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ONTARIO Counties & Districts Selection List

Ontario Locator Link (off site) - Discover which Ontario County or District you need for your genealogical or historical research.

Addington (see LENOX AND ADDINGTON)
Algoma
Brant
Bruce
Carlton
Cochrane
Dufferin
Dundas
Durham
Elgin
Essex
Frontenac
Glengarry
Grenville
Grey
Haldimand
Haliburton
Halimand
Halton
Hastings
Huron
Kenora
Kent
Lambton
Lanark
Leeds
Lennox and Addington
Lincoln
Manitoulin
Middlesex
Muskoka
Nipissing
Norfolk
Northumberland
Ontario
Oxford
Parry Sound
Peel
Perth
Peterborough
Prescott
Prince Edward
Rainy River
Renfrew
Russell
Simcoe
Stormont
Sudbury
Timiskaming
Thunder Bay
Victoria
Waterloo
Welland
Wellington
Wentworth
York

Check the County location of your town with this link: Ontario Cities and Towns

The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project, by McGill University - search for people or maps.
Sites Across Canada http://cap.ic.gc.ca/ for Ontario
First Nations Community Access Program and Map


Addington
ALGOMA District
Communities include : Achigan, Agate, Agawa, Amyot, Batchawana, Bellevue, Blind River, Bruce Mines, Canyon, Cutler, Dalton, Dean Lake, Dana, Eton, Fire River, Franz, Garden River, Girdwood, Gordon Lake, Goudreau, Granite, Grassett, Hawk Jct., Haydon, Helen Mine, Hilda, Hobon, Hornepayne, Horsey, Kennedy, Lux, Macduff, Magpie Jct., Mashkode, Mekatina, Minnipuka, Norris, Northfield, Oba, Ogadaki, Perry, Peterbell, Richards Landing, Rock Lake, Sault Ste Marie, Searchmont, Shekak, Spanish, Spragge, Tabor, Tatnall, Thessalon, Tondern, Walford Station, White River.

·  The City of Sault Ste. Marie

·  Canada GenWeb - for Algoma District Genealogy,  by Susan Maville

·  Sault Ste. Marie Library
   50 East Street - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario  P6A 3C3  Canada
   Phone: (705) 759-5236.
The Sault Ste. Marie Local Historical Photographical Database
Francis H. Clergue and the Early Industrial Development of Algoma - Historical.

·  Canada GenWeb - for Algoma District Genealogy,  by Susan Maville


BRANT County
County seat : Brantford
Communities include:  Brantford, Burford, Mt. Vernon, Oakland, Paris, Scotland.


City of Brantford - with History of the City - "...the history of this city is traced back more than three centuries to a time when the Native tribes lived in the magnificent forest wilderness of the Grand River Valley..."


   173 Colborne Street - Brantford, Ontario, Canada N3T 2G8
   Phone: (519) 756-2220    E-Mail: info@brantford.library.on.ca
   Local History Resources & Services - includes links to "Famous People Connected with Brant County":  Alexander Graham Bell, Chief Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea, Mohawk),  Graham Greene, Wayne Gretzky, Lawren Harris, Phil Hartman,  James Hillier, Pauline Johnson, Jay Silverheels and Emily Jennings Stowe.


BRUCE County
County seat : Walkerton.
Communities include:  Allenford, Belmore, Bervie, Cargill, Chesley, Chepstown, Dobbinton, Dyers Bay, Elmwood, Formosa, Glammis, Hepworth, Hope Bay, Kincardine, Lions Head, Lucknow, Mildmay, Paisley, Parkhead, Pinkerton, Port Elgin, Ripley, Southampton, Stokes Bay, Teeswater, Tiverton, Tobermory, Walkerton.


   727 Queen Street - Kincardine, Ontario, Canada N2Z 1Z9 - Phone: (519) 396-3289.


Municipality of OTTAWA - CARLTON County
County seat : Ottawa, which is also the capitol of Canada.
Communities include : Aylmer, Britannia, Carp, Edwards, Fitzroy Harbor, Galetta, Kars, Kinburn, Metcalfe, Osgoode Station, Ottawa, Ottawa Junction, Richmond, Stittville, West Osgoode.


Tour Ottawa - official site of the Ottawa Tourism and Convention Authority.


COCHRANE District
Communities include :  Abitibi, Amerson, Balkam, Bertram, Bingle, Blanche, Carlstock, Cochrane, Connaught Station, Coppell, Driftwood, Fauquier, Flintdale, Fraser, Frederick, Fryatt, Glenomo, Grant, Harty, Hearst, Hunta, Iroquois Falls, Jacksonboro, Jobrin, Kapuskasing, Keyson, Kitigan, Kurke, Lowther, Lynx, Macbey, Mace, Matheson, Mattice, Monleith, Moonbeam, Nagogami, Notrembega, Ogahalla, Opasatika, Opemisha, Pagwa, Penhall, Potter, Puller, Ramore, Ryland, South Porcupine, Stimson, Strickland, Teltaka, Timmins, Valrita, Wapiti, Wilgar.

·  Black River Matheson Township - including the communites of Holtyre, Matheson, Ramore, Shillington, Val Gagne, and Wavel.

·  The Thelma Miles Museum
      374 Hough Road - P.O. Box 601 - Matheson, Ontario, POK 1N0

·  Town of Cochrane

·  Ontario GenWeb - for Cochrane District Genealogy,  by Linda Beaudet


DUFFERIN County communities include:  Amaranth, Corbetton, Crombies, East Garafraxa, Grand Valley, Hornings Mill, Mono, Laurel, Mansfield, Melancthon, Mulmur, Orangeville, Shelburne, Tarbert, Waldemar.

·  Dufferin County Home Page

·  Map of Dufferin County

·  Headwaters Country Tourism Association, Ontario - includes: Alton, Belfountain, Bolton, Caledon, Caledon East, Caledon Village, Cheltenham, Cookstown, Creemore, Erin, Glen Williams, Glencairn, Grand Valley, Hockley Valley, Honeywood, Inglewood, Loretto, Mansfield,  Mono Center, Mono Mills,  Norval, Orangeville, Orton,  Palgrave,  Rosemont, Shelburne,  Tottenham, and Violet Hill.

·  Town of Mono

·  Town of Orangeville

·  Ontario GenWeb - for Dufferin County Genealogy, by Amy Menary.


DUNDAS County communities include: Chesterville, Dixons Cors, Dundela, Iroquois, Morrisburg, Mountain, West Springs, Winchester.

·  Ontario GenWeb - for Dundas County Genealogy, by Amy Menary.


DURHAM County
County seat : Port Hope.
Communities include :  Bethany, Bowmanville, Cavan, Dranoel, Janetville, Manvers, Milbrook, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Pontypool, Port Hope.


   37 Silver Street, P.O. Box 188 - Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K9  CANADA
   "Both the Bowmanville Museum and the Clarke Museum and Archives have amalgamated to form Clarington Museums.  Between these institutions we have a
large collection of local genealogies and local historical information.  Most of our information covers the Clarington area which would have been the western half of Durham County."  - Charles D. Taws, Curator Clarington Museums
   (Bowmanville is located in the Municipality of Clarington about 40 miles east of Downtown Toronto.)


   62 Temperance St. - Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3A8

  • The Canadian Fire Fighter's Museum of Port Hope (Durham County) - to depict the historical development of fire fighting in Canada from about 1831 to 1955.


ELGIN County
Communities include :  Avon, Aylmer, Dutton, Fingal, Iona, Port Bruce, Port Burwell, Port Stanley, Rodney, St. Thomas, Shedden, Springfield, Vienna, West Lorne, Yarmouth.

·  Elgin County Branch Ontario Genealogical Society
    St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

·  St. Thomas Public Library
  153 Curtis Street, Street - Thomas, Ontario, Canada N5P 3Z7   Phone: (519) 631-6050.

·  Ontario GenWeb - for Elgin County Genealogy, by Bruce Johnson.


ESSEX County
Communities include :  Amherstburg, Comber, Essex, Harrow, Kingsville, Leanington, Maidstone, Ojibwa, Ruscom, Sandwich, Wheatley, Windsor.


   360 Fairview Ave. W. - Suite 101 Essex, Ontario N8M 1Y3 Canada  Phone: (519) 776-5241.


FRONTENAC County
County seat : Kingston.
Communities include : Arden, Cataraqui, Echo, Findlay, Godfrey, Harrowsmith, Kingston, Long Lake, Murvale, Ompah, Oso, Parham, Plevna, Sharbot Lake, Sydenham, Verona, Wolfe Island.


   130 Johnson Street - Kingston, Ontario K7L 1X8


    P. O. Box 1394 - Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 5C6


GLENGARRY County
Communities include : Alexandria, Apple Hill, Dalkeith, Glen Robertson, Glen Sandfield, Lancaster, Martintown, Maxville, Summerstown, Williamstown.
Neighboring Ontario counties include Prescott county to the north and Stormont county to the west.  Soulanges and Vandreuil counties are to the east in Quebec.


   P.O. Box 773 - Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, K6H 5T5   Phone: (613) 938-9585


LEEDS and GRENVILLE County                    See Also:  LEEDS County
Communities include : Jasper, Kemptville, Maitland, Merrickville, Oxford Mills, Prescott, Spencerville, Yule.

·  Town of Prescott, Ontario, Canada

·  Prescott Tourism - Historic Sites

·  Fort Wellington National Historic Site - Prescott

·  Prescott and District Chamber of Commerce

·  Leeds & Grenville Genealogical Society  &  Publications
  P.O. Box 536 - Brockville, Ontario, Canada  K6V 5V7

·  Ontario GenWeb for Leeds and Grenville County Genealogy, by Hugh Campbell


GREY County
County seat : Owen Sound.
Communities include:  Ayton, Bognor, Chatsworth, Clarksburg, Craigleith, Desboro, Dromore, Dundalle, Durham, Eugenia, Flesherton, Heathcote, Holland, Holstein, Kemble, Maxwell, Meaford, North Keppel, Owen Sound, Priceville, Shallow Lake, Thornbury, Woodford.


   P.O. Box 1389 - Durham, Ontario, Canada  NOG 1R0   Phone: (519) 369-3245.


   1165 1st Avenue W. - Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada  N4K 4KB  Phone: (519) 371-3333.


   P.O. Box 66 - Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada N4K 5P1
   E-mail: Address: bgogs@bmts.com


   824 First Avenue West - Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, N4K 4K4
   Phone: (519) 376-6623


HALDIMAND County
County seat : Cayuga.
Communities include:  Byng, Caledonia, Canfield, Cayuga, Cheapside, Dunnville, Fisherville, Hagersville, Jarvis, Nanticoke, Port Maitland, Rainham.


   P.O. Box 38 - 8 Echo Street - Cayuga, Ontario  N0A 1E0   Phone: (905) 772-5880


   317 Chestnut Street - Dunnville, Ontario  N1A 2H4   Phone: (905) 774-4240


HALIBURTON County
County seat : Minden.
Communities include:  Donald, Esaonville, Gelert, Gooderham, Haliburton, Highland, Irondale, Minden, Wilberforce.


HALIMAND County
County seat :
Communities include:  the former Towns of Dunnville and Haldimand and part of the former City of Nanticoke.


HALTON County
County seat : Milton.
Communities include : Acton, Ash, Bronte, Burlington, Georgetown, Milton, Oakville, Stewarton.


HASTINGS County
County seat : Belleville.
Communities include : Actinolite, Bancroft, Bannockburn, Baptiste, Belleville, Bessemer Junction, Birds Creek, Bonarlaw, Boulter, Cardiff, Coe Hill, Corbyville, Deseronto, Foxboro, Frankford, Gilmour, Ivanhoe, L'Amable, Lake St. Peter, Lonsdale, Madoc, Madoc Junction, Maple Leaf, Marmora, Maynooth, McArthur Mills, Millbridge, Ormsby, Ormsby Junction, Paudash, Queensborough, Quinte West, St. Ola, Shannonville, Springbrook, Stirling, Thomasburg, Tweed.


     P.O. Box 127, 14 Flint Street - Bancroft, ON  K0L 1C0  Phone: (613) 332-3380


   257 Bridge Street East - Belleville, Ontario, Canada.


   18 Albert Street - Trenton, Ontario K8N 4S3

Transcription of the 1851 Canada Census for Hastings County, being prepared by Kelly Townsend of Texas.

Hastings County, Ontario QUERY
   Solomon and Margaret Coon-Howe established a homestead in Hungerford,
Ontario, Canada, on/about 1830.  Solomon and Margaret are buried in Bethel Union Cemetery.
They raised 9 children:  Solomon b 1840; Daniel b 1842; Rebecca b 1844; Jennet b 1849; William b 1851; Zadok b 1853; Margaret aka Maggie b 1855; Matilda b 1857 and sarah b 1860.
I am interested in locating descendants of this family who are eligible for Membership in the Mayflower Society.  They descend from William Brewster, the Head of the Pilgrim Band that landed in Plymouth in 1620.
   E-mail to: Gale Thomas Howe-Cornwell, 81641 Ave 48, Indio, CA 92201-6749 Phone 760 342-3151 or Nearest contact Douglas Mumford, Reeve of Tweed.


HURON County
Communities include :  Auburn, Bayfield, Belgrave, Bluevale, Blyth, Brucefield, Brussels, Clinton, Crediton, Dashwood, Dungaeon, Ethel, Exeter, Henfryn, Hensall, Port Albert, St. Joseph, Seaforth,  Walton, Wingham, Wroxeter, Zurich.


KENORA District
Communities include : Alcona, Amesdale, Bonheur, Bowden, Canyon, Dinorwic, Dyment, Eagle River, Favel, Fowler, Hawk Lake, Hunter, Ignace, Ingolf, Jones, Keewatin, Kenora, Macfarlane, Malachy, McIntosh, Morgan, North Pines, Osaquan, Oxdrift, Quibell, Raleigh, Reba, Robinson, Rosnel, Scovil, Smith, Sioux Lookout, Sunstront, Tache, Tannin, Unaka, Valora, Wabigoon, Watcomb, White, Ycliff.

·  First Nations Community Access Program for the Kenora Region with interactive map.

·  Sioux Lookout Public Library
     21 - 5th Avenue - P.O. Box 1028 - Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada  P8T 1B3
     Phone: (807) 737-3660.


KENT County
County seat : Chatham.
Communities include :  Blenheim, Cedar Springs, Chatham, Coatsworth Station, Darrell, Dresden, Fletcher, Highgate, Morpeth, Ridgetown, Romney, Thamesville, Tilbury, Wallaceburg.

·  OntarioGenWeb for Kent County Genealogy, by Suzanne Schaller.


LAMBTON County
County seat : Sarnia.
Communities include :  Alvinston, Bridge, Camlachie, Eddys, Forest, Inwood, Kingscourt, Mandamin, Oil City, Oil Springs, Petrolia, Rutherford, Sarnia, Sombra, Thedford, Watford, Wyoming.

·  OntarioGenWeb for Lambton County Genealogy, by Colleen McLean.


LANARK County
County seat : Perth.
Communities include :  Almonie, Appleton, Balderson, Blakeney, Clayton, Franktown, Glen Tray, Hopetown, Lanark, Perth, Rideau, Smiths Falls, Tatlock.


LEEDS and GRENVILLE County                        See Also: GRENVILLE County
County seat : Brockville.
Communities include : Athens, Bellamys, Brockville, Caintown, Delta, Forfar, Gananoque, Lansdowne, Lombard, Lyndhurst, Mallorytown, Morton, Newboro, Portland, Rockport, Seelys Bay, Tincap, Westport.


  P.O. Box 536 - Brockville, Ontario, Canada  K6V 5V7


    23 Buell Street - P.O. Box 100 - Brockville, ON K6V 5T7
    Phone: (613) 342-3936


LENNOX AND ADDINGTON County
County seat : Napanee.
Communities include:  Centreville, Denbigh, Ernestown, Flinton, Kaladar Station, Moscow, Napanee, Newburgh, Odessa, Roblin, Tamworth, Yarker.


LINCOLN County
communities include : Beamsville, Grimsby, Merritton, Niagara, Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines, Jordan, Port Weller.


   P. O. Box 23104 - 124 Welland Avenue - St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 7P6


MANITOULIN District includes the following islands : Barrie Island, Cockburn Island, Fitzwilliam Island, Great Duck Island, Manitoulin Island, and Western Duck Island.
Barrie Island includes the following communities : Barrie.
Manitoulin Island includes the following communities : Evansville, Gore Bay, Grimsthorpe, Kagawong, Little Current, Manitowaning, M'Chigeeng, Meldrum Bay, Mindemoya, Poplar, Sandfield, Sheguindah, Sheshegwaning, Silver Water, South Baymouth, Spring Bay, Sucker Creek, Providence Bay, Tehkummah, and Wikwemikong.

·  Get North! Manitoulin travel guide includes an area MAP.

  • Wikwemikong - "...translated: "Bay of the Beaver", remains the only unceded reserve in Canada..."

·  Ontario GenWeb - for Manitoulin District Genealogy.


MIDDLESEX County
Communities include :  Ailsa, Appin, Centralia, Clandeboye, Craig, Glanworth, Glencoe, Granton, Kerrwood, Komoka, London, Lucan, Mt. Brydges, Muncey, Newbury, Park Hill, Strathroy, Thorndale, Wardsville.
Middlesex Genealogy, by Colleen Kelly
London Public Library
   305 Queens Avenue, London, ON  N6B 3L7    Phone: (519)661-4600
London & Middlesex County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
   1017 Western Road,  Grosvenor Lodge Coach House,  London, ON, Canada,  N6G 1G5.
University of Western Ontario - Welland Library (London, ON)
Granny's Genealogy Garden: 1820-1822 Settlers of Lanark County, Ontario


MUSKOKA District
Communities include :


NIPISSING District
Communities include : North Bay, Mattawa, Madawaska, Sturgeon Falls,  Temagami, and Verner.

·  OntarioGenWeb for Nipissing District Genealogy.

·  Nipissing District Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society


NORFOLK County - The new Norfolk County is a one-tier municipality which includes the former Halimand & Norfolk Townships of Norfolk and Delhi, the Town of Simcoe and part of the former City of Nanticoke.
County seat :
Communities include :  Nanticoke and Simcoe.

·  Haldimand-Norfolk Economic Development - includes area map!

·  Norfolk County, Ontario

·  Norfolk County Public Libraries

·  Norfolk County, Ontario with MAPS!!!

·  OntarioGenWeb for Norfolk County Genealogy, by Joe Wilson.

 


NORTHUMBERLAND County
County seat :
Communities include :


ONTARIO County
County seat :
Communities include :


OXFORD County
County seat : Woodstock.
Communities include :  Drumbo, Embro, Hickson, Ingersoll, Innerskip, Lakeside, Mt. Elgin, Norwich, Otterville, Plattsville, Salford, Springford, Tillsonburg, Thamesford, Zorra.


   The Town Centre - 130 Oxford Street - Ingersoll, Ontario N5C 2V5  Canada
   Phone: (519) 485-7394.


     situated on the boundary between the Counties of Perth and Oxford..."


PARRY SOUND District
County seat : Parry Sound.
Communities include :  Ahmic Harbor, Ardbeg, Arnstein, Bear Lake, Boakview, Burks Falls, Byng Inlet, Carling, Depot Harbour, Dunchurch, Emsdale, Golden Valley, Gordon Bay, Kearney, Loring, Mac Tier, Magnetawan Warf, Mowat, Otter Lake, Pakesley, Parry Sound, Pickeret, Pointe au Baril, Powassan, Restoule, Scotia, Sequin Falls, Sprucedale, South River, Sundridge, Swords, Trout Creek Waubamick, Whitehall.


   17 George Street, P.O. Box 337 - Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada P2A 2X4


PEEL County
Communities include :  Alton, Brampton, Cataract, Clarkson, Cooksville, Inglewood, Kleinburn, Malton, Norval, Palgrave, Port Credit, Woodbridge.

·  Bill Martin's Genealogy Home Page: includes "John Lynch's Directory of the County of Peel for 1873/4", by John Lynch,