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This series contains the records from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton's ministry in White River, Ontario working with the Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (formerly known as Pic Mobert) First Nation. Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg First Nation is an Ojibwe community and are part of the Anishinabek Nation and Nokiiwin Tribal Council. In 2002 Sisters Susan Kerrigan and Jude Stradiotto of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton moved to White River to work with Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg First Nation. While there they did parish, social service, and health care ministry such as conducting home visits, supporting youth, operating a foot care clinic, and supporting the Mobert Church among other activities. The Sisters left in 2020. This series contains correspondence, newsletters, a copy of the agreement between the Sisters and Band Council, and an application to the Catholic Healing and Reconciliation Evaluation Committee by the Missionary Oblate Sisters for this ministry.

This series contains the records of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario's Toronto Community. Beginning in the fall of 1989 the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario living and working in Toronto formed a semi-official community where they could gather to share prayer and discuss their ministries. Sister Anne Anderson become the local leader of this group in 1991. The others involved in this community were Sisters Carol King, Pat Valeriote, Barbara Kenrick, and Margaret Doherty. This series contains the annals and a convocation programme from the University of St. Michael's College.

This series contains the records from the Sisters' community house in Stoney Creek, Ontario. This includes annals, lists of Sisters who lived here, a historical summary, photographs, and house meeting minutes. In 1957, three Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario arrived in Stoney Creek to their new community house, a renovated farmhouse. While living here the Sisters were involved in education, health care, and pastoral ministry.

This series contains the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario's mission in Paris, Ontario. There are also historical summaries, news clippings, photographs, lists of Sisters stationed on this mission, and a poem.

Paris is part of Brant County which is located on the traditional lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River, and the Attiwanderonk. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario’s founded their first mission outside Hamilton in Paris, Ontario in 1858. Mother Bernard Dinan was the first superior of the Paris mission. She was accomponied by Sister Ambrose Collins and Siste Agnes O’Donohoe. The Sisters lived and taught in the same building. The school would eventually become Sacred Heart School. While in Paris, the Sisters also taught music and catechetics and served as organists, sacristans, and homemakers. This mission lasted until 1977.

This series contains the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario related to their motherhouse, St. Joseph's Convent. There are also scrapbooks, news clippings, correspondence, meeting minutes, a photograph, and a drawing related to the annals.

In 1852, Mother Martha von Bunning, Sister Aloysius Walker, and Sister M. Joseph McDonnell of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto arrived at the first convent at MacNab Street and Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The Sisters moved to St. Joseph’s Convent at Park Street and Colbourne Street in 1857. The Sisters cared for orphan girls, taught music, taught in the separate schools, visited hospitals, prisons, the sick and the poor, and served as sacristans, homemakers, and catechetics teachers.

The Sisters remained in this convent for 94 years until the second motherhouse, St. Joseph’s Convent on Northcliffe Avenue in Dundas, opened in 1951. It was designed by Marani & Morris Architects and spans a length of 250 feet to accommodate approximately 200 residents. It used a variety of locally sourced materials, such a sandstone from Credit Valley Quarries and limestone from Niagara Falls. The building had a copper roof, 125-foot-tall bell tower, and 12-foot steel cross. The bell, a gift from Sophia MacNab, was originally from Dundurn Castle. The convent was built by Pigott Construction and was completed in time to celebrate the Sisters’ 100th anniversary in Hamilton.

The Sisters departed from St. Joseph’s Convent in January 2020 and the property was sold.

Hamilton is located on the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. The land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant and the Between the Lakes Purchase of 1792.

This series consists of records documenting the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton’s time at St. Joseph’s Convent at 75 pearl Street, Brantford, Ontario. Brantford, Ontario is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg and is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and adjacent to Haldiman Treaty territory. Sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario first came to Brant County in 1858 where they were teachers at Sacred Heart School in Paris. They opened a convent in 1859 and the St. Joseph’s Convent at 75 Pearl Street, Brantford, Ontario, in 1912. While there, the Sisters were involved in education, health care, and parish ministry. This convent closed in 1976, those Sisters still working in Brantford moved to other residences. Despite being labelled as annals, this series does not actually contain any annals or historical summaries of the activities at St. Joseph’s Convent, though it does contain the house meeting minutes of the Sisters living at the convent. The series also contains financial and insurance records, correspondence, notes, photographs prayer cards, news clippings, lists of Sisters, and material from the Centennial Jubilee. Some other items of note include a floor plan for the Sisters’ living quarters, a report on the condition of the attic, a summary of the Sisters’ involvement in the field of education, questions about Bethany House, prayer cards, a business card for R. L. Evans & Sons, a list of rules for teachers in New York in 1872, a description for cornets and bands in the Sisters' Habits, a service guide from Mother M. Alacoque's funeral, Rev. Hugh J. Hayes’ obituary, and a copy of The Sacred Congregation on the Discipline of the Sacraments An Exclusive Instruction from the Chancery Office of the Diocese of Hamilton.

This series contains physical slides of photographs and presentations created, collected, and presented by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario. These slides primarily depict the Sisters' social activities, internal events, and their ministries in healthcare and education in Ontario, Canada, Jamaica, and Guatemala. There are also slides depicting the history of the congregation, the installation of a superior general of the congregation, a flag raising event at the Motherhouse in Dundas, Bishop Paul Reading, Prime Minister Elliot Trudeau, Pope John Paul II, and Sisters’ travels to the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Europe, most often in Lyon or Le Puy-en-Velay, France. Some of the slides have accompanying textual descriptions.

This series consists of records documenting the publicity, background, funding, and sale of the Rosewood House group home for people with mental illness in Brantford, Ontario when it was owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton. Brantford, Ontario is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg and is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and adjacent to Haldiman Treaty territory. In 1998, Rosewood House was founded in Brantford, Ontario at 42 Nelson Street as a for-profit group home for people with mental illness. The property was owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton before it was sold in 2000, after which time Rosewood House became a not-for-profit charitable organization. The records include newspaper clippings, financial records, advertisements, and correspondence between Rosewood staff and executives, community members, and Sisters pertaining to the opening, running, and sale of the house.

This series contains material related to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario's mission to Red Lake, Ontario. Red Lake exists on the traditional lands of the Anishinaapek, specifically the Lac Seul and Wabauskang First Nations, and is within Treaty 3 territory. The records present include the mission annals, historical summaries, publications, photographs, reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, event schedules, and material from the memorial Mass for Rev. Joseph Chavely.

Bishop John O’Mara requested a pastoral team to serve the Diocese of Thunder Bay, specifically Red Lake, Balmertown, Ear Falls, and Pikangikum First Nation. Two Diocesan priests, a married couple, and three Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario formed the team. Two Sisters arrived in Red Lake with the team on September 19, 1981. The third Sister, Sister Rose Gabriel, spent the first year of the mission studying the cultures of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada at Laurentian University in Sudbury. Eight other Sisters would also be involved in this mission over time. While based in Red Lake, they also worked in the surrounding area, primarily Balmertown, Ear Falls, Pikangikum First Nation, and occasionally North Spirit Lake First Nation. The Sisters in Red Lake worked as parish workers and administrators of St. John’s Church and St. Theresa’s Church, served in the field of healthcare, and were teachers and principals at St. John’s Elementary School. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton left Red Lake in 2002.

This series consists of newsletters produced by the Sisters of St. Joseph in the Hamilton diocese. These newsletters cover various topics and events, such as healthcare and pilgrimages, discussions about daily life including feast days and projects, messages from Sisters, as well as news about the surrounding geographical locale. A list of deceased Sisters and family members, information about ministries, memorial biographical sketches, and Chapter information are also topics included in the newsletters. These newsletters are important sources for gaining a better understanding of the Sisters’ daily lives and learning more about their charitable works and efforts. Sisters were very actively engaged in charitable work, with several projects occurring, such as hospital work, orphan care, and missions aiding Canadian Indigenous communities, as well as helping the poor in developing countries. Locations of Sisters’ missions and ministries include, but are not limited to, Fort St. James, Neyaashiinigmiing [Cape Croker], Kenilworth, Guelph, Jamaica, Kitchener, Hamilton, Guatemala, and Fort St. John.