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Ontario historical plaques list — the full alphabetical index, by name
A list of Ontario historical plaques is the bluntest way to search and sometimes the fastest. This Ontario historical plaques list gives every plaque by name, alphabetical, with no filtering by county or subject in between.
How the alphabetical order works
Names are alphabetical on the first word cast on the plaque, so a plaque to a person files under the given name and not the surname — Samuel de Champlain sits under S. It reads oddly, but it matches what you see when you stand in front of the bronze. A list of Ontario historical plaques ordered any other way would fight the plaques themselves.
Using the index by name
If you know roughly what the plaque was called, the index by name is quicker than any other route, and the index runs unbroken from A to Z. If you only know where it stands, the location directory will get you there faster, and every Ontario plaque by name is cross-linked to its county page anyway. The Ontario historical plaques list below is complete; nothing is held back for a second page.
Ontario historical plaques list, A to Z
Every Ontario plaque by name recorded on this site — the full Ontario historical plaques list, unfiltered.
The full list
Why is Samuel de Champlain filed under S?
Because the index follows the first word cast on the plaque, and the plaque says Samuel de Champlain. It reads oddly against a library catalogue, but it matches what you see when you stand in front of the marker, which is the order the rest of the site uses too.
Does the index include plaques with no photograph?
It includes the 132 records that carry no photograph, since the inscription is the substance of the entry. Markers that were never photographed AND never transcribed are listed on their county page instead.
Are removed or destroyed plaques still listed?
Yes, and the record is dated for that reason. A plaque photographed in 2004 may since have been moved, restored or taken away; the entry records what stood there when it was visited rather than silently disappearing when the marker does.
How many entries are in the index?
1,549, recorded between 2004 and 2018. Every one is linked from its county page and, where a subject applies, from its subject page as well.