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General inquiries

Email: cjhn@cjarchives.ca

If possible, please include a link to any records related to your inquiry.

Reporting of errors

The policy of all partner organizations of the Canadian Jewish Heritage Network is to promote accuracy and to refrain from publishing private information about living persons. To report corrections or concerns, please contact our primary address or the appropriate repository address listed below.

Project coordinators

Janice Rosen
General Coordinator
jrosen@cjarchives.ca

Maya Pasternak
Development Coordinator
Maya.Pasternak@jplmontreal.org

Archival repositories represented on this site


Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives (formerly CJC (CC) National Archives)

Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives 

Archives Director: Janice Rosen | Archives Technician: Melissa Castron | Archives Assistant: Hélène Vallée

Address:

Suite 211, 4810 Rue Jean-Talon Ouest,
Montreal, QC H4P 2N5

Hours*

Monday - Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Friday 9:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

* By appoitment only, and with the exception of major Jewish holidays.

Telephone: (514) 931-7531 | Email: archives@cjarchives.ca | Website: https://cjarchives.ca

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Jewish Public Library Archives

Jewish Public Library Archives

Archives Director: Maya Pasternak | Reference Archivist: Sam Pappas | Digital Archivist: Leah Graham |
Processing Archivist: Kate Moore | Education Outreach Coordinator: Ellen Belshaw | Digital Outreach Coordinator: Ezell Carter | Archivist Emeritus: Eiran Harris
 

Address:

1 Cummings Square, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine Rd.,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3W 1M6

Hours*

Monday - Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

* By appointment only, and with the exception of major Jewish holidays

Telephone: (514) 734-1518 | Email: archives@jplmontreal.org | Website: https://jplarchives.org/

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Montreal Holocaust Museum

Montreal Holocaust Museum

Museum & Collection Coordinator: Marie-Blanche Fourcade

Address:

1 Cummings Square, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine Rd.,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3W 1M6

Hours *

Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

* With the exception of major Jewish holidays.

Telephone: (514) 345-2605 • Email: info@museeholocauste.ca | Website: https://museeholocauste.ca/en/

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Ottawa Jewish Archives

Ottawa Jewish Archives

Archivist: Teigan Goldsmith

Located in the Soloway Jewish Community Centre:

21 Nadolny Sachs Private,
Ottawa, ON, K2A 1R9

Hours

Monday - Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Telephone: (613) 798-4696, ext.260 | Email: archives@jewishottawa.com | Website: http://jewishottawa.com/ottawa-jewish-archives

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Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives

Shaar Hashomayim Museum & Archives

Archivist: Hannah Srour-Zackon

The Shaar Hashomayim' museum collection is accessible by appointment only. 

To inquire about Shaar Hashomayim material displayed on the CJHN website, contact: hsrourzackon@theshaar.org 

Website: https://www.shaarhashomayim.org/archives

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The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Archives

The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue

To inquire about the Synagogue's material displayed on the CJHN website, contact: cjhn@cjarchives.ca

The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue's archival collection is accessible by appointment only. For more information see: http://www.thespanish.org

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The Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

Curator/Archivist: Katherine Biggs-Craft

Address:

91 Leinster Street,
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2L 1J2

Hours*

The Museum is open from May to November, from 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. Also open on Sundays in July and August from 1 PM to 4 PM.

Group tours and access to the library and archives are available by appointment.

*With the exception of major Jewish holidays.

Telephone: (506) 633-1833 | Fax: (506) 642-9926 | Email: sjjhm@nbnet.nb.ca | Website: http://jewishmuseumsj.com/home.html

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Other Resources

Jewish heritage materials are also preserved in the following institutions across Canada, from west to east:


British Columbia:

JEWISH MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver

Administered by the Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia

6184 Ash Street, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 3G9

Archivist: Alysa Routtenberg | Telephone: (604) 257-5199

archives@jewishmuseum.ca | http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/

VANCOUVER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTRE, Vancouver

50 - 950 W 41st Ave Vancouver, BC, V5Z 2N7 Canada

Executive Director: Nina Krieger; Archivist: Shyla Seller

Telephone: (604) 264-0499 | Fax: (604)264-0497

info@vhec.org | http://vhec.org

Alberta:

JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA, Calgary

1607-90th Ave. S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2V 4V7

Telephone: (403) 444-3171 | Fax: (403) 253-7915

jhssa@shaw.ca | http://www.jhssa.org

JAHSENA (Jewish Archives & Historical Society of Edmonton & Northern Alberta), Edmonton

10220-156 St., Suite 200, Edmonton, AB T5P 2R1

Telephone: (780) 489-2809 | Fax: (780) 481-1854

jahsena@shaw.ca | https://jahsena.ca

Manitoba:

JEWISH HERITAGE CENTRE OF WESTERN CANADA, Winnipeg

C116 - 123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3N 2B2

Telephone: (204) 477-7460 (7461) | Fax: (204) 477-7465

jhc@jhcwc.org | http://www.jhcwc.mb.ca/

Ontario:

ONTARIO JEWISH ARCHIVES, Toronto

4600 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, M2R 3V2

Telehpone: (416) 635-5391 | Fax: (416) 849-1006

ojainquiries@ujafed.org | http://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/

BETH TZEDEC REUBEN AND HELENE DENNIS MUSEUM, Toronto

1700 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ont. M5P 3K3

Telephone: (416) 781-3511

museum@beth-tzedec.org | http://www.beth-tzedec.org/museum/

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA, Ottawa

395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0N4

Archives search: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/arch

Reference questions by phone: 1-866-578-7777 (toll-free in Canada and US)

Reference questions by email: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/assistance-request-form

JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL ARCHIVES/ ARCHIVES DE L'HOPITAL GENERAL JUIF, Montreal

3755 ch. de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine Rd., A-200, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2

Telephone: 514-340-8222 #3277

legacy@jgh.mcgill.ca | http://www.jgh.ca/en/archives

MUSEUM OF JEWISH MONTREAL, website

A not-for-profit organization that collects, maps, and shares the history and experiences of the Montreal Jewish community online and through walking tours, exhibits, and other public programming.

Director: Zev Moses

info@imjm.ca | https://museemontrealjuif.ca/