Manitoba is one of the Canadian provinces that has a single central online repository for searching historical newspapers. Also, there are several free publications available on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.
So go for it - find your Manitoba ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.
Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.
(Updated April, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)
Free Sites:
Provincewide Collections:
Manitobia Newspapers 1859 - present
- Brandon Daily Sun
- Brandon Sun Weekly
- Courrier du Nord-Ouest
- Daily Nor'Wester
- Echo du Manitoba
- La Liberté
- Le Manitoba
- Le Métis
- Libre Parole
- Manitoba Free Press
- Manitoba Gazette
- Manitoba Herald
- Manitoba Liberal
- Manitoba News-Letter
- Manitoban and Northwest Herald
- Minnedosa Tribune
- Morning Telegram
- New Nation
- Nor'Wester (1859)
- Nor'Wester (1874)
- One Big Union
- Ouest Canadien
- Portage la Prairie Weekly
- Quiz
- Red River Pioneer
- Standard
- Strikers Defense Bulletin
- The Enlightener
- The Manitoban
- The People's Voice
- The Voice
- The Western Star
- The Winnipeg Socialist
- Western Labor News
- Winnipeg Citizen
- Winnipeg Daily Sun
- Winnipeg Telegram Strike Editions
Peel's Prairie Provinces - Newspapers 1871-1897
University of Manitoba Libraries Digital Newspapers
- Brandon Daily Sun
- Brandon Sun Weekly
- Courrier du Nord-Ouest
- Czas (The Times)
- Daily Nor'Wester
- Echo du Manitoba
- La Liberté
- Le Manitoba
- Le Métis
- Libre Parole
- Manitoba Free Press
- Manitoba Gazette
- Manitoba Herald
- Manitoba Liberal
- Manitoba News-Letter
- Manitoban and Northwest Herald
- Minnedosa Tribune
- Morning Telegram
- New Nation
- Nor'Wester (1859)
- Nor'Wester (1874)
- One Big Union
- Ouest Canadien
- Portage la Prairie Weekly
- Psychic News
- Quiz
- Red River Pioneer
- Standard
- Strikers Defense Bulletin
- The Enlightener
- The Manitoban
- The People's Voice
- The Voice
- The Western Star
- The Winnipeg Socialist
- The Winnipeg Tribune
- Western Labor News
- Winnipeg Citizen
- Winnipeg Daily Sun
- Winnipeg Telegram Strike Editions
Google News Archive
- Brandon - Brandon Daily Mail
- Brandon - Brandon Mail
- Saint Boniface - Le Manitobia
- Saint Boniface - Le Metis
- Winnipeg - Canadian Jewish Chronicle
- Winnipeg - Jewish Post and News
- Winnipeg - Jewish Post & News
- Winnipeg - Le Manitoba
- Winnipeg - Le Metis
- Winnipeg - Manitoba Gazette/ Gazette de Manitoba
Pembina Manitou Newspaper Archives
- Baldur Gazette
- Belmont Eye
- Belmont News
- Belmont Star
- Brandon Blade
- Brandon Daily Mail
- Brandon Mail
- Carman Dufferin Leader
- Carman Standard
- Cartwright Noble Deeds
- Cartwright Rock Lake Review
- Cartwright Southern Manitoba Review
- Country Guide
- Crystal City Courier
- Cypress River Western Prairie
- Darlingford Comet
- Elm Creek Mail
- Emerson Daily International
- Emerson Daily Manitoban
- Emerson International
- Emerson Journal
- Glenboro Gazette
- Glenboro Western Prairie Gazette
- Holland Observer
- Holmfield Press
- LaRiviere Times
- Le Courrier du Nord Ouest
- Manitoba Gazette
- Manitoba Herald
- Manitou Advance
- Manitou Independent
- Manitou Mercury
- Manitou Sun
- Manitou Western Canadian
- Morden Chronicle
- Morden Empire
- Morden Herald
- Morden Manitoba News
- Morden Monitor
- Nelsonville Manitoba Mountaineer
- Nor-west Farmer
- Pilot Mound Sentinel
- Pilot Mound Signal
- Red River Pioneer
- Red River Valley Echo
- Somerset Century
- Southern Manitoba Times
- Swan Lake Echo
- Swan Lake Echo and Somerset News
- The Quiz
- Treherne Times
- Winnipeg Standard
- Winnipeg: The New Nation
Winnipeg Sun Archive (Sun Media Newspapers in MB Archive) (in library only)
- Winnipeg Sun
- Altona Red River Valley Echo
- Beausejour Review
- Carman Valley Leader
- Interlake Spectator
- Lac du Bonnet Leader
- Morden Times
- Portage La Prairie Daily Graphic
- Selkirk Journal
- Stonewall Argus
- Winkler Times
Multi-Cultural Canada
(from Simon Fraser University - publications across Canada in several languages, many with Manitoba articles and references)
- Al Hilal
- B.C. District Union News
- B.C. Saturday Sunset
- Bavarijas Latviesu Vestnesis
- Berliner Journal
- British Columbia Federationist
- Brivais Latvietis
- Canadan Uutiset
- Canadian India Times
- Canadian Jewish News
- Canadian Jewish Review
- Celtic Connection
- Chinatown News
- Chinese Canadian Community News
- Chinese Express
- Courrier Sud
- Crescent
- El Popular
- Hung Chung She Po
- Jewish Western Bulletin
- Kanadai Magyar Munkas
- L' Ami du Peuple
- Latvija Amerika
- Le Courrier d'Essex
- Le Courrier d'Outaouais
- Le Cri de l' est
- Le Cultivateur
- Le Rempart
- Liekki
- Meie Elu
- Messenger
- Minchung Sinmun
- Modern Times Weekly
- Ottawa Chinese Community Newsletter
- Shing Wah Daily News
- Tairiku Jiho = The Continental Times
- The Commentator
- The Fisherman
- The New Canadian
- The Peak
- Vaba Eestlane
- Vapaus
- Vestnik
- Voice of Pakistan
- Zhyttia I Slovo
- Zwiazkowiec
County/Region and Library Collections:
Westman Region
Thompson Public Library Newspapers
- The Thompson Citizen
- The Nickel Belt News
- The Northern Times
- The Miners Voice
- The Thompson Union News
- The Northern Mail
Student Collections:
Brandon University - Brandon Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface - Winnipeg Red River College - Winnipeg University of Winnipeg - Winnipeg
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Canadiana Online
- Educational Journal of Western Canada - Winnipeg
- Heimir - Winnipeg
- Heimskringla - Winnipeg
- Heimskringla og öldin - Winnipeg
- Heimskringla - Winnipeg
- Kanada = Canada - Winnipeg
- L'agriculteur - Saint Boniface
- L'annonceur du Nord-Ouest - St. Boniface
- Les Cloches de Saint-Boniface - Saint Boniface
- Les grelots de Saint-Boniface - St. Boniface
- Manitoba and North West illustrated quarterly - Winnipeg
- The aurora - Middle Church
- The Brandon Daily News - Brandon
- The Brandon Weekly Sun - Brandon
- The Canadian North West - Winnipeg
- The Colonist - Winnipeg
- The Commercial - Winnipeg
- The Confederate - Brandon
- The Grain Growers' Guide - Winnipeg
- The Manitoba and North-West Monthly - Winnipeg
- The Manitoba and West Canada Lancet - Winnipeg
- The Manitoba Good Templar - Winnipeg
- The Manitoba Law Journal and Law Reports - Winnipeg
- The Manitoba Liberal - Winnipeg
- The Manitoba Messenger - Winnipeg
- The Manitoba Trade Review - Winnipeg
- The Manitoban - Winnipeg
- The Northwest Review - Winnipeg
- The school times - Winnipeg
- The Western Churchman - Winnipeg
- The Western home monthly - Winnipeg
- The Western Missionary - Winnipeg
- The Western School Journal - Winnipeg
- The Winnipeg real estate register - Winnipeg
- Vox Wesleyana - Winnipeg
- Waghorn's Guide - Winnipeg
For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.
Other Free Sites:
Winnipeg
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 12 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Manitoba Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 106 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Manitoba
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 6 publications available at this site. See the title at Newspapers.com - Manitoba
Paper of Record:
There are currently 2 publications available at this site. See the titles at Paper of Record - Manitoba
And Finally:
Please note - even more may be available via a local or provincial library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
For more links for different states, provinces, and countries - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.
For other Free Manitoba Links, click on the category of interest:
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