Municipal records
The Clerk's Office is responsible for recording, archiving, and disposing of corporate municipal records based on the Records Management By-law. If records are not available through a City Department, you may be able to locate the records with a request records from the permanent archives collection by e-mail.
A Freedom of Information Request may be required depending on the type of records requested. Certain fees may also apply.
Commonly searched for records
If you are looking for the following records, please contact the appropriate organization, or City department:
- Ancestry and Genealogy: Kawartha Lakes Public Library
- Building Permits: Building Division
- Planning Information: Planning Division
- Police Reports: Kawartha Lakes Police Service or the Ontario Provincial Police
- Septic Tanks: Building Division
- Surveys, and Property Boundary Information: any local land surveyor
- Tax Bills, and current assessment roll books with property ownership information: Revenue and Taxation
- Titles, Deeds, and Mortgages registered on a property: Land Registry Office
Historic records and archives
Many historic public records and ancestry researching tools are available in the Reference Section of the Kawartha Lakes Public Library Lindsay branch.
You can make an appointment to view documents or artifacts not located at the Library by contacting the Records Centre. It stores permanent Municipal records for the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Workshops
Caring for your Family Archives
Update The March 27 workshop is now full. A second workshop date has been added due to popular demand. Register online (below) for the second workshop, on April 10 from 3pm to 5:30pm at the Lindsay Library.
Are you interested in preserving your family history and keeping cherished memories intact for future generations?
Back by popular demand, join Angela Fornelli, Manager of Corporate Records and Archival Services for Kawartha Lakes, for the Caring for your Family Archives Workshop. This workshop dives into range of topics to give you the knowledge and skills to care and conserve your family archives, in an era where the preservation of digital and physical records is increasingly crucial.
The second workshop will take place on April 10, 2025 from 3:00 pm to 5:30pm at the Lindsay Library (190 Kent St W, Lindsay, ON K9V 2Y6). This is a free event and space is limited, so we encourage early registration to secure your spot.
Workshop Highlights:
- Best ways to store your records
- Care and conservation of records (Scotch tape is not the answer)
- Home preservation
- How to choose the best records and photographs to save
- How to properly display your archival items
- Correct use of white gloves
- What may be a hazard to your health (Safety film is not safe)
- Resources for more information
For more information about the workshop and other Municipal Archives related questions, contact Angela Fornelli at 705-878-3030 or afornelli@kawarthalakes.ca.
Past workshop: Caring for your Family Archives
Angela Fornelli, Manager of Corporate Records and Archival Services for Kawartha Lakes, hosted a free Caring for your family archives workshop. This workshop gave attendees the knowledge and skills to care and preserve their own family archives.
The workshop was featured in Season 2, Episode 20 of Spotlight Kawartha, Cable Cable channel #26 and Rogers Ignite channel #548.
Watch the full episode on the Rogers TV Youtube for Angela's workshop.
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