Print Toronto City Directories
The best place to conduct searches in print Toronto city directories is the Humanities and Social Sciences Department reading room on the 2nd floor of the Toronto Reference Library. Housed on open shelves, the bound volumes are either photocopies (1833-1950) or originals (1951-2001), not microfilms, and can be viewed without requesting them from staff.
Pre-1951 original directories are fragile and may only be viewed upon staff request in the Marilyn and Charles Baillie Special Collections Centre on the 5th floor of the Toronto Reference Library.
Print Toronto city directories (listed by publication date)
Note: Not all catalogue records for print copies are included. Links are made to the catalogue record that has the most complete and accurate information for the item.
- 1833
- 1837
- 1843
- 1846
- 1850
- 1856
- 1859
- 1861
- 1862
- 1864
- 1866
- 1867 - 1868 (Chewitt)
- 1868 (Anderson)
- 1870 (York County)
- 1870-1871
- 1871 (York Country)
- 1872 - 1873 (Irwin)
- 1873 (Cherrier, Kirwin & McGown)
- 1874 - 1876 (Fisher & Taylor)
- 1876 (Yorkville)
- 1877 - 1879
- 1880 (Not catalogued)
- 1881 (Parkdale)
- 1881 - 1882
- 1883 - 1888
- 1889 - 1899
- 1900
- 1901 - 1959
- 1906 (Toronto Junction)
- 1907 (East Toronto)
- 1908 (North Toronto; microfiche) Temporarily unavailable
- 1909 (York Township)
- 1935 (York County)
- 1951 (York Mills) Temporarily unavailable
- 1957 (Willowdale) Temporarily unavailable
- 1958 (Suburban)
- 1958 - 1965 (Toronto east & north-east suburban)
- 1958 - 1965 (Toronto west & north-west suburban)
- 1960 - 1968
- 1966 (Greater Suburban)
- 1969 - 1986
- 1988 - 1994
- 1995 - 1999 (North York)
- 1995 - 1999 (West of Yonge & York)
- 1995 - 1999 (East of Yonge & East York)
- 1995 - 1998
2000 - 2001 (Scarborough) - 1996/7 - 1999 (Scarborough)
- 1996
1998 - 1999 (Etobicoke) - 2000 - 2001 (Central West York)