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City of Vaughan Archives

The City of Vaughan Archives is a municipal government business unit that manages government records which document important municipal policies, programs, decisions, allocations, functions, and activities. This ensures the availability of documentary evidence for legal and administrative purposes, as well as long-term reference and planning needs.

The Archives also collects, preserves, and makes available for research permanently valuable non-government records from the Vaughan community that document the rich and diverse heritage of the City of Vaughan.

Types of Records Held

All City Records With Long-term Legal and Administrative Value (e.g. By-Laws, Council Minutes, Assessment Rolls, Financial Records, Reports, Correspondence, etc.)
Historic Photographs
Maps, Plans, and Architectural Drawings from the 1850's on
Records of Local Organizations, Past and Present
Papers of Residents and Families Including Diaries, Journals, Logs, Letters, Family Histories, etc.
Unpublished Histories and Studies
Land Records Dating Back to the 1790's
Newspapers and Directories
Census Records
Business, School, and Church Records

The Archives is also the official records repository for:

The Woodbridge Agricultural Society
The Vaughan Township Historical Society
The Burwick, Vellore, and Maple Women's Institutes

Who Uses the Archives?

Everyone! City of Vaughan staff, teachers, archaeologists, lawyers, urban planners, landscape architects, artists, real estate professionals, administrators, high school and university students, local historians, people seeking information about their family, property, or community and many others. The Archives is not limited to Vaughan residents; research requests from other continents are quite common.

Facilities and Services

Records Management Consultation for City Staff (hardcopy and digital records)
Research and Reading Area
Microfilm/Fiche Readers
Local History Library & Reference Files
Professional Reference Staff to Advise and Assist
Limited Research Service for Those Unable to Attend the Archives
Tours for Local Interest Groups and Schools
Educational Tool Kits and Online Resources

The Way We Were: Image of the Month

Roxy Theatre, 1950

The Roxy Theatre opened in Woodbridge on December 22, 1950, at the intersection of Highway 7 and Eighth Avenue (now Kipling). The first film shown was "Tea for Two" starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae. Modelled after a Quonset hut, a lightweight prefabricated steel structure used as a storage facility by the US military during WWII, it had a seating capacity of approximately 500 and was operated by Odeon Theatres before it closed in January of 1961. No use was made of the property until the fall of 1966, when it was used by the Woodbridge Auction Centre Ltd. as a car sales arena and then in 1968 as a Canadian Tire. The building burned down in April of 1977. This image depicting the exterior of the Roxy Theatre was taken in 1950 by the Ontario Treasury Department, Motion Picture Censorship Theatre Inspection Branch.

Contact Information

City of Vaughan Archives

Phone:
905-832-2281 ext. 8793

Email:
archives@vaughan.ca

Location:
City Hall
Level 000
2141 Major Mackenzie Drive
Vaughan
L6A 1T1

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