This is a list of free Canadian Genealogy Records & Family History Collections at Library and Archives Canada (BAC-LAC).

 

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Directories Searchable Database includes:

  • Almanach des adresses Cherrier de la Ville de Québec… juin 1886
  • Business … Directory…of All Cities in Ontario…1899-1900
  • Canada Directory 1851
  • Cherrier & Kirwin’s Ottawa Directory for 1872-73
  • City of Ottawa Directory 1873-74
  • Counties of Carleton, Lanark…and Ottawa Directory 1884
  • Directory for the City and Suburbs of Quebec 1790
  • Directory of the City of Kingston 1855
  • Eastern Ontario Gazetteer and Directory for 1898-99
  • Farmers’ and Business Directory…Carleton, Dundas,…1885-6
  • Farmers’ and Business Directory…Dundas, Frontenac, 1892
  • Farmers’ and Business Directory…Dundas, Glengarry, 1891
  • Farmers’ and Business Directory…Frontenac, Grenville…1894
  • Farmers’ and Business Directory…Frontenac, Hastings…1884-5
  • Farmers’ and Business Directory…Frontenac, Hastings…1886
  • Farmers’ and Business Directory…Frontenac, Hastings…1899
  • Farmers’ and Business Directory…Carleton, Dundas,…1886-7
  • Farmers’ and Business Directory…Dundas, Glengarry,…1888
  • First Victoria Directory 1860
  • Fuller’s Counties of Leeds, Grenville…Directory 1866-67
  • Guide…de la cité et du district de Trois-Rivières, pour 1867-1868
  • Hunter, Rose & Co.’s City of Ottawa Directory for 1870-71
  • Hutchinson’s Nova Scotia Directory, for 1864/65
  • Hutchinson’s Nova Scotia Directory, for 1866/67
  • Lovell’s Province of Ontario Directory for 1871
  • Lovell’s Province of Nova Scotia Directory for 1871
  • Lovell’s Province of Quebec Directory for 1871
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1869-70
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1871-72
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1872-73
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1873-74
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1874-75
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1875-76
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1876-77
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1877-78
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1878-79
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1879-80
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1880-81
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1881-82
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1882-83
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1883-84
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1884-85
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1886-87
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1887-88
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1888-89
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1889-90
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1890-91
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1891-92
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1892-93
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1893-94
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1894-95
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1895-96
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1896-97
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1897-98
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1898-99
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1899-1900
  • McAlpine’s Halifax City Directory for 1900-01
  • McAlpine’s Nova Scotia Directory, 1868-69
  • McAlpine’s Nova Scotia Directory, 1890-97
  • Mitchell & Co.’s Carleton and Ottawa Directory 1864-5
  • Mitchell & Co.’s Canada Classified Directory for 1865-66
  • Montreal Directory for 1842-3
  • Ontario Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1884-5
  • Ontario Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1886-7
  • Ontario Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1888-9
  • Ontario Gazetteer and Directory for 1892-3
  • Ontario Gazetteer and Directory for 1895
  • Ottawa and Counties of Carleton and Russell Directory
  • Ottawa Citizen Directory of Ottawa, 1863
  • Ottawa City Directory, 1891-92
  • Ottawa City Directory, 1893-94
  • Ottawa City Directory, 1895-96
  • Ottawa City Directory, 1896-97
  • Ottawa City Directory, 1897-98
  • Ottawa City Directory, 1898-99
  • Ottawa City Directory, 1899
  • Ottawa Directory 1875
  • Ottawa Directory 1881
  • Ottawa Directory 1882
  • Ottawa Directory 1883
  • Ottawa Directory 1884
  • Ottawa Directory for 1874-75
  • Ottawa Directory, 1885
  • Ottawa Directory, 1886
  • Ottawa Directory, 1887
  • Ottawa Directory, 1888-89
  • Ottawa Directory, 1889-90
  • Ottawa Directory, 1890-91
  • Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory 1869
  • Regina Directory for 1885
  • Renfrew County Directory 1888
  • Sutherland’s City of Ottawa Directory, for 1868
  • Sutherland’s City of Ottawa Directory, for 1869-70
  • Waterloo County Gazetteer and Directory for 1884-5
  • Western Ontario Gazetteer and Directory for 1898-99

 

Directories available as PDFs (see right-hand column to open PDFs):

The following files are not searchable in our original database but are available in this list as PDF files. Once a PDF has been chosen and opened, the entire file can be searched by using your PDF viewer’s search function. Because of their size, some editions have been packaged into multiple parts, i.e.: e010780480_p1.pdf (part 1), e010780480_p2.pdf (part 2), etc.

 

Hamilton, Ontario

  • 1853 – City of Hamilton directory
  • 1856 – City of Hamilton directory
  • 1858 – City of Hamilton directory
  • 1866 – Sutherland & Co.’s Hamilton city directory for …
  • 1870 – Sutherland’s city of Hamilton directory for …
  • 1874 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1895 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1896 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1897 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1898 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1899 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1900 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1862/1863 – Hutchinson’s Hamilton directory for 1862/63
  • 1865/1866 – Mitchell & Co.’s county of Wentworth and Hamilton city
  • 1867/1867 – Sutherland’s city of Hamilton and county of Wentworth
  • 1871/1872 – City of Hamilton directory for …
  • 1872/1873 – Cherrier & Kirwin’s Hamilton directory for 1872/73
  • 1875/1876 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1876/1877 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1877/1878 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1878/1879 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1879/1880 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1880/1881 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1881/1882 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1882/1883 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1883/1884 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1884/1885 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1885/1886 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1886/1887 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1887/1888 – City of Hamilton annual alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1888/1889 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1889/1890 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1890/1891 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1891/1892 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1893/1894 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • 1894/1895 – City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,
  • City of Hamilton … annual street, alphabetical, general,

 

Kingston, Ontario

  • 1865 – Mitchell & Co.’s general directory for the city of Kingston…
  • 1867 – Sutherland’s general directory for the city of Kingston
  • 1875 – McAlpine’s Ottawa & Kingston city directory
  • 1894 – Foster’s Kingston Directory
  • 1873/1874 – Directory of the city of Kingston with villages of Barrifield…
  • 1881/1882 – Charlton’s general, street and business directory of the city of Kingston…
  • 1883/1884 – City of Kingston street, alphabetical, general, miscellaneous and classified…
  • 1885/1886 – City of Kingston street, alphabetical, general, miscellaneous and classified…
  • 1887/1889 – City of Kingston street, alphabetical, general, miscellaneous and classified…
  • 1889/1890 – City of Kingston street, alphabetical, general, miscellaneous…
  • 1890/1891 – City of Kingston street, alphabetical, general, miscellaneous…
  • 1891/1892 – City of Kingston street, alphabetical, general, miscellaneous…
  • 1892-1893 – City of Kingston street, alphabetical, general, miscellaneous…
  • 1893-1894 – City of Kingston street, alphabetical, general, miscellaneous…
  • 1895/1896 – Foster’s Kingston Directory 1895-96
  • 1896/1897 – Foster’s Kingston Directory 1896-97
  • 1897/1898 – Foster’s Kingston Directory 1897-98
  • 1898/1899 – Foster’s Kingston Directory 1898-99
  • 1900/1901 – Foster’s Kingston Directory 1900-01
  • 1901/1902 – Foster’s Kingston Directory 1901-02
  • 1902/1903 – Foster’s Kingston Directory 1902-03
  • 1903/1904 – Foster’s Kingston Directory 1903-04
  • 1904/1905 – Foster’s Kingston Directory 1904-05
  • 1905/1906 – Foster’s Kingston Directory 1905-06

 

London, Ontario

  • 1875 – McAlpine’s London city and county of Middlesex directory
  • 1883 – City of London and county of Middlesex directory… : to
  • 1884 – London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1886 – London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1887 – London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1890 – London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1891 – London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1892 – London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1893 – London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1894 – London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1895 – London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1900 – Foster’s London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1901 – Foster’s London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1856/1857 – Railton’s directory for city of London, C.W
  • 1863/1864 – City of London directory for … /
  • 1871/1872 – City of London and county of Middlesex directory for… :
  • 1872/1873 – Cherrier & Kirwin’s London directory for 1872/73
  • 1874/1875 – City of London and county of Middlesex gazetteer and
  • 1876/1877 – City of London annual, alphabetical, general, miscellaneous
  • 1881/1882 – City of London and county of Middlesex directory… : to
  • 1888/1889 – London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1896/1897 – Foster’s London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1897/1898 – Foster’s London city and Middlesex County directory
  • 1898/1899 – Foster’s London city and Middlesex County directory

 

Southwestern Ontario Counties

  • 1864 – County of Waterloo gazetteer and general business directory for 1864
  • 1867 – Gazetteer and directory of counties of Haldimand and Brant, 1867
  • 1867 – Gazetteer and directory of county of Wellington
  • 1867 – Gazetteer and directory of county of Waterloo
  • 1877 – County of Lambton gazetteer and directory for 1877
  • 1879 – County of Wentworth gazetteer and directory
  • 1879 – Gazetteer and business directory of Lincoln and Welland counties for 1879
  • 1880 – Kent county directory
  • 1881 – Oxford county directory
  • 1883 – County of Wentworth gazetteer and directory
  • 1886 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Elgin, Essex, Kent & Lambton
  • 1887 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Brant, Norfolk & Oxford
  • 1887 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Haldimand, Lincoln, Welland & Wentworth
  • 1887 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Huron, Middlesex & Perth
  • 1887 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Waterloo and Wellington
  • 1888 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Brant, Haldimand, Halton, Lincoln, Welland & Wentworth
  • 1888 – Union Publishing Co. (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Essex, Kent and Lambton
  • 1888 – Union Publishing Co.’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Elgin, Middlesex, Norfolk and Oxford
  • 1889 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Brant, Haldimand, Halton, Lincoln, Welland & Wentworth
  • 1889 – Union Publishing Co.’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Lambton, Middlesex, Norfolk and Oxford
  • 1889 – Union Publishing Co.’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Perth, Waterloo & Wellington
  • 1890 – Union Publishing Company’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Brant, Haldimand, Lincoln, Norfolk, Welland and Wentworth
  • 1891 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Essex, Kent and Lambton
  • 1892 – Union Publishing Co.’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Middlesex, Oxford and Perth
  • 1894 – Union Publishing Company’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Brant, Haldimand, Lincoln, Norfolk, Welland and Wentworth
  • 1895 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers and business directory for counties of Brant, Elgin, Norfolk and Oxford
  • 1895 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers and business directory for counties of Haldimand, Halton, Lincoln, Welland and Wentworth
  • 1895 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Essex, Kent and Lambton
  • 1895 – Union Publishing Co.’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Grey, Waterloo and Wellington
  • 1896 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Haldimand, Lincoln, Welland and Wentworth
  • 1896 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Huron, Middlesex and Perth
  • 1896 – Union Publishing Co.’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Halton, Waterloo and Wellington
  • 1897 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers and business directory for counties of Brant, Elgin, Norfolk and Oxford
  • 1897 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Essex, Kent and Lambton
  • 1897 – Union Publishing Co.’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Halton, Waterloo and Wellington
  • 1898 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Haldimand, Lincoln, Welland and Wentworth
  • 1898 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Huron, Middlesex and Perth
  • 1899 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers and business directory for counties of Brant, Elgin, Norfolk and Oxford
  • 1899 – Union Publishing Co.’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Halton, Waterloo and Wellington
  • 1900 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers and business directory for counties of Brant, Elgin, Norfolk and Oxford
  • 1900 – Union Publishing Co’s (of Ingersoll) farmers and business directory for counties of Haldimand, Lincoln, Welland and Wentworth
  • 1900 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Essex, Kent and Lambton
  • 1864/1865 – County of Kent gazetteer and general business directory for 1865/65
  • 1864/1865 – County of Lambton gazetteer and general business directory for 1864/65
  • 1865/1866 – County of Brant gazetteer, and general business directory for 1865/66
  • 1865/1866 – O.L. Fuller’s counties of Elgin & Norfolk directory for 1865 & 1866
  • 1866/1867 -County of Essex gazetteer and general and business directory for 1866/67
  • 1866/1867 – Gazetteer and directory of counties of Kent, Lambton and Essex
  • 1869/1870 – County of Brant gazetteer and directory for 1869/70
  • 1870/1871 – Sutherland’s counties of Kent and Essex gazetteer and general business directory for 1870/71
  • 1870/1871 – Counties of Perth and Waterloo gazetteer and general business directory for 1870/71
  • 1871/1872 – Gazetteer and directory of county of Wellington for 1871/72
  • 1874/1875 – Charlton & Co.’s county of Kent gazetteer, general and business directory, for 1874/75
  • 1874/1875 – Fisher & Taylor’s gazetteer and general directory of county of Oxford
  • 1875/1876 – Fisher & Taylor’s gazetteer and general directory of county of Wellington
  • 1878/1879 – Perth county gazetteer and business directory for 1878/79
  • 1879/1880 – County of Wellington gazetteer and directory for 1879/80
  • 1882/1886 – County of Perth gazetteer and directory for 1882/86
  • 1883/1884 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and classified business directory for counties of Elgin, Middlesex & Oxford
  • 1883/1884 – Wellington county gazetteer and directory for 1883/84
  • 1884/1885 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Brant, Halton, Waterloo and Wentworth
  • 1884/1885 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Haldimand, Lincoln, Norfolk and Welland
  • 1885/1886 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Brant, Norfolk, Waterloo & Wellington
  • 1885/1886 – Union Publishing Co’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Haldimand, Lincoln, Welland & Wentworth
  • 1885/1886 – Union Publishing Co.’s farmers’ and business directory for counties of Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford and Perth
  • 1892/1893 – Union Publishing Company’s (of Ingersoll) farmers’ and business directory for counties of Haldimand, Halton, Lincoln, Welland and Wentworth
  • 1896/1898 – Vernon’s county of Wentworth gazetteer and directory

 

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