Contact us
Find out how to reach us with your questions or comments.
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General inquiries
For general inquiries, you can submit your questions through our online form or contact us using the information below.
- Online form:
- Ask us a question
- Mailing address:
-
Library and Archives Canada
550 de la Cité Boulevard
Gatineau QC J8T 0A7 - Telephone:
- 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777
- Fax:
- 819-934-6828
Points of service
Ottawa
- Address:
- 395 Wellington Street
Ottawa ON K1A 0N4 - Online form:
- Ask us a question
- Telephone:
- 613-996-5115 ou 1-866-578-7777
- Fax:
- 613-995-6274
- Visit us:
- Visit our Ottawa office
Halifax
- Address:
- Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
1055 Marginal Road
Halifax NS B3H 4P7 - Email:
- halifax@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 902-426-4031
- Fax:
- 902-426-8970
- Visit us:
- Visit our Halifax office
Vancouver
Consultation and Reference room
- Address:
- Vancouver Library Square Tower
420-300 West Georgia Street
Vancouver BC V6B 6B4 - Email:
- vancouver@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 604-666-9699
Vancouver Public Library Service Desk
- Address:
- 7th floor, Central Branch, Vancouver Public Library
350 West Georgia Street
Vancouver BC V6B 6B4 - Email:
- vancouver@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 604-666-9699
- Visit us:
- Visit our Vancouver office
Winnipeg
- Address:
- 1700 Inkster Boulevard
Winnipeg MB R2X 2T1 - Email:
- winnipeg@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 204-984-1469
- Visit us:
- Visit our Winnipeg office
Media relations
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) offers expertise across a wide range of topics. This includes items in our collections, such as Cabinet documents and military files, as well as our projects and initiatives, including Ādisōke and Project Naming, and our events and public programming.
For media inquiries, interview requests with our experts, or filming at LAC, journalists may contact our Media Relations team using the information below. To ensure a prompt response, we recommend including the following details in your email request:
- the subject of your inquiry and any specific questions for LAC
- the name of the media outlet you are writing for (or the intended outlet of publication if you are a freelance journalist)
- your deadline or the date and time of publication or broadcast
Media inquiries
- Email:
- media@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 819-994-4589
- Office hours:
- Monday to Friday (except holidays), 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Requests sent outside regular business hours will be answered by a spokesperson on the next business day.
Specific inquiries
Partners and stakeholders can contact specific teams at LAC. Our organizational chart is also available here.
Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP)
- Email:
- daiprp-atipd@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 1-866-578-7777 (select 1, 3)
- Fax:
- 819-934-6828
- On our website:
- Access to information and privacy (ATIP)
Cataloguing in Publication (CIP)
- Email:
- cip@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 819-994-6881 or 1-866-578-7777 (select 1, 5, 2)
- On our website:
- Cataloguing in Publication
Consultation Services
- Email:
- bac.consultation.lac@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 613-995-3991
Copy Services
- Email:
- reproduction@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 613-996-5115 (press 1, then 2)
- Telephone (toll-free):
- 1-866-578-7777 (press 1, then 2)
- On our website:
- Copy services
Copyright Services
Events and exhibitions
- On our website:
- Events, exhibitions and tours
Friends of Library and Archives Canada
- Telephone:
- 613-992-8304
Genealogy and family history
- Online form:
- Ask genealogy a question
- Telephone:
- 1-866-578-7777 (select 1 and 4)
- Fax:
- 613-995-6274
- On our website:
- Genealogy and family history
Gifts or donations
Donations of archival material
- Email:
- dons-gifts@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 819-934-5793
- On our website:
- Donate archival material
Donations of published material
- Email:
- dons-gifts@bac-lac.gc.ca
- Telephone:
- 819-934-5793
- On our website:
- Donate published materials
Donations – monetary
ISBN Canada
- Telephone:
- 819-994-6872 or 1-866-578-7777 (select 1, 5, 3)
- Email:
- isbn@bac-lac.gc.ca
- On our website:
- International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN)
ISMN (International Standard Music Number)
- Telephone:
- 819-994-6872 or 1-866-578-7777 (select 1, 5, 3)
- Email:
- ismn@bac-lac.gc.ca
- On our website:
- International Standard Music Numbers (ISMN)
ISSN (International Standard Serial Number)
- Telephone:
- 819-994-6895 or 1-866-578-7777 (select 1, 5, 4)
- Email:
- issn@bac-lac.gc.ca
- On our website:
- International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN)
Legal deposit
- Online form:
- Ask us a legal deposit question
- Telephone:
- 819-997-9565 or 1-866-578-7777 (select 1, 5, 1)
- Email:
- depotlegal-legaldeposit@bac-lac.gc.ca (Physical or analogue Legal Deposit)
- Email:
- depotlegalnumerique-digitallegaldeposit@bac-lac.gc.ca (Digital Legal Deposit)
- Email:
- archivesweb-webarchives@bac-lac.gc.ca (Web Harvesting)
- On our website:
- Legal deposit
Reference services
- Online form:
- Ask reference a question
- Telephone:
- 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (select 1, 6)
- Fax:
- 613-995-6274
Theses Canada
- Email:
- thesescanada-thesescanada@bac-lac.gc.ca
- On our website:
- Theses Canada
Employees
To find the telephone number, fax, or mailing address of specific Library and Archives Canada employees, search for their names in the Government of Canada Employee Directory.