Ontario, Canada Genealogy


 * This article is about a province of central-east Canada, formerly known as Upper Canada and Canada West. For other uses, see the Ontario (disambiguation).

Canada   Ontario

Counties and Districts
Extinct Counties and Districts:  Addington County· Bothwell District· Brant County· Cardwell District· Carleton County· Dufferin County· Dundas County· Durham County· Frontenac County· Glengarry County· Grenville County· Haldimand County· Halton County· Kent County· Leeds County· Lennox County· Lincoln County· Monck District· Niagara District· Norfolk County· Ontario County· Patricia County· Peel County· Prescott County· Prince Edward County· Russell County· Stormont County· Sudbury Regional Municipality· Suffolk County· Victoria County· Welland County· Waterloo County· Wentworth County· York County

Current Ontario Counties, Districts, and Municipalities shows the most recent government divisions at the county or equivalent level.

Major Repositories
Library and Archives Canada· Archives of Ontario· Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library· University of Western Ontario D. B. Weldon Library· American-Canadian Genealogical Society·

Migration Routes
Ottawa River· St. Lawrence River· Lake Champain· Lake Erie· Lake Huron· Lake Ontario· Lake Superior· Addinton Road· Bobcageon Road· Hastings Road· King's Road· Monck Road· Nipissing Road· Opeongo Line· Provincial Road· Talbot Trail· Chambly Canal· Erie Canal· Soo Locks· Canadian Pacific Railway

Research Tools

 * Marriages Arranged by County-District

Did you know?
Registration of vital statistics began officially in Ontario on 1 July 1869 as a provincial responsibility. A substantially complete registration was achieved by 1930.

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