Vintage Canada

Step back in time with this selection of photographs from our historical archive. The "Vintage Canada" photo gallery offers a captivating glimpse into Canada's history and cultural heritage that spans decades, capturing everyday life, iconic landmarks, and pivotal moments that have shaped Canada’s identity. Relive scenes from th...Read more
319 items in this collection sampler
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High Commissioner To Canada Arrives In United States -- Lady Glasgow and Sir William Glasgow first high Commissioner to Canada on arrival in United States. Australia's first High Commissioner to Canada, Major General, the Hon. Sir William Glasgow, K.C.B., C.M.G. D.S.O. arrived with Lady Glasgow on the liner Mariposa yesterday from Sydney, enroute to Ottawa to take up his new duties. Sir William declined to make a statement on either the war or Australian-American relations. March 19, 1940. (Photo by Acme).
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Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada, with President Jimmy Carter smiling in the background, speaks at an arrival ceremony on the White House lawn, Washington, DC, 2/21/1977. (Photo by White House Staff Photographers Collection/GG Vintage Images)
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Horse drawn vehicle up the slopes of Mount Royal, Montreal, Canada
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Photograph of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832 - 1914) on the Quay beside the 'Canada' in Cape Town, South Africa. Dated 1901
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Rideau Hall, official residence in Canada of the Gov Gen. July 19, 1932.
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Vintage Photograph. Unloading pulp logs at Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada.
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St. Lawrence River - Seaway - Canada. June 23, 1930. (Photo by International News Photos, Inc.).
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Mr. Churchill In Canada -- Mr. Churchill with some of the "mounties" (Canadian Mounted Police) who were on duty at the station when he arrived. Mr. Churchill arrives in Canada for victory conferences with Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Mackenzie King and other U.S. and Canadian war leaders. He was accompanied by Lord Leathers, Minister of War Transport, and British Chiefs of Staff. August 16, 1943. (Photo by Topical Press).
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Fur traders in Canada, known as voyageurs, carrying their birch-bark canoes over a 'portage' in the Hudson Bay Company's territories. Chromolithograph from ''The Polar World'' by G. Hartwig London, 1874.
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Map of the River St. Laurence, Canada 1760.
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Photograph of the Imperial Bank in Edmonton, Alberta, under construction in 1907.
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Vintage photograph. Firewood pile covered in snow outside of house
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Ottawa - Parliament Building - Canada. April 21, 1955. (Photo by The National Film Board).
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Entrance to Rideau Hall Ottawa. Seat of his excellency the Governor General of Canada. July 4, 1932. (Photo by Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau).
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Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence, Canada. From the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 2, published 1920.
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Vintage photograph. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable atop Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Canada snow scenes. April 8, 1947. (Photo by The National Film Board).
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Rural School, Killarney, Manitoba, Canada, John Vachon for U.S. Farm Security Administration, October 1940
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Banff, Alberta, Canada: 1949. Skiing on Quartz Ridge in Banff National Park.
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Empire Games. 1954 (Vancouver--Canada). August 12, 1954.
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1920s FISHERMAN ADJUSTING HIS FISHING ROD BEFORE CASTING IN STREAM IN CANADA
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1930S Campsite Bow Lake Alberta Canada 2 Men 1 Woman Around Campfire
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Where The Duke Of Kent Is Staying - Rideau hall, official residence of governors general of Canada, is were the Duke of Kent, now studying Canada's air training program, will stay while in Ottawa. The governor general now representing King George VI, the Duke's Brother, is the Earl of Athlone. July 30, 1941. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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1970S Bow River Valley Banff National Park Alberta Canada River Buried Between Mountains With Evergreen Trees
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Section of Chinese district, Vancouver, B.C. ca. 1920-1929.
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Vintage photograph. Winter scene at night showing house lit with porch lights
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Vintage photograph. Family outside of shop standing with horses
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Canada, Quebec, Quebec City, Ski lift at ski resort
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Sir Robert Laird Borden 1854 to 1937 Prime Minister of Canada From the book The Year 1912 illustrated published London 1913
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Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada: c. 1953. A lovely day on the slopes as this couple breeches the top of the slope before a run back down the mountain.
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"A Lesson Of Peace To All Nations" -- Ameicans and Canadians gathered recently on the International bridge across St. Croix River, between st. Stephen, N.B. Canada, and Calais,. Me., U.S.A., to dedicate the bronze plaque (below) which proclaims: "This Unfortified Boundary Line between The Dominion Of Canada and The United States Of America Should Quicken The Remembrance Of The More Than A Century Old Friendship Between These Countries. A Lesson Of Peace To All Nations". The service was sponsored by Kiwanis International. May 10, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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Canada, British Columbia, Dawsons Creek, Bus on Hart Highway
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An aerial view of the central portion of the City of Ottawa, Dominion Capital of Canada. In the foreground are the Parliament Buildings wherein the sessions of the forthcoming Imperial Economic Conference will he held. To the right is the Chateau Laurier where the delegates and others attending the Conference will be housed. In front of Parliament Hill facing the buildings are the Legations and Consular offices of foreign countries. July 19, 1932.
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1930S 2 Men Fisherman Holding Up Days Catch Lake Of The Woods Ontario Canada
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Mid 18th century view of Quebec, the capital of Canada, showing the building development on the lowland the St. Lawrence River.
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Vintage photograph. Winter scene showing horses pulling carriage in snow
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Musician Playing The Banjo In Avonlea Village Of Anne Of Green Gables; Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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1920S 1930S Cowboy On Horse By Waterfall In Pine Forest Giants Steps Paradise Valley Canada Western Frontier
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Ste. Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada: c. 1959. A sleigh ride in the Laurentian Mountains north of Montreal.
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Northwest Territories, Canada: c. 1954 Two men fishing for lake trout with a guide on Great Slave Lake in Canada.
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Vintage photograph. Nets filled with sardine catch being emptied into small boat
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AU Revoir Canada -- Prime Minister Churchill bids au revior to Canada after spending the last five days here. He left Union Station this afternoon to return to Washington where he is expected to see President Truman again. January 15, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)
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The Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent, K.C. - Prime Minister of Canada who broadcast in the BBC Home and Overseas Services during his visit to London to attend the meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, January 1951. January 10, 1951. (Photo by BBC).
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Vintage photograph. Fisherman looking out at water from boat, Newfoundland
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Canada: c. 1930 A mountain climber sits on a precipice overlooking the snow covered valleys below
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Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada: c. 1951. A skier cuts under a snow curl in the Rocky Mountains.
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Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada: c. 1898 The interior of the Monte Carlo Saloon in Dawson City with its numerous men and two women.
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Air view of downtown Toronto
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The explorer Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) leaving Cape Breton for the North Pole aboard the SS Roosevelt, July 1908, Canada, Arctic expedition 1908-1909, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXV, No 31, August 2 1908.
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Canada, Canadian Rockies, Maligne Lake, Couple canoeing while two riders are watching from shore