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Centre d’archives

Le plus grand centre d’archives ferroviaires au Canada !

Exporail's Archival Service

The CRHA Archives and Documentation Centre serves as the archival department of Exporail, the Canadian Railway Museum. It acquires both physical and digital materials related to the history of railways in Canada, preserves them for future generations, and promotes their use by raising awareness and making them accessible to students, historians, researchers, journalists, and other interested individuals (including BAnQ). As a private archives service accredited by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, the Centre also aims to become a reference point for local historical societies.

  • 1,619.68 linear metres of textual records
  • 35.6 MB of digital textual records
  • 1,043,537 iconographic documents
  • 209,261 maps and technical drawings
  • 361 hours of sound recordings
  • 4,142 hours of moving images
  • 12,161 books and periodicals

How to consult our archives

Catalogue AtoM

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LaVoute.tv

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Chronoscope

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Flickr

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History Pin

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Instagram

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Facebook

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Rail Canadien

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Search and usage requests

For any research and/or usage request, please complete the online form here:

Link to the form

Archival Donation proposals

Don’t overlook the documents tucked away in your closets — they may contain unexpected treasures. Whether you’re a railway company, a manufacturer, an employee or former employee, or simply a passionate enthusiast of railway history, your archives matter.

Submit an Archive Donation

More Information

To reach the archivist and her team

Adress
110, rue Saint-Pierre
Saint-Constant (Québec) J5A 1G7

E-mail
service.archives@exporail.org

Copyrights

Although archives are primarily composed of older documents, this does not mean they are free for use without any restrictions. To obtain an overview of the legal framework governing the use of archival materials, please consult our document on this subject.

Genealogy

The Centre does not hold any records that could assist with genealogical research or research on former railway employees.

Awards and Recognition

2021: CRHA receives the Significant Achievement Award – Archives from the Heritage Rail Alliance for the preservation of Canadian Pacific archives.

2018: The Canadian Pacific Railway Company Fonds (P170) is inscribed on the Memory of the World Register of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.

2017: Publication of the book Remarkable Quebec Libraries, which includes a chapter dedicated to the CRHA Archives and Documentation Centre.

2014: The Canadian Pacific Railway Company Fonds (P170) is designated as cultural property of outstanding and national significance by the Government of Canada.

2008: The CRHA Archives and Documentation Centre is officially recognized as an accredited private archival service (SAPA) by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ).

1996: The Mark Greenwald Collection (C003) is certified as cultural property by the Government of Canada.

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