Municipal Records

Note:   W = Ward, which can be 1, 2, 3, or 4

            All records are in PCMA

Assessment Rolls: 1852, 1858, 1865, 1883-86, 1890W2, 1891W34, 1893W24, 1894W1, 1895W1, 1896W123, 1897W12, 1898W24, 1899W134, 1900W1234

Collector Rolls: 1852, 1854, 1869, 1871, 1883-86, 1887W234, 1888-1900W1234

Combined Assessment and Collector Rolls: 1858, 1860, 1862-1863 (one vol), 1864-1866 (one vol), 1870, 1873-82

Non-Resident Collector Rolls: 1890-1893, 1895-1896

Specialized Collector Rolls:

    1897 Frontage tax for sewers

    1899 Local Improvement Rates (has # feet frontage)

Assessor’s Blotter

    Ward 1: 1898

    Ward 2: 1882, 1885, 1888

    Ward 3: 1880, 1882, 1897

    Ward 4: 1898, ukn

1849                Incorporated as a town, effective 1850 Jan 1 (Canada Statutes 1849, 12 Vic, Chap 81, page 529)

1859                Town withdrawn from the County (22 Vic, Bylaw 110)

1872 Apr 27   Parts of Douro, North Monaghan, and Smith annexed into Peterborough (Proclamation)

1873 Mar 29   Ashburnham and Peterborough united (Act, Chap 57)

1893 Dec 13   Parts of Smith annexed, effective first Monday of 1894 (Ont Gazette 1893, vol 26 part 2, page 1591)

1903 Dec 9     Annexed Ashburnham Village, effective 1904 Jan 1 (Ont Gazette, 1903 vol 36 part 2, pages1112-1113)

1904 Jun 10    Parts of Smith annexed, effective 1904 Jul 1 (Proclamation, Ont Gazette 1904 Jun 11, vol 37 part 1, page 463)

1905 May 25  Peterborough becomes a city, effective 1905 Jul 1 (Act, chap 67, Ont Gazette 1905, page 353-354

1912 Jul 2       Parts of North Monaghan annexed (Ont Gazette 1912, vol 45 part 2, page 983)

1913 Jun 18    Parts of North Monaghan annexed (Ont Railway and Municipal Board 1913, page 207)

1919 Sep 9      Parts of North Monaghan annexed, effective 1919 Sep 15 (Ont Railway and Municipal Board 1919, page 123)

1929 Apr 23   Parts of North Monaghan annexed, effective 1929 Jul 1 (Ont Railway and Municipal Board 1929, page 63)

1929 Nov 21   Parts of North Monaghan annexed, effective 1929 Dec1 (Ont Railway and Municipal Board 1929, page 126)

1941 Dec 9     Parts of Smith annexed, effective 1942 Jan 1 (OMB PFB 502)

1943 Mar 15   Parts of Smith annexed, effective 1943 Jan 1 (OMB PFB 1002)

1944 Apr 6     Parts of North Monaghan annexed (Ont Act, Chap 79)

1946 Jun 26    Parts of North Monaghan annexed (OMB PFB 4942)

1947 Nov 17   Parts of Smith annexed (OMB PFB 6261b)

1947 Dec 30   Parts of North Monaghan annexed, effective 1948 Jan 1 (OMB 6261a)

1953 Jan 23    Parts of Smith annexed, effective 1953 Jan 1 (OMB PFM 497)

1954 Feb 4      Parts of Otonabee annexed, effective 1953 Nov 30 (OMB PFM 1662)

1955 May 11  Parts of North Monaghan annexed, effective 1955 Apr 1 (OMB PFM 2999)

1955 Dec 20   Parts of North Monaghan annexed, effective 1956 Jan 1 (OMB PFM 3838)

1958 Dec 31   Parts of North Monaghan annexed, effective 1959 Feb 1 (OMB PFM 8112)

1960 Aug 1     Parts of North Monaghan annexed (OMB PFM 10313-60)

1962 Nov 12   Parts of Douro, North Monaghan, Otonabee, and Smith annexed, effective 1963 Jan 1 (OMB PFN 1481-61)

1965 May 6    Parts of Douro and Smith annexed (re Trent University), effective 1966 Jan 1 (OMB 8670-65)

1966 Mar 8     Parts of Otonabee annexed, effective 1966 Mar 1 (OMB 9857-65)

1970 Nov 18   Parts of North Monaghan annexed, effective 1970 Dec 31 (OMB R108-69)

1975 Aug 26   Parts of Otonabee annexed, effective 1975 Sep 1 (OMB M 758)