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''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' is the most authoritative source of information on Canada . It is available online, at no cost. The Canadian Encyclopedia includes a wide variety of subjects including history, popular culture, events, people, places, politics, arts, First Nations, sports and science. The website also provides access to the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, The Canadian Encyclopedia Junior Edition, Maclean’s articles and Timelines of Canadian history. HISTORY Canada had been without an encyclopedia since the 1957 '' Encyclopedia Canadiana ''. In response to this Mel Hurtig , a staunch Canadian Nationalist , launched a project to create a wholly new ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' and recruited more than 3,000 authors to write for it. The first edition of ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' was published in three volumes in 1985 (ISBN 088830269X), and a revised and expanded edition was released in 1988 (ISBN 0888303262). The company later published '' The Junior Encyclopedia Of Canada '' (ISBN 0888303343). In 1995 , the first CD-ROM edition was published (ISBN 0771020414). Currently the Historica Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation, publishes the encyclopedia for free online. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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