This page directs users to resources for researching military and war-time history in Simcoe County.
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Officers of the 2nd Battalion The Grey and Simcoe Foresters standing in Queen’s Park, Barrie, in front of the Armoury, 1940.
From the collections at the Simcoe County Archives.
Officers of the 2nd Battalion The Grey and Simcoe Foresters standing in Queen’s Park, Barrie, in front of the Armoury, 1940.
From the collections at the Simcoe County Archives.
Resources at the Simcoe County Archives
Blogs and Exhibits
First World War
Institutional records
These resources are available for review on site at the Archives. To book a Reading Room Appointment please visit the Archives Booking Service page.
Corporate and municipal records
First World War
- Simcoe County and Lower-tier Municipal Council Minutes and By-Laws
- Corporation of the Township of Nottawasaga fonds: Memorial and Service Roll
Second World War
- Simcoe County and Municipal fonds: Minutes and By-Laws
- Simcoe County Clerk’s Office fonds: Agricultural War Production Committee
- Simcoe County War Memorial Plaque Committee
- Simcoe County War Records Committee
- Simcoe County War Services Fund Committee
- Corporation of the Township of Vespra fonds: Honour Roll
Private fonds and collections
This list includes a selection of private fonds and collections which have a significant quantity of, or focus on, military and war-time related content.
- Annie Boyes collection
- Barrie Central Collegiate Institute collection
- Bird Family collection
- Childerhose family collection
- Collingwood Shipyards fonds
- Dorothy Smith collection
- Emma Petch collection
- Laura Young collection
- Leslie Frost collection
- Morton Family fonds
- Mrs. W. H. Sproule collection
- S. K. Lount collection
- Simcoe County District School Board collection
- Women’s Institute Branches, District and Area fonds
Thematic finding aids
Thematic finding aids are inventories of many different records and collections organized around a place, subject, or organization.
- Base Borden (Canadian Forces) finding aid
- City of Barrie finding aid
- Military finding aid
- Navigation finding aid
- Orillia Public Library collection
- Oro Township finding aid
- Posters finding aid
- Reference Library
- Simcoe County Newspaper collection
- Town of Midland finding aid
- Town of Orillia finding aid
- Town of Penetanguishene finding aid
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Borden Military Museum – Angus, Ontario
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Grey and Simcoe Foresters Regimental Museum – Barrie, Ontario
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Rama Historical Archives – Rama First Nation
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Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War
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Library and Archives Canada – Other First World War Resources
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Library and Archives Canada – Service Files of the Second World War – War Dead, 1939-1947
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Library and Archives Canada – Guides to Sources Relating to Units of the CEF
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Images from Archives of Ontario: C 224-8 Canadian Expeditionary Force photograph albums