Lara Wilson provides an overview of the Canadian archival system and explains its evolution from the 1970s to 2013 in a special edition of Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens that focuses on the advancement of Canada’s recorded memory. In addition, she discusses the significant literature and studies that contributed to improving and helping to sustain a functional archival system in Canada. Wilson then outlines the establishment of the Canadian Council of Archives and lists the organization’s mandates and roles. The article provides readers with an understanding of how archival institutions developed in Canada with regards to services, funding, and core archival activities such as appraisal of records and processing records through arrangement and description. Wilson concludes her article with the call for support for Canadian archives, arguing if we do not invest in the current and potential use of archives now, we risk losing a great opportunity to connect communities with the records they are seeking.