Microfilm

This collection is available at the main branch library during normal library hours. We can help you use our microfilm collection.

City of Guelph

Assessment rolls

We have assessment rolls dating from 1852 to 1898. You can learn about a person's age, religion or occupation.

Dates	Assessment roll	Reel number
1852, 1853, 1855-1861	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel one
1862-1865	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel two
1866-1867	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel three
1868-1869	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel four
1870-1871	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel five
1872-1873	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel six
1874-1876	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel seven
1877-1879	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel eight
1880-1882	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel nine
1883-1884	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel ten
1885-1886	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel eleven
1887-1888	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel twelve
1889-1890	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel thirteen
1891-1892	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel fourteen
1893-1894	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel fifteen
1895-1896	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel sixteen
1897-1898	Guelph and Guelph township	Reel seventeen

Council minutes

You can learn about council and committee decisions. We have minutes from 1856 to 1966.

Dates	Title of content	Reel number
January 1869 to February 1910	Finance and Assessment Committee minutes	Reel one
November 1910 to August 1926	Finance and Assessment Committee minutes	Reel two
October 1928	Special Meeting of the Finance Committee	Reel three
October 1926 to April 1949	Finance and Assessment Committee minutes	Reel three
April 1949 to December 1963	Finance and Assessment Committee minutes	Reel four
January 1964 to December 1966	Finance Committee minutes	Reel five
January 1860 to December 1909	Various Committee minutes	Reel five
May 1869 to April 1952	Various Committee minutes	Reel six
April 1952 to November 1960	Various Committee minutes	Reel seven
December 1960 to December 1966	Various Committee minutes	Reel eight
February 1869 to May 1888	Board of Works minutes	Reel nine
March 1869 to November 1883	Road and Bridge Committee, Board of Works Minutes and Reports	Reel nine
January 1893 to December 1904	Board of Works minutes	Reel nine
May 1901 to December 1909	Sewage Committee minutes	Reel ten
February 1905 to May 1918	Sewage and Public Works Committee minutes	Reel ten
May 1918 to July 1941	Public Works Committee minutes	Reel eleven
August 1941 to September 1956	Public Works Committee minutes	Reel twelve
September 1956 to September 1962	Public Works Committee minutes	Reel thirteen
September 1962 to December 1966	Public Works Committee minutes	Reel fourteen
January 1903 to December 1923	Light, and water Committee minutes	Reel fourteen
November 1878 to October 1884	Water Committee minutes	Reel fifteen
January 1896 to January 1903	Water Works Committee minutes	Reel fifteen
March 1905 to December 1906	Fire and Water Committee	Reel fifteen
January 1895 to May 1967	Board of Health Minutes	Reel sixteen
February 1896 to March 1903	Market House / Drill Shed / Public Building Committee	Reel seventeen
May 1869 to December 1909	Parks and Shades, market and Public Buildings Committee minutes	Reel seventeen
January 1856 to May 1879	Council minutes	Reel twenty two
May 1879 to April 1907	Council minutes	Reel twenty three
May 1907 to January 1920	Council minutes	Reel twenty four
January 1920 to June 1938	Council minutes	Reel twenty five
June 1938 to June 1948	Council minutes	Reel twenty six
July 1948 to August 1957	Council minutes	Reel twenty seven
October 1957 to January 1962	Council minutes	Reel twenty eight

By-laws

Reel number	Date	Numbers
Reel 1	1851 to 1879	1 to 323
Reel 2	1879 to 1903	1 to 456
Reel 3	1903 to 1911	457 to 873
Reel 4	1911 to 1919	874 to 1455
Reel 5	1919 to 1926	1456 to 1804
Reel 6	1926 to 1934	1805 to 2261
Reel 7	1934 to 1942	2266 to 2765
Reel 8	1942 to 1947	2766 to 3185
Reel 9	1947 to 1950	3186 to 3472
Reel 10	1950 to 1951	3473 to 3645
Reel 11	1951 to 1954	3646 to 3921
Reel 12	1954 to 1956	3922 to 4193
Reel 13	1956 to 1957	4194 to 4431
Reel 14	1957 to 1959	4432 to 4700
Reel 15	1959 to 1959	4432 to 4700
Reel 16	1959 to 1960	4800 to 5034
Reel 17	1960 to 1962	5035 to 5264
Reel 18	1962 to 1962	5265 to 5429
Reel 19	1962 to 1963	5430 to 5795
Reel 20	1963 to 1964	5598 to 5795
Reel 21	1964 to 1965	5796 to 5919
Reel 22	1965 to 1965	5920 to 6059
Reel 23	1965	6060 to 6100
Reel 24	1966 to 1967	6106 to 6615
Reel 25	1967 to 1969	6616 to 7099
Reel 26	1969 to 1970	7100 to 7249
Reel 27	1971 to 1972	7556 to 7897
Reel 28	1972 to 1973	7898 to 8362
Reel 29	1973 to 1975	8383 to 8882
Reel 30	1975	8883 to 9032
Reel 31	1976 to 1977	9033 to 9575
Reel 32	1977 to 1978	9576 to 9946
Reel 33	1979 to 1980	9947 to 10302
Reel 34	1980 to 1981	10303 to 10548
Reel 35	1982 to 1983	10864 to 11374
Reel 36	1984 to 1985	11375 to 11829
Reel 37	1985 to 1986	11830 to 12249
Reel 38	1986 to 1987	11250 to 12708
Reel 39	1988 to 1989	12709 to 13237
Reel 40	1989 to 1990	13238 to 13272
Reel 41	1991 to 1991	13728 to 14026
Reel 42	1992 to 1996	14027 to 15260

Civil Vital Statistics

Births

Reel number	Surname Initial	Years covered
MS 931 reel 1	A to C	1869 to 1895
MS 931 reel 2	Missing
MS 931 reel 3	G to K	1869 to 1882
MS 931 reel 4	K to M	1883 to 1895
MS 931 reel 5	M to S	1869 to 1895
MS 931 reel 6	S to W	1870 to 1895
MS 931 reel 7	W-Z	1883 to 1895
MS 931 reel 8	Births	1896
MS 931 reel 9	Births	1897
MS 931 reel 10	Births	1898
MS 931 reel 11	Births	1899
MS 931 reel 12	Births	1900
MS 931 reel 13	Births	1901
MS 931 reel 14	Births	1902
MS 931 reel 15	Births	1903
MS 931 reel 16	Births	1904
MS 931 reel 17	Births	1905
MS 931 reel 18	Births	1906
MS 931 reel 19	Births	1907
MS 931 reel 20	Births	1908
MS 931 reel 21	Births	1909
MS 931 reel 22	Births A to Palmer	1910
MS 931 reel 23	Births Palmer to Z	1910
MS 931 reel 24	Births	1911
MS 931 reel 25	Births and Stillborn	1912
MS 931 reel 27	Births	1913
MS 931 reel 28	Births	1914

Deaths

Reel number	Surname Initial	Years covered
MS 937 reel 1	A	1869 to 1819
	B	1896 to 1890
MS 937 reel 2	B	1891 to 1919
	C	1869 to 1912
MS 937 reel 3	C	1913 to 1919
	D	1869 to 1919
	E	1869 to 1919
	F	1869 to 1919
MS 937 reel 4	G to H	1869 to 1919
MS 937 reel 5	J to M	1869 to 1919
MS 937 reel 6	M to P	1869 to 1919
MS 937 reel 7	P to S	1869 to 1919
MS 937 reel 8	S to W	1869 to 1919
MS 937 reel 9	Deaths	1920 to 1921
MS 937 reel 10	Deaths	1922
MS 937 reel 11	Deaths	1923
MS 937 reel 12	Deaths	1924
MS 937 reel 13	Deaths	1925
MS 937 reel 14	Deaths	1926
MS 937 reel 15	Deaths	1927
MS 937 reel 16	Deaths	1928
MS 937 reel 17	Deaths	1929
MS 937 reel 18	Deaths	1930
MS 937 reel 19	Deaths	1931
MS 937 reel 20	Deaths	1932
MS 937 reel 21	Deaths	1933
MS 937 reel 22	Deaths	1934
MS 937 reel 23	Deaths	1935
MS 937 reel 24	Deaths	1936
MS 937 reel 25	Deaths A to Patton	1937
MS 937 reel 27	Deaths Paakkin-Z	1937
MS 937 reel 27	Deaths	1938
MS 937 reel 28	Deaths	1939

Marriages

Reel number	Surname Initial	Years covered
MS 934 reel 1	A to C	1873 to 1910
MS 934 reel 2	C to E	1873 to 1910
MS 934 reel 3	E to H	1873 to 1910
MS 934 reel 4	H to L	1873 to 1910
MS 934 reel 5	L to M	1873 to 1910
MS 934 reel 6	M to R	1873 to 1910
MS 934 reel 7	R to T	1873 to 1910
MS 934 reel 8	T to Z	1873 to 1910
MS 934 reel 9	Marriages	1911
MS 934 reel 10	Marriages	1912
MS 934 reel 11	Marriages	1913
MS 934 reel 12	Marriages	1914
MS 934 reel 13	Marriages	1915
MS 934 reel 14	Marriages	1916
MS 934 reel 15	Marriages	1917
MS 934 reel 16	Marriages	1918
MS 934 reel 17	Marriages	1919
MS 934 reel 18	Marriages	1920
MS 934 reel 19	Marriages	1921
MS 934 reel 20	Marriages	1922
MS 934 reel 21	Marriages	1923
MS 934 reel 22	Marriages	1924
MS 934 reel 23	Marriages	1925
MS 934 reel 24	Marriages	1926
MS 934 reel 25	Marriages	1927
MS 934 reel 26	Marriages	1928
MS 934 reel 27	Marriages	1929

Census records

District of Gore Census and Assessment 1816 to 1850

Township	Contents	Years covered	Reel number
Ancaster Township Wentworth	Census	1842	MS 700 reel 1
Ancaster Township Wentworth	Assessment	1816, 1818 to 1819	MS 700 reel 1
Beverly Township Wentworth	Census	1825, 1842	MS 700 reel 1
Beverly Township Wentworth	Assessment	1816, 1818 to 1819	MS 700 reel 1
Binbrook Township Wentworth	Census and Assessment	1827 to 1839	MS 700 reel 1
Binbrook Township Wentworth	Assessment	1842, 1845 to 1850	MS 700 reel 1
Binbrook Township Wentworth	Collector's	1845 to 1848	MS 700 reel 1
Brantford Township Brant	Census	1842	MS 700 reel 1
Big Creek Township Reserve	Census	1842	MS 700 reel 1
Dumfries Township Waterloo	Census	1842	MS 700 reel 1
Dumfries Township Waterloo	Census and Assessment	1832	MS 700 reel 1
Dumfries Township Waterloo	Assessment	1818 to 1819	MS 700 reel 1
Eramosa Township Wellington	Census	1825, 1840	MS 700 reel 1
Eramosa Township Wellington	Census and Assessment	1826 to 1828, 1932 to 1933, 1837 to 1829, and no date	MS 700 reel 1
Eramosa Township Wellington	Assessment	1825, 1840	MS 700 reel 1
Eramosa and Nichol Township Wellington	Census and assessment	1829 to 1831	MS 700 reel 1
Erin Township Wellington	Census	1824 to 1826, 1840	MS 700 reel 1
Erin Township Wellington	Census and Assessment	1827 to 1832, 1834, 1837 to 1838	MS 700 reel 1
Erin Township Wellington	Assessment	1825 to 1826, 1839 to 1840	MS 700 reel 1
Erin and Garafraxa Townships Wellington	Census and Assessment	1833	MS 700 reel 1
Flamborough East Township Wentworth	Census	1842	MS 700 reel 1
Flamborough West Township Wentworth	Census	1842	MS 700 reel 1
Galt Town Waterloo	Assessment	1850	MS 700 reel 1
Garafraxa Township Wellington	Census and Assessment	1834, 1837	MS 700 reel 1
Glanford Township	Census	1825, 1842	MS 700 reel 1
Grand River Tract (Haldimand Township)	Census	1824, 1827, 1829	MS 700 reel 1
Grand River Tract (Haldimand Township)	Assessment	1816, 1818 to 1824	MS 700 reel 1
Grand River Tract (Indian Lands Township)	Census	1832	MS 700 reel 1
Guelph Town and Township	Census	1829	MS 700 reel 1
Guelph Township Wellington	Census	1828, 1840	MS-700 reel 2
Guelph Township Wellington	Census and Assessment	1829 to 1834, 1837 to 1839	MS 700 reel 2
Guelph Township Wellington	Assessment	1828 to 1840	MS 700 reel 2
Nassagaweya Township Halton	Census	1842	MS 700 reel 2
Nelson Township Halton	Census	1842	MS 700 reel 2
Nelson Township Halton	Census and Assessment	1830, 1832 and 1834	MS 700 reel 2
Nelson Township Halton	Assessment	1816, 1818 to 1819	MS 700 reel 2
Nichol Township Wellington	Census	1840	MS 700 reel 2
Nichol Township Wellington	Census Assessment	1832 to 1834, 1837 to 1839	MS 700 reel 2
Nichol Township Wellington	Assessment	1840	MS 700 reel 2
Onondaga Township	Assessment	1840	MS 700 reel 2
Puslinch Township Wellington	Census	1840, 1842	MS 700 reel 2
Puslinch Township Wellington	Census and Assessment	1833 to 1835, 1837 to 1839	MS 700 reel 2
Puslinch Township Wellington	Assessment	1840 to 1844	MS 700 reel 2
Saltfleet Township Wentworth	Assessment	1818 to 1819	MS 700 reel 2
Saltfleet and Binbrook Townships Wentworth	Census	1826	MS 700 reel 2
Saltfleet and Binbrook Townships Wentworth	Assessment	1816	MS 700 reel 2
Trafalgar Township, Gore, Halton	Census	1840 to 1842	MS 700 reel 3
Trafalgar Township, Gore, Halton	Census and Assessment	1825, 1827 to 1834, 1838 to 1839 and no date	MS 700 reel 3
Trafalgar Township, Gore, Halton	1816, 1818 to 1819, 1823, 1840 to 1849	Assessment	MS 700 reel 4
Trafalgar Township Gore / Halton	Collector's	1845 to 1849	MS 700 reel 4
Tuscarora Township Brant	Assessment	1846, 1849	MS 700 reel 4
Waterloo Township Waterloo	Census	1824 to 1826, 1828, 1840	MS 700 reel 4
Waterloo Township Waterloo	Census and Assessment	1827 to 1834, 1837 to 1839	MS 700 reel 5
Waterloo Township Waterloo	Assessment	1816, 1818 to 1826, 1828, 1840	MS 700 reel 5
Wilmont Township	Census	1840	MS 700 reel 5
Wilmont Township	Census and Assessment	1831 to 1834, 1837 to 1839	MS 700 reel 5
Wilmont Township	Assessment	1840	MS 700 reel 5
Woolwich Township	Census	1827 to 1829, 1840	MS 700 reel 5
Woolwich Township	Census and Assessment	1831 to 1834, 1837 to 1839	MS 700 reel 5
Woolwich Township	Assessment	1828, 1840	MS 700 reel 5

1851 Census

We have these reels of microfilm for census year 1851. You may need reels for other parts of the province or country. You can ask for interlibrary loan assistance at the information desk. You can also consult the more complete set of microfilms located at the University of Guelph.

Reel number	Location	Census year	Status
C-11743	Brock Township	1851	Available
C-11743	Puslinch part 2	1851	Available
C-11756	Erin Township	1851	Missing
C-11756	Puslinch Township	1851	Personal census incomplete; agricultural census missing. See C-11743 and reel 55 Waterloo and Wellington County, 1851 for missing personal
C-11756	Guelph Township	1851	Missing
C-11756	Town of Guelph	1851	Missing
C-11756	Nichol	1851	Missing
C-11756	Garafraxa Township	1851	Available
C-11756	Eramosa Township	1851	Available
C-11756	Peel Township	1851	Available
C-11756	Maryborough Township	1851	Available
C-11756	Minto Township	1851	Available
C-11756	Arthur Township	1851	Available
C-11756	Luther Township	1851	Available
C-11756	Amaranth Township	1851	Available
C-11756	Pilkington Township	1851	Available
Reel 55	Wilmont Township - Waterloo	1851	Available
Reel 55	Woolwich Township - Waterloo	1851	Available
Reel 55	Wellesley Township - Waterloo	1851	Available
Reel 55	Village of Galt - Waterloo	1851	Available
Reel 55	Village of Preston - Waterloo	1851	Available
Reel 55	Puslinch Township - Waterloo	1851	Incomplete

1861 Census

We have these reels of microfilm for census year 1861. You may need reels for other parts of the province or country. You can ask for interlibrary loan assistance at the information desk. You can also consult the more complete set of microfilms located at the University of Guelph.

Reel number	Location	Census year	Status
C-1082	Amaranth Township	1861	Available
C-1082	Arthur Township	1861	Available
C-1082	Elora Village	1861	Available
C-1082	Eramosa Township	1861	Available
C-1082	Erin Township	1861	Available
C-1082	Fergus Village	1861	Available
C-1083	Garafraxa Township	1861	Available
C-1083	Guelph Township	1861	Available
C-1083	Guelph Township and Gaol	1861	Available
C-1083	Luther Township	1861	Available
C-1083	Maryborough Township	1861	Available
C-1083	Minto Township	1861	Available
C-1083	Nichol Township	1861	Available
C-1084	Peel Township	1861	Available
C-1084	Pilkington Township	1861	Available
C-1084	Puslinch Township	1861	Available
C-1084	Agricultural Census of Wellington County	1861	Elora Village Fergus village, and Town of Guelph are missing.

1881 Census

We have these reels of microfilm for census year 1881. You may need reels for other parts of the province or country. You can ask for interlibrary loan assistance at the information desk. You can also consult the more complete set of microfilms located at the University of Guelph.

Reel number	Location	Year	Status
C-13258	Puslinch Township	1881	Available
C-13258	Guelph, City and Township	1881	Available
C-13258	Eramosa Township	1881	Available
C-13258	Erin Township	1881	Available
C-13259	Orangeville (now in Dufferin County)	1881	Available
C-13259	Fergus Village	1881	Available
C-13259	Elora Village	1881	Available
C-13259	Drayton Village	1881	Available
C-13259	Peel Township	1881	Available
C-13259	Harriston Village	1881	Available
C-13259	Nickol Township	1881	Available
C-13259	Pilkington Township	1881	Available
C-13259	Garafraxa Township	1881	Available
C-13259	Maryborough Township	1881	Available
C-13259	Minto Township	1881	Available
C-13259	Clifford Village	1881	Available
C-13260	Mount Forest Village	1881	Available
C-13260	Arthur Township	1881	Available
C-13260	Luther Township	1881	Available
C-13260	Amaranth Township	1881	Available
C-13260	Palmerston Village	1881	Available
C-13260	Shelburne Town (now in Dufferin County	1881	Available

1861 Ontario Census
1871 Ontario Census
1881 Ontario Census
1891 Ontario Census
1901 Ontario Census

Microfiche

1891 Aggregate census returns volume 1 to 4, bulletins 1 to 18

Court records microfiche

Surrogate court records index, 1793 to 1858

Municipal records Wellington district or county 1840 to 1873

Please note not all records are land related

Reel number	Contents	Years covered
Reel 1	Wellington Land Register	1840s
Reel 1	Land Register: Wilmont, Derby, and Syndham (township and town)	1840s
Reel 1	Wellington District Cash Book	1840 to 1856
Reel 1	Wellington County Road Accounts	1848 to 1858
Reel 2	Wellington County Tolls Book	1864 to 1868
Reel 2	Assessment Roll for the Town of Guelph	1852
Reel 2	Lists of lots, Farm Divisions in the Town of Guelph as found in the year 1858 by the assessors	1858
Reel 2	Non-residents' Collectors' Roll for the Township of Guelph	1855 to 1868
Reel 2	Contract between John Mair (Warden) and Thomas Dobie for the building of an addition to the Court House, Guelph	February 25, 1873
Reel 3	Letter Book: Outgoing correspondence of the Clerk of Wellington District	May 11, 1848 to January 19, 1849

Microfiche

Crown lands records index

Name index
Township index

Government records microfiche

United Empire Loyalists: Enquiries into the losses and service in consequence of their loyalty: Evidence in the Canadian Claims.

Non-government records microfilm:

Tweedsmuir histories

You can learn about the history of a community through scrapbooks. We have a number of scrapbooks created by Women's Institutes on microfilm.

Tweedsmuir history	Reel number
Balenach Women's Institute / Eden Crest Branch Women's Institute	Reel 1
Ennotville Women's Institute	Reel 2
Riverside Women's history / Arkell Women's Institute	Reel 3
Royal Women's Institute / Brock Road Women's Institute	Reel 4
Alma Women's Institute / Speedside Women's Institute	Reel 5
Mosborough Women's Institute / Eramosa Women's Institute	Reel 6
Morrisson Women's Institute / West End Women's Institute	Reel 7
Caledon, Athol, Clate, Harwich, Minto, and Mount Pleasant townships	MS 8 reel 1
Elora	MS 8 reel 30
Ayr, Erin, Backlin and Dundalk	MS 8 reel 34
Fergus, Kimble, West Tarentorus, and Gordon Lake	MS 8 reel 40
Inman East, Handimand (Dunnville) living spring	MS 8 reel 50
Northgate	MS 8 reel 57

City directories

Reel number	Contents	Years covered
Reel 1	Canada West vol. 1 just the section containing the business directory	1852
Reel 1	Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory	1869
Reel 1	Farmers and Business Directory for the Counties of Peel, Waterloo, and Wellington	1893
Reel 2	Farmers and Business Directory for the Counties of Grey, Waterloo, and Wellington	1895
Reel 2	Farmers and Business Directory for the Counties of Halton, Waterloo, Wellington	1896
Reel 2	Farmers and Business Directory for the Counties of Halton, Waterloo, Wellington	1899 to 1900
Reel 2	Farmers and Business Directory for the Counties of Halton, Waterloo, Wellington	1906
Reel 2	Farmers and Business Directory for the Counties of Dufferin, Halton, Peel, Waterloo, and Wellington	1909
Reel 3	Multi-county directory Vernon's Farmers and Business Directory	1905, 1915, 1918, 1924, 1931
Reel 3	Wellington County directory	1867, 1871 to 1872, 1883 to 1884
Reel 3	Guelph City Directory	1873, 1875 to 1877, 1882 to 1883, 1885, 1894 to 1899
Reel 4	Guelph City directory	1889, 1892 to 1894, 1894 to 1896, 1887 to 1889, 1901 to 1902, 1903 to 1905, 1905 to 1907, 1908 to 1909, 1909, 1910, 1912
Reel 5	Guelph City directory	1913 to 1920
Reel 6	Guelph City directory	1921 to 1927
Reel 7	Guelph City directory	1928 to 1934
Reel 8	Guelph City directory	1935 to 1941
Reel 9	Guelph City directory	1942 to 1949
Reel 10	Guelph City directory	1951 to 1959
Reel 11	Guelph City directory	1961, 1963, 1964, 1966 to 1968
Reel 12	Guelph City directory	1969 to 1972
Reel 13	Guelph City directory	1973 to 1976
Reel 14	Guelph City directory	1977 to 1980
Reel 15	Guelph City directory	1889, 1912

Microfiche Goad Fire Insurance Maps 1890 to 1960

Wellington County: Guelph, Arthur, Elora, Erin, Fergus, Harriston, Hillsburgh, Palmerston
Waterloo County: Galt, Kitchener, Waterloo

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