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NOTICE

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
DISCONTINUATION OF PAYMENTS BY AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CARD:

Effective January 16 2017, the Province of Ontario will no longer accept payments by AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CARD.

The Province continues to accept payments by VISA CREDIT CARD, MASTERCARD CREDIT CARD and INTERAC DEBIT CARD.

Please note that the Archives of Ontario will be closed on October 9, Thanksgiving Day. [More]:

Expanded Family Ties Travelling Exhibit Available for Booking

Family Ties Travelling Exhibit

In time for Franco-Ontarian Day on September 25, our Family Ties travelling exhibit now includes the family story of Alfred Évanturel—the first Franco-Ontarian speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. For booking information, please visit our travelling exhibits webpage.

Additional Year of Vital Statistics Records Released

Online Exhibit: Centennial Ontario
1935 marriages and 1945 death registrations are available now on Ancestry.ca.1933-1935 marriages and 1943-1945 deaths are available on the Ancestry.ca website for free in the Archives of Ontario Reading Room as well as in all public libraries across Ontario. Please note that the 1869-1912 births, 1869-1927 marriages and 1869-1937 deaths continue to be available on the Family Search website.

Onsite Exhibit-Family Ties: Ontario Turns 150

Footpaths to Freeways: The Artistry of Moma Markovich
The Archives’ latest onsite exhibit explores the Era of Confederation through the stories of four family groups in Ontario, and how their lives intersected with larger historical forces of the period. Family Ties also includes a look at how Ontario celebrated the Centennial anniversary of Confederation in 1967.

Online Exhibit: Centennial Ontario

Online Exhibit: Centennial Ontario
Travel back to 1967 and explore how our collections document the groovy ways that Ontario celebrated the Centennial of Confederation. This exhibit is part of the Archives’ Ontario150 initiatives.

Ontario150 at the Archives!

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Explore information about initiatives, events, and resources developed by the Archives of Ontario to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

Lunch’n Tour

Lunch’n Tour tour
In 2017 the Archives of Ontario will be offering free lunchtime tours of the 31 public artworks on permanent display at Macdonald Block at 900 Bay St in Toronto. Register now !