In accordance with the Access to Information Act, an area on the premises of this institution has been designated as a public reading room. The address is:

Jules Léger Building, South Tower
Terrasses de la Chaudière
15 Eddy Street, 2^nd Floor
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M5

The Knowledge Centre holds a unique collection of documents in the areas of arts, cultural industries, heritage, Canadian identity, multiculturalism, official languages, amateur sport and national parks and historic sites. Clients will find documents in various formats from on-line and CD-ROM databases to monographs, microforms, periodicals, newspapers and official documents.

The Knowledge Centre also holds copies of all documents published or sponsored by Parks Canada, Canadian Heritage and their founding departments. Clients may access the electronic version of many of these documents on the Internet sites of the Department and the Agency, or they may borrow the printed version by interlibrary loan.

General Information, Reference and Circulation:
Telephone: 819-953-4955

Interlibrary Loan Service:
Telephone: 819-997-5467

Cataloguing:
Telephone: 819-994-5915
Facsimile: 819-953-7988
E-mail: pch_library@canadianheritage.gc.ca

It is open weekdays from 08:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Departmental manuals are available for consultation in regional offices listed below. Manuals are also available at local offices in the regions - addresses and telephone numbers can be obtained from the appropriate regional office. A Telephone Device for the Deaf (T.D.D.) telephone number is available at certain regional offices.

Regional Offices

Atlantic Region
Canadian Heritage
1045 Main Street, 3^rd Floor, Unit 106
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 1H1

Telephone: 506-851-7066
Email: pch-atlan@pch.gc.ca

Quebec Region
Canadian Heritage
Guy-Favreau Complex
West Tower, 6^th Floor
200 René-Lévesque Boulevard West
Montreal, Quebec H2Z 1X4

Telephone: 1-877-222-2397
Email: pch-qc@pch.gc.ca

Ontario Region
Canadian Heritage
150 John Street, Suite 400
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3T6

Telephone: 416-973-5400
Email: pch-ontario@pch.gc.ca

Prairies and Northern Region
Canadian Heritage
275 Portage Avenue, 2^nd Floor
P.O. Box 2160
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3R5

Telephone: 204-983-3601
Email: pnr-rpn@pch.gc.ca

Western Region
Canadian Heritage
300 West Georgia Street, 4^th Floor
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 6C6

Telephone: 604-666-0176
Email: wro-pch@pch.gc.ca