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Sir John A. Macdonald - The Man Who Helped Make Canada
Essay by Pamela Atwell on the life and career of Canada's founding Prime Minister.

Sir John A. Macdonald Statue
Information on the statue of Canada's first Prime Minister erected in Hamilton after his death.

City of Kingston's Macdonald Biography
The official site of the City of Kingston, Ontario, devotes a page to its former resident, Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister.

John A. Macdonald - Charlottetown Conference of 1864
John A. Macdonald played a key role at Charlottetown Conference of 1864. Video clip of actor playing Macdonald.

Ottawa Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald
Louis-Philippe Hébert's statue of Macdonald in Ottawa is described. Photo also.

Sir John A. Macdonald and the North-West Mounted Police
RCMP Centennial Museum's page about the origins of the RCMP and Macdonald's role.

The Globe and Mail: Sir John Is Dead
Obituary for John A. Macdonald that appeared in the Globe and Mail.

The Globe and Mail: Inaugeration of the New Dominion
Excerpts from articles that appeared in The Daily Globe in 1867.

The Memory Project's John A. Macdonald
Dominion Institute's Memory Project provides Canadians, especially youth, with a venue to share oral histories on the Canadian experience.

Letter from John A. Macdonald
An 1880 hand-written letter by Macdonald to John Beverley Robinson. Held by the Trent University Archives.






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