Ontario Biography

Online Records

 * '''Ontario People: 1796-180, index and images, ($)
 * Dictionary of Canadian Biography
 * The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men, Ontario Volume. Toronto, Ontario: American Biographical Publishing Company, 1880.
 * Archives of Ontario. Biographical and Genealogical Card Index for Ontario, 1780-1869. Digitized.

Collections of Biographical Sketches

 * Fraser, Alexander. A History of Ontario: Its Resources and Development. Two Volumes. Toronto, Ontario: Canada History Company, 1907 . WorldCat. Biographical sketches are in the end of Volume 1 and all of Volume 2.


 * Middleton, Jesse Edgar. The Province of Ontario: A History, 1615-1927. Five Volumes. Toronto, Ontario: Dominion Publishing Company, 1927-1928. . WorldCat. Volumes 3-5 are biographical.

See Canada Biography for national biographical dictionaries listing Ontarians.

Local Histories
Town, county, and local histories often partially consist of biographies of residents. Search the FamilySearch Catalog by county and town.

FamilySearch
1. Click on FamilySearch Catalog. 2. In the Place search, type in "Canada, Ontario [county name]". Click "Search". 3. Click on the link "Places within Canada, Ontario". This will give you a list of counties. Clicking on a county will also bring up a list to towns. Select the county and/or the town where your ancestors lived. 3. Scroll down to the topic "Biography", if available. Click on the title, which is a link. 4. A list of books, microfilms, and or digitized copies of those will come up. Click on the link. 5. Some combination of these icons will appear at the far right of the listing for the record. . The magnifying glass indicates that the record is indexed. Clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. Clicking on the camera will take you to an online digital copy of the records. 6. Some records might have viewing restrictions, and can only be viewed at a Family History Center near you, and/or by members of supporting organizations.

Digitized Local Histories
Many histories are no longer under copyright and can be found in the following online, digitized book collections. Search with keywords "History" and "the name of your locality" (state, county, or town).
 * FamilySearch Books
 * Google Books
 * World Cat
 * HathiTrust
 * Internet Archive