Community Stories collection

A collection of more than 500 Canadian online projects funded by Digital Museums Canada.

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Black and white photo of a woman standing and a man sitting on the gallery of the Grondines train station.

2025

Grondines, a Land Shaped by Rocks and Tides

Culture et Patrimoine Deschambault-Grondines View details

A colored photograph of a two story red brick building featuring arched windows, storefronts, and a large hand painted mural on half the building featuring a farmer's market.

2024

Hot Pots & Parking Lots: Immigrant Food Businesses in Agincourt

Toronto Ward Museum View details

Black and white photograph of Dr. Dunn, Dr. Metcalfe and Dr. Kelly in front of the Rosamond Memorial Hospital during a tree planting ceremony on April 25, 1953.

2024

Doctors Past & Present: A History of Healthcare in Mississippi Mills

North Lanark Regional Museum View details

Mosaic of five black-and-white images. In the center, there is an imposing building made of gray stone. In the top left corner, there is an arrangement of glass vials and tubes. In the bottom left corner, there are nine men in suits photographed standing on a staircase. In the top right corner, a patient is having their bandage changed by a nun. In the bottom right corner, there is a hospital room with medical equipment arranged around a bed.

2024

The Origins of Oncology in Canada: Montréal’s Institut du Radium

Atelier d'histoire Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve View details

The Sidetrack, popular band in the 60s, posing in front of the New Penelope on Stanley Street. Excerpt of contact sheet.

2024

The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970)

ARCMTL View details

A fully coloured lithograph of an 1812 battle. The Americans put up a strong resistance and can be seen here, in a line on the slope below the fort, firing at the British troops which had just landed.

2024

European Traces in the War of 1812

Lithuanian Museum-Archives of Canada View details

Black and white exterior. Large two storey building in background with balcony in centre and a large bay window on the right. Two women in skirts and dresses, two young boys and an older man in suits stand on the front steps of the building. There is a fence around the building and in front of the steps are railway tracks.

2024

The Early Lebanese Community in Newfoundland

Heritage NL View details

Black and white photograph of the brick exterior of a dry goods store circa 1914. Three men standing inside the shop and four men standing outside the shop. Above the shop, a sign hangs out into the street, reading

2024

Everyone Has a Story: Tales of a Community

Orillia Museum of Art & History View details

A black and white photograph showing part of a 1.8 m telescope being hauled by horse-drawn wagon, with telescope dome and the Director’s residence in background

2024

Science, National and Civic Identity, and Tourism at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria B.C.

Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory View details

2024

Stories Beneath the Surface

Revelstoke Museum and Archives View details

A black and white illustration of a family featuring a mother, father, two daughters and one son seated indoors in front of a burning fireplace and a radio. The illustration is oval-shaped and bordered by another illustration of a rural landscape.

2024

Radio at Home in Canada

Musée des ondes Emile Berliner View details

A black-and-white photo of a skier riding up a chair lift. In the distance is the Red Mountain Ski Club Lodge.

2024

Gold Mining to Gold Medals: A Century of Ski Racing in Rossland

Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre View details

A man in a checked jacket and hat sits at a table topped by wireless equipment. Behind him are bare cupboards with no doors, and a metal stove and stovepipe.

2024

Marconi’s Legacy in Newfoundland and Labrador

Admiralty House Communications Museum and Archive View details

Black and white photograph of a circular garden of shrubs surrounding a fountain in front of a large two-story stone house covered in climbing plants and with a staircase leading to the garden.

2024

A Look Back at Grantham Hall Estate

Société d’histoire de Drummond View details

Quarry workers posing outside of North American Cyanamid.

2024

Bedrock of Beachville: The History of our Limestone Quarries

Beachville District Museum View details

Man on horseback, dog and buggy in front of wooden buildings and fences

2023

The Francophone Ranchers of British Columbia’s Interior Plateau

Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique View details

A black and white photo of three individuals on top of the wings of a plane, refueling. A large crowd stood around the aircraft, backs to camera.

2023

Alone Among the Stars: Aviation in Harbour Grace, NL (1919-Present)

Conception Bay Museum View details

Yvette Coulombe is sitting on a chair with a guitar. Ulric Lacombe is at her right. He is sitting with a diatonic accordion on his knee

2023

Reels and Waltzes: The Enduring Sound of Montmagny’s Accordionists

Accordion Museum View details

In the middle of a leafy field at the foot of the mountains, a small white marker indicates the Canada-U.S. border.

2023

Sutton, Border Town

Heritage Sutton Historical Society View details

View of a landscape and a rural road in spring during the snow melt. Children riding their bikes.

2023

Abitibi-Témiscamingue: A Nature That Gives Life

MA, musée d’art de Rouyn-Noranda and the Corporation de La maison Dumulon View details

Postcard published around 1900. In the center: a paper mill, on the left: its tall smokestack overlooking the mill’s dike, cluttered with barrels and other materials. In the foreground: a roll-in dock on the water basin.

2023

The mills of Île de la Visitation at the Sault-au-Récollet: Celebrating 300 years of history in 2026!

Société d’Histoire d’Ahuntsic-Cartierville View details

Black and white photo of about 100 spectators attending an outdoor performance at La Butte. At the top of the picture, the feet of people sitting on part of the roof of La Butte can be seen.

2023

La Butte à Mathieu
A place of hope, songs and dreams

Société d’histoire et du patrimoine de Val-David View details

Tin photo circa 1900 depicting Solomon Kendall 2nd alongside one Black man and white man in a horse drawn carriage

2023

Our Black Heritage: Early Black Settlers of York-Sunbury Counties (New Brunswick) 1783-Present

Fredericton Region Museum View details

Stone mill with two brick structures to the right.

2023

The Giants of Lindsay: William and J. D. Flavelle

Kawartha Lakes Museum & Archives View details

Black and white archival photograph of 5 Black men sitting on a railway track. They are dressed in white railway uniforms.

2023

On the Rails: The Experiences of Toronto’s Railway Workers

Toronto Railway Museum View details

Black and white photograph of a lake with individuals standing in the water and in the background a large steamship and pier.

2023

From Ship to Shore: Exploring Oshawa's Relationship with Lake Ontario

Oshawa Museum View details

Black and white panoramic photo. A large number of employees and managers of the company pose in front of the factory on four rows.

2023

Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread

Bruck Museum View details

Black-and-white image of vintage cars parked in front of gas pumps with stone building in background

2023

"Are We There Yet?" Highway-Based Tourism In Kawartha Lakes

Kirkfield & District Historical Society View details

The Tragic Sinking of SS

2023

The Tragic Sinking of SS "Caribou"

South West Coast Historical Society Inc. and Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland & Labrador Inc. View details

Black and white photo of a man looking surprised, holding a cow by a rope. A wooden building is in the background.

2023

The Fintry Ayrshires: Scottish Cattle in the Far West

Friends of Fintry Provincial Park Society View details

Black and white picture taken in studio. 12 people in their early 20th century clothes. In the front are seated Monsignor Alfred LePailleur, his parents and his two youngest sisters. Standing in the back are the other members of the siblings.

2023

The LePailleur family: A Quebec dynasty

Maison LePailleur – Musée et site historique View details

2022

Opportunity on the Mile of Gold: How Diversity Shaped Kirkland Lake

Museum of Northern History View details

A graphic showing photos of women in black and white

2022

Women of the Nistawoyou

Nistawoyou Association Friendship Centre View details

Black and white sketch of the inside of Blythe House. In the sketch you see John sitting on a chesterfield; two women at the table; and, Anne Langton in front of a fire patting a small dog.

2022

Anne Langton: Anglican Church Woman in Fenelon Falls

St. James the Apostle Anglican Church Fenelon Falls View details

The photo is in black and white. Anicinabek women and children are sitting on the grass. Lake is in the background. They are near a small canvas tent. The women are busy sewing moccasins while the children watch or play. A baby is sitting in a tikinagan, a traditional baby carrier.

2022

Ka odji madjisek: Where it begins

Bibliothèque des livres rares et collections spéciales de l'Université de Montréal - Groupe Miaji View details

Four women and a young girl sitting in the grass in an orchard

2022

Exiles in Our Own Country: Japanese Canadians in Niagara

Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre View details

Two smiling women stand in the doors of a convertible two-seater electric truck.

2022

Wires to Wheels: Electric Vehicles in Canada and Beyond

Canadian Automotive Museum View details

A factory floor with several rows of weaving machines.

2022

Unravelling the Yarn: The Textile Industry in Arnprior

Arnprior and District Museum View details

Exterior of a hillside root cellar with a stacked stone front and grass ontop.

2022

Heritage Underground - A History of Root Cellars in Newfoundland and Labrador

Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador View details

A man with a fire hose.

2022

Port Coquitlam’s F‑Words: Flu, Fire, Flood and Financial Fears

PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives View details

3 airmen and 6 mechanics in front of airplane and hanger.

2022

Wings Over Claresholm: The RCAF Service Flying Training School No. 15 in World War II

Claresholm & District Museum View details

Four children sit in a row of five wooden desks in an old schoolhouse.

2022

Prairie Lessons: Education on the land around Beiseker

Beiseker Station Museum View details

A black and white photo of three women inspecting a blanket. A quilt and some items of clothing are hanging behind them. On their right, blankets have been spread out on a table and a spinning wheel is displayed.

2022

One Hundred Years Without Dropping a Stitch: The Cercle de Fermières Saint-Eustache

Patrimoine Culturel Vieux-Saint-Eustache View details

People stand on school steps. Others look out second storey windows. Students are in four school vans of varying sizes in front of the building. Each van has a driver and is led by two horses.

2022

New Brunswick's Macdonald Consolidated School

John Fisher Memorial Museum View details

A composite of three photos of scientists.

2022

Women in Medical Research - A History of Innovation

The Miss Margaret Robins Archives of Women’s College Hospital View details

The Sharon Temple in the fall time.

2022

The Road to Rebellion

Sharon Temple National Historic Site and Museum View details

The picture shows employees assembles in front of the Charron factory. It is a three-story wooden structure, built behind a house on St-Antoine Street.

2021

The Contrecoeur Shoe: A Family Story

Culture C View details

Black and white view of the span of a bridge at the end of which stands a church with two towers surrounded by old houses.

2021

From Pioneer to Premier: the Seigniorial and Village History of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade

Domaine seigneurial Sainte-Anne View details

Black and white photograph of a group of four men on a roof.

2021

Sweat Equity – The Grimsby Homebuilding Co-operative 1953-1956

Grimsby Museum View details

Portrait of six children, two girls in the middle and two boys on each side, behind a table with food, four Union Jacks and two vases of flowers.

2021

Verdun in Wartime: An Engaged Community

Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier, musée et site archéologique View details

Storefront with large glass window with “Havana Cigars” written at the top of the window and “Louis Green” printed at the bottom – the window displays cigars and tobacco products – two men are standing in doorway.

2021

Open for Business

Saint John Jewish Historical Museum View details

A black and white photograph of women skipping with a jump rope in a field.

2021

Women of the Sooke Region: From Pioneers to the Modern Wonder Woman

Sooke Region Museum and Visitor Centre View details

Black and white photograph of Maude Abbott as a young adult, from the waist up. She is wearing a graduation gown. Her dark hair is tied behind her head and she is looking slightly to her left.

2021

In the footsteps of Maude Abbott

Musée régional d’Argenteuil View details

Sepia-tone photograph showing men and some women outside, in front of a paper mill.

2021

Rolland: The First French-Canadian Paper Company in Canada

Histoire et Archives Laurentides View details

Black and white photograph of a gravel road lined with plank and log buildings. Two men walk toward the camera.

2021

Boom and Bust in a Mining Village: The Sad Fate of Roc-d’Or

Société d’histoire de Malartic View details

Colour photograph of landscape with eight silver coin-operated horses lined up in front of mountain panorama

2021

Made For This Place: The Leighton Legacy

Leighton Art Centre View details

Collage of faces of the Black men, women and children of varying ages who came to BC in 1858

2020

British Columbia’s Black Pioneers: Influencing the Vision of Canada

BC Black History Awareness Society View details

Close-up of a woman hanging on with hands and feet to the underside of an overhang with some 15 metres of reach

2020

Val-David, the Cradle of Rock Climbing – Birth and Development of Rock Climbing in Eastern Canada

Société d'histoire et du patrimoine de Val-David View details

View of a schooner under construction. The structure of the ship is surrounded by scaffolding.

2020

The Desgagnés: Two Centuries of Schooners

Musée maritime de Charlevoix View details

Vanessa and diggers at Pointe aux Outardes

2020

Seeking the Origins of Pointe-aux-Outardes: On the Trail of the First Inhabitants

Archéo-Mamu Côte-Nord View details

Black and white picture of a house surrounded by trees. A man is sitting on the front step holding a white-clothed baby. A large wood fence with open gates at the forefront.

2020

Living in the Cemetery – The Treggett Family Life on the Mount Hermon Cemetery Grounds

Société d'histoire de Sillery View details

Aerial view of Château-Richer in the mid-20th century

2020

Portraits of Our Ancestors

Centre d'interprétation de la Côte-de-Beaupré (Aux Trois Couvents) View details

The Saint-Maurice River flows through the rugged terrain of the Canadian Shield.

2020

The Saint-Maurice: Creative Source of the Mauricie

Appartenance Mauricie Société d'histoire régionale View details

Photograph of two smiling firefighters in firefighting gear, in front of a car, a fire truck and many houses, at night, under the lights.

2020

Focus on Firefighting: Voices of the Saint-Eustache Fire Safety Department

Conseil Arts et Culture de Saint-Eustache View details

Black and white photo of a nun surrounded by rabbits.

2020

The agricultural heritage of the Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil of Chicoutimi Sisters

Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil History Centre View details

A truck parked inside a tunnel

2020

The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel: A Feat of Engineering Between Two Shores

Atelier d’histoire Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve View details

A large, tightly packed crowd of LGBTQ2S+ athletes and allies in B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, Canada, wave their arms and flags and sway to music at the Celebration ’90 Gay Games III Opening Ceremonies.

2020

Celebration ’90: Gay Games III & Cultural Festival

Satellite Video Exchange Society View details

Colour image of three men using heavy machine tools to assemble a partially-completed car on an assembly line.

2020

Oshawa’s Automotive Community

The Canadian Automotive Museum View details

Painting of men gathered at a campsite with canoes in foreground and several tall trees in background

2020

The Life and Art of W. A. Goodwin

Victoria County Historical Society View details

A brick saw mill building is surrounded by heaps of sawdust with a water tower and refuse burner in winter.

2020

White Pine College: Gillies Mill and the Village of Braeside

Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives View details

A small polished brass plane made from a bullet. It has one propeller in the front and has targets painted on each wing and on the body.

2020

Keepsakes of Conflict: Trench Art and Other Canadian War-related Craft

Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery View details

Colour photograph showing a ship in a bay with trees and homes wrapping around the bay in the foreground and background.

2020

Carved by the Sea: Heritage Places of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland

Heritage NL View details

Painting of a cargo ship with a torpedo exploding in its side

2020

When World War II Came to Bell Island, Newfoundland

Bell Island Heritage Society and Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland and Labrador View details

A dark blue felt patch with embroidered white fist holding 3 lightning bolts

2020

Top Secret War: London Ontario’s Hidden Radar History

Secrets of Radar Museum View details

Black and white archival photograph of large passenger liner ship, the SS Florizel, run aground in ocean.

2020

The Loss of the SS Florizel

Admiralty House Communications Museum View details

Aerial colour photograph: View of Jean-Noël Lavoie Highway and the industrial sector of Laval.

2020

Laval, a Region Well Positioned for a Diversified Economy

Centre d’archives de Laval View details

Three men pose in front of a vintage car.

2020

The Hidden Past of Rivière-Bleue

Corporation du Patrimoine de Rivière-Bleue View details