Our holdings document the many facets of Ontario's diverse society and grow substantially every year.
Discover our collections by the numbers and some of the varied record formats we keep.
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Record documenting the sale of land owned by Magnus Mowat in Scotland
June 30, 1522
Oliver Mowat family fonds
This is the oldest record in our collections
F 3-1-0-1
Archives of Ontario, I0034828
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Portrait of unknown girl,
[ca. 1870s]
Alvin D. McCurdy fonds
F 2076-16-1-1
Archives of Ontario, I0026081
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Section A-A, Thru Main Axis,
Architectural drawing of Science North, Sudbury, 1980
Moriyama and Teshima Architects fonds
F 2187-1-69
Archives of Ontario, I0030719
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Cottage for E.J. Trow, Esquire in Muskoka
Architectural drawing, [between 1920-1940]
Erik Schat Petersen fonds
F 4685-1
Archives of Ontario, I0054253
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Le Canada ou Nouvelle France, &c.
Tirée de diverses Relations des François, Anglois, Hollandois, &c., by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville,
[ca. 1660]
C-78, A0 4943
Archives of Ontario, I0030764
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Memoir of the Distinguished Mohawk Chief, Sachem and Warrior, Capt. Joseph Brant: compiled from the most reliable and authentic records including a brief history of the principal events of his life with an appendix and portrait,
[by William E. Palmer]
Brantford, Ont.: C.E. Stewart, 1872
970.2 P34
Archives of Ontario Library Collection
Ontario Office of the Agent General
Sunny Ontario for British Girls
(front cover), [192?]
PAMPH nd S #24
Archives of Ontario Library Collection, I0073998
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Untitled [Beadwork style], 2015
Artist: Christi Belcourt
Acrylic on canvas
Government of Ontario Art Collection, 101282
Hon. James K. Bartleman [Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, 2002-2007], 2007
Artist: Cyril Leeper
Oil on linen
Government of Ontario Art Collection, 100459
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