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Reaching the Public

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The Archives of Ontario belongs to the people of the province. Our records date back to 1729, document the history of 9 generations of Ontarians, and reflect all aspects of public and private life in Ontario.

On average 20,000 people visit the Archives Main Reading Room every year and the Archives handles 40,000 research requests annually. We are always looking for new and better ways to serve the public and reach the people of Ontario, and our web site has become an important tool for people interested in accessing the Archives' records. In fiscal year 2006-2007 the Archives web site received over 63,000,000 hits. Please see the graph below to see how the use of the site has grown over the years.

 

Photo: Group of people at Christmas, December 1923
Group of people at Christmas, December, 1923
M. O. Hammond
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075-13
Archives of Ontario, I0001278

 
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