Electronic Records Online
Welcome to the Electronic Records Online (ERO) section of the Archives of
Ontario website. This area will allow users to view actual ‘born-digital’
archival records from government and private donors that have been acquired
by the Archives of Ontario. Archival electronic records are records that
were originally created and subsequently maintained in a digital format.
They differ from digitized records, which are paper-based or analog archival
records that have been digitized through scanning or some other technique.
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Note: The archival records available for
viewing here are historical in nature. They are no longer being
updated or modified in any manner and are meant to be presented to
users as they were originally created and maintained by their
donors.
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For more information on the digitization plans
of the Archives of
Ontario, please consult our digitization strategy.
If you have any questions or feedback about the ERO section of our website,
please send an email to reference@ontario.ca with ‘Electronic Records
Online’ in the subject line.
Getting Started
Please see below for a brief introduction on using
the Electronic Records Online (ERO)
section of our website.
Description of Records: Before
viewing any records in ERO, it is suggested that you
view the description of the record from our
Archives
Descriptive Database (ADD). The
description provides useful information about the record
such as the dates of creation, its content and the terms
governing use. A link to this descriptive information
has been provided for each record.
Access: This area will only include
records that are free of any access restrictions as
stipulated by the Freedom of Information and Protection
of Privacy Act or private record donation agreements.
The Archives of Ontario will make every effort to
ensure the records on this site are accessible to
researchers using software that is readably available in
most computing environments.
Reproduction and Copyright: These
records are freely available to anyone that can access
the Archives of Ontario website and there are no
reproduction restrictions for research and private
study. For other uses, including those that wish to use
these records in a publication, exhibit or broadcast,
please refer to
Customer Service Guide
108 - Copyright and Your Research. Please see the ‘Terms governing use’ section of the
ADD description for further information specific to each
record.
Citation: Please refer to
Customer Service
Guide 107 - Guide to Citing Archival Records.
Much of the information needed for citation purposes
will be found in the ADD description for the record.
Archival Electronic Records Available
The following archival electronic record is currently available for viewing:
