We Do

• Archival Research
• Canadian Content Support
• Cultural Resource Planning
• Environmental Assessment
• Event Presentations
• Exhibits
• Hazardous Waste Industry Support
• Image / Subject Evaluation
• Interpretation
• Inventory
• TV, Film & Multimedia Content
• Preservation
• Special Inquiry
• Tours
• Picture and Copyright Research

Welcome to Heritage Research Associates Inc.

"Bringing The Past Into The Present"

Image Credits Canadian Museum of Civilization S94-35.911 Verity Plow, c1910, National Archives Canada. En route to the Klondike Gold Rush. E.A. Hegg photo, National Archives Canada C-16460. Canada Post, Royal Canadian Mint National Archives Canada MISA 2805

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What do we do? Heritage Research Associates Inc. provides content, integrity and perspective to a wide range of Canadian projects. We undertake work independently and also play an essential role on many multi-disciplinary teams. Our major product is applied research. Established in 1982 to address the historical requirement in multi-disciplinary heritage projects, Heritage Research Associates Inc. works within a much broader spectrum today. Our products span cultural, socio-economic, scientific, industrial and technological fields. We support professional, business and government activities. Our purpose is to ensure that today's opinions are well-informed, set within a secure and balanced context. Heritage Research Associates Inc. integrates sound research methodology with up-to-date management principles to provide meaningful information. We not only locate data, we interpret it to a modern audience, forging links between what was and what matters today. Through multi-media we can link the information highway to the stone age, the iron age and the paper trail. Our specialty is content.

Sketch by Hans Honegger  Who are we? Heritage Research Associates Inc. is a core group of professionals with expertise in Canadian content. Many of us began our careers at Parks Canada, performing the research component of multi-disciplinary projects. Others come from teaching and museum fields, still others directly from post-graduate studies. While each of us has individual fields of expertise, together we span the spectrum of Canadian life -- past and present. We share a commitment to perform sound investigation while addressing modern needs. Heritage Research Associates Inc. has long-established links to colleagues across Canada and around the world in research and preservation fields. We participate in many national and international organizations with both historical and multi-disciplinary objectives. Together, we have visited all major libraries, museums and archives in North America and many in other parts of the world to consult sources related to Canada. In terms of daily research, we have jointly spent over 150 years consulting Canadians and their records on every subject under the sun. Why do we work together? Working together enables us to provide better service for our clients as well as undertake more challenging projects for our skills. We are able to address any project with expert capability, then support its timely performance with a closely integrated team. Our ratio of experienced professionals to researchers-in-training is 50-50, allowing us to guarantee care and quality while remaining reasonably priced. Working together permits us to assemble critical research tools. We have the technology to integrate research information during a project, and pool our network of contacts as they are made. Source information as well as records from past projects are indexed for easy consultation. We also store useful leads for future retrieval. In addition, Heritage Research Associates Inc. has an excellent library, and subscribes to a broad range of journals, news groups and research services. We rarely start a project without some resources in hand. Heritage Research Associates Inc. is dedicated to providing cost-effective reliable service because we want to make it possible for you to use secure, top-quality Canadian information.