Ontario Archives and Libraries

Archives
Archives of Ontario 134 Ian MacDonald Blvd. Toronto, ON M7A 2C5 Canada Phone: 416-327-1552 Fax: 416-327-1999 Website


 * Many records for the old pre-1867 "Province of Canada" (which combined present Ontario and Quebec) are at the National Archives of Canada.
 * Both the Archives of Ontario and the National Archives of Canada lend copies of many of their microfilmed records to public libraries through the interlibrary loan service.

Library and Archives Canada 395 Wellington Street Ottawa ON K1A 0N4 Canada Telephone: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US) Fax: 613-995-6274 TTY: 613-992-6969 or 1-866-299-1699 (toll free in Canada) Internet: Canada Collections Genealogy and Family History

Hudson’s Bay Company Archives Records of this fur trading company are some of Canada’s most important. Until 1870, the company controlled almost four-fifths of the territory of present-day Canada, including northern Quebec and Ontario and most of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (HBCA), home to the archival records of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), is part of the Archives of Manitoba operating under The Archives and Recordkeeping Act and 1994 gift agreement between HBC and the Government of Manitoba. HBCA operations are supported in part through the ongoing financial support of the Hudson's Bay Company History Foundation. A very helpful source is:
 * Hudson's Bay Company Archives
 * Resources
 * Name Indexes
 * Biographical Sheets
 * Finding Aid to the Hudson Bay Company Archives. . WorldCat.

Libraries
Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge Street Toronto, ON M4W 2G8 Canada Phone: 416-393-7131 TTY: 416-393-7030 Internet: Toronto Reference Library


 * The Toronto Reference Library houses and extensive genealogical research collection. While the strength of this collection is it's Canadian content, it also includes numerous resources for the U. K., Ireland and northeastern United States, as well as some international coverage.

D. B. Weldon Library The University of Western Ontario 1151 Richmond Street North London, ON N6A 3K7 Canada Phone: 519 661-2111 x81111 Fax: 519 850-2979 Internet: Weldon Library web page


 * Major church archives are discussed in Ontario Church Records. To learn about Ontario municipal archives, see sources cited in Canada Archives and Libraries.

Inventories, Registers, and Catalogs

 * Taylor, Ryan. Important Genealogical Collections in Ontario Libraries and Archives: A Directory. Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1994. (FamilySearch Library .)
 * Bloomfield, Elizabeth, ed. Inventory of Primary and Archival Sources: Guelph and Wellington County to 1940. Guelph, Ontario: University of Guelph, 1989. (FamilySearch Library .)