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Canadiana is a term used to describe things (e.g., books, historical documents, works of art, music and artifacts), ideas, or activities that concern or are distinctive of Canada, its peoples, and/or its culture, especially works of literature and other cultural products. It can also refer to the collection of such materials, such as in cultural fields like music or art.[1][2][3]
As a category often seen in
Library system
Since 1950, one of the specific mandates of the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has been to document the published heritage of Canada through a comprehensive bibliography—titled Canadiana: The National Bibliography of Canada.[4]
In
- Canadiana Subject Headings In English, a list of Library of Congress/NACO Authority File(LC/NAF).
- Canadiana Name Authorities in French, used by LAC and other Canadian libraries when creating bibliographic descriptions in French. The database contains over 600,000 records for names, names/titles, uniform titles, and series titles.
See also
Artifacts of Canadiana
Similar concepts
The suffixes -ana and -iana are commonly used in reference to a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, etc. The term Canuckiana has been used (rarely), in humorous contexts, as a synonym for Canadiana.[6][7]
Countries
- Africana – in Africa
- Americana – in the United States
- Australiana – in Australia
- Filipiniana – in the Philippines
- Kiwiana – in New Zealand
- Rhodesiana – in Rhodesia
Other
- Johnsoniana– the sayings or writings of Samuel Johnson
- Railroadiana or Railwayana – artifacts of currently or formerly operating railways around the world
- Shakespeareana– the sayings or writings of William Shakespeare
- Sherlockiana – material related to the fictional character Sherlock Holmes and his stories
- Victoriana – items from the Victorian era
References
- ^ "Definition of CANADIANA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Canadiana | Definition of Canadiana by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Canadiana". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Retrieved 2021-02-21.[dead link]
- ^ Chetty, Derick. 2007 June 30. "Made ... in Canada, eh!" Toronto Star. Retrieved 2021 February 20.
- ^ a b "Canadiana: The National Bibliography of Canada". Library and Archives Canada. 2013-03-11. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Canadiana Authorities". OCLC Support. 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- Dominion Illustrated. 1888. p. 199.
- ^ Casselman, Bill. 1996. Casselmania: more wacky Canadian words and sayings.
External links
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- Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana — Canadiana art collection at Library and Archives Canada
- Canadiana.org — A non-profit, cultural NGO with the mandate to locate and preserve early printed Canadian materials. Much of this material is available in digitized format at Early Canadiana Online.
- Thisiscanadiana.com — A Canadiana blog and educational video series exploring lesser-known tales from Canadian history.
- Peel's Prairie Provinces — A full-text, searchable database of digitized prairie Canadiana, including newspapers and other Western Canadian publications
- Baldwin Collection of Canadiana — Large research collection of rare books Toronto Public Library.