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St. Joseph’s Manor in Windsor, Ontario, a receiving home for children, was demolished in 1969 for the construction of the Roy J. Bondy Centre. This was a new receiving and assessment centre for the Windsor Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society. The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario operated both facilities. The centre was occupied on March 19, 1970, and officially blessed on September 13, 1970. The centre was designed to provide short-term care to 21 children between the ages of four and 15, with space for four Sisters to live on-site. The Sisters cared for the children, assessed their needs and created long-term care plans, and provided spiritual care. The Sisters would arrange for weekly eucharists, baptisms, and first communions with the chaplain. In March of 1971, a mother-and-child day care program began at the centre. The Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society decided to transform the Roy J. Bondy Centre into a residential treatment centre for boys in 1980. The Sisters withdrew and opened a foster home for disabled children on Belleview Street, which eventually moved to St. Rose Avenue in 1982. Windsor is located on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which is an alliance between the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. This series contains correspondence between Sisters about annals, copies of the annals of St. Joseph's Manor from 1934 to 1962, and histories of the Roy J. Bondy Centre.

This series contains a history of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario’s activities in St. Brides, Alberta. History of St. Bride’s Settlement, Alberta, is a written history authored by Sister M. Winnifrid Downs covering 1927 to 1956. It was an assignment submitted on July 31, 1956, for a history summer school course at the University of Alberta. The essay topics include immigration policies, the original and later settlers, and the development and progress of St. Brides, with 47 photographs, maps, land plot diagrams, a pamphlet, a list of pioneer families who arrived in St. Brides in 1927, and a letter with an envelope to Sister Mary Winnifrid in Edmonton from Father MacDonell in Inverness-shire, in Ireland, on vows taken on April 14, 1956. There are also lists of of Sisters who taught or were missioned to St. Brides from 1934 to 1964, as well as correspondence about collecting information to create a history of St. Brides, and newsclippings on the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of St. Brides Parish. There are printed pictures and photographs of the Sisters poised in from of St. Brides Convent in the mid-1950s, and photographs of the condominium residence of Sister St. Bride and Sister Rose Ellen in Edmonton. In addition, there is a photograph of a wooden and metal engraved plaque that was awarded to the Sisters for their fifty years of service in St. Brides from 1927 to 1977.

This series contains the records from the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario's ministry in Łutselkʼe, previously known as Snowdrift, Northwest Territories, from 1983 to 1986 and 1994 to 1999. Łutselk’e is the home of the Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation and is part of Treaty 8 Territory. While there the Sisters taught at local schools, gave music instructions, did parish ministry, and participated in various local committees. The records include correspondence, photographs, the September 1983 issue of Oblate Mission, reports on the feasibility and needs of the mission, house meeting minutes, architectural drawings of the rectory, maps of the area, and chronicles of the Sisters activities.

This series contains the constitutions of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. These include various drafts and final versions of the constitutions and directories the Sisters have developed over the years, their mission statements, as well as various translations and editions of early the constitution of the Sisters of St. Joseph by Father Jean-Pierre Médaille. Some of the material is bound while other material is loose-leaf pages. There is also the constitution from the Sisters’ mission in Peru. Along side the constitutions and directories are correspondence and a pamphlet.

This series contains the records of St. Joseph’s Manor, Windsor. St. Joseph’s Manor opened December 13, 1934, at 19 Sandwich Street East as a temporary home for children until Catholic foster homes could be found. The manor would be under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society and operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. While at the manor, children received medical and dental care, attended nearby Catholic schools, and had access to a library, a recreation and games room, and a tennis court in 1940. A Ladies’ Auxiliary was established in 1935 to raise funds for the manor. Between 1940 and 1941, ten British “child guests” (nine English and one Scottish) stayed at the manor until a social worker with the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society could arrange foster homes. In January of 1969, the Supreme Court of Ontario Grand Jury recommended the immediate evacuation of the manor due to it not meeting the Ontario Fire Marshal’s building requirements. The children temporarily resided at a farmhouse until the Roy J. Bondy Children’s Centre opened in 1970. The banister and light fixtures of the manor were moved to the Hiram Walker Museum before St. Joseph’s Manor was demolished in 1969. Windsor is located on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which is an alliance between the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi.
The records present include annals, historical summaries, correspondence, photographs, news clippings, annual reports of the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society for the County of Essex, and mass bulletins. The annals recount the daily activities of the Sisters in caring for the children and arranging for foster homes, holidays and celebrations, renovations and decorations to the building and chapel, and comments about world events, such as the Second World War. The annals are from St. Joseph’s Manor, as well as later foster care facilities such as 253 Belleview Avenue and 7770 St. Rose Avenue. Within the annals are medical statistics and reports from the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society.

Mount Saint Joseph in Hamilton, Ontario was a residence purchased by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton in 1933. The building was originally the residence of Bishop J. T. McNally. Under the supervision of Sister M. Ambrosia, the building was used as a residence for the girls from St. Mary’s Orphanage. Two years later the building was demolished and a new one erected in its place. This new building, named Mount St. Joseph Girl’s Division of St. Mary’s Orphanage, officially opened on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1936. Sisters attending Normal School and teaching t St. Vincent’s Commercial also resided there. In 1951, the boys from St. Mary’s Orphanage also resided here after the move of the Motherhouse to Bridgeview and the demolition of the old St. Mary’s Orphanage facility. It was one of the first institutions in the province to house boys and girls together, ensuring that brothers and sisters would not be separated. In 1960, Mount St. Joseph Orphanage closed, and the building became Mount St. Joseph Centre for Emotionally Disturbed Boys. In 1980, Mount St. Joseph Centre moved to 69 Flatt Street, Burlington. The name was changed to Woodview Children’s Centre. The Sisters were not involved with the centre once it moved. Martin’s Manor, a home for unwed mothers, temporarily operated out of the building in 1980. In 1982, Chedoke-McMaster’s Cool School, an alternative education to for troubled youth and those with learning disabilities, leased two floors of the former Mount St. Joseph Centre. Other tenants included a pastoral counselling centre, St. Joseph Hospital Foundation, a bereavement group sponsored by the Sisters, Moeller and Hassell Architect and Engineer, and Martin-Stewart Contracting. In 1986 and 1987, Latin American Refugee families were housed here. The property was sold in 2005.
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 contains historical summaries, house meeting minutes, news clippings, photographs, and the annals from Mount St. Joseph in Hamilton, Ontario. The annals recount the uses and activities at Mount St. Joseph, the activities of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, and historical events in Hamilton, Canada, and beyond.

This sous-fonds contains records pertaining to Sister Margaret Ferris’s education, professional career, artistic endeavors, personal life, and travels. Sister Margaret Ferris was an avid academic and eventually became an instructor. There are various records from her academic pursuits present here, including her many degrees and certificates, research notes, papers, theses, report cards, transcripts, photographs, a scrapbook, and regalia from her Doctorate commencement ceremony. Based on her areas of interest in her studies, she wrote and published a book in 1993 called Compassioning: Basic Counselling Skills for Christian Care-Givers which was translated into Chinese in 2010. Drafts, correspondence with publishers, English and Chinese editions of the book, and material from the book launching party are included. There are also records from when she was teaching. These records are primarily concerned with her career as an instructor at St. Peter’s Seminary and the adaptations of Compassioning: Basic Counselling Skills for Christian Care-Givers as course books for classes at the University of Western Ontario, but there is also a speech by Sister Margaret and her Stewards in Catholic Education Award.

Sister Margaret was an artist, and she created the design for the cards and pamphlets of the congregation’s 2004 Jubilee celebration, which was her Golden Jubilee. Original artworks, preliminary sketches, and replicas are included in this sous-fonds. She was also an avid traveler and photographs, travel diaries, a scrapbook, and ephemera from these trips are present. She made trips to Yellowknife, Quebec, Peru, Florida, California, Rome, and a pilgrimage to France. On the trip to Rome, she acted as a correspondent for the Catholic News Times. There are also personal memorabilia, such as photographs, scrapbooks, a papal blessing, a yearbook from St. Patrick’s High School where she was principal, and an invitation to the 1976 Opening of the Ontario Legislature reception.

This series consists of itemized financial reports of income and expenses from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton living at 152 Dufferin 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.

This series contains the annals and photographs from the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario's community house at 44 Crosthwaite Avenue, Hamilton. The records document the ministries and social activities of the Sisters who lived here. These community houses were created so Sisters could experience community living. The Sisters purchased this house in 1992 and left in 2003.