Assessment Records

 

The information in this section is divided into two parts:

 

 

 

Assessment Records in the GSR

 

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

 

Ayr

Berlin

Elmira

Galt

Hespeler

Kitchener

New Hamburg

North Dumfries

Preston

Waterloo

Waterloo Township

Wellesley Township

Wilmot Township

Woolwich Township

 

 

 

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.

 

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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

 

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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)

 

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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

 

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Hespeler

 

See list of Assessment Records on Microfiche.

 

Check with the City of Cambridge Archives for more modern records.

 

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Kitchener

 

Check with the City of Kitchener for assessment records.

 

Hilda Sturm

Administrator, Corporate Records Management & Archives


Tel: 519-741-2283
Email: hilda.sturm@kitchener.ca

 

Or

 

Christine Tarling

Manager, Corporate Records Management & Archives


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

 

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New Hamburg

 

See list of Assessment Records on Microfiche.

 

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North Dumfries

 

See list of Assessment Records on Microfiche.

 

The Township of North Dumfries has assessment rolls from 1889 to the present.

 

For information about the assessment rolls, contact :

Corporation of the Township of North Dumfries
1171 Greenfield Road,
R.R.#4,
Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5S5

Tel: (519) 621-0340 or 1-800-563-5595 (Clerk’s Office)

 

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Preston

 

See list of Assessment Records on Microfiche.

 

Check with the City of Cambridge Archives for more modern records.

 

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Waterloo (City)

 

See list of Assessment Records on Microfiche.

 

For modern rolls, contact:

City of Waterloo
Clerks/Corporate Secretary
Waterloo City Centre
100 Regina Street South, 1st Floor
Waterloo, ON N2J 4A8


Tel: 519 747-8549

 

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Waterloo Township

 

See list of Assessment Records on Microfiche.

 

 

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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

 

For more information about the assessment rolls, 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.

 

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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)

 

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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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