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.
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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.](https://simcoe.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/970-82-Spring-1941-E9-B15-R3B-S5-Sh4_480.jpg)
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.
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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