The Archives of Ontario has created a number of research tools, databases and catalogues of information to help you in your research. Descriptions and links can be found below.
For a very general overview of our collections, click here.
Follow this link to various guides and tools designed to assist you in the use of
particular types of records or to provide information about the Archives' policies
and services.
Search the catalogue of the Archives of Ontario library.
To learn more about the J. J. Talman Library, click here.
To learn more about the J. J. Talman Library, click here.
This interface serves as an index to the Forest Resource Inventory (FRI) aerial
photography collection (RG 1-429-7).
A Guide to Boundaries, Names and Regional Governments as they have evolved over time.
View actual 'born-digital' archival records from government and private donors that
have been acquired by the Archives of Ontario.
Explore a wide range of images of fine art collected over the last 150 years.
Immigration Records
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This database is an index to the four volumes of assisted immigration registers
created by the Toronto Emigrant Office between 1865 and 1883.
The Microfilm Interloan Service allows you to borrow microfilmed archival records through a library or another institution belonging to the interlibrary loan network.
Follow this link to various guides and tools designed to assist you in your research
or to provide information about the Archives' policies and services.
This database is an index to the 5184 case files that document claims made to the
second Heir and Devisee Commission.
To learn about the database, click here.
Visual Database
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Explore a selection of images drawn from the holdings of the Archives of Ontario.
The Archives of Ontario holds historic birth, marriage and death records. To go directly to the Vital Statistics Table of Contents, click here.