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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.

This series contains nine subseries containing material related to the administrative operations of the healthcare facilities founded, owned, and operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph Hamilton. The facilities concerned are St. Joseph’s Hospital, Brantford; St. Joseph’s Hospital, Guelph; St. Mary’s General Hospital, Kitchener; St. Joseph’s Community Health Centre, Stoney Creek; and St. Joseph’s Hospital and School of Nursing, Hamilton. The records included are timelines, annals and histories, newsletters, news clippings, meeting minutes, financial records, property records, legal documents, annual reports, renovation and construction reports, photographs, postcards, a yearbook, an art print, material related to the estate and donations of Rev. E. P. Slaven, correspondence, bills, by-laws, and some records of events of the various nursing schools operated in connection with the hospitals. There are also records relating to the transfer of hospital administration.

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 the records of the Community house of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton at 79 Sherman Avenue South, Hamilton, Ontario. This house opened in 1981 and was a residence and novitiate for the Sisters. It was the first time the Hamilton Sisters’ novitiate was not at the Motherhouse. The records include annals, a photograph album, news clippings, and a poster for the closing of the house.

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 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 consists of the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario while living at 37 Glenwood Drive, Brantford. 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. The records detail the ministries of the Sisters living there, their daily life, holidays, and faith-based activities. Ministries include being board members to hospitals and St. Joseph’s Villa Foundation, spiritual direction, parish ministry, and various committees such as a Constitutions Committee, Diocese and Community Faith Justice Committee, and Christian Living Committee. There is also a list of people to send Christmas cards to.

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 consists of records documenting the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton’s time and ministries while living at 18 Maple Avenue, Brantford. 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 moved to 18 Maple Avenue in 1976 after the closing of the convent at 75 Pearl Street. The Sisters were primarily involved in education and parish ministry. The Sisters moved out of 18 Maple Avenue on July 5, 1990. The records present include annals, news clippings, personal accounts, pamphlets, photographs, photo albums, a Local Community Handbook, furniture inventories, correspondence between Sisters, a financial statement, and a form and a service guide from the closing of the 18 Maple Avenue residence.

This series contains records created and accumulated by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario during their mission in Arthur, Ontario. The records include annals, historical summaries, meeting minutes, financial reports, correspondence, postcards, an offer to purchase property, two photograph albums, a booklet from the 150th anniversary of St. John the Evangelist Church, and The Way We Were Stories and Illustrations Vol. 1 No. 1 which records highlights of Arthur's early history. Arthur, Ontario is located within the Saugeen Anishnaabek of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation people which includes the Chippewas of Saugeen and the Chippewas of Nawash. It is the traditional territory of the Anishinabek Nation: The People of the Three Fires known as the Ojibway, Odwaa, and Pottawatomie Nations. On January 6, 1873, Sister M. Joseph Galvin, Sister Scholastica Mannix, and Sister M. Celestine Burns of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario arrived in Arthur, Ontario. Father Laussie, a priest in Arthur, had requested their assistance to meet the needs of the area. Sister M. Joseph was appointed as the local Superior. St. Joseph’s Convent was erected in 1887. In Arthur, the Sisters’ main ministry was to teach, but other apostolates were also undertaken such as that of sacristan, organist, music teacher, homemaker, parish ministry, and the visitation of the ill. The last Sister left in 1995.