OHS Publications for Sale

The Ontario Historical Society has published the largest single collection of materials about Ontario's history and continues to produce both books and other materials of interest to people of all ages.

Some of the Society's most recent publications are listed below together with a selection of other titles that might prove of interest to readers who want to learn about Ontario's history.

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Please contact 416.226.9011 or e-mail ohs@ontariohistoricalsociety.ca to pay by cheque or credit card over the telephone.  Alternatively, orders can be placed by writing: The Ontario Historical Society, 34 Parkview Ave., Willowdale, ON M2N 3Y2.

Ontario's African-Canadian Heritage

Ontario's African-Canadian Heritage is composed of the collected works of Professor Fred Landon, who for more than 60 years wrote about African-Canadian history. The selected articles have, for the most part, never been surpassed by more recent research and offer a wealth of data on slavery, abolition, the Underground Railroad, and more, providing unique insights into the abundance of African-Canadian heritage in Ontario. Though much of Landon's research was published in the Ontario Historical Society's journal, Ontario History, some of the articles reproduced here appeared in such prestigious U.S. publications as the Journal of Negro History.

This volume, illustrated and extensively annotated, includes research by the editors into the life of Fred Landon. It is the Legacy Project for the Bicentennial of the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade, an initiative of the OHS, funded by a "Roots of Freedom" grant received from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.

Accessible Heritage: An Accessibility Tool Kit for Ontario's Heritage Organizations and Institutions

Produced by The Ontario Historical Society and The Accessibility Directorate of Ontario, this Tool Kit is designed to help your organization chart its own path to accessibility, whatever its scope and resources, and whether it is a newcomer or old hand at the process. It is designed in a loose-leaf binder format to allow for the addition of new material and the updating or revision of existing material. Each of its eight modules covers an important aspect of achieving accessibility throughout your organization.  For an online tour of the Tool Kit, visit our Accessible Heritage section.

Thoreau MacDonald's Sketches of Rural Ontario.

This delightful new publication honours Ontario's disappearing landscape through the eloquent words of George W. J. Duncan and the distinctive black and white sketches of Thoreau MacDonald.

Pioneering Spirit: : Ontario Places of Worship, Then and Now

Pioneering Spirit: Ontario Places of Worship, Then and Now by Elizabeth Luther

The Simcoe Legacy: The Life and Times of Yonge Street.

A collection of papers from the seminar that explored the legacy of John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada's first Lieutenant Governor, and his search for a route to Canada's interior that led to the building of the longest street in the world.

Various authors, 49 pages, 1996.

Approaching Ontario's Past: Series - 3 books

Approaching Ontario's Past: 3-part Series

Conducting an Oral History Interview | Celia Hitch, Jay Norris, 28 pages, 1987.

The Artifact: What Can it Tell Us About the Past | Dorothy Duncan, 36 pages, 1981 (1990 reprint)

Writing History | 34 pages, 1985 (reprinted 2000)