Canadian Directories: Who Was Where

Other Directory Projects

The following are links to other digitization/transcription projects.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Business directories [online]. - Newfoundland's Grand Banks genealogical and historical data. - [Cited Dec. 2, 2002]. - Access: http://ngb.chebucto.org/directory.shtml

• Transcriptions of various Newfoundland provincial directories.

Quebec

Annuaires "Lovell" de Montréal et sa banlieue (1842-1999) [online]. - Bibliothèque nationale de Québec. - [Cited Jan. 25, 2006]. - Access: http://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html

• Includes digitised images of the Lovell directories for Montreal and suburbs, 1842 - 1999

Ontario

County directories
Ontario city & farmers directories [online]. - The Olive tree genealogy. - [Cited Dec. 2, 2002] - Access: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/dir.shtml

• Transcriptions of names and other information from a number of nineteenth-century Ontario county directories. Organized by county and township.

Halton Region

Halton's historical directories [online]. - Halton's historical and newspaper records. - HALINET. - [Cited Dec. 2, 2002]. - Access: www.halinet.on.ca/localhistory/histdir.htm

• Transcriptions of names and other information from a variety of nineteenth-century directories. Only Halton Region names have been extracted.

Toronto

Historicity : Toronto then and now [online]. - Toronto Public Library. - [Cited Dec. 2, 2002]. - Access: http://historicity.torontopubliclibrary.ca/webHTY/index.jsp

• Includes digitized copies of Town of York and Toronto city directories, 1797-1881. 1882-1900 will be added.

Internet Archive: Canadian Libraries [online]. - [Cited: December 7, 2006]. - Access: www.archive.org/details/toronto

• Includes digitized directories of several Ontario cities. Keyword search: directory.

Prince Edward Island

P.E.I. directories [online]. - The Island Register. - [Cited Dec. 2, 2002].

• Transcriptions of several Prince Edward Island provincial directories:

  Hutchinson's Prince Edward Island directory, 1864 -
  www.islandregister.com/hutchinson.html

  Hutchinson's Prince Edward Island directory, 1864 - Appendix -
  www.islandregister.com/hutchapp.html

  The Lovell's Prince Edward Island directory 1871 -
  www.islandregister.com/lovell.html

  The McAlpine's Prince Edward Island directory 1880-1881 -
  www.islandregister.com/alpines.html

Western Canada

British Columbia city directories 1860-1901 [online]. - [Cited July 29, 2008]. - Access: www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/bccd/index.php

Our Roots : Canada's Local Histories Online [online]. - [Cited June 14, 2005]. - Access: www.ourroots.ca

• Includes digitized directories of western Canadian cities. Keyword search: directory.