Publications

​​Most Library and Archives Canada (LAC) publications are available as either Web pages or Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files. To view PDF documents, you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer (downloadable free of charge).

Corporate management and reporting

• Departmental Performance Reports (DPR)
• Departmental Plan (formerly known as Reports on Plans and Priorities-RPP)
• Report on Fees
• Quarterly Financial Reports

Business reports and plans

• Three-year plans
• Annual reports
• Audits and Evaluations
• Info Source – Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information at Library and Archives Canada

Corporate strategies

• Private archives acquisition orientation 2019-2024
• Audiovisual Migration Strategy
• Building a Canadian National Heritage Digitization Strategy
• Digital strategy 2015 and beyond
• Information Management Strategy to 2020
• International Relations Strategy 2016-2020
• Strategic Policy Suites
• Strategy for a digital preservation program
• Strategy for Services to the Public
• Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy: 2020-2023

Library and Archives Canada publications

• Library and Archives Canada Blog
• Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World Newsletter
• E-book: "Lingua Franca: A Common Language for Conservators of Photographic Materials"
• Signatures: The Magazine of Library and Archives Canada
• Thematic guides
• Values and Ethics, code of conduct

Public Opinion Research Reports

Library and Archives Canada is responsible for posting separate English and French final reports and executive summaries for contracted public opinion research on the Public Opinion Research Reports website.

Joint publications

National, Provincial and Territorial Archivists Conference (NPTAC)

NPTAC produced the following documents, of which Library and Archives Canada is a member.

• Statement of Guiding Principles for Identifying 'Best-Fit' Repositories for Private-Sector Archival Records [Bilingual PDF 149 KB]
• Recommendations on Preservation Files for Use in the Digitization of Analog Audio and Video Recordings and Motion Picture Films [PDF 363 KB]

Archived publications

Find older LAC publications in the Government of Canada Web Archive site.

Government of Canada publications

Visit Government of Canada Publications for publications produced by us and other government organizations.

Order a publication

To order printed copies of any publication, please contact us.