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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)
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 appointment only, and with the exception of major Jewish holidays.
Telephone: (514) 931-7531 | Email: archives@cjarchives.ca
Jewish Public Library Archives
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.
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/
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
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and 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
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Archives
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
The 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
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: Chase Nelson
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
Archivist: Carly Heffner
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/
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
Quebec:
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
5220 Boul. Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2T 1S1
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