Additional Resources for Genealogists at ARCAT

Burial and Cemetery Records

• Microfilm copy of the burial registers of St. Michael’s Cemetery 1855 to 1985.
• Microfilm copy of the burial registers of St. Paul’s Cemetery 1849 to 1857
• Transcription of the headstones, with photographs, of the Toronto Township Cemetery #29 (a.k.a. Gore Cemetery, 5th Line Cemetery, Elmbank Cemetery) formerly located within the confines of Pearson International Airport - relocated to Assumption Cemetery, Mississauga  in 2001 (CR COO2.04) - view the website at www.archtoronto.org/elmbank
• Transcriptions of the headstones in various cemeteries within the current boundaries of the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Census and Attendance Records

• House of Providence residents, 1871 Census (ARCAT Reference Library - 929 UNK 1871)
• Census of Catholics in the St. James and St. Patrick wards (St. Michael’s Cathedral) 1847. (HO CO13.43)
• Census of Catholics in St. David, St. Lawrence, St. James, St. George, St. Andrew, St. John and St. Patrick wards, Toronto 1865-1866. (ARCAT Reference Library - 929 JAM 1866)
• Census of Toronto Catholics 1869-1871. (ARCAT Reference Library - 929 JAM 1871)
• Attendance at Toronto Separate Schools 1866-1873. (HO CO02.10 Microfilmed)

Various Ecclesiastical Records

• St. Paul’s Parish – Publication of Banns 1849. List of farmers from Adjala Township requesting orphans 1848. (HO CO20.67 – Microfilmed)
• Records of subscribers to St. Michael’s Cathedral
1. Pew Rents: 1860 (HO CO33.100), 1860-1863 (HO CO26.89), 1861-1874 (HO CO12.38), 1867-1894 (HO CO16.59)
2. Loan and Building Funds: 1846-1850 (HO CO12.36), 1843-1844 (HO CO13.44; HO CO13.45), 1845-1850 (HO CO15.54), 1850-1851 (HO CO17.58; HO CO18.59)
3. Steeple and Tower Funds: 1864-1867 (HO CO13.42), 1874 (HO CO13.41), 1866-1869 (HO CO15.53)
4. Debt Collection: 1891-1897 (HO CO14.51)
5. St. Michael’s Cathedral sick calls: 1858 (HO CO21.76)
• List of Scholarship recipients 1888-1889 (HO CO20.65)
• Phelpston, St. Patrick’s Parish Receipts and Expenses Book 1855-1870. Includes subscription list for 1855 and 1856. (HO CO21.72)
• Separate School supporters 1863. (HO CO04.27 Microfilmed)
• Petitions addressed to the Bishops of Toronto. (see Reference Archivist)
• Names of children from the Liverpool Society admitted into Sacred Heart
Orphanage, House of Providence and St. Nicholas Home 1886-1887, administered by the Sisters of St. Joseph (L AE05.20)
• Directories from 1853 to present day listing clergy, parishes and missions of the archdiocese.
• Roman Catholic marriage registers in Ontario, Canada 1828-1870 (ARCAT Reference Library - 929 RUM 1997)