Working for the Government: Federal Civil Service Lists on Canadiana

 The machinery of the federal government runs on more than just politicians. There are thousands of people in various government departments who don't make speeches and don't lobby for votes. I'm talking about people such as clerks, surveyors, light house keepers, toll agents, and inspectors. If your ancestor was a cog in the machine of the government, you'll want to hop over to Canadiana and check out the civil service lists available on there. There are various years available. The majority that I found fell between 1882 and 1918. I did however find one from 1871.

I love Canadiana. It has such a huge amount of digitized material. The amount of material does make searching a little difficult though. Putting civil service list of Canada resulted in over 16,000 results. And that's after limiting the results to English ones! Obviously, there aren't 16,000 civil service lists, as they only came out once a year. At the end of this post I've tried to wade through and provide the links to as many years as I could to help you out.

To give you an idea of just how many departments make up the federal government, here is the index of departments for the year 1910

These lists have some surprising information in them. Through the various issues, I found information such as

• Department they worked for
• Occupation
• Salary
• Date of current appointment for current position
• Date of first appointment in Civil Service
• Date of birth

The date of birth is especially exciting. It's an actual date, not just a year!

Here's the list of Registrars in the Northwest Territories in 1900. A Mr. R. F. Chisholm wore two hats, as he was also receiving an extra $500/year as a Dominion Land Agent for Battleford Saskatchewan.

 

Here's those employed in the Customs Department in Prince Edward Island in 1909

Here's a list of people working in the Ottawa and Kingston Division of the Post Office in 1908

This one from 1871 has different information. It shows Name/Origin/Creed/Position/Salary.

If you're worried about having to wade through hundreds of pages, there were name indexes in the issues I looked through. Here's a page from the 1886 issue

Below are the links to the individual years I could find. 

1871

1882  1883  1885  1886  1887  1888  1889  1890

1891  1892  1893  1894  1895  1896  1897  1898  1899  1900

1901  1906  1907  1908  1909

1910  1912  1914  1915  1916  1917  1918 

Newfoundland Ancestors: Newfoundland Methodist Church Conference

Do you have someone in your tree that was heavily involved with the Methodist Church in Newfoundland? Then you'll be pleased to know that Canadiana has recently digitized Minutes of the 2nd to 6th Annual Newfoundland Conferences of the Methodist Church. They cover the years 1875 to 1879. 

Now I know this doesn't sound like a very exciting resource if you're not a religious scholar. But there is good information to be found in this collection. For instance, did you lose track of what happened to Charles Pickles? Well according to the 1875 Conference, he left to become part of the Missionary Committee in London.

 If you're looking for names, the first half of the conference minutes is where you want to look. They were very thorough in listing who had become full fledged ministers, and who was working their way through the levels. Here in 1876 is the list of those who have been "admitted into full connexion", and those still hoping to attain it.

Deaths were also recorded. Here is one recorded in the minutes of the 1877 Conference. It gives so much information to follow up on in just one short paragraph!

If you're interested in the works and general details of the Methodist Church in Newfoundland, then the second section of the Minute Books will be of interest. In here is general information on the size of circuits, and the number of marriages and baptisms performed in each. Here's the total for the St. John's and Carbonear Districts in 1877.

There are also reports of Committees throughout the second half. Even in these you will find names scattered among the reports. Here in the disbursements of the Contingency Fund in 1879, Bros. Parkins and Bryant were given money for their "afflictions"

Here is a list of Examiners from the Sabbath School for the coming year of 1880

As a last example, here's a list of people who subscribed or donated to the Bona Vista Circuit in 1878.

While you're at it, also check out the Annual report of the Auxiliary Missionary Society of the Newfoundland Conference. These also have to do with the Methodist Church. There are 5 issues:

• 1878/1879
• 1879/1880
• 1880/1881
• 1881/1882
• 1882/1883

Manitoba Ancestors: Issues of "The Commercial" on Canadiana

Records for your ancestor's personal life are the back bone of genealogy research. Looking into their professional life can be harder. If they were in public service, such as law or politics, there are many sources that are a matter of public record. Business owning ancestors don't leave as much behind. Of course, if your connection is to the Christies, Redpaths, Molsons, Bombardiers, or Ganongs, then no problem. These iconic Canadian business families have mention everywhere. But what if your ancestor was a smaller business owner? If they lived in Manitoba in the late 1800's, then you should look through the pages of The Commercial. You can find over 1000 issues on Canadiana. Geared toward business owners, they stated that they were "A journal devoted to the financial, mercantile and manufacturing interests of the Canadian North-west."

The journal ran from 1882 to 1922. Canadiana has issues up to 1903. The main body of the journal is filled with articles that talk about market trends and news of interest to business and industry owners. It was a fore runner to industry magazines you see today like Canadian Business Magazine. They may not be the most interesting reading for someone not in, say, the business of selling farm machinery. But, these articles can give you an insight into the working world of your ancestor. These outside factors can tell you why they changed careers, sold their business, or why their business prospered when others didn't. For instance, there is a rather scathing article admonishing The Montreal Witness. The article basically says that their opinions on the quality of Manitoba crops is doing harm.

Another feature of the journal was snippets throughout about specific companies. In the very first issue, you can see that there was a huge fire at a HBC mill, and several changes in ownership of companies.

The journal focuses mainly on Manitoba, and Winnipeg in particular. However, other parts of Canada do get mention now and then. Here's an example from 1895 of Assiniboia and Saskatchewan.

Here's mention of Alberta in 1902.

Lastly, any publication needs advertisement revenue. If your ancestor was a business owner, don't over look the advertisement pages. They made have placed an ad. I think they're interesting to look at regardless, but I'm a genealogist and we're a special breed. Here's some from 1893

Here's some examples from 1889

And finally, some from 1903. Notice the one for lead paint in the bottom left. 

Canadiana lets you download whole issues by clicking on the PDF icon next to the "+" sign. 

Alternatively, you can right click on the image and save a single page.

As you can see above, you can also search keywords within a document. I used dry goods" and it told me which pages I could find that phrase. Just click on the page number and it will take you to that page. Keep in mind though that the keywords won't be highlighted.

Examining Dentistry Records on Canadiana

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Health issues over the past weeks, and a mental health break from news and social media have kept me away from blogging. Thankfully, none of my health issues were COVID-19 related. One of them was some unexpected dental surgery. In the pre pandemic world, going to the dentist ranked very low on my list of fun things to do. Adding COVID-19 into the mix brought a whole new level of anxiety into the process. 

When thinking about what to write about on my return to blogging, I decided to look at dentists. I wondered what kind of information was available for those with ancestors involved in dentistry. As always, the first place I looked at was Canadiana. It did not disappoint. I found several publications relating to the dentistry profession.

• The family dentist : a treatise on the importance of the teeth, on their structure, disease and mode of cure, also managing and regulating of children's teeth, &c by J.A. Troutman, Dentist - an overview of dentistry from 1872. If Dr. Troutman was part of your family tree, the last page gives an account of his movements while researching the treatise

• Dominion Dental Journal - a periodical published by the Ontario Dental Association. There are 116 issues available, covering the years 1889 to 1900. It is filled mainly with "shop talk". If your ancestor was an author or contributor, then you'll have a nice addition to your collection. But it also has information on individual members. Here's an obituary for Dr. Chas A McNairn. At the bottom are deaths of other dentists belonging to the Association 

• The Canada journal of dental science - another periodical that ran from 1868 to 1879. There are 39 issues available. 

• The mercantile and legal record for British Columbia - 82 issues from 1902/1903. This is an "out of the box" source. This publication listed financial and legal transactions. While it won't give details on your ancestor's career per se, there are other little bits of their life. For instance, in this issue from Jan 23 1903 Dr. H.B. Findlay from Vancouver obtained a mortgage for $845 from A.R. Thomas

• Ontario Dental Society annual meeting, Dental College, Toronto, May 10-11-12, 1915 - the programme for the event. Among other things, it has a schedule of lectures. If your ancestor gave a lecture, you'll see them listed

Canadiana isn't the only place to find out about your dentistry ancestor. Other place to look are:

Universities

Institutional libraries are often overlooked as a resource. They can often be the recipients of records that Provincial and Municipal Archives decline. At the very least, if your ancestor was a student there, you can find out details of the academic life. You'll especially want to contact these Universities, as they have Schools of Dentistry:

• Dalhousie University
• Laval University
• McGill University
• University of Alberta
• University of British Columbia
• University of Manitoba
• University of Montreal
• University of Saskatchewan
• University of Toronto
• University of Western Ontario

 

Professional Associations

It never hurts to contact the professional associations. They might have small archives of their history that might have mention of your ancestor. Here's a list of some associations in Canada:

• Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry
• Association of Prosthodontists of Canada
• Canadian Academy of Endodontics
• Canadian Academy of Periodontology
• Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics
• Canadian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• Canadian Association of Orthodontists
• Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry
• Canadian Collaboration on Clinical Practice Guidelines in Dentistry
• Canadian Dental Assistants Association
• Canadian Dental Association
• Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
• Canadian Dental Service Plans Inc.
• Dental Industry Association of Canada
• National Dental Examining Board of Canada
• Royal College of Dentists of Canada (RCDC)

Don't forget to check out Provincial Societies as well;

• Alberta Dental Association and College
• Alberta Society of Dental Specialists
• Association of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia
• Certified Dental Assistants of British Columbia
• College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia
• College of Dental Surgeons of Saskatchewan
• Dental Association of Prince Edward Island
• Federation of Dental Specialists of Quebec (FDSQ)
• New Brunswick Dental Society, The
• Nova Scotia Dental Association's Kid's Site
• Ontario Dental Association
• Ordre des dentistes du Quebec
• Ontario Society of Paediatric Dentists
• Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO)

Government Gazettes

These publications of both the federal and provincial/territorial governments often contain notices regarding debt, incorporation, and applications that might pertain to your ancestor both personally and professionally. I've highlighted what a great resource the Canada Gazette is in a previous post. Occupations were almost always referred to, so you can stumble across extra information in these notices. For example, here's a bankruptcy notice from 1845

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Newfoundland Ancestors: Newspapers and Magazines on Canadiana

One of the downsides to having Newfoundland ancestors is the lack of original sources online. If you have to research from a distance, it can be more challenging than some of the other provinces. Again, Canadiana comes to the rescue. On their site are several newspapers and magazines.

The problem with Canadiana is that there is so much there, it can be hard to find what you want. This week I'm providing links to the newspapers and magazines available. Canadiana gives you the ability to zoom in and out, and download individual pages to your computer. The pages download as PDFs. Alternately, by right clicking on the image and saving, it will save the whole page as a JPEG. Then you can use your photo software to crop in on individual articles.


The Star and Newfoundland Advocate: Available issues: 2

The available issues is a bit of a misnomer. It is 2 microfilms. One microfilm covers from 14 November 1840 to 28 December 1843. The second covers from 11 January 1844 to 14 January 1847.

A Protestant conservative leaning newspaper, it featured both local and foreign news. It was geared towards businessmen. Among the images you'll find news on shipping, government, and agriculture. It was also heavy on advertisements and notices. Here's one about the new packet boat, The Edmund Phelan

The Newfoundland magazine: Available issues: 5

The five issues cover the year 1900. It was filled with both fictional stories and memories of Newfoundland life. The ads are a treat to look at as well.

Newfoundland monthly messenger: Available issues: 36

A religious newspaper, there are 12 issues each for the years 1876-1878. It consists mainly of articles of religious instruction. No publication can exist without advertisers, so of course there are advertisements as well. But here and there are news items and obituaries. Here are ones for Mrs. George Cook, and Miss. Mary Langmead from 1876.

The collegian: Available issues: 5

Covering the year 1897, this publication was aimed at Methodist schools. It is interesting in that it lists faculty and students in the publication. Here's a list of the 10 best exam remarks in various classes. It even shows the score for some. A nice little insight into your ancestor's academic achievements!

The Conception-Bay man: Available issues: 100

Covering from 1856-1859, this publication was the liberal leaning counterpart to The Star and Newfoundland Advocate. It's content was also geared towards the merchant class. Here's a rather interesting notice. It seems someone had been going around racking up debts in this man's name

Mail and Advocate: Available issues: 1

Only 1 microfilm covering December 1916.This publication was the "Official Organ of the Fishermen's Protective Union of Newfoundland". As to be expected from the date, it is mainly filled with news about World War I. I did find a notice of Contributions to the Cot Fund from Herring Neck

Evening Advocate: Avaliable Issues:29

Covering from 1917-1924, this newspaper was a sister paper of the Mail and Advocate. One of the more interesting notices I found was about unclaimed mail at the post office. It gives an alphabetical listing of all mail not yet claimed. You can definitely tell that this was in a time before concerns of privacy and identity theft!

The Daily Mail: Available issues: 90

Another great newspaper find. The issues run from January to April 1914. Rather than a trade newspaper, this publication had something for everyone. One of the interesting things I found was this list of crew from the Sealer Newfoundland. A huge storm took the fishing fleet unawares. The entire front page of this issue was devoted to the men and ships feared lost.

These publications are just a sampling of what I found in a quick search. There were many, many more publications in the results.

Alberta Ancestors: Digital Directories on Canadiana

I can't stress enough how important it is to have Canadiana bookmarked on your internet browser. This fantastic free resource has a massive amount of digitized material relating to Canada. While looking for inspiration for my blog post this week, I used the following search term in the main search box:

"Alberta" AND "directory"


When you think "directory", the first thought is City/County directories. These are a great resource, but I wanted to find more "out of the box" results. As usual, Canadiana did not disappoint with unusual material.

Directory of poultry breeders of Alberta, 1918
If your ancestor was in the poultry industry, then this one's for you. Like a regular directory, it has listings with addresses of anyone involved in the industry. It also has advertisements like these ones:

Here's the recent winners of trophies from the Alberta Provincial Poultry Association

Calgary, Alberta, Canada, her industries and resources
This is great resource if your ancestor owned a business in Calgary. Along with the usual advertisements, there are also short sketches of the businesses and owners. Here's one about the local laundry owner, John Dean

Some are longer entries, giving some great details. Look at this lengthy one for George Murdoch

Opportunities in Alberta, 1916
This is one of a series of publications. Their purpose was to entice people to come and settle in the province. They gave overviews of the province as a whole in terms of land and employment opportunities. They also gave details about districts and towns. If you were wanting information on what your ancestor's community was like, these are a good resource. Here's the snippet on what the community of McLeod, Alberta

Henderson's northwest brand book (1889)
If your ancestor was a rancher, you might want to look at this. Each ranch listed describes their brand and where on the animal it is located. Some even have a visual to help

Even better, at the back of the book is a reverse index, showing the brands. You could then go to the page reference and find the ranch it belongs to.


Digest Western law reporter, vols. 1 to 24, Territories law reports vols. 1 to 7 : and the official reports for the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, concurrent with the W.L.R., together with a collection of other cases of special interest to Western Canada / compiled by Thomas T. Rolph and Walter E. Lear
This is an interesting one! If your ancestor was involved in a legal case before 1915, you'll want to look at this. The front of the book lists court cases alphabetically. Look for your case name, and then use the column numbers listed to find the case details

These are just a few examples. While you're at it, also check these links that popped up in the results

• The new West
• The Western Conveyancer
• The Canadian mining manual and companies directory / compiled from the most authentic sources by B.T.A. Bell. : Fourth Year (1894)
• The Grain growers' guide (Available issues: 466)

52 Ancestors: Week 49 - Fall Fairs

Week 49's prompt for the 52 Ancestors challenge is "Craft". A big part of Canadian culture, especially in rural areas, is the fall fairs or exhibitions. Along with livestock and agricultural displays, there were often craft competitions. People of all ages submitted their crafts for judging. There were competitions for woodworking, art, sewing, and knitting to name a few. So where to find resources?



Canadiana
When I used the search term "agricultural fair", I received thousands of hits. Here's a sampling of what I found

• Prize list of the Peninsular Exhibition to be held at the town of Chatham, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th October, 1888 - it doesn't list individual winners, but it does give a listing of the various divisions, and prize amounts. It also lists board members and sponsors.
• Prize list and report of proceedings of the Provincial Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition of Nova Scotia, 1868 - this one is report made after the Fair was over. It lists comoitee members, sponsors, and winners of the competitions.
• Canadian Agriculturalist 1849-1863 - this publication gives recaps of agricultural fairs, along with farming news.

Peel's Prairie Provinces

As usual, this site comes through for resources on Canada's West. Here's a sampling of what I found:

• Agriculture on parade: The story of the fairs and exhibitions of western Canada - If your ancestor was involved in agricultural fairs, then you'll want to take a look at this for context.
• The Stampede: Canada's 2nd annual world's greatest frontier days' celebration, Winnipeg, Canada, August 9th-16th inclusive, 1913: Official program and souvenir
• annual official prize list Author: Weyburn Exhibition.

Newspapers

These are the best way to find out how award winning your ancestor craft skills were. Rural newspapers, especially, posted the winners of competitions. You may even be lucky enough to find  a photo. Here are some places to find newspapers:

• Local libraries
• University libraries
• Provincial and City Archives
• The Ancestor Hunt

Miscellaneous

Here are some "thinking outside the box" sources:

• Canadian Associations of Fairs and Exhibitions - their website lists Fair Associations across the country. Getting in touch with the Associations may give you new leads on historical records.
• CNE Heritage - a great virtual exhibit of the history of the Canadian National Exhibition from the 1870's to the 1980's.
• Canada’s Farming Roots: Agricultural Fairs and Education
• The History of Conklin Shows

52 Ancestors: Week 46 - Poorhouses

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Week 46 of 52 Ancestors is "poor". One can't think of the poor in history without the dreaded "poorhouse" or "workhouse" coming to mind. Most people associate these with Britain, but Canada had them too. These institutions had the official names of "Houses of Industry". They also went by names such as "Poor Asylum". Their goal was to have inmates work to support their admittance into them. These institutions first started to appear in Canada in the late 1700's to early 1800's in Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. In Western Canada, the notion did not appear to take hold, though British Columbia had a similar system. If you would like a good read on the history of social welfare in Canada, you can preview Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History By Alvin Finkel on Google Books. The free preview lets you look at several sections, and it's a very good read. I took some looking around at the provincial archives, and found some various records by province for Eastern and Central Canada. This is by no means a complete list. These will help you get started though.

Newfoundland
Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949. From what I have read, there were porr houses in the province much earlier than the rest of Canada, and they adopted the Poor Law of Elizabeth I. The Rooms has in their holdings a few things relating to poorhouses and asylums:

• Office of the Colonial Secretary fonds Reports Fonds GN 2, Series GN 2.28 1868, 1896, 1899-1909, [1917]
• John Peyton Jr. and Thomas Peyton fonds Fonds MG 323 1805-1911 They were magistrates that dealt with poor relief

Prince Edward Island

PARO has some records in their collection, including Fonds RG34 - Independent Boards and Commissions fonds. This collection deals with the government side of the Poor Asylums and Insane Asylums.

New Brunswick

PANB has a few record sets in their holdings:

• Fonds ID81 - Provincial Lunatic Asylum
• Fonds ID4836 - Leavitt family. Includes an account book for the St. John almshouse
• Fonds MC249 - Saint John almshouse

Nova Scotia

The NSA has in their holdings the Halifax (N.S.). Poor Asylum. This rather notorious institution originally burnt to the ground in 1882. it was rebuilt in 1886.

Quebec

BAnQ has the St. Bridget's Asylum Fund.- 1856-1865 in their holdings. One thing that should be noted about the province is that poor relief was mainly taken on by the church, as opposed to the government. Keep this in mind when looking for records

Ontario

In 1890, Ontario passed the House of Refuge Act. This gave grants to each County to set aside 45 acres for Houses of Industry. In 1903 it became mandatory for each County to have at least one House of Refuge. Because of this, there were much more of these than in any other province. The Archives of Ontario has some fonds of some of them:

• County of Lanark
• Newcastle District Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace grand jury presentments
• Peterborough County Court of General Sessions of the Peace grand jury presentments
• Perth County Grand Jury presentments
• Drawings of House of Industry (Toronto, Ont.)

UPDATE Dec 15 2019: I didn't realize when I wrote the blog post that the AO's links are time sensitive. However, if you go to the Archives of Ontario's website you can still find them. Go into Access Our Collections, then Archives Descriptive Database. Use for your search term "House of Industry" (use the quotation marks), then into Groups of Archival Records.

More Places to Search

Don't forget to look at these other sources for Poorhouse records:

• City/County Archives. In fact, your much more likely to find specific records here than in the Provincial Archives. For instance, The City of Toronto Archives hold the books of the Toronto House of Refuge. The Toronto Branch of Ontario Ancestors has a project going on right now to get these indexed.
• Internet Archive - remember to use a variety of search terms such as "poor house", "almshouse", "house of industry". And remember to include your location as well in the search. They have uploads from all over the world.
• University and College Libraries
• Google. If you know the name of the institution, try using Google. Some of these buildings have been turned into museums, especially in Ontario. Others, like the Waterloo County House of Industry and Refuge, are virtual museums giving an amazing amount of information on not only the residents, but the staff as well.
• As always,Canadiana is a go-to source. "House Of Industry" resulted in 1756 hits. "Poor Asylum" gave 792 hits, and "poor house" gave 3408 hits.

52 Ancestors: Week 37 - Bankruptcy Records

Week 37's prompt for 52 Ancestors is "mistake". Our ancestors were human, just like us. They made mistakes. Some were small, and some were large enough to warrant official notice. One such type would be bankruptcy. This post I'm going to lead you towards sources for bankruptcy records.

The Courts
Of course the first place you should look for bankruptcy records in the court system. There are both federal and provincial governments involved in bankruptcy. The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy is the federal overseer of the majority of the process. If a discharge of the bankruptcy is required through the courts, that is done through the provincial court system. Week 9's post dealt with Canadian Courts, and you can access it here.

You can also search for court cases on the CanLii website. The Canadian Legal Information Institute has digitized the decisions of tens of thousands of court cases across Canada. There are decisions at both the provincial and federal level. They have cases from the 1800's to present day.


Canada Gazette
Back in 2017, I wrote a blog post about the importance of the Canada Gazette to researchers. The official newspaper of the federal government, it contains notices of all manners of petitions and bills passed. You'll especially want to look at this in the early years of the country. Here's an excerpt from November 21, 1846. It shows two notices. The first is that James Robinson is handling the bankruptcy of John Grierson. The second is a notice of an auction sale of the land of Alexander Christie.

On the very same page is another notice discharging the bankruptcy of Peter Pearce.

Make sure you also look the the provincial gazettes as well. Check the provincial government's website to see how you can access copies.

Newspapers
As always, newspapers are a good source to finding "dirt". Check the classified ads for bankruptcy sales. If your ancestor was an upstanding member of the community, you may also find newspaper articles of their financial troubles. here's a couple of notices taken from Ontario newspapers. The first is from The Porcupine Advocate in Timmins, Ontario:

The second is from The Independant in Grimsby, Ontario:

Provincial Archives
Court cases routinely get transferred to provincial archives, and bankruptcy cases are no exception. You may also find interesting items in personal fond collections. For instance:

• F.J.E. Wright was a trustee for bankruptcy cases in Prince Edward Island. His fond collection at the Public Archives and Record Office of Prince Edward Island has details of cases he worked on from 1921 to 1948.
• BAnQ has a new index online called Bankruptcy files of the judicial districts of Quebec, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Montmagny and La Malbaie (1885-1920) (*** NEW on May 30, 2019 ***). While the index itself does not give a lot on information, you can use the result to pin point where to search for records.
• The Archives of Alberta has files pertaining to the Debtors' Assistance Board. The Board assisted those who declared bankruptcy with paying off ceditors, and ran from 1922 to 1964

Canadiana

Yet again, this site contains some gems. When I searched using "bankruptcy", I received some interesting hits. Among these are several historic Canadian law journals. They may or may not mention specific cases, but they do discuss the legal aspects around bankruptcy.

• The Legal News 1878 to 1897
• The Canada Law Journal 1868 to 1922
• The local courts' and municipal gazette  1865 to 1872
• The Manitoba law journal and law reports 1884 and 1885

I also found some digitized items relating to individuals:

• In the matter of R.J. McKiee, Simcoe, Ont., insolvent
• In the Queen's Bench, appeal side : Ann Cecilia Maguire, appellant, and H.L. Routh, respondent : appellant's case
• Catalogue of the library of the late Sheriff Boston, to be sold by auction, at the rooms of the subscribers, Notre Dame Street, on Monday, May 14th, commencing at two o'clock, John Leeming & Co., auctioneers, Montreal, 3rd May 1866
• Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Chancery of Upper Canada