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Archived Commissions - by Topic

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Unless otherwise noted, all commission reports have been archived in the Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collection. To view PDF files, download Adobe Reader.
Aboriginal Peoples

Title: Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Date: 1996
Chair: René Dussault, Georges Erasmus


Title: Commission to Inquire into the Desirability of Establishing a New Band of Indians on Seabird Island, British Columbia
Date: 1958
Chair: Geo L. Cassady

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Royal Commission on the Indian Act and Indian Administration in General
Date: 1947
Chair: Donald Ferguson Brown, J. Fred Johnston

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Aboriginal Peoples - Charges against R.C. Macdonald

Title: Commission to Investigate Certain Charges Made by the Halfbreed Residents of the United States against R. C. Macdonald
Date: 1905
Chair: Robert Hill Myers

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Aboriginal Peoples - Claims

Title: Commissioner on Indian Claims
Date: 1977
Chair: Lloyd Barber

Report is bilingual.

Title: Royal Commission to Investigate the Unfulfilled Provisions of Treaties 8 and 11 as they Apply to the Indians of the Mackenzie District
Date: 1959
Chair: Walter H. Nelson

Report

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Investigate and Report upon the Validity of a Claim made by Certain Indians of the Chippewa and Mississauga Tribes
Date: 1923
Chair: Angus Seymour Williams

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission re St. Peter's Indian Reserve
Date: 1908
Chair: Hector Mansfield Howell

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Negotiate a Treaty with Certain Indians in the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and to Investigate, Hear and Determine the Claims of Halfbreeds therein
Date: 1907
Chair: James Andrew Joseph McKenna, Thomas A. Bothwic

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.


Title: Commisssion to Investigate and Adjudicate upon the Claims to Land or Scrip Arising out of the Extinguishment of the Indian Title Preferred by or on Behalf of Half-Breeds
Date: 1901
Chair: Narcisse Omer Côté, Samuel McLeod

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Investigate and Deal with Certain Half-breed Claims in the Province of Manitoba and the North-west Territories
Date: 1901
Chair: James Andrew Joseph McKenna

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Investigate and Deal with Halfbreed Claims in the District of Athabaska and the Adjoining Country
Date: 1901
Chair: James Ansdell Macrae

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Fix and Determine the Number, Extent and Locality of the Reserve or Reserves to be Allowed to the Indians of British Columbia
Date: 1878
Chair: Alexander Anderson

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Ascertain Persons Entitled to Grants of Land and Scrip in Manitoba
Date: 1876
Chair: John Maule Machar

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Aboriginal Peoples - Riel Rebellion, 1885

Title: Royal Commission into Claims for Compensation for Loss or Damage Arising Out of the Late Half-breed and Indian Insurrection in the North-West Territories
Date: 1887
Chair: J. Alphonse Ouimet

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Report upon the suppression of the rebellion in the North-West Territories, and matters in connection therewith, in 1885
Date: 1886
Chair: W. H. Jackson

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Aboriginal Peoples - Six Nations Indians

Title: Commission to Investigate and Enquire into the Affairs of the Six Nations Indians
Date: 1924
Chair: Andrew Thorburn Thompson

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Acadie-Bathurst

Title: Miramichi and Acadie-Bathurst Electoral Boundaries Commission
Date: 2004
Chair: Joseph Z. Daigle

(Miramichi and Acadie-Bathurst Electoral Boundaries Commission)


Agriculture

Title: Federal Task Force on Agriculture
Date: 1969
Chair: Douglas Ross Campbell, P. Comtois, J.C. Gilson, David L. MacFarlane, Donald H. Thain, A. Vaillancourt, Douglas Woodward .


Title: Commission to Investigate Methods of Stimulating Agricultural Production
Date: 1916
Chair: James Alexander Lougheed

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
AIDS

Title: Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada
Date: 1997
Chair: Horace Krever


Airports (Toronto/Malton & Pickering)

Title: Airport Inquiry Commission
Date: 1974
Chair: Hugh F. Gibson


Alberta - Leased territories

Title: Royal Commission to Inquire into, Review and Report upon the Rentals Payable under the Leases in the Townsites and Subdivisions of Banff and Jasper
Date: 1950
Chair: Harry O. Patriquin

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Alberta - Natural Resources

Title: Royal Commission on the National Resources of Alberta
Date: 1935
Chair: Andrew Knox Dysart

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Arar, Maher

Title: Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar
Date: 2006
Chair: Dennis R. O'Connor

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Arts, Letters & Sciences

Title: Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters & Sciences 1949 - 1951
Date: 1951
Chair: Vincent Massey


Arvida, Quebec - Aluminum Company of Canada Strike

Title: Royal Commission to Inquire into the Events which occurred at Arvida, Quebec, in July, 1941
Date: 1941
Chair: William Langley Bond, Severin Letourneau


Asbestos Mining (Thetford Mines, Quebec) - Unrest

Title: Commission to Inquire into and Report upon the Cause of Unrest in the Asbestos Mining Industry in the District of Thetford Mines, Quebec
Date: 1916
Chair: Charles Albert Emile Blanchet

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Assistant Receiver General (Saint John, N.B.) - Conduct

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Conduct of the Office of the Assistant Receiver General at Saint John, N.B.
Date: 1903
Chair: John Fraser

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Automotive Industry

Title: Inquiry into the Automotive Industry
Date: 1978
Chair: Simon Reisman


Title: Royal Commission on the Automotive Industry
Date: 1961
Chair: Vincent W. Bladen


Banking

Title: Royal Commission on Banking and Finance
Date: 1964
Chair: Dana Harris Porter

This appendix volume is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Royal Commission on Banking and Currency in Canada
Date: 1933
Chair: Hugh Pattison Macmillan


Banks (CCB & Northland) - Collapse

Title: Commission of Inquiry into the Collapse of the Canadian Commercial Bank (CCB) and the Northland Bank
Date: 1986
Chair: Willard Z. Estey


Beef - Marketing

Title: Commission of Inquiry into the Marketing of Beef
Date: 1976
Chair: Maxwell Weir Mackenzie


Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Ltd. - Industrial Dispute (Toronto)

Title: Royal Commission on a Dispute Respecting Hours of Employment between the Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Ltd., and Operators at Toronto, Ont.
Date: 1907
Chair: William Lyon Mackenzie King

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Bilingualism and Biculturalism

Title: Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism
Date: 1967-1970
Chair: A. Davidson Dunton, André Laurendeau, Jean-Louis Gagnon


Blood System

Title: Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada
Date: 1997
Chair: Horace Krever


Bren machine gun contract

Title: Royal Commission on the Bren Machine Gun Contract
Date: 1939
Chair: Henry Hague Davis

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
British Columbia - Industrial disputes

Title: Royal Commission on Industrial Disputes in the Province of British Columbia
Date: 1903
Chair: Gordon Hunter

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
British Columbia - Land rights

Title: Commission to Investigate the Grievances of Certain Settlers Residing within the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company's Land Belt on Vancouver Island
Date: 1897
Chair: Thomas Gainsford Rothwell

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Butler, Frederick - Herring Weir Licenses

Title: Commission to Investigate Herring Weir Licenses by Frederick Butler, Musquash, Charlotte County, N.B.
Date: 1912
Chair: John F. Calder

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Canada - Public opinion

Title: Citizens' Forum on Canada's Future
Date: 1991
Chair: Keith Spicer


Canadian Performing Right Society Ltd. & Copyright Amendment Act

Title: Commission to Investigate Whether or Not the Canadian Performing Right Society Limited is Complying with the Terms and Conditions of the Copyright Amendment Act, 1931 in Relation to Certain Radio Broadcasting Stations in Alberta
Date: 1932
Chair: Albert Freeman Ewing

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Canadian Seamen's Union - Industrial disputes

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Dispute at Cornwall, Ontario, between Certain Members of the Canadian Seamen's Union and Certain Shipping Companies
Date: 1938
Chair: Eugene McGrath Quirk

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Canals

Title: Royal Commission to Inquire into the Best Means for the Improvement of the Water Communications of the Dominion and the Development of the Trade with the North-Eastern Portion of North America (Canal Commission)
Date: 1871
Chair: Hugh Allan

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Chignecto Canal

Title: Chignecto Canal Commission
Date: 1939
Chair: Arthur Surveyer

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Chinese Canadians - Fraud and Opium Smuggling (Pacific Coast)

Title: Commission to Investigate Alleged Chinese Frauds and Opium Smuggling on the Pacific Coast
Date: 1913
Chair: Dennis Murphy

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Chinese Canadians - Property Claims (Vancouver Riots)

Title: Royal Commission to Investigate Losses by the Chinese Population of Vancouver, British Columbia, on the Occasion of the Riots in That City in September, 1907
Date: 1908
Chair: William Lyon Mackenzie King

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Civil Service Act

Title: Royal Commission on the Civil Service
Date: 1908
Chair: John Mortimer Courtney

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Coal - Delivery to ships

Title: Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report upon the Conditions in Regard to the Delivery of Cargoes of Coal to Coasting Vessels in the Maritime Provinces
Date: 1916
Chair: Wilfred Eddy Tupper

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Coal Mining

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Causes of the Lack of Capacity Production in the Coal Mines in the Minto-Chipman District of the Province of New Brunswick
Date: 1941
Chair: Maynard Brown Archibald

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Coal Mining - Cost of Living

Title: Cost of Living Commission, Coal Mining Industry, Estevan District (Estevan-Bienfait, Saskatchewan)
Date: 1941
Chair: George Edwin Britnell

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Cost of Living Commission, Coal Mining Industry, District Eighteen (Alberta and British Columbia)
Date: 1940
Chair: George Edwin Britnell

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission on Cost of Living for Vancouver Island Coal Miners
Date: 1919
Chair: D. T. Bulger

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Coal Mining - Industrial Disputes

Title: Royal Commission to Investigate the Demands of the Coal Miners of Western Canada
Date: 1943
Chair: G. B. O'Connor

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Investigate Unrest in the Steel-making, Coal-mining and Shipbuilding Industries in the Province of Nova Scotia
Date: 1918
Chair: Joseph Andrew Chisholm

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Royal Commission to Investigate the Disputes Between the Dominion Coal Company Limited and Employees, Glace Bay and Springhill, and Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Co. Ltd. and Employees, Sydney Mines
Date: 1917
Chair: Joseph Andrew Chisholm

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Cooperatives

Title: Royal Commission on Co-operatives
Date: 1945
Chair: Errol Malcolm William McDougall


Corporate Concentration

Title: Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration
Date: 1978
Chair: Robert B. Bryce



Title: Royal Commission on Cotton Factories Industrial Disputes
Date: 1909
Chair: William Lyon Mackenzie King

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Courtaulds (Canada) Ltd. - Industrial Dispute

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Industrial Dispute at the Plant of Courtaulds (Canada) Ltd., Cornwall, Ontario (United Textile Workers Federal Local Union No. 3)
Date: 1940
Chair: Albert Constantineau

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Criminal Code

Title: Royal Commission on the Revision of the Criminal Code
Date: 1954
Chair: William Melville Martin


Crow's Nest Pass Railway - Treatment of Labourers

Title: Commission to Inquire into Charges of Unjust Treatment of Persons Engaged in Construction of the Crow's Nest Pass Railway
Date: 1898
Chair: Calixte Aime Dugas

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Dairy industry - Weights and measures

Title: Royal Commission on Weighing of Butter and Cheese
Date: 1913
Chair: Robert Alexander Pringle

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Devlin, James - Charges, Kingston Penitentiary

Title: Commission on Charges Preferred Against James Devlin, Late Engineer of Kingston Penitentiary
Date: 1897
Chair: Charles Murphy

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication
Drugs

Title: Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance
Date: 1990
Chair: Charles L. Dubin


Title: Commission of Inquiry into the Non-medical Use of Drugs
Date: 1973
Chair: Gerald Le Dain


Economic Development

Title: Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada
Date: 1985
Chair: Donald S. MacDonald


Election Fraud

Title: Commission to Inquire into and to Investigate the Charges of Irregularities in the Federal Election of 1963
Date: 1965
Chair: Nathan Theodore Nemetz


Title: Commission to Investigate Allegations of Election Frauds Prior to and Subsequent to the General Elections of 1896
Date: 1900
Chair: John Alexander Boyd

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Electoral Boundaries

Title: Miramichi and Acadie-Bathurst Electoral Boundaries Commission
Date: 2004
Chair: Joseph Z. Daigle

(Miramichi and Acadie-Bathurst Electoral Boundaries Commission)
Electricity

Title: Commission to Investigate and Report upon the Export of Hydro-electric Power to the United States, in Particular by Ontario Power Company, Canadian Niagara Power Company and the Electrical Development Company
Date: 1919
Chair: Henry Lumley Drayton

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Employment Equity

Title: Commission on Equality in Employment
Date: 1984
Chair: Rosalie Silberman Abella


Energy - National Energy Board

Title: Royal Commission on Energy
Date: 1958-1959
Chair: Henry Borden


Espionage - Soviet Union

Title: Royal Commission to Investigate the Facts Relating to and the Circumstances Surrounding the Communication by the Public Officials and Other Persons in Positions of Trust of Secret and Confidential Information to Agents of Foreign Power
Date: 1946
Chair: Robert Taschereau


Federal Departments - Records

Title: Royal Commission on the Records of the Public Departments
Date: 1914
Chair: Joseph Pope

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Federal-provincial Relations - Financial Management

Title: Royal Commission on Financial Arrangements between the Dominion and the Maritime Provinces
Date: 1935
Chair: Thomas White


Financial Management & Accountability

Title: Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability
Date: 1979
Chair: Allen Thomas Lambert


First World War - Munitions and military supplies

Title: Royal Commission Concerning Purchase of War Supplies and Sale of Small Arms Ammunition
Date: 1917
Chair: Charles Peers Davidson

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Fish Hatcheries - Nova Scotia

Title: Commission to Investigate into and Report in respect to Dynamite Sticks placed near the Road outside the Hatchery Gate at North East Margaree, Nova Scotia
Date: 1923
Chair: Charles Deering La Nauze

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Fisheries - British Columbia

Title: Royal Commission on British Columbia Fisheries
Date: 1922
Chair: William Duff

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Fisheries - Dispute between Dudley Perley and T.B. Williston

Title: Commission on Bay du Vin Island Net Stands in Dispute between Dudley Perley and T. B. Williston
Date: 1896
Chair: D. G. Smith

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Fisheries (Pacific)

Title: Commission on Pacific Fisheries Policy
Date: 1982
Chair: Peter H. Pearse


Fisheries Act - Alleged Violations by James & Charles Noble

Title: Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations of the Fisheries Act by Messrs. James and Charles Noble
Date: 1897
Chair: Frederick William Johnston

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Floods - Saint Lawrence River

Title: Royal Commission to Inquire into the Cause of the High Springs Floods which Occur in the St. Lawrence River between the Cities of Quebec and Montreal
Date: 1874
Chair: John Dickinson

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Forget, Alphonse - Complaints by Maurice Lalonde

Title: Commission to Inquire into and Report upon certain complaints made against A. Forget, Local Representative of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, at Mont Laurier, Quebec
Date: 1944
Chair: Roland Millar

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Foreign Service

Title: Royal Commission on Conditions of Foreign Service
Date: 1981
Chair: Pamela A. McDougall


Freshwater Fish

Title: Commission of Inquiry into Freshwater Fish Marketing
Date: 1966
Chair: George H. McIvor


Fuel Wood - Contracts

Title: Commission to Investigate Alleged Irregularities Regarding a Fuel Wood Contract at the Citadel
Date: 1886
Chair: Jules E. LaRue

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Galt, Justice - Reports against Robert Rogers

Title: Commission to Inquire into Reports of Mr. Justice Galt of Manitoba against the Honourable Robert Rogers, Minister of Public Works
Date: 1917
Chair: Ezekiel McLeod

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
General Cartage and Warehousemen's Association - Working Conditions

Title: Royal Commission to Investigate the Dispute between Members of the General Cartage and Warehousemen's Association of British Columbia and Certain of Their Employees
Date: 1920
Chair: William H. Vance

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Government Organization (Canada)

Title: Royal Commission on Government Organization
Date: 1962
Chair: J. Grant Glassco


Grain Inspectors (Montreal)

Title: Royal Commission to Investigate Charges made against Grain Inspectors at Montreal
Date: 1901
Chair: David Horn

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Grain Trade

Title: Royal Commission on the Grain Trade of Canada
Date: 1908
Chair: John Millar

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Grand Trunk Railway Company

Title: Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Payment Made or Authorized by the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
Date: 1924
Chair: Frederick Henry Honeywell

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Halifax Disorders

Title: Royal Commission on the Halifax Disorders, May 7th-8th, 1945
Date: 1945
Chair: Roy Lindsay Kellock

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Health Care

Title: Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Date: 2002
Chair: Roy Romanow


Hepatitis

Title: Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada
Date: 1997
Chair: Horace Krever


HIV ... see AIDS

House of Commons Law Branch - Management

Title: Commission to Investigate and Report Upon the Working of the Law Branch of the House of Commons of Canada
Date: 1912
Chair: William Drummond Hogg, Adam Shortt

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Humber Valley (Ontario) - Flood

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Nature and Extent of the Damage Caused by the Flood in and adjoining the Humber River Valley in Ontario
Date: 1954
Chair: John B. Carswell, Donald B. Shaw

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Immigration - China, India, Japan

Title: Royal Commission Appointed to Investigate Methods by which Oriental Labourers have been Induced to come to Canada
Date: 1908
Chair: William Lyon Mackenzie King

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Industrial Relations

Title: Royal Commission on Industrial Relations
Date: 1919
Chair: Thomas Graham Mathers


Japanese-Canadians - Property Claims

Title: Royal Commission to Investigate Property Claims of Canadian Citizens of Japanese Origin Evacuated from Coast Areas of British Columbia in 1942
Date: 1950
Chair: Henry Irvine Bird

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Japanese-Canadians - Settlements in British Columbia

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Provision made for the Persons of the Japanese Race in Settlements in British Columbia
Date: 1944
Chair: F. W. Jackson

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Kingston Graving Dock - Contracts

Title: Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Certain Claims of Messrs Bancroft, Connolly and Company, Regarding the Construction of the Kingston Graving Dock
Date: 1896
Chair: George W. Burbidge

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Komagata Maru

Title: Commission to Investigate Hindu Claims Following Refusal of Immigration Officials to Allow over 300 Hindus Aboard the S.S. Komagata Maru to Land at Vancouver
Date: 1914
Chair: H. C. Clogston

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Labour Law

Title: Commission to Investigate Uniformity of Laws Relating to Industrial Work in Canada
Date: 1920
Chair: Frederick Albert Acland

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Labour Laws - Massachusetts

Title: Commission appointed to enquire into and report on the system of laws regulating labor in the State of Massachusetts
Date: 1883
Chair: A. H. Blackeby

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Landreville, Leo A. - Northern Ontario Natural Gas

Title: Royal Commission to Inquire into the Dealings of the Honourable Mr. Justice Leo A. Landreville, with Northern Ontario Natural Gas Limited
Date: 1966
Chair: Ivan Cleveland Rand


Leper colony - Tracadie, New Brunswick

Title: Commission to Investigate the Administration of the Leper Lazaretto Colony at Tracadie, New Brunswick and the Treatment of Inmates thereof
Date: 1898
Chair: Emmanuel Persillier Lachapelle, Arthur Vallée

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Liquor Laws

Title: Royal Commission on Prohibitory Liquor Law
Date: 1875
Chair: F. Davis, J. W. Manning

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Lobster Fishing - Illegal

Title: Commission to Inquire into Illegal Lobster Fishing and Canning and Illegal Smelt Fishing in Lobster Fishing Districts Numbers 7 and 8 in the Maritime Provinces in the Year 1936
Date: 1938
Chair: Arthur T. Leblanc

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Investigate Illegal Lobster Fishing in the Shediac Sub-Division of New Brunswick
Date: 1919
Chair: Ward Fisher

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
MacPhail, Agnes - Dispute with A.C. Hall & J.D. Dawson

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Question as to the Truth or Falsity of Statements Made by A.C. Hall, a convict of Kingston Penitentiary and Mr. J.D. Dawson, Inspector of Penitentiaries (Allegations by Agnes MacPhail, M.P.)
Date: 1935
Chair: E. J. Daly

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Manitoba - Land Rights

Title: Royal Commission to Inquire into Conflicting Claims of Lands of Occupants in Manitoba
Date: 1878
Chair: Alexander Morris

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Manufacturing Industry

Title: Commission on the State of the Manufacturing Industries of Ontario and Quebec
Date: 1885
Chair: A. H. Blackeby

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Martineau Defalcation

Title: Commission to Inquire into and Report upon the Recent Defalcations in the Department of Militia and Defence
Date: 1903
Chair: John Mortimer Courtney

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Mining (Cobalt, Ontario) - Industrial Disputes

Title: Commission to Inquire into and Report upon the Unrest in the Mining Industry at Cobalt, in the province of Ontario, and the Nature and Causes Thereof
Date: 1916
Chair: Emerson Coatsworth

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Miramichi

Title: Miramichi and Acadie-Bathurst Electoral Boundaries Commission
Date: 2004
Chair: Joseph Z. Daigle

(Miramichi and Acadie-Bathurst Electoral Boundaries Commission)
Munitions - Shell Committee - Contracts

Title: Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into Certain Contracts made by the Shell Committee
Date: 1916
Chair: William Ralph Meredith, Lyman Poore Duff

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Munitions - Supply of raw materials for production

Title: Munition Resources Commission
Date: 1918
Chair: Thomas Cantley

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Munsinger, Gerda

Title: Commission of Inquiry into Matters Relating to One Gerda Munsinger
Date: 1966
Chair: Wishart Flett Spence


New Westminster Penitentiary

Title: Commission to Investigate the Administration and Affairs of New Westminster Penitentiary
Date: 1895
Chair: Montagne William Tyrwhitt Drake

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Newspapers

Title: Royal Commission on Newspapers
Date: 1981
Chair: Tom Kent


Title: Royal Commission on Newsprint
Date: 1918
Chair: Robert Abercrombie Pringle

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Nippon Black Dragon - Articles in Vancouver News Herald

Title: Commission to Inquire into Charges contained in articles in the Vancouver News Herald under the heading "Nippon Black Dragon operates within British Columbia"
Date: 1942
Chair: John Charles Alexander Cameron

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Noble, James and Charles - Claims

Title: Commission to Investigate Claims for Loss and Damage Sustained by Messrs. James and Charles Noble
Date: 1902
Chair: William Lount

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Northwest Territories & Yukon - Staking of Crown Lands

Title: Commission to Inquire into and Report upon the Facts Concerning the Staking of Certain Areas of the Crown in the North West Territories and Yukon Territory (Dispute between California Standard Co. and Sun Oil Co.)
Date: 1951
Chair: Kenneth J. Christie

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Northwest Territories - Administration of Justice

Title: Commission of Inquiry re Administration of Justice in the Hay River of the Northwest Territories
Date: 1968
Chair: William George Morrow


Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks and Industrial Designs

Title: Royal Commission on Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks and Industrial Designs
Date: 1957-60
Chair: James Lorimer Ilsley


Pilotage

Title: Royal Commission on Pilotage
Date: 1968-1971
Chair: Yves Bernier


Title: Commision to Inquire into the Navigation of Small Vessels in the St. Lawrence River
Date: 1942
Chair: Lucien Cannon

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Pilotage Business of the District of the Port of St. John
Date: 1895
Chair: W. H. Smith

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Politicians - Allegations of Wrongdoing

Title: Special Public Inquiry 1964
Date: 1965
Chair: Frederic Dorion


Post Office - Working Conditions

Title: Royal Commission of Inquiry into Working Conditions in the Post Office Department
Date: 1966
Chair: André Montpetit


Presqu'isle Lighthouse Reserve - Squatters

Title: Commission to Examine into All Matters Connected with the Occupation by Squatters of the Government Lightouse Reserve at Presqu'isle, Ontario
Date: 1904
Chair: William Patrick Anderson

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Public Land Sales

Title: Commission to investigate and report upon all matters connected with the management and sales of lands comprised within the town sites of Regina, Moose Jaw, Qu'Appelle and Verdin
Date: 1900
Chair: James Allan Smart, Edwin Frederick Stephenson

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Public Service - Rates of pay

Title: Commission of Inquiry into the Increases in Rates of Pay for Civil Servants in Group D
Date: 1965
Chair: Jacob Carroll Anderson


Public Service - Wages

Title: Royal Commission on Technical and Professional Services
Date: 1930
Chair: Edward Wentworth Beatty

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Quebec Central Railway - Industrial Dispute

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Dispute between the Management of the Quebec Central Railway and the Employees
Date: 1937
Chair: Albert Constantineau

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Investigate the Nature and Extent of Losses Incurred by Inhabitants of Quebec City in Consequence of the Landslide that Occurred in September, 1889
Date: 1897
Chair: William Cook

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Quebec Harbour Commission

Title: Commission to Investigate into and Report in Respect to the "Amount Required to Pay the Park St. Charles Company, Limited, for Land Occupied by the Quebec Harbour Commission"
Date: 1921
Chair: Louis Edmond Panneter

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Railroad Cars - Grain Transportation

Title: Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Distribution of Railway Box Cars
Date: 1959
Chair: John Bracken

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Railway Accident - Mississauga

Title: Mississauga Railway Accident Inquiry
Date: 1981
Chair: Samuel G. M. Grange


Railway Rates

Title: Commission to Inquire into and Report on Complaints as to Discrimination in Passenger and Freight Rates in Manitoba and the North-west Territories
Date: 1895
Chair: Peter Suther Archibald

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Railways

Title: Royal Commission on Railways
Date: 1888
Chair: Alexander Tilloch Galt

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Railways - Construction

Title: Commission to Investigate Charges of Alleged Delay in the Construction of A Pile Trestle Bridge on the Pictou Branch of the Intercolonial Railway
Date: 1901
Chair: Frederick W. Holt

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Red River Valley (Manitoba) - Floods

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Nature and Extent of the Damage Caused by the 1950 Floods in the Red River Valley in Manitoba
Date: 1950
Chair: John B. Carswell, Donald B. Shaw

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Relief Camps (British Columbia)

Title: Royal Commission on Relief Camps, British Columbia
Date: 1935
Chair: William Alexander Macdonald


Reproductive Technologies

Title: Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies
Date: 1993
Chair: Patricia Baird


Right of Common - Cutting Hay (Manitoba)

Title: Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Claims to Rights of Cutting Hay and Common in the Province of Manitoba
Date: 1874
Chair: Jno.H. Bain

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Rocky Mountain Park, Banff - Management

Title: Commission to Inquire into Matters in Connection with the Rocky Mountain Park of Canada at Banff
Date: 1897
Chair: Edwin Frederick Stephenson

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Ross, John - Estate

Title: Commission to Inquire into Claims of Estate of the Late John Ross for Advances made to Contractors, Sections 3, 6, 9 and 15 of the Intercolonial Railway
Date: 1935
Chair: Louis Arthur Audette

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Title: Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Date: 1979-1981
Chair: Mr. Justice D.C. McDonald


Salmon fishing - British Columbia

Title: Royal Commission on Salmon Fishing in British Columbia
Date: 1940
Chair: Gordon McGregor Sloan

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Sardine Fisheries in L'Etang River - Pollution

Title: Commission to Investigate the Falling Off of Sardine Fisheries in L'Etang River Alleged to be Caused by Pollution of Water from a Sardine Cannery
Date: 1914
Chair: William Ambrose Found

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Seals and the Sealing Industry

Title: Royal Commission on Seals and the Sealing Industry in Canada
Date: 1986
Chair: Albert H. Malouf


Title: Pelagic Sealing Commission
Date: 1916
Chair: Louis Arthur Audette

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Second Narrows Bridge (B.C.)

Title: Commission appointed to Inquire into the Matter of Second Narrows Bridge, Burrard Inlet, B.C.
Date: 1931
Chair: Louis E. Côté

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Security

Title: Royal Commission on Security
Date: 1969
Chair: Maxwell Weir Mackenzie


Sentencing

Title: Canadian Sentencing Commission
Date: 1987
Chair: J.R. Omer Archambault


Shipbuilding - Industrial Disputes

Title: Commission to Investigate Unrest in the Steel-making, Coal-mining and Shipbuilding Industries in the Province of Nova Scotia
Date: 1918
Chair: Joseph Andrew Chisholm

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Shipping Federation of B.C. Ltd. - Industrial Dispute

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Industrial Dispute Involving the Shipping Federation of British Columbia Limited and the Long-shore Workers at Vancouver, British Columbia
Date: 1935
Chair: Henry Hague Davis

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Shipyards - British Columbia

Title: Royal Commission to Inquire into the Most Effective Methods to Secure Maximum Production in the Shipyards of British Columbia
Date: 1942
Chair: Stephen Ellswood Richards

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Investigate into and Report Concerning the Relations between the Firm of J. Coughlan and Sons, and its Employees
Date: 1919
Chair: Dennis Murphy

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Shipyards in Vancouver
Date: 1918
Chair: Edward Burns

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.

Title: Commission to Investigate into Unrest in the Shipbuilding Industry in British Columbia
Date: 1918
Chair: Dennis Murphy

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Somalia

Title: Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia
Date: 1997
Chair: Gilles Létourneau


Sponsorship

Title: Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities
Date: 2005-2006
Chair: John H. Gomery

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Sports

Title: Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance
Date: 1990
Chair: Charles L. Dubin


S.S. Scandinavian - Military Dependents

Title: Commission to investigate the treatment of soldiers' dependents on the S.S. Scandinavian who arrived at Port of St. John on Jan. 10, 1919
Date: 1920
Chair: William Botsford Chandler

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Statutes - Canada

Title: Commission to Collect, Examine and Classify the Statutes Passed by the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada since Confederation
Date: 1882
Chair: James Cockburn

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Steel Industry - Industrial Disputes

Title: Commission to Investigate Unrest in the Steel-making, Coal-mining and Shipbuilding Industries in the Province of Nova Scotia
Date: 1918
Chair: Joseph Andrew Chisholm

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Steel Industry - Wages

Title: Royal Commission on wage rates in steel plants at Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and Sydney, N.S. (Algoma Steel Corp. Ltd, Dominion Steel and Coal Corp. Ltd.)
Date: 1942
Chair: F.H. Barlow

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Steel Profits

Title: Steel Profits Inquiry
Date: 1974
Chair: Willard Z. Estey

Report is bilingual.
Sunset Vinegar Company - Alcohol

Title: Commission to Investigate and Report upon the Illegal Removal of Alcohol in Bond by the Sunset Vinegar Company
Date: 1928
Chair: Gordon Clapp Lindsay

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Sweating System

Title: Commission to Investigate Whether, and if so, to What Extent, the Sweating System is Practised in the Various Industrial Centres of the Dominion
Date: 1896
Chair: Alexander Whyte Wright

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Swine Industry

Title: Commission on the Swine Breeding Industry of Denmark, Great Britain and Ireland
Date: 1910
Chair: W. W. Ballantyne

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Taxation

Title: Royal Commission on Taxation
Date: 1966
Chair: Kenneth LeM. Carter


Title: Royal Commission on Taxation of Annuities and Family Corporations
Date: 1945
Chair: William Carlos Ives


Temperance Act (Quebec City)

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Sufficiency of the Petition for Bringing into Force the Temperance Act in the City of Quebec
Date: 1917
Chair: Oscar Coderre

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Tobacco industry

Title: Tobacco Inquiry Commission in the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec
Date: 1928
Chair: Edgar S. Archibald

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Toronto Harbour Commissioners

Title: Commission to Examine and Investigate the Transactions of the Toronto Harbour Commissioners
Date: 1927
Chair: James Herbert Denton

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Toronto Waterfront

Title: Royal Commission on the Future of the Toronto Waterfront
Date: 1992
Chair: David Crombie


Trans-Canada Air Lines DC-8F Aircraft CF-TJN, Crash

Title: Commission of Inquiry into Crash of Trans-Canada Air Lines DC-8F Aircraft CF-TJN at Ste. Therese de Blainville, P.Q. on 29th November 1963
Date: 1964
Chair: Geo S. Challies


Trent Valley Canal

Title: Commission Appointed to Consider the Advisability of Extending the Trent Valley Canal, and to What Extent
Date: 1890
Chair: George McKenzie Clark (resigned), John Kennedy, Frank Turner, Charles A. Weller

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Unemployment Insurance

Title: Commission of Inquiry on Unemployment Insurance
Date: 1986
Chair: Claude Forget


Title: Unemployment Insurance Act
Date: 1962
Chair: Ernest C. Gill


Unity (Canadian)

Title: The Task Force on Canadian Unity
Date: 1979
Chair: Jean-Luc Pepin, John P. Robarts


Veniot, P.J. - Allegations

Title: Royal Commission on Certain Allegations made by Honourable P.J. Veniot, M.P.
Date: 1935
Chair: John B.M. Baxter

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Veterans' Land Act - Land Purchase in Sandwich West (Ontario)

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Purchase Price of Certain Land in the Township of Sandwich West, Ontario, Bought under the Provisions of the Veterans' Land Act
Date: 1946
Chair: D. M. Brodie

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Water-power

Title: Royal Commission on the Leasing of Water-Power on the Lachine Canal
Date: 1887
Chair: Etienne H. Parent

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Whitelaw, J.M. - Mail Fraud

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Abstraction of Money from a Letter Posted by Rev. J.M. Whitelaw
Date: 1900
Chair: William White

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
William Davies Company, Ltd. & Matthews-Blackwell, Ltd. - Cost Accounting

Title: Commission to Investigate the Businesses of William Davies Company, Limited and Matthews-Blackwell, Limited
Date: 1917
Chair: George F. Henderson, A. B. Brodie, G. T. Clarkson

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Women

Title: Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada
Date: 1970
Chair: Florence Bird


Yukon - Complaints against public servants

Title: Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Certain Charges Preferred against Many Government Officials in the Yukon Territory
Date: 1899
Chair: William Ogilvie

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This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Yukon - Gold Mining

Title: Commission to Inquire into the Treadgold and Other Concessions of the Yukon Territory
Date: 1904
Chair: Byron Moffatt Britton

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.
Yukon - Quartz & Placer Mining

Title: Royal Commission to Inquire into, Review and Report on the Administration of Quartz Mining and Placer Mining in the Yukon Territory
Date: 1954
Chair: George Edwards Cole

This report is available in English only, the original language of publication.