 This list is courtesy of the Legal Research Section.
$ = search cost
www.555-1212.com ($)
Multiple research tool: like White and Yellow pages (see below), but also has reverse address lookup; US criminal records/background checks; international business/people finders; phone directories.
www.bankofcanada.ca/en
Bank of Canada: unclaimed bank balances, currency converter, interest rates.
www.bcarchives.bc.ca
BC Archives: includes, e.g., more than 60,000 images online.
www.bconline.gov.bc.ca ($)
BC Government Registry: land titles, property assessments, BC companies, and more.
www.britannica.com
Encyclopedia Britannica: the whole collection online!
www.canada411.ca
Canadian White Pages: more than 12 million listings, including postal codes.
www.cch-lis.com ($)
CT Corporation: filing preparation, document and search ordering, and online public record searching in every province, state and county.
www.vancouver.ca
Visit the City of Vancouver Archives page.
www.peoplesearchpro.com/journalism/canada/
JournalismNet: Canadian and international media-related search tools.
www.library.ubc.ca
University of BC: try the excellent Internet Search Page!
www.sedar.com/issuers/issuers_en.htm
Company Profiles for Publicly-Traded Corporations: Canada’s electronic securities documentation filing and retrieval system.
www.statcan.gc.ca
Statistics Canada
www.strategis.ic.gc.ca ($)
Industry Canada: has all bankruptcies and proposals filed in Canada since 1978 and all receiverships filed in Canada since 1993.
www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca
Vancouver Public Library
www.vs.gov.bc.ca
BC Government Vital Statistics: adoption information, birth certificates and registration, change of name, death certificates and registration, genealogical services, marriage certificates and licenses, wills notice registration and searches and more.
www.yellow.ca
Canadian Yellow Pages: search by company name, business classification, person’s name, phone number (reverse lookup).
This article was published in the December 2001 issue of BarTalk. © 2001 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved. |
