Here's a clickable photo of one of the 1291 historical plaques on this site.

Here are the 12 latest plaques to be posted on this site.

Click on any of them to go to their webpage.

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For Black History Month, here are 33 plaques you might find of interest:

African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oro
Black Settlement in Oro Township
The Buxton Settlement
The Buxton Settlement 1849
Chloe Cooley and the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada
The "Colored Corps" 1812-1815
The Dawn Settlement
Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott 1837-1913
First Baptist Church, Puce
Harriet Ross Tubman c.1820-1913
John Brown's Convention 1858
Josiah Henson (1789-1883)
Major Charles Stuart 1783-1865
Mary and Henry Bibb
Mary Ann Shadd Cary 1823-1893
Mary Ann Shadd (Cary) (1823-1893)
The Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
Negro Burial Ground 1830
Old St. Paul's Church & Christ Church
Otterville African Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery
The Provincial Freeman Newspaper
Puce River Black Community
The Queen's Bush Settlement, 1820-1867
R. Nathaniel Dett Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church
Reverend Anthony Burns 1834-1862
Richard Pierpoint c.1744-c.1838
Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church
The Sandwich First Baptist Church
Sandwich First Baptist Church 1851
The Underground Railroad in Canada
The Upper Canadian Act Against Slavery (1793)
The Wilberforce Settlement 1830
William and Susannah Steward House

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My name is Alan L Brown and I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I'm a 64 year old retired school librarian who left the profession in June, 2002. I've had an interest in plaques since I was a kid. Now that I'm retired, I set out, in March 2004, with my trusty digital camera, to take a photo of each of the Provincial government's Ontario Heritage Trust plaques and create a page for each on this site. As well, beginning in May, 2009, I have begun adding all the Federal government's Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaques in Ontario to this site.

Using the menu at the top or bottom of each page, you can access the plaques by way of the Index, Subjects, Locations, and Search links. As well, the menu gives you access to a list of links to other sites and a link to send me an email.

Please note that all the historical plaques in the City of Toronto are not posted here but can be seen on my other website, torontohistory.org

I'd like to acknowledge the work done by Wayne Cook on his website. He has granted me permission to copy his plaque text for use on my website. I'd also like to thank these fine people who have contributed photographs of plaques to this site:
Brenda Hopkins, Rick Mason, Denis Gionet, Colin Old, David Burbridge, Glenn Walker, Blair Olsen, Bill Patterson, Kevin Howard, Dwayne Howard, David & Kellie Clifford, Jean Paul, Lauren Roberts, Jonathan Grigg, Ronald Kirkbride, Murray Wilson, Jill Poulin, Zoë Edwards, Bill Moody, Bill Jarvis, Wayne Adam, Merrill Collins, Tony White, Andrew Cresswell, Michael Dube, Burke Lush, Harry Slaunwhite, Karl Jacob, Heather Macdonald, Lianne Johnson Lowens, Mario G. Lafreniere, George Nassas, Ken Watson, Tyler Kells, Colin Semple, Michael Kelly, Thomas William Kirkbride, Trevor Eaton Cordes, Belinda Betz, Chris Porter, Wayne Cook, Ontario Parks, Blain Taylor, Geoff Chalcraft, Michael Anttila, William Stewart, Sarnia Heritage Committee, Wendy Dawes, Raymond Rochon, Alison Mitchell-Reid, Joshua Reyes, K'an, Guernsey Museums & Galleries, Matthew Hoskin, Dave Cooper, Ian Ericksen, Robert Griffin, Jamie Toeppner, Jay Smith, Debbie Gagain and Robert Staniforth, Dave Fernie, Allison and Dave Corbett, Robert Youngs, Jocelyn Gordon, Barry Sullivan, Cliff Thornton, John Wulff, Betty Ritchie, LeeAnn Beer, Brian Schuette, Mona Albano, Kim Allerton, Pat Harwood, Eugenio DiMeo, Brian Herling, Sherry Roy, John Carman Shultis, Stephanie Spencer, David Brown, Rhonda Fetterly, Kal Biro, Dawn Monroe and Steven Smellie. If you'd like to see the photos they contributed, just copy their name and paste it into the box on my Search Page.

Besides this site, I run a website for kids called Just For Kids Who Love Books. As well, in July of 2006 I began a site about Toronto's history called torontohistory.org.

All photographs on this site were taken by me unless otherwise acknowledged. My photos are freely available to whomever wishes to download them as long as the source is acknowledged with the words "Photo used with permission from the website www.ontarioplaques.com." underneath the photo.