The Grace Schmidt Room of Local History
Assessment
Records in the GSR
Introduction
Assessment records establish
the value of the land for taxation. In addition to the taxation information, assessment records include the
age of the head of the household, his occupation
and the amount of statute labour (the number of
hours that a person had to spend maintaining the
roads in the area).
Records
Held
The
earliest assessment records in the GSR are the
GORE DISTRICT microfilm, for any period between
1816 and 1840. Check the list for the exact records
for each township. The list is kept on the top
of the microfilm cabinet in the GSR.
Ayr
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
Berlin
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
There
is a printed copy of the 1897 assessment rolls
in the WHS collection. See:
WHS
KIT Shelf 69
Bridgeport
The
assessment rolls for the following years are stored
in the Archives:
1951-1959
1961-1964
1967-1969 (green binders)
Elmira
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
Other
assessment rolls are held at:
Township
of Woolwich
P.O. Box 158
69 Arthur Street South
Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6
Tel: 669-1647, ext. 238 or 239 (Clerk’s
Department)
Galt
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
Check
with the City of Cambridge Archives for more modern
records.
City
of Cambridge Archives
46 Dickson Street, 2nd Floor
Cambridge, ON N1R 1T7
Tel: 519-740-4680 (Main Clerk’s Reception)
Email: archives@city.cambridge.on.ca
Hespeler
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
Check
with the City of Cambridge Archives for more modern
records.
Kitchener
Check with the City of Kitchener for assessment records.
Hilda Sturm, Administrator
Tel: 519-741-2283
Email hilda.sturm@kitchener.ca
Or
Christine Tarling, Manager
Tel: 519-741-2769
Email: christine.tarling@kitchener.ca
Corporate Records Management & Archives
City of Kitchener
2nd Floor, Berlin Tower
City Hall, P.O. Box 1118
200 King Street West
Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7
New
Hamburg
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
North
Dumfries
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
The
Township of North Dumfries has assessment rolls
from 1889 to the present.
Contact
:
Corporation of the Township of North Dumfries
1171 Greenfield Road,
R.R.#4,
Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5S5
Telephone: (519) 621-0340 or 1-800-563-5595 (Clerk’s
Office)
Preston
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
Check
with the City of Cambridge Archives for more modern
records.
Waterloo
(City)
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
For
modern rolls, contact:
City of Waterloo
Clerks/Corporate Secretary
Waterloo City Centre
1st Floor
100 Regina Street South
Waterloo, ON N2J 4A8
Tel: 519 747-8549
Waterloo
Township
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
Original
assessment records for 1853-1960 (also unbound
sheets for 1965-1966) are stored in the Archives.
Wellesley
Township
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
The
township office has assessment rolls for the years:
1921-1941
1948-1949
1951-1953
1955
1957-1973
1975- present
Contact:
Corporation of Township of Wellesley
4639 Lobsinger Line
R.R.#1
St. Clements, ON N0B 2M0
Tel:519-669-4611
The
township office is actually located in Crosshill.
Wilmot
Township
See
list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
The
GSR has a photocopy of the 1836 Wilmot Township
Collector Roll - KPL VF “Wilmot Township
Collector’s Roll 1836”.
Original
assessment rolls from 1850-1961 are stored at
the Township of Wilmot Administration Office,
located at Castle Kilbride. For more information,
contact:
Corporation
of the Township of Wilmot
60 Snyder Road West
Baden, ON N3A 1A1
Tel: 634-8444 (Toll free 1-800-469-5576)
Woolwich
Township
The
WHS has Woolwich township assessment rolls for
the years:
1839-1840 WHS/WOO Shelf 114
1842 WHS/WOO Shelf 114
1853 WHS/WOO Shelf 62
For
other years, see list of “Assessment
Records on Microfiche”.
For
modern assessment rolls, contact:
Township
of Woolwich
P.O. Box 158
69 Arthur Street South
Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6
Tel: 669-1647, ext. 238 or 239 (Clerk’s
Department)
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