CAMH Archives

The CAMH Archives has material concerning the history and development of psychiatry including addictions and other mental health services in Canada, especially Ontario. In addition, there are select corporate operational and administrative records of CAMH.

For additional information, please contact:
Daphne Horn
Email: daphne.horn@camh.ca

For inquiries concerning patients/clinical records, please contact CAMH Health Records: health.records@camh.ca.

Friends of the Archives

This is a separately incorporated volunteer organization. The Friends of the Archives Newsletter is indexed and available online.

The Archives Association of Ontario 

The Archives Association of Ontario includes the following in its listing for the CAMH Corporate Archives:

• Materials related to the history of mental health/illness including addiction treatment in Canada, with an emphasis on Ontario;
• Selective administrative/operational records of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and its pre-merger (pre-1998) institutions.

Ontario's Archival Information Network (Archeoin)

Descriptions of the archival holdings are available in Archeion. To access the relevant descriptions:

1. Click on the Archeion link.  
2. In the "Search" field, key in < Centre for Addiction and Mental Health >.
3. In the report of "Search Results" that appears, select any fonds or records series of interest to you by clicking on its individual link.

To view any of the actual materials listed within these finding aids (other than those that are restricted in accord with privacy/confidentiality provisions), contact the CAMH Archives.