Digitized records
Access digitized copies of analogue records from our archival collection via external websites or have copies made for you.
Find records by format
We’ve digitized different types of records in our collection. We host them on external websites that are well known and widely trusted.
Photographs
All our digitized photographic records can be accessed and downloaded for free.
- 8,700+ high-resolution images
- Black and white and colour
- 1800s-1970s
- people, places and events across Ontario
- public domain or Open Government license
- browse by record creators or photographic subjects.
- 750+ high-resolution images
- arranged into albums by subject
Film
- 150+ films
- government-created and independent films
- playlists by topic
We are continually adding films from our archival collection onto YouTube for free online access.
Textual documents
We provide online access to some of our most sought-after textual documents on external genealogy platforms.
- birth, marriage and death registrations
- church records
- wills and estate files
- land records
- heir and devisee commission records
- private records
Free to use (requires account sign up). Open both “Archives of Ontario” accordions to find our records.
- birth, marriage and death registrations
Free at the Archives of Ontario and public libraries or with your paid Ancestry.ca subscription.
Our digitization strategy
To increase the impact of our digitization efforts, our focus is on digitizing high-use record series, including vital statistics registrations, aerial photographs and patent plans.
We regularly upload new photographs and films from our collections on the platforms mentioned above.
You can order digitized copies of textual documents, photos, films or other records from our archival collection, provided you have identified the items you want reproduced.