The Archives of Ontario has created a number of research tools
and databases to help you find the records you are looking for. Start your
archival research using these hand tools.
Research Guides and Tools
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.
Archives Descriptive Database
The online Archives Descriptive Database (ADD) provides information
about most of the holdings and how to search for them.
Vital Statistics: Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations
The Archives of Ontario holds historic birth, marriage and death records.
BIBLiON Library Catalogue
Search the catalogue of the Archives of Ontario library.
Immigration Records
This database is an index to the four volumes of assisted immigration registers created by the Toronto Emigrant Office between 1865 and 1883.
Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files Database
This database is an index to the 5184 case files that document claims made to the second Heir and Devisee Commission.
Electronic Records Online
View actual ‘born-digital’ archival records from government and private donors that have been acquired by the Archives of Ontario.
Note: Not all of the Archives' holdings have been described. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, contact
us at reference@ontario.ca or visit the Archives in person. Our reference staff will be happy to help you navigate our reading room and the resources you’ll find there.