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The series testifies to the relationships maintained by the Jesuit community with external persons and organizations in the context of their missions and ministries in Northern Ontario. Mainly composed of correspondence, the series provides information about the relations between the Jesuits and private companies, departments of the Crown, the United States and the Canadian governments, as well as with Indigenous communities, parishioners, and other Catholic organizations. A significant part of the series is made up of correspondence with the bishops of Peterborough, Sault Ste. Marie, Hearst, Hamilton, and Thunder Bay, and bears witness to the extent of the partnerships maintained between the Jesuits and secular dioceses in the management of parishes.

The series is divided into two series: Parish Communications; and Relations with External Persons and Organizations. It contains parish bulletins for Armstrong, Fort William, Garden Village, Pays Plans, St. Andrew’s, and St. Anne’s, in addition to correspondence and photographs of bishops.

The series attests to the data collection and research activities carried out by some Jesuits concerning, among other things, the history of Northern Ontario’s territories, populations, and the Jesuit presence.

The series is divided into two sub-series: Historical Notes, Publications and Testimonies; and the William Maurice, S.J. Historical Collection. It contains historical and bibliographical notes, publications, work documents, manuscripts and drafts, testimonies, and an album composed of press clippings and photographs. The William Maurice, S.J. Historical Collection is composed of correspondence, photographs of a map that he created for the 150th anniversary of the Jesuit presence in the region of present-day Thunder Bay, photocopies of sacramental register from 1848 to 1999, historical references, master indexes, and genealogical tables.

The series testifies to how the Upper Canada Jesuit Province and missionaries in Northern Ontario managed their day-to-day activities, finances, buildings, and lands, as well as the relations maintained by the mission Superiors and Consultors with the Provincial.

The series is divided into five sub-series: Diaries, Schedules and Observations; Relations with the Province; Jesuit Community Members; Territorial Organization and Property; and Finances. It contains, diaries, announcement books and schedules, personal and spiritual reflections, correspondence with the Province, Historia Domus, Consultor’s letters, Annual Letters, newsletters, general instructions, vows, members of the community’s personal files, maps, architectural plans, legal agreements and deeds, insurance policies, financial records, and photographs of members of the Jesuit community.

The fonds testifies to the Jesuit presence in several communities in Northern Ontario since 1844. The material attests to the work of the Jesuits as missionaries and chaplains in the region of Lake Superior, Sault Ste. Marie, Manitoulin Island, and in the communities along the Canadian Pacific Railway, up until 2015. In addition, the fonds provides information on the Jesuit involvement and interest in setting up schools for the Indigenous children of the region, including the Spanish Residential School, as well as on the history of the region and on the Ojibwemowin language. Documents dating from the 1960s onwards show new reflections within the Jesuit community, leading to a shift in their approach to the work they carried out among Indigenous communities.

The fonds contains diaries and announcement books, personal and historical notes, correspondence, financial statements, annual reports, parish records, Status animarum, baptismal and marriage certificates, church visitors’ books, Jesuits’ vows, insurance policies, meeting minutes, souvenir brochures, programs, legal deeds and agreements, and contracts. It also contains audio reels and cassettes, videocassettes, objects, publications, maps, architectural drawings, photographs, slides, and negatives.