to the United States
Department of Agriculture, or through the Secretary of this Club.
It should be mentioned that this number of our magazine is
necessarily filed with the reports of proceedings and other routine
matter, and that the papers read before the Club during the past
winter will be commenced in the next issue. Notice will then be
given, by the leaders, of the sub-excursions to be held during the
season, and of the first excursion if it has been arranged. Members
can materially assist the Club by purchasing copies of the magazine,
or of any monthly part thereof, to send to friends, or to persons
interested in natural history pursuits.
Volume 1 (1887)
Another 127 issues can be downloaded from the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Entomologist
For a long time the wielders of the Butterfly-net and
Beetle-bottle in Canada have been longing for some medium of
intercommunication—some mode of telling one another what they have
taken, how and where they have taken it, and what they are in want
of. This desire the Entomological Society purpose now to satisfy to
some extent by the publication of the Canadian Entomologist. It is
but a few years since the Society itself began as a little germ with
a few members, and now we find it rapidly growing into a goodly tree
with its main trunk in Toronto, its thriving branches in London and
Quebec, and its scattered adherents all over the country. We trust
that the success of this publication may be somewhat similar; it
begins now with a few pages, a limited circulation, and a very small
supply of the necessary funds, but we hope and believe, too
confidently, perhaps, it may be—that it will by and by grow and
increase, and acquire goodly dimensions, and become a handsome and
valuable exponent of the progress of Entomological Science in this
Dominion. May we beg, then, that all zealous Entomologists around us
will come forward and assist the enterprise with at any rate their
pens, if not always with their purses too!
And now for a word as to the proposed character and contents of the
work. The Canadian Entomologist is intended to contain original
papers on the classification, description, habits, and general
history of Insects, the transactions of the Entomological Society of
Canada; short notices of new works on Entomology ; accounts of the
capture of new or rare species in Canada; lists of specimens for
exchange, and desiderata, by members; correspondence, and answers to
correspondents; notices to members, and suitable advertisments. It
will be published not oftener than once a month, and only when there
is a sufficiency of suitable matter for publication; its terms are
gratis to members of the Society; 50 cents per volume of 12 numbers
to non-members; extra copies will be sold at the rate of five cents
each, or fifty cents per dozen. Any contributions to the publication
fund will be thankfully received and gratefully acknowledged.
Volume 1 (1869)
Another 148 copies can be downloaded from the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Liberal Monthly
Volume 2 No. 7 (March
1915)
This is the only copy I could find
which is free to view.
The Canadian Printer and Publisher
January 1919
Another 11 copies can be downloaded from the
Internet Archive
Canadian Transportation
1900
Another 50 copies can be downloaded from the
Internet Archive
Journal of the Canadian Bankers
Association
Volume 5 containing October 1897
to July 1898
Another 22 copies can be downloaded from the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Bookman
A Monthly Review of Contemporary Literature Devoted to the Interests
of Canadian Bookbuyers - Volume
1 See also the January 1919
issue which is the start of a new era in the magazines publication.
Another 4 copies can be downloaded from the
Internet Archive
Canadian Camping
Official Publication of the Canadian Camping Association
February 1949 (pdf)
Another 92 copies can be downloaded from the
Internet Archive
The Canadian Rose Annual
1955 edition
Another 55 copies can be downloaded from the
Internet Archive
St. Andrew's College Reviews
1916 edition
Another 210 copies can be downloaded from the
Internet Archive
The British Colonist
On December 11th, 1858, in the midst of a gold rush, a man with the
improbable name Amor de Cosmos inked up an old hand press and
launched a newspaper -- the British Colonist -- into the world.
Published in Victoria, it became the leading paper in the colonies
of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, and was the paper for the
province of British Columbia until the emergence of Vancouver and
competitors in the 1890s.
“In every thing that concerns British Columbia we shall take a deep
and permanent interest” said de Cosmos, the “Lover of the Universe”,
and so the paper did. From the extraordinary discoveries of gold and
outbreaks of war, to the mundane shipping news and advertisements
for insomnia cures, so much of the history of British Columbia and
its people, exists only in the pages of this remarkable publication.
This
website contains all the issues of the British Colonist (also
called The Daily British Colonist, the Daily Colonist, and other
variants) from its first issue in 1858 to December 1980. Once
trapped between its crumbling covers, the chronicle of Victoria and
British Columbia is now available at the click of a mouse.
You can browse by date or use the search feature to mine the
contents of the paper. You may also want to refer to the index to
the paper on Victoria’s Victoria.
37,515 copies can be downloaded from
the
Internet Archive
The Coleman Journal and Crow's Nest
Pass Advertiser
Published in the Premier Coat Mining Centre of the Crows Nest Pass.
A Weekly record of Interesting Community News read by Young and Old
Thursday, July 27, 1939 (pdf)
Another 96 copies can be read on the
Internet Archive
Coleman Journal - Coleman, AB
For 51 years, from 1921 to 1972, this small building was the source
of news in the town of Coleman. Oddly, this was an anti-labour
newspaper, a rarity in small towns in its time - UNLESS they were
financed by big business, which happened on occasion.
March 7, 1929 (pdf)
Another 1773 or so copies can be read on the
Internet Archive
British Canadian Newspaper
British Canadian Newspaper which was a National paper printed in
Simcoe, Ontario, February 18,
1857 (pdf)
1857 (pdf)
The Gateway
The Gateway is the student paper at the University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is published once a month in print
during the academic year (September-April) and on a regular basis
online throughout the calendar year by the Gateway Student
Journalism Society (GSJS), a student-run, autonomous, apolitical
not-for-profit organization, operated in accordance with the
Societies Act of Alberta. The Gateway is one of the oldest student
newspapers in Canada, founded in 1910. It's notable alumni include
Don Iveson the Mayor of Edmonton, Joe Clark the former Prime
Minister of Canada, Beverley McLachlin the former Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Canada, clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson,
and countless current journalists across Canada and the world.
The Gateway
Official Publication of the Students Union of the University of
Alberta, October 4, 1940 (pdf)
Many copies are available on the Internet Archive
The Beaver
The Labour newspaper for Windsor, Sandwich and Walkerville
Dec 18, 1886 (pdf)
British Canadian
British Canadian Newspaper which was a National paper printed in
Simcoe, Ontario, February 18, 1857 (pdf)
Canada
West
By Canada Dept. of Immigration and Colonization. Other copies can
be found on the
Internet Archive
Trail Riders of the
Canadian Rockies
Other copies can be found on the
Internet Archive. See a copy of the May 1947 edition with an
article about Jim Brewster
Common Ground
Common
Ground is an independent publication, 100% Canadian owned. It is
Western Canada’s biggest and best-loved monthly magazine dedicated
to health, wellness, ecology and personal growth. Common Ground’s
Publisher and Senior Editor, Joseph Roberts, organized Vancouver’s
first Walk for Peace and helped start Common Ground magazine in
1982.
March 2015 (pdf)
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Including Skyline Hikers Association of the Canadian Rockies
Volume 1 No 1
October 1933 (pdf)
Other copies can be found on the Internet Archive
All Canadian Traveler
Published by the
Associated Canadian Travelers of Winnipeg
Volume 2 Issue 1
(pdf) (December 1935)
BearPaw Legal Education & Resource Centre Newswire
Aboriginal news from across Turtle Island and beyond
September 25 -
Oct 2, 2015 (pdf)
Other copies can be found on the Internet Archive
Canadian Journal of
Industry, Science and Art
Volume V. (1860) (pdf)
Other copies can be found on the Internet Archive
University of Toronto Monthly
Volume 1 (1900) (pdf)
Volume 2 (1901) (pdf)
Other
copies can be found on the Internet Archive
Varsity Graduate
The University of Toronto has embarked on a great enterprise. All
across Canada (and in Britain and the United States, too) Committees
of Graduates are being organized. They are the nucleus for a strong
graduate body to which the University may turn for inspiration and
guidance. Morley Sparling in his article on “The Varsity Plan” which
begins on page 34 tells how this organization is taking form. The
Alumni Federation through its Board of Directors has given its
unanimous support to the Varsity Plan. Our magazine, The University
of Toronto Monthly, has been loaned to the University to serve as a
bridge to the graduates and with this issue, appears in its new form
and under its new name. Alumni news will still receive the best of
attention because Velma Macfarlane, editor of the Monthly, continues
as editor of The Varsity Graduate. We hope you like the new magazine
and that you will help us to improve it by sending your criticisms
and suggestions to the Editor.
John A. Bothwell,
President, The Alumni Federation of the University of Toronto.
Volume 1-4 (1948-52) (pdf)
Another 9 copies are available on the Internet Archive
An Rhuba
The Highland Village Gaelic Folklife Magazine Vol. 14 Issue 1 (pdf)
Canadian
Club of Fort William Annual
ALMOST as many places vie with one another for the honor of being
the first to evolve the idea of the Canadian Club as contended of
old for the distinction of being the birth-place of Homer. But,
among all the claimants the City of Hamilton seems to have the first
place, the idea of the Canadian Club as it now exists having taken
bodily shape under the aegis of Charles R. McCullough. The idea,
however, having once taken root, grew with astonishing rapidity
until today hardly a city or a large town of importance in the
Dominion is without its branch of this institution.
The
Gleichen Call Newspaper
Claim in this issue is that Scotland originated the sending of
Christmas Cards despite the fact that at this time Scotland didn't
celebrate Christmas. January 9, 1929 (pdf)
The
Blairmore Enterprise
Christmas Number, December 21, 1945 (pdf)
The Grain
Grower's Guide
Grain Growers' Guide (1908-1928) is described as "the most important
publication of the early farm movement."
Cinema Canada
In December 1989 Cinema Canada published its last issue (#169). It
was the trade journal of record for the Canadian Film and television
industry for 18 years.
December-January 1976, Third
Edition, number 24 (pdf) |
