Canada Immigration Groups Bibliography and Suggested Reading (National Institute)


 * Akenson, Donald Harman. “Data: What is Known About the Irish in Canada”,The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada. O’Driscoll, Robert and Lorna Reynolds editors. Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988.


 * Akenson, Donald Harman. The Irish in Ontario - A Study in Rural History. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, second edition, 1999.


 * Baxter, Angus. In Search of Your Canadian Roots, 3rd edition. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1999.


 * Brochet, Aldo. “The Celtic Family in Feudal Gaspé”, The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada. O’Driscoll, Robert and Lorna Reynolds editors. Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988.


 * Burpee, Lawrence J and Marius Barbeau. “The People of Canada”, Patterns of Canada. Megill, Wm. J., ed., compiled for the Canadian Geographical Society. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1967.


 * Bush, Peter. Western Challenge, The Presbyterian Church in Canada’s Mission on the Prairies and North 1885-1925. Peter Bush, 2000.


 * Byrne, Cyril. “The First Irish Foothold in North America”, The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada. O’Driscoll, Robert and Lorna Reynolds editors. Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988.


 * Carling, Honourable John. Minister of Agriculture, Canada, Colonial and Indian Exhibition, Canada: It’s History, Productions and Natural Resources. Ottawa: Department of Agriculture of Canada, 1886.


 * Elliott, Bruce S. Irish Migrants in the Canadas. Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1988.


 * Elliott, Bruce S. “Regionalized Migration and Settlement Patterns of the Irish in Upper Canada”, The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada. O’Driscoll, Robert and Lorna Reynolds editors. Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988.


 * Gibbon, John Murray. Canadian Mosaic, The Making of a Northern Nation. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1938.


 * Knowles, Valerie. Strangers at Our Gates, Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy 1540-1990. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1992.


 * MacEwan, Grant. French in the West/Les Franco-Canadiens dans l’Ouest. Saint-Boniface, Manitoba: Éditions des Plaines, 1984.


 * MacKinnon, Kenneth. “Scottish Immigration to Prince Edward Island, An Informal Overview”, Abegweit Review. vol. 9, no. 1, Dec. 1997. Charlottetown, The Friends of St. Andrew’s Press, 1997.


 * Morgan, Henry J., ed. Dominion Annual Register and Review for 1878. Montreal: Dawson Brothers Publishers, 1878.


 * O’Driscoll, Robert and Lorna Reynolds, editors. The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada. Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988.


 * O’Gallagher, Marianna. “The Irish in Quebec”, The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada. O’Driscoll, Robert and Lorna Reynolds, editors. Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988.


 * O’Grady, Brendan. “A ‘New Ireland’ Lost: The Irish Presence in Prince Edward Island”, The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada. O’Driscoll, Robert and Lorna Reynolds, editors. Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988.


 * Punch, Terrence M., ed. Genealogist’s Handbook for Atlantic Canada Research. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Second Edition, 1997.


 * Punch, Terrence M. Genealogical Research in Nova Scotia. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1998.


 * Rosenberg, Louis. “The Jewish Population in Canada”, Immigrants in Canada. Montreal: privately published 1955.


 * Senior, Hereward. “Orangemen on the Frontier: The Prairies and British Columbia”, The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada. O’Driscoll, Robert and Lorna Reynolds editors. Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988.


 * Smith, Dr. Edward. Migration Patterns in Canada. Toronto: Heritage Productions #HE09, 2003.


 * Thomas, Peter. Strangers From a Secret Land, The Voyages of the Brig Albion and the Founding of the First Welsh Settlements in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986.


 * Toner, P.M. “Another ‘New Ireland’ Lost: The Irish of New Brunswick”, The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada. O’Driscoll, Robert and Lorna Reynolds, editors. Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988.


 * Tracey, Lindalee. A Scattering of Seeds, The Creation of Canada. Toronto: McArthur and Company, 1999.


 * Wade, Mason.The French Canadians 1760-1945. Toronto: MacMillan Co., 1955.


 * Wright, Jim. Saskatchewan, The History of a Province. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1955.

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