How you can help

The Library and Archives of Canada depends on the support of volunteers and donors like you!

Your charitable donation helps preserve the history of Canadian Quakers. All donations are tax-deductible in Canada. The Canadian Yearly Meeting's Charitable Business Registration Number is 131770844RR0001.

You can donate to the Archives and Library online using a credit or debit card through the CanadaHelps.org secure website for Canadian Yearly Meeting.

CanadaHelps.org is a registered charity created to accept online donations for Canada's registered charities. While your charitable receipt is issued by CanadaHelps.org, the money you donate goes directly to Canadian Yearly Meeting's Archives Fund.

For more information on this service, please visit the Canadahelps.org website.

A donation by cheque or money order may be mailed to:
Canadian Yearly Meeting
Attention: CYM Archives Fund
91A Fourth Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1S 2L1

Please indicate that your donation is intended for the CYM Archives Fund.

Questions or concerns regarding donations should be directed to the Canadian Yearly Meeting office at the address above or by telephone to 1-888-296-3222 or by email to cym-office@quaker.ca

Donors considering large or significant donations are encouraged to contact the archivist.

Donating Materials

The Quaker Archives and Library of Canada welcomes donations of books, articles, original research, archival material and other ephemera relating to Quakers and Quaker families.

The Archives and Library offers a safe, secure, climate-controlled location and all books and artefacts are cared for according to archival standards.

Significant donations may qualify as a charitable donation for income tax purposes.

Please contact the archivist for more information.

Canadian Friends Historical Association

Interested in Quaker history? Join like-minded people from all over the world and become a member of the Canadian Friends Historical Association.

The Association was founded in 1972 with the aim of preserving and making known the religious, cultural, social and pioneer heritage of Quakers from when they first settled in Canada until today.

The primary activity of the Association is the publication of the Canadian Quaker History Journal, published twice yearly. The Journal offers timely articles on various aspects of Quaker history in Canada.

The Association actively supports The Quaker Archives and Library of Canada by handling genealogical enquiries; by preparing the genealogical indexes; by obtaining oral histories; by providing financial resources to build the research library; and publishing research.

To that end, the Association has also begun publishing monographs on various aspects of Quaker history in Canada. Discounts are available to members of the Association for all publications. Other publications include genealogical indexes to the Quaker records. An index of the records of Yonge Street Monthly Meeting (covering much of central Ontario, including Newmarket, Uxbridge, Whitchurch, Pickering, King, Mariposa and Collingwood) has already been published. Genealogical files are maintained for other meetings in Canada. They can be consulted in the Dorland Room at Pickering College.

Membership in the Association is open to Friends and all interested Individuals, Friends Meetings, Libraries and other institutions. Membership rates are:

Membership applications should be sent to:
Canadian Friends Historical Association,
60 Lowther Avenue,
Toronto, Ont., Canada M5R 1C7