Fire insurance plans

A fire insurance plan is a large scale urban map or set of maps of a community. These plans show in detail by means of colour or symbols:

• the character of the outside and inside construction of buildings
• building heights
• occupancy or use of individual or groups of buildings
• street widths
• street numbers
• property lines
• water pipes or mains, fire hydrants and fire alarm boxes.

The fire insurance list is arranged alphabetically by city. The following information is provided:

• city
• date
• coverage - complete unless otherwise indicated
• producer of plan
• call number / location

The fire insurance plans are for use in the library only.

Ayr

December 1884, [revised 1904]
1 sheet on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.A89G475.A9x 1884 Geospatial Centre

Baden

July 1894, [revised 1904]
2 sheets on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.B23G475.B3x 1894 Geospatial Centre

Baden linseed oil mills

August 1953
1 sheet on 1 microfiche
Toronto Elevators Ltd.
G3464.B23G475.B3x 1894 Geospatial Centre

Berlin (see also Kitchener)

August 1894, revised 1904
12 sheets on 2 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.K7G475.K5x 1894 Geospatial Centre
G3464.K7G475 1904.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room. 1st floor

Blyth

October 1926
4 sheets on 2 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.B53G475 1926.U5x Geospatial Centre

Bridgeport (see Kitchener, Feb. 1908, revised and reprinted Jan. 1947)

Burlington

May 1924
8 sheets on 4 pages, both sides, includes index on sheet 1
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.B9G475 1924.U5x Geospatial Centre

Cambridge (see Galt, Hespeler, Preston)

Chesterville

May 1928
5 sheets on 3 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.C48G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre

Clarksburg

August 1926
1 sheet
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.C545G475 1926.U5x Geospatial Centre

Creemore

June 1929
2 sheets on 1 page, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.C73G475 1929.U5x Geospatial Centre

Delhi

January 1949
7 sheets
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.D4G475 1949.U5x Geospatial Centre

Dundas

July 1951
13 sheets, includes index on sheet 1
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.D8G475 1951.U5x Geospatial Centre

Egmondville (see Seaforth)

Elmira

August 1894, revised July 1904
2 sheets on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.E56G475.E5x 1904 Geospatial Centre
G3464.E56G475 1904.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Elmira

April 1923
3 sheets
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.E56G475 1923 .U5x Geospatial Centre
H0117 - UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Elmira

August 1949
1 sheet on 1 microfiche
C. N. Lloyd
G3464.E56G475 1949.L56x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Elora

October 1890
2 sheets on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
MFCL 5370 Geospatial Centre

Exeter

September 1926
6 sheets
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.E9G475 1926.U5x Geospatial Centre

Fergus

October 1921
5 sheets, 1 index on 1 microfiche
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
MFCL 5371 1921 Geospatial Centre

Fergus

October 1921, revised August 1935
6 sheets, 1 index on 1 microfiche
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
MFCL 5372 Geospatial Centre
3 sheet, number 3, 5, 6
G3463.F4G475.I5x 1935 Geospatial Centre

Galt

August 1910, revised December 1913
35 sheets, index on 4 microfiche, numbers 21-22 lacking
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.C18:3G3G475 1913.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Galt

August 1929
25 sheets, 1 index
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.C18:3G3G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre
G3464.C18:3G3G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre (cpy 2)
H0115 - UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Guelph

Febuary 1897, revised November 1907, revised 1916
38 sheets on 4 microfiche, numbers 5-6 lacking
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.G9G475 1916.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Guelph

March 1922, revised October 1929
38 sheets, indexes on 4 microfiche
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.G9G475.I5x 1929 Geospatial Centre
G3464.G9G475 1929.U53x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Guelph

March 1922, revised April 1946
54 sheets on 6 microfiche
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.G9G475 1946.U53x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Guelph

1960
78 sheets, numbers 56, 79-93 lacking
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
H0123 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Hanover

October 1925
6 sheets on 3 sheets, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.H33G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre

Harriston

May 1894, reprinted June 1920
3 sheet on 2 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.H36G475 1920.U5x Geospatial Centre

Hespeler

June 1885
1 sheet on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
MFCL 5374 Geospatial Centre

Hespeler

June 1885, revised 1904
2 sheets on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.C18:3H4G475 1904.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Hespeler

September 1910, contains some notes with date 1917
8 sheets on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.C18:3H4G475 1910.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Hespeler

September 1910, revised 1917
8 sheets on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.C18:3H4G475 1917.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Hespeler

Febuary 1947
10 sheets
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.C18:3H4G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre
G3464.C18:3H4G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre (cpy 2)
H0120 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Jarvis

May 1909
2 sheets on 1 page, both sides
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.J3G475 1909.G6x Geospatial Centre

Kitchener (see also Berlin)

Kitchener

Febuary 1908, revised March 1917
50 sheets on 4 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.K7G475 1917.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Kitchener (including the village of Bridgeport)

Febuary 1908, revised and reprinted January 1947
54 sheets, index on 53 pages, one page both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.K7G475sO6.U5x Geopspatial Centre
54 sheets, 1 index on 28 pages, both sides
G3464.K7G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre (cpy 2)
54 sheets
H0122 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Linwood

April 1937
3 sheets on 1 microfiche
Provincial Insurance Surveys
G3464.L564G475.P7x 1937 Geospatial Centre

Meaford

December 1925
9 sheets
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.M4G475 1935.U5x Geospatial Centre

Mitchell

September, October 1925
5 sheets on 3 pages, both sides
number 1: September 1925
numbers 2-4: October 1925
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.M585G475 1925.U5x Gepspatial Centre

Mount Forest

October 1904, revised October 1926
5 sheets, numbers 2-5: October 1904
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.M59G475 1926.U5x Geospatial Centre

New Hamburg

1885, [revised] 1904
2 sheets on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.N385G475 1904.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Norwich

December 1928
5 sheets, includes index on sheet 1
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.N682G475 1928.U5x Geospatial Centre

Orangeville

December 1907
14 sheets on 7 pages, both sides
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.O62G475 1907.U5x Geospatial Centre

Orangeville

December 1907, revised December 1935
14 sheets (numbers 1,2 have 2 copies)
numbers 1,2: December 1935
numbers 3-14: December 1907
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.O62G475 1935.U5x Geospatial Centre

Palmerston

May 1914
2 sheets
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.P356G475 1913.G6x Geospatial Centre

Paris

November 1913
18 sheets
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.P37G475 1913.G6x Geospatial Centre

Port Stanley

Febuary 1925
3 sheets on 2 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.P68G475 1925.U5x Geospatial Centre

Preston

1910, revised 1917
16 sheets on 2 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.C18:3P7G475 1917.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Preston

September 1910, [revised] & reprinted March 1924
16 sheets (numbers 1,10,12,13 have 2 copies) - Geospatial Centre
16 sheets - Geospatial Centre
numbers 1,10,12, 13: revised March 1924
numbers 2-9, 11: September 1910
number 14: March 1917
numbers 15,16: March 1917, reprinted March 1924
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.C18:3P7G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre
G3464.C18:3P7G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre (cpy 2)
16 sheets
H0121 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Rockwood

October 1904
2 sheets, includes index on sheet 1
Chas. E. Goad, Ltd.
G3464.R628G475 1904.C4x Geospatial Centre

Seaforth (including village of Egmondville)

August 1923
6 sheets on 3 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.S43G475 1923.U5x Geospatial Centre

Shakespeare

April 1901
1 sheet
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.S45G475 1901.G6x Geospatial Centre

Simcoe

April 1949
18 sheets
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.S5G475 1949.U5x Geospatial Centre

Stayner

December 1924
3 sheets on 2 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.S62G475 1924.U5x Geospatial Centre

St. Jacobs

July 1904
1 sheet on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.S242G475.S2x 1904 Geospatial Centre
1 sheet
H0119 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

St. Marys

December 1919
7 sheets, includes index on sheet 1
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.S25G475 1922.U5x Geospatial Centre

Stratford

December 1949
30 sheets, on 16 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.S7G475 1949.U5x Geospatial Centre
30 sheets, 1 index
G3464.S7G475 1949.U5x Geospatial Centre (cpy 2)

Tara

August 1926
2 sheets
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.T27G475 1926.U5x Geospatial Centre

Tavistock

Febuary 1926
3 sheets on 2 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.T3G475 1926.U5x Geospatial Centre

Thornbury

July 1925
4 sheets on 2 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.T447G475 1925.U5x Geospatial Centre

Toronto

1883 and 1890, atlas
39 sheets, 1884
50 sheets, 1890
Chas. E. Goad
G1149.T7G6x 1984 Geospatial Centre
H1930 Musagetes, Architectural library

Tottenham

December 1928
2 sheets
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.T67G475 1928.U5x Geospatial Centre

Wasaga Beach

April 1936
3 sheets on 2 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.W287G475 1936.U5x Geosatial Centre

Waterford

May 1926
4 sheets
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.W293G475 1926.U5x Geospatial Centre

Waterloo

March 1908, photographic prints
14 sheets, numbers 1-7, 9-12 March 1908
number 8: January 1908
numbers 13,14: November 1908
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.W3G475sO6.G6x Geospatial Centre

Waterloo

March 1908, revised November 1913
14 sheets on 2 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.W3G475 1913.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor
14 sheets, photographic print
H1613 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Waterloo

April 1942, photographic print
16 sheets
Provincial Insurance Surveys
H1614 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Waterloo

June 1920, revised & reprinted December 1946
18 sheets, 1 index
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.W3G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre
G3464.W3G475sO6.U5x Geospatial Centre (cpy 2)
H0116 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor
18 sheets, index on 2 microfiche
G3464.W3G475.I5x 1946 Geospatial Centre
G3464.W3G475 1946.U53x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Wellesley

July 1894
1 sheet
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.W425G475 1894.G6x Geospatial Centre
G3464.W425G475 1894.G6x Geospatial Centre (cpy 2)
H0118 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor
1 sheet on 1 microfiche
MFCL 5379 Geospatial Centre

Wellesley

1894, revised 1904
2 sheets on 1 microfiche
Chas. E. Goad
G3464.W425G475 1904.G63x UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor

Wiarton

July 1923
4 sheets on 2 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.W48G475 1923.U5x Geospatial Centre

Wingham

August 1904, revised & reprinted October 1928
8 sheets on 4 pages, both sides
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3464.W53G475 1928.U5x Geospatial Centre

Woodstock

July 1913, revised September 1932
27 sheets on 23 pages, some both sides
numbers 8,11-17,19,20: reprinted July 1913
number 18: June 1928, reprinted September 1932
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3463.W6G475 1932.U5x Geospatial Centre

Woodstock

July 1913, revised April 1949
33 sheets, 1 index on 18 pages, both sides
numbers 1-4, 8-17,19,21: July 1913
numbers 5-7, 20,22,23: July 1928
number 18: July 1928
numbers 24,25,26,27: September 1928
numbers 28,29,31-33: April 1949
number 30: April 1948
Underwriters' Survey Bureau
G3463.W6G475 1949.U5x Geospatial Centre

Other Sources

Canada. Public Archives. National Map Collection. Fire insurance plans in the National Map Collection.
HG9669 H39x 1978 GEO Ref
CA1 PA 4577F57 Porter Gov Pub

Fortin, Marcel. Canadian fire insurance plans in Ontario collections 1876-1973.
HG9781.F65x 1995 GEO Ref

Fortin, Marcel. Union list of Canadian fire insurance plans held in Ontario university map libraries.
HG9781.F67x 1992 GEO Ref

Woods, Cheryl A., Catalogue of Canadian Fire Insurance Plans, 1875-1975.
HG9781.D38x 2002 GEO Ref

Catalogue of fire insurance plans of the Dominion of Canada, 1885-1973 = Catalogue des plans d'assurance du Canada, 1885-1973.
HG9784.C37x 1977 Geo
HG9784.C37x 1977 UW Porter. Rare Book Room 1st floor

Hayword, Robert James, 1947- Fire insurance plans in the National Map Collection = Plans d'assurance-incedie de la collection nationale de cartes et plans.
HG9669.H39x 1978 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor Ref

Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division. Reference and Bibliography Section. Fire insurance maps in the Library of Congress.
HG9771.L52x 1981 UW Porter. Rare Book Room .1st floor Ref