Use this search option to search descriptions of the people, organizations and Government of Ontario offices that created groups of records in the Archives' collection.
Record creators may be:
Each description of a record creator provides context for, and links to, the groups of archival records created by that person, organization or government office.
For more information on how archival records are organized, please see How Archival Records Are Organized.
All or any of these keywords and exact phrase searching:
Example: entering the keywords “milk” and “cheese” will return descriptions that include both of these words.
Example:entering the keywords milk and cheese will return descriptions that include either or both of these words.
Example: entering the keywords “water quality” will return descriptions including that exact phrase.
Use this field to limit your keyword search to the name of a person, family, organization, or Ontario government office that created a group or groups of archival records.
Type of Creator:Use the checkboxes to limit your search to one or more type of record creator.
Dates of Existence:This function works only for Ontario government offices. You may limit your search by entering a year (e.g. 1924) or range of years, separated by a dash (e.g. 1939-1945).
This will bring up all government offices that meet your search criteria that existed in that year or range of years.