Our digitized maps are now available in TIF format
This post is of special interest to the mapping community and may be too technical for some researchers. We digitize …
Microfilm Scanners
In the last couple of years, we’ve been replacing our old, analogue microform reader-printers with new digital microform scanners. We’d …
Our online search has been upgraded
You may have noticed that our SearchArchives database looks a little different. For example, the information for a full record …
1912 historical layer now available in Vanmap
With funding from the City’s Chief Digital Officer and in collaboration with the City’s GIS and Open Data teams, there …
Save the date: #HeritageReboot May 23
The City of Vancouver, Vancouver Heritage Foundation, City of Vancouver Archives and Heritage Vancouver will host #HeritageReboot, a fun, hands-on free …
Historical zoning maps available
We’ve made a group of zoning maps available online. These are frequently consulted by our researchers, so we’ve made them …
Third wave of BC Sugar records now available
We are pleased to announce the public release of the third batch of records from the British Columbia Sugar Refining …
Map of New Westminster District – a collaboration
We have a very large and rare 1905 map in our holdings that was dirty and falling apart. Last year, …
Moving Historical Geodata to the Web
In nearly every case, “historical geodata” means a paper map. Digitizing that map gives us an image of a paper …
New in the public domain 2015
On January 1st, the copyright expired for some of our holdings: they are now in the public domain in Canada. …