Ontario. Legislative Library

• Legislative Library

• Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Library

• Ontario. Legislative Library, Research and Information Services

The Legislative Library for the province of Ontario was formed at Confederation, when the library of the Province of Canada was taken over by the Federal government. The Province of Ontario was given a grant of $100,000 to enable it to develop a new collection. Most of the collection was destroyed during a fire in 1909, after which the facility was shifted to the north wing of the Legislature.

At creation, the Legislative Library reported to the Legislative Assembly through the authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and a Committee of the Legislature. In 1921 the Legislative Library was amalgamated with the library of the Toronto Normal School and placed under the authority of the Department of Education. In 1964, jurisdiction over the library was again transferred, this time to the Department of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship. In 1972, the Legislative Library was moved to the Ministry of Government Services. On April 1, 1976, the Library moved back to the jurisdiction of the Legislative Assembly, when it became a division of the Office of the Assembly under the authority of the Speaker.

Between September 1, 1978 and September 3, 1985 the Legislative Library was known as the Legislative Library, Research and Information Services.

The Legislative Library provides reference services to members of the Ontario Provincial Legislature, caucus staff, Legislative Assembly employees and the Legislative Press Gallery. Members of the Legislature are also entitled to research services provided by the staff of the library.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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Archivist(s):
R. Anger