AF.251a Floral brocade pattern Episcopal mitre belonging
to the late G. Emmett Cardinal Carter
AF.310a-b Silver engraved chalice and paten belonging
to the late G. Emmett Cardinal Carter
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Reference Service
ARCAT provides reference service for phone and email inquiries
as well as in-house research assistance. After consulting with the
reference archivist and determining a course of research that is consistant with our policies,
you may book an appointment.
Our Users
Some examples of typical ARCAT researchers include:
- Parish Historians compiling information and verifying dates for histories
- Genealogists tracing roots through sacramental records
- Catholic Organizations requiring background information for various projects
- Historical Researchers writing professional books & articles and university
students working on theses and term papers
Overview of the ARCAT Collection
Sacramental Records Search
The Archives staff will conduct searches if you are looking for a record
of a sacrament (baptism, marriage, etc.) that occurred after 1910, but please note that we will
only do so for the purposes of fulfilling legal requirements (ecclesiastical or civil). Due to Ontario privacy legislation and
our internal
policy, sacramental records after 1910 are closed to public access.
- Information about a sacramental record will only be released to the person
whose name appears in the record, unless the individual is under 18 OR it can
be proven that the individual is deceased OR there has been prior
authorization for the release of this information.
- The Archives does not maintain a database of sacramental records.
You must be able to give us the name of the parish where the event occurred or an
indication of the area where the family was living at the time the sacrament took
place. Please contact us by phone or email for a list of other questions
we can ask to help narrow down the search.
- If you are seeking sacramental records to provide documents for a government
form, we will only conduct the search if the Government office has told you that
your church records will be acceptable. Otherwise, please see the contact information below.
- Please note that the official record of a marriage is the Government of Ontario record,
which is held by the Office of the Registrar General.
- Past sacramental record keeping traditions in the Archdiocese of Toronto have not always
been consistent, often leading to absences in formal first communion, confirmation and
death registers.
- For family history searches prior to 1910 please see the Genealogy page.
Contacts for Civil Records:
For Birth records from 1912; Marriage records from 1927; Death
records from 1937:
Office of the Registrar General
P.O. Box 4600, 3rd Floor
189 Red River Road
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6L8
Toll-free: 1-800-461-2156
Toronto: (416) 325-8305
Fax: (807) 343-7459
For Birth records to 1911; Marriage records to 1926; Death records to 1936:
Archives of Ontario
134 Ian Macdonald Boulevard
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M7A 2C5
Toll-Free (Ontario only): 1-800-668-9933
Reception: (416) 327-1600
Fax: (416) 327-1999
E-mail: reference@ontario.ca
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