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Ontario Communities

Vintage Views of Rat Portage — Now Kenora, Ontario | 2022

Cobalt's First Bloom: Early Views of Ontario's Silver City | 2021

Snapshot of Smiths Falls, Ontario | 2020

Ontario Cottage in Ontario: A Bit of History | 2019

Belleville: Vintage Postcards and Rare Photos | 2018

Cornwall: From Loyalist Village to Industrial City | 2019

Discover Stratford Ontario | 2018

Owen Sound: Rare Vintage Photographs | 2018

 

Ontario History

The Great Depression: Federal Work Camps in Ontario | 2021

The Grange: Vintage Photos of a Toronto House with a History in Art | 2020

Ontario History: 40 Colouring Pages from Our Special Collections | 2020

Selections and Full PDFs of "The Jesuit Relations": Sainte-Marie among the Hurons and Beyond | 2020

Ghost Towns of Ontario | 2019

Going Nuclear: Ontario's Historic Chalk River Laboratories | 2019

How to Find Old Pictures of Ontario Online | 2019

Ontario's Tuberculosis Sanatoriums, 1897-1960 | 2019

Ontario's Past: 8 Interesting Items | 2019

Cool Vintage Maps from Digital Archive Ontario | 2019

The United Empire Loyalists Come to Upper Canada | 2018

Maps: Representing Land, People and Activities | 2018

Ontario on Fire: Digital Archive Images | 2018

Ontario's Historic Breweries | 2018

 

Canadian History

Coronation Celebrations in Canada: Six Rarities from Our Archives | 2023

Cartography in the 17th and 18th Centuries: Maps of North America from Digital Archive Ontario | 2022

I Tried Reading the First Novel Written in Canada | 2022

First-Hand Accounts of a French Officer in Canada During the Late 17th Century | 2022

Give Us a Place to Stand | 2018

Royal Tour Across Canada in May, 1939 | 2018

The Early Years of the Exhibition in Toronto | 2018

 

War and Conflicts

Monuments in Ontario: Grief, Beauty and Controversy | 2020

World War II Posters: 5 Things They Told Canadians to Do | 2019

World War II Training in Canada: Troops on Skis | 2019

Discover New Perspectives on the Battle of Vimy Ridge | 2018

NoVember is for Victory Bonds | 2018

Riveting Rosies: Ephemera and Photographs of Canadian Women in the Second World War | 2018

War of 1812: Battle of York, 1813 | 2018

War of 1812: Surrender of Fort Detroit | 2018

 

Transportation

Ontario's Defunct Railways of the Past | 2019

Discover Ontario's Aviation History: Three Stories | 2018

Bridging Niagara Falls From Past to Present | 2018

Some Bridges in Ontario | 2018

 

Sports and Festivities

Celebrate the Toronto Blue Jays (1976-1999) | 2018

International Plowing Match: Past and Present | 2018

Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games | 2018

Early Days at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club | 2018

Winter Olympians Born in Ontario (Digital Archive Photos) | 2018

 

Nature and Parks

Hiking in Ontario: Photos from Digital Archive Ontario | 2021

Niagara Falls in Winter: Beauty and Tragedy | 2020

Photos from Our Archives: Summer in Ontario | 2019

Chaudière Falls, or Can You Say "Boiler" in French? | 2019

Frozen in Time: Ontario's Wintry Past | 2019

A Picnic Basket, a Blanket and a Park | 2018

Autumn in Algonquin Park | 2018

Muskoka's Earliest Tourists | 2018

Ontario's First Provincial Park, Algonquin, Turns 125 This Year | 2018

Ontario's Snowy Past | 2018

 

People

Lucy Maud Montgomery and the First Canadian Book Week | 2022

From Our Archives: Parties in Ontario During the Late 1960s | 2022

From the Archives: Ontario's Musical Greats (Part 1) | 2019

23 "Firsts" for Women Working in Ontario | 2018

John James Audubon and Birding Today | 2018

Portraits of John Graves and Elizabeth Simcoe | 2018

Stunning Art by "Canadian Audubon" Added to Digital Archive | 2018

 

Collection Highlights

Cure-Alls & Cure-Naughts: 6 Vintage Ads & Pamphlets for Medical Remedies Sold in Ontario | 2022

Snapshot of Swimming History in Ontario | 2021

Laura Secord (and Chocolate): Historical Books, Photos, Paintings and Ads from Our Special Collections | 2021

Art Conservation Project: Watercolours of an Early Ontario Naturalist | 2020

Pieces of History: 70 Digital Puzzles of Items in Our Special Collections | 2020

58 Lesson Plans from Archives and Museums for Ontario Educators | 2020

Leap Year: Digitized Items from Our Collection | 2020

Dogs in Our Digital Archive (Bark-ive?) | 2019

Signs of Spring: Tremulous Eyes, Like April Skies | 2019

These Vintage "Valentines" from Ontario Aren't What You Expect |2019

October Reflections from Digital Archive Ontario | 2018

Seven Fiction and Fantasy Books by Early Ontario Writers (Free Downloads) | 2018

Typewriters Lost in Time | 2018

 

Business & Personal Finance

Creased Receipts: Historical Receipts from Digital Archive Ontario | 2021

Inside General Stores of Ontario: A Step Back in Time | 2019

5 Essentials of Modern Marketing | 2018

Saving for a House | 2018

Small Business Access: Helping Ontario Small Businesses | 2018

Survival Guide for Female Entrepreneurs | 2018

Maintaining Your New Year's Financial Resolutions | 2018