VancouverArchives

The City of Vancouver Archives has documented and preserved Vancouver's past since 1933 when the first City Archivist Major J. S. Matthews was appointed by City Council. We are a public institution administered by the City of Vancouver and the official repository of Vancouver's civic government records.

The Archives houses original records dating to Vancouver's earliest exploration and settlement, including those donated by private individuals, organizations, businesses and families. 

We have over 2,000 linear metres of textual records; 1.5 million photographic images; hundreds of audio recordings and moving images;  over six thousand maps; thousands of plans of built heritage and landscape architecture; over 1,000 works of documentary art; electronic records; and City publications.

Our film and video holdings include works created by the City to document its activities, home movies, and documentaries. For more films, see http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/