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Address: 5120 Yonge Street, 6th floor, Toronto, Ontario M2N 5N9
Telephone: 416-395-5535
Web site: click here.

This library contains over 125,000 volumes of reference material relating to Canada, including books, pamphlets, periodicals, government documents and microfilms. Some holdings include:

Books and Journals

Includes the library collection of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto)

Immmigration Lists

Ship passenger lists:
Arrivals at Halifax, NS: 1881 to 1935
Arrivals at St. John, NB: 1900 to 1935
Arrivals at Quebec City, QC: 1865 to 1935
Border entry records and Immigration forms

Census Records

Canada 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, and some earlier censuses, as well
* Glen Eker, a member of our society, has extracted Jewish residents from these censuses and Avotaynu has published it on 5 microfilms under the title: Jewish Residents in Canadian Censuses. It is also available in our Society library collection.

City Directories

Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Montreal, Calgary, Regina, Edmonton, and others.

Miscellaneous

Assessment records for Ontario
Some vital records: births, marriages, and deaths