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Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada has one of the largest collections of comic books in the country, including the John Bell Canadian Comic Book Collection, donated by historian and archivist John Bell, and the Bell Features Collection, from the corporate archive of Toronto-based publisher Bell Features.

Canada Comics Open Library
The Canada Comics Open Library was incorporated in April 2018 and opened its first branch in Toronto in March 2019. It is an entirely volunteer run non-profit organization that seeks to create a public space featuring Canadian comics, and especially work by underrepresented creators. CCOL is a lending library for members, and also hosts the Comics Creators Residency which supports Canadian comics creators through funding from the Toronto Arts Council. The CCOL is notable for its use of an open-source library system customized to emphasize the discoverability of comics. CCOL has also invented a unique cataloguing system intended to display the scope of the comic book medium, in opposition to common library classification systems like Library of Congress Classification or Dewey Decimal Classification, which group comics of all genres together.

Canadian Cartoonists Database
The Canadian Cartoonists Database is a searchable directory of Canadian comics creators, which features over a thousand entries and serves as a tool for "publishers, researchers, and educators."