City and County Directories Online

– for the counties of Carleton, Dundas, Glengarry, Lanark, Prescott, Renfrew, Russell and Stormont 1916
Publisher: H. Vernon, Hamilton, Ont., 1916
http://www.archive.org/details/vernoncarleton00vernuoft

City of Ottawa and Carleton County directories can be downloaded in various formats (e.g. PDF, DjVu).

Note: there is a repeated error in the archive.org website for all these directories in the URL to download the DjVu file. The URL shows as http://www.archive.org/stream/ottawadirec190900midiuoft/ottawadirec190900midiuoft.djvu but it should be http://www.archive.org/download/ottawadirec190900midiuoft/ottawadirec190900midiuoft.djvu, i.e. the “stream” folder in the path is incorrect and should be “download”. Simply copy the URL from the archive.org webpage, edit to patch the path, then paste in your browser address bar (as of Dec 2008 and since at least May 2008).

Note: the archive.org FAQ provides an out of date URL to download a DjVu viewer. Instead use this URL http://www.celartem.com/en/download/djvu.asp (as of Dec 2008 and since at least July 2008).

Note: Additional select years and streets in hard copy, available from JMC:

Year	Streets	Year	Streets
Ottawa 1907	– Ottawa South (all)	Ottawa 1908	– Belmont Ave
Ottawa 1910	– Bank St – Belmont Ave – Riverdale Ave	Ottawa 1920	– Bank St – Belmont Ave – Riverdale Ave
Ottawa 1921	– Bank St – Belmont Ave Names: MacDonald, McDonald, Spratt	Ottawa 1922	– Bank St – Belmont Ave Names: MacDonald, McDonald
Ottawa 1925	– Bank St – Belmont Ave – Riverdale Ave Fire department	Ottawa 1927	– Bank St
Ottawa 1930	– Bank St – Belmont Ave – Riverdale Ave Names: MacDonald Fire department, post office	Ottawa 1935	– Bank St – Belmont Ave – Riverdale Ave Names: MacDonald Fire department, post office, aldermen
Ottawa 1940	– Belmont Ave Names: Macdonald, Stewart Fire department, post office	Ottawa 1945	– Bank St – Belmont Ave Names: Forbes
Ottawa 1946	– Bank St – Belmont Ave Names: Forbes

Abbreviations used in the directories

1901 directory

1909 directory

1915 directory

Ottawa directories available via Library & Archives Canada

There are many older Ottawa city directories online – see Canadian Directories via the LAC website:

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/canadiandirectories/index-e.html

Using the Search the database function, there is a pull-down menu to specify which directory and many older Ottawa directories (i.e. pre-1900) are available, including as of May 2010:

Business … Directory…of All Cities in Ontario…1899-1900
Cherrier & Kirwin’s Ottawa Directory for 1872-73
Counties of Carleton, Lanark…and Ottawa Directory 1884
Eastern Ontario Gazetteer and Directory for 1898-99
Farmers’ and Business Directory…Carleton, Dundas: 1885-6; 1886-7
Hunter, Rose & Co.’s City of Ottawa Directory for 1870-71
Lovell’s Province of Ontario Directory for 1871
Mitchell & Co.’s Canada Classified Directory for 1865-66
Mitchell & Co.?s Carleton and Ottawa Directory 1864-5
Ontario Gazetteer and Business Directory: 1884-5; 1886-7; 1888-9; 1892-3; 1895
The Ottawa Citizen Directory of Ottawa, 1863
Ottawa and Counties of Carleton and Russell Directory
City of Ottawa Directory 1873-74; 1874-75; 1875; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888-89; 1889-90; 1890-91; 1891-92; 1893-94; 1895-96; 1896-97; 1897-98; 1898-99; 1899
The Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory 1869
Sutherland’s City of Ottawa Directory: 1868; 1869-70

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