- Co-Lab. There are 3,434 entries in the LAC Collection Search for Co-Lab only. That’s a substantial increase from 3,122 entries on 23 February 2026. Seven of 15 Co-Lab Challenge projects have seen progress since February.
| Challenge Name | Percent Complete | |
| Feb-26 | Aug-26 | |
| Legendary Train Robber and Prison Escapee Bill Miner | 99.50% | 99.50% |
| Diary of François-Hyacinthe Séguin | 99.00% | 99.00% |
| Correspondence regarding First Nations veterans returning after the First World War | 98.50% | 98.80% |
| Molly Lamb Bobak | 95.60% | 95.60% |
| Summiting Mount Logan in 1925 | 95.50% | 95.50% |
| Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 | 94.70% | 90.27% |
| John Freemont Smith | 88.50% | Abt 100% |
| Mary Ann Shadd Cary | 85.50% | 87.10% |
| Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montréal 1976 | 80.80% | 80.80% |
| Japanese-Canadians: Second World War | 22.20% | 22.20% |
| Expo 67 | 6.80% | 8.74% |
| Treaty 9 photographs from northern Ontario | 4.70% | 11.11% |
| Women in the War | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| Arthur Lismer’s Children’s Art Classes | <1% | <1% |
| George Mully: moments in Indigenous communities | 0% | 0% |
- Why the delay? What hasn’t increased in the past month is the number of items added in 2026 to the Internet Archives Canada LAC collection. It’s still four. Nor have there been any additions to the Canadiana and Heritage collections sourced from LAC hosted by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network. An unknown number of files listed in Collection Search are digitized and held by LAC but not linked for online access. Some relate to WW1.
- Digitization as the key to increased user autonomy. According to its 2026–27 Departmental Plan, “In 2026–27, LAC … will aim to add 500,000 new digitized and described images to its online holdings, which users will be able to browse, search, discover, view and download on their own. This self-service access will allow users to better explore and use the collections in ways that can meet their objectives and needs.”
- The 1940 National Registration has been in LAC’s hands for a year with no news since March. There is currently no access.
- An order for publications (directories) I placed on 24 July is “Not ready for pick up” 11 days later.