Cool Women   a great site with lots of real stories to read about real women. The stories are written by women who are passionate about their subject. They have a cool women timeline too. Check back often, the site is updated regularly. Now part of Section 15.
 

[Canadian] Heroines  http://heroines.ca a great site with lots of information including this month in history, bios, group histories and a chance to win a new book about Canadian Women each month. You will want to keep visiting to catch the regular updates. Current women of achievement are included in this site.
 

Celebrating [Canadian] Women's Achievements  http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/12/index-e.html A series of well written bios that include a reading list about each person.  The series was produced by the National Library of Canada. A set of new bios are added each year for Women's History Month in October. - bilingual
 

Status of Women Canada  http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/whm/index_e.html Celebrating Women's History month in Canada. New materials added each October. Bios, trivia, games, suggestions for assignments etc. - bilingual
 

Famous Five The Famous 5 Foundation educates and inspires fellow Canadians by celebrating women's achievements, commemorating the Famous 5's courage, tenacity and conviction and encouraging women's leadership... Site contains bios of the Famous Five. - bilingual http://www.famous5.ca/

The Canadian Encyclopedia (Online edition) Free access.   http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com  WARNING the Canadian Encyclopedia does not have the financial resources to keep all its entries up to date. You cannot always depend on updates such as date of death i.e. Pauline McGibbon, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario died in 2001 and this had not bee recorded as of July 2004. - bilingual  

The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (Online edition) Free access. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com - note this is the same access as the Canadian encyclopedia, just click on the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada from the main page - bilingual

The Canadian Dictionary of Biography (Online edition) Free access. http://www.biographi.ca/  WARNING a work in progress that began in 1959 and covers persons who died between the years 1000 and 1920 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years.
HINT: search for women by their maiden name. - bilingual

The Canadian Who's Who 1997 - (Online edition)  For more up to date copy of this annual publication, for other past years, consult either the hard copy or the CD ROM at your local library. Warning not everyone is repeated every year. If you cannot locate the person you are looking for check another year.

Roberta Bondar - http://robertabondar.ca/ Canada's first woman in space -  it is a beautiful site...wait for it to come up.

May Irwin   http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsghi/irwinbio.html  she was the actress who did the first kiss in the movies - a sold bio with photographs 

Florence Lawrence -  http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsjkl/lawrencebio.html  -She was  the first real "movie star"

Fanny Rosenfeld - http://www.jwa.org/exhibits/wov/rosenfeld/ - Canada's all round female athlete - includes bio , newspaper clippings, live interview and more.

Margaret Marshall Saunders -  http://www.beautifuljoe.org/english/author/author.htm -  she wrote the first Canadian book to sell a million copies -

Anna Swan - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/aswan/index.htm  - she was the tallest woman in the world

ARTISTS - Women artists in Canada - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/waic/collection.htm - bilingual
Celebrating Women's Achievements - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/12/index-e.html - bilingual

AUTHORS - Check out the "official" web pages of writers or "official" pages of publishing companies for the best information. Here are a couple of my favourite sites for finding information on Canadian women authors.
Canadian Children's Book Centre - author and illustrator personal web sites http://www.bookcentre.ca/authors/author_pages.shtml
Celebrating Women's Achievements - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/12/index-e.html - bilingual

ENTERTAINERS - check out the "official" web pages of individual entertainers to make sure the information is correct. Here are a couple of my favourite sites for finding information on Canadian women entertainers past and present.
Northern Stars - Canadians in the movies - http://northernstars.ca  Bios, trivia and lots more.
Internet Movie Database - www.imdb.com - search by name, search by name of movie - Canadian entertainers are included- many have bios, filmography and TV appearances.
Celebrating Women's Achievements - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/12/index-e.html - bilingual

POLITICIANS  - Many current politicians have their own web site. Here are a couple of the best overall sites for searching for women politicians.
Parliament Canada http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/SenatorsMembers_house.asp?Language=E&Parl=37&Ses=2&Sect=hoccur - provides a list of current and historical members of the Senate and the House of Commons. Bios are included for current members of the government. - bilingual
Celebrating Women's Achievements - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/12/index-e.html - bilingual

SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS -  
The Canadian Engineering Hall of Fame http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/about/hallfame/u_main_e.cfm  contains bilingual biographies of our famous men and women in this area. - bilingual

SPORTS - check out the sites of the official governing body of the sport activity i.e. Skate Canada. Many of the sports have a "Hall of Fame" that contain bios. Every sport web site is organized differently so you may have to really look for bios.  site of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame  - http://www.cshof.ca/ - bilingual
Celebrating Women's Achievements - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/12/index-e.html - bilingual