Research Guide:
Patients of the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital

Years of Operation:
January 21, 1890–September 1, 1979

Known As:
Mimico Branch Asylum (1889–1894)
Mimico Insane Asylum (1894–1911)
Mimico Hospital for the Insane (1911–1920)
Ontario Hospital, Mimico (1920–1934)
Ontario Hospital, New Toronto (1934–1964)
Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital (1964–1979)

Also Known As:
Mimico Asylum
New Toronto Asylum
Lakeshore Sanatorium

Overview:
Names of patients resting at the hospital’s cemetery can be obtained by contacting the Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project. Some limited information pertaining to patients is available online from the Ontario Vital Statistics Project. Clinical casebooks of patients up to the year of 1964 are available for consultation at the Archives of Ontario.

Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project
Web Site: http://www.psychiatricsurvivorarchives.com/cemetery/
Contact: 416-251-8666
Hours: n/a
Note: Deborah Quiggin will note your request and forward it to Ed Janiszewski, who will then contact you.

The Ontario Vital Statistics Project
Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onvsr/
Note: This site is solely intended as a quick reference, and the volunteers do not accept research requests.
To search the database, click on “Deaths.’ Then, you will be redirected to a search engine, where you can enter the last name of your ancestor or go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onvsr/deaths.htm.

Archives of Ontario
Address: 134 Ian Macdonald Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2C5 [map]
Web Site: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/
Contact: reference@ontario.ca, 1-800-668-9933 (toll free, Ontario only), 416-327-1600 or use a contact form available here: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/about/contact.aspx
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am–5:00pm
Archival Record Series:
RG 10-298: Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital patients’ clinical casebooks
RG 10-299: Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital patient registers
Note: Some files are protected under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Requests for access to records one hundred years old or less must be submitted in writing to the Information and Privacy Unit of the Archives of Ontario. Please refer to the web site of the Archives for more information.

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