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Information Services at the Central Library produces a bi-annual genealogy newsletter that is distributed by email and also available in print at the Central Library

Information in Chinese on how to apply for Canadian citizenship.

The Vancouver Public Library (VPL) Central Library and branch libraries have collections of educational-related books and materials.

This guide will help with finding library books, journals, and online resources on how to change the law at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels.

The following guide provides access to information, education, and recreation resources for and about the Trans, Gender Diverse, and Two-Spirit community.

Over 70 self-paced language learning courses and dialects.

Use this guide to find information about federal, provincial, and municipal elections and political parties.

Interactive activities, practice tests, and grammar resources offer assistance in successfully improving your English Language skills.

Although excluded from some official records, people of Chinese origin have always been included in Canadian census enumerations. The first census in Canada was taken in 1666 in New France (now Quebec). Following 1666, local and regional censuses were taken at irregular intervals until 1851, when the first national census was taken. The 1851 census covered the modern Canadian provinces of Canada, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Although the census has been conducted at ten-year intervals since 1851, the 1881 census was the first to include the western provinces and territories. Since B.C