Coherent Digital Commons

Canada Commons

The definitive collection of Canadian books, government documents, think tank publications, and primary sources, all cross-searchable on one powerful platform

About this family

What's inside.

Canada Commons is a project to preserve and disseminate Canadian knowledge and culture.

Since its launch in 2021, the Coherent-Trojman partnership has expanded Canada Commons to include over a million government documents, hundreds of thousands of think-tank publications, tens of thousands of books, and hundreds of thousands of pages of primary-source historical and cultural content. Canada Commons is continually growing.

Through ongoing local digitization initiatives and collaborations with Canadian content partners, Coherent and Trojman continue to preserve and enhance access to Canada’s scholarly and cultural record—ensuring that Canada Commons remains a Canadian project at heart.

Databases in this family

License individually, or get the Complete licence.

Why this Commons matters

Canadian research, scholarship, and policy in one place.

Canada, unified

Books, government documents, think tank reports, and historical newspapers and magazines — Canadian sources that normally live across dozens of disconnected sites, brought together in one searchable platform.

Built for serious research

Full-text search, Boolean and proximity operators, wildcard truncation, and dozens of filters get you to the exact passage in minutes. We also surface what others lose — defunct sites, withdrawn reports, and exclusive digitized backfiles.

Always growing, in both directions

New documents arrive every week, with follow-alerts on organizations, people, topics, and saved searches. Users can also upload their own work — we enrich, index, and publish it through Google Scholar within days.

Built for libraries

Frictionless rollout. No surprises.

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Authentication

Five frictionless options including IP recognition, Shibboleth, OpenAthens, EZproxy, HAN.

WCAG AA compliant

Full VPAT statement available. Accessibility built-in, not bolted on.

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Discovery services

Indexed in Primo, Summon, EBSCO Discovery Service, WorldCat, and more.

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MARC records

Quarterly updates. Free .MRC downloads from the Customer Portal.

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Usage statistics

Fully COUNTER 5 / SUSHI compliant. Transparent reporting.

See it in action

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  • Free 30-day institutional trial full access for your team
  • Authentication setup included
  • Training session for staff and faculty
  • Flexible licensing tailored to your institution

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