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Fire Insurance Plans Overview

Fire Insurance Plans Overview

Fire insurance plans are a unique and very detailed form of mapping that existed from approximately the 1870s to the 1970s—a period of about 100 years. At the time of their creation, buildings in cities were mostly made of wood and fire fighting techniques were rudimentary. Cities were growing rapidly as a result of the shift from agriculture to industry, and so, their urban cores were becoming very densely populated. As a result, small fires could quickly grow out of control and spread, destroying large portions of the city. Many North American cities suffered just such a fate, including Toronto in 1904.

In response to these disasters, companies such as the Charles E. Goad Company in Canada, and the Sanborn Company in the United States, were established. These companies produced very detailed plans and atlases of every major city in North America, showing every individual building in the built-up urban core. Colours and symbols were used to describe every aspect of each building's structure, from the materials used in its construction, to the presence and location of hazardous materials on the property. Insurance companies eagerly purchased these plans as it enabled them to estimate the cost of insurance for a client without having to go to the expense of sending their own employees to the site to make an inspection and assessment. The plans also allowed them to simultaneously see all the adjacent properties, which meant they could now factor in any potential hazards posed by these neighbouring structures as well. By the early 1970s modern building materials and methods--as well as improved firefighting equipment and techniques--had reduced the risk of fire dramatically making the production of these labour-intensive, expense to produce, fire insurance plans cost-prohibitive.

Today the plans are no longer used for fire insurance purposes but, instead, are used as a highly detailed historical record of the city’s evolution over time. Engineers, environmental scientists and biologists use them to determine whether particular properties within the city may have been contaminated in the past based upon former land use. Archaeologists, genealogists, and historians use them in their research. Heritage planners restoring historical buildings use them to determine the structure’s original size and form as well as discovering at what times additions or alterations may have occurred. Human geographers use them to study socio-economic changes within a neighbourhood over time. The size and type of buildings as well as their construction materials can suggest whether the neighbourhood was home to the working class or the wealthy. It can reveal whether it was primarily residential or commercial, thriving or in decline. The types of neighbourhood businesses, schools, and places of worship can be clues to its ethnic and religious composition.

The Lloyd Reeds Map Collection (LRMC) has fire insurance plans for the City of Hamilton dated 1898 & 1911 (online and out-of-copyright), and 1947 & 1964 (under copyright and only viewable in paper, hardcopy format in the LRMC).

Fire Insurance Plans of Canadian Cities

Canadian Plans

ANCASTER

(CHAS. E. GOAD, NOV. 1885 [1909?])

1 SHEET ON 1 FICHE

[INFORMATION GRAPHICS MICROFICHE, 1 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

AYR

1894 - REVISIONS FOR SHEETS 1, 2, 3, 8

JUNE 1899 - REV. 144, REVISIONS FOR SHEETS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

1904 - REVISIONS FOR SHEETS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

BEAMSVILLE, ONT. 1" = 100'

(UNDERWRITER'S SURVEY BUREAU LTD., OCTOBER 1921)

SHEETS 1,2

BERTIE TOWNSHIP, ONT.: EXTENSION JULY 1939 1" = 1,200'

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU LTD., 1939)

SHEET 10

BOWMANVILLE, ONT: EXTENSION NOVEMBER, 1924

SHEET 7/8 - SHEET 7: 1" = 100', SHEET 8: 1" = 50'

SHEET 9/10 - SHEET 9: 1" = 100', SHEET 10: 1" = 50'

BRANTFORD, ONT. 1"=800'

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU LTD., JANUARY 1919, REPRINTED DECEMBER 1950)

INDEX: 1, 1A

SHEETS: 2-53

INSURANCE PLAN OF THE CITY OF BRANTFORD, ONT. 1"=1,200'

(CANADIAN UNDERWRITERS ASSOCIATION, PLAN DIVISION, MAY 1965)

INDEX: 1-1, 1-2

SHEETS: 2-33, 43-88

[FILED IN LOCKED CABINET F]

BRIGHTON, ONT. 1" = 100'

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU LTD., PLAN DATED AUG. 1911, REVISED TO JULY 1926)

SHEET 1

BURLINGTON, ONT.

(CHAS. E. GOAD, JULY 1910)

SHEET 1 KEY PLAN: 1" = 500'

SHEETS 1-7 ON 1 FICHE

ALSO ON THIS FICHE: ANCASTER NOV. 1885 (1 SHEET)

[INFORMATION GRAPHICS MICROFICHE, 1 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

BURLINGTON, ONT.

UNDERWRITER'S SURVEY BUREAU LTD., MAY 1924)

SHEET 1/2 - SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500', SHEET 2: 1" = 50'

SHEET 3/4 - SHEET 3: 1" = 50', SHEET 4: 1" = 100'

SHEETS 5/6, 7/8, 9: 1" = 100'

BURLINGTON, ONT.

(UNDERWRITER'S SURVEY BUREAU LTD., MAY 1924, REVISED TO MAY 1932)

SHEET 1/2 - SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500', SHEET 2: 1" = 50'

SHEET 3/4 - SHEET 3: 1" = 50', SHEET 4: 1" = 100'

SHEETS 5/6, 7/8, 9: 1" = 100'

[2 COPIES: FIRST COPY ON PAPER - FILED IN MAP CABINET 2I; SECOND COPY ON MICROFICHE, INFORMATION GRAPHICS MICROFICHE, 1 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

INSURANCE PLAN OF THE TOWN OF BURLINGTON, ONT.

(CANADIAN UNDERWRITERS' ASSOCIATION, PLAN DIVISION, PLAN DATED OCTOBER 1971)

STREET INDEX ON 3 LEAVES

SHEETS 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4: KEY PLANS 1" = 1200'

56 LEAVES

[FILED IN LOCKED CABINET F]

BURLINGTON BEACH, WENTWORTH & HALTON COUNTIES, ONT. 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, JULY 1900)

SHEET 1: KEY PLAN 1" = 500'

SHEETS 1-4

[2 COPIES: 1ST COPY, COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS - FILED WITH HAMILTON, ONT. 1898, IN LOCKED CABINET D; 2ND COPY, INFORMATION GRAPHICS MICROFICHE, 4 SHEETS ON 1 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

CALEDONIA, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS' SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED AUG. 1925)

SHEET 1A KEY PLAN: 1" = 500'

SHEETS 1/2, 3/4, 5/6: 1" = 50'

CALLANDER, ONT: DISTRICT OF NIPISSING 1" = 500'

(CHAS. E. GOAD CO., 1915)

1 SHEET

CARBONEAR, NEWFOUNDLAND

SHEET 2 OF CARBONEAR, NFLD., JULY 1946, UNCOLOURED, APPEARS ON THE VERSO OF PENETANGUISHENE, ONT., AUGUST 1946, SHEET 2

CHAMPLAIN, QUE. 1" = 100'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, JULY 1897)

1 SHEET [2 COPIES]

CRYSTAL BEACH, ONT.1" = 500'

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED MAY 1909, REVISED AND REPRINTED JAN. 1927)

SHEETS 1 - 6: 1" = 50'

SHEETS 7 - 9: 1" = 100'

DEPOT HARBOUR, PARRY SOUND DISTRICT, ONTARIO

(CHAS. E. GOAD, OCTOBER 1899)

2 SHEETS ON 1 FICHE

[INFORMATION GRAPHICS MICROFICHE, 1 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

DEPOT HARBOUR, PARRY SOUND DISTRICT, ONTARIO

(CHAS. E. GOAD, OCTOBER 1899, OCTOBER 1908)

2 SHEETS ON 1 FICHE

ALSO J.R. BOOTH ELEVATOR, DEPOT HARBOUR, ONTARIO SEPTEMBER 1901, No. 201 [PERSPECTIVE VIEW AND INSURANCE PLAN ON 1 SHEET]

[2 COPIES, BOTH MICROFICHE, SECOND COPY DOES NOT HAVE BOOTH ELEVATOR]

[INFORMATION GRAPHICS MICROFICHE, 1 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

DUNDAS COTTON MILLS, DUNDAS, ONTARIO 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, DECEMBER 1880)

[PERSPECTIVE VIEW AND FIRE INSURANCE PLAN]

[2 COPIES: NMC MICROFICHE #9406, 1 FICHE; NMC MICROFICHE #51400, 1 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

DUNDAS, ONTARIO

(SURVEYED MARCH 1905, REVISED AUGUST 1924)

SHEET 1 - KEY PLAN

12 SHEETS ON 2 FICHE

[INFORMATION GRAPHICS MICROFICHE, 2 FICHE - FILED IN MICROFORMS AREA]

INSURANCE PLAN OF THE TOWN OF DUNDAS, ONT. 1" = 500'

(UNDERWRITERS' SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED JULY 1951)

SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500'

SHEETS 2 - 5: 1" = 100'

SHEETS 6 - 9: 1" = 50'

SHEETS 10 - 13: 1" = 100'

[2 COPIES OF EACH SHEET]

INSURANCE PLAN OF FERGUS, ONT. 1" = 50'

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU, OCTOBER 1921)

SHEETS 1, 2

SHEET 3 (REPRINTED AUG. 1935)

1 SHEET OF REVISION SLIPS FOR SHEETS 1 & 2 - AUG. 1935

FONTHILL, ONT. 1" = 100'

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU LTD., PLAN DATED JUNE 1925)

SHEETS 1 - 3

GALT, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED AUG. 1929)

SHEET 1/2 - SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500'

SHEETS 3/4, 5/6: 1' = 50'

SHEET 7/8 - SHEET 7: 1" = 50', SHEET 8: 1" = 100'

SHEET 9/10: 1" = 50'

SHEET 11/12: 1" = 100'

SHEET 13/14: 1" = 50'

SHEETS 15/16, 17/18: 1" = 100'

SHEET 19/20 - SHEET 19: 1" = 50', SHEET 20: 1" = 100'

SHEET 21/22 - SHEET 21: 1" 50', SHEET 22: 1" = 100'

SHEET 23/24 - SHEET 23: 1" = 100', SHEET 24: 1" = 50'

SHEET 25: 1" = 50'

GRIMSBY, ONT.

(UNDERWRITER'S SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED APRIL 1928)

SHEET 1: 1" = 100'

SHEET 2: 1" = 50'

SHEETS 3 - 5: 1" = 100'

[2 COPIES: COPY 1 IS A WORKING COPY AND HAS BEEN ANNOTATED, SHEETS 1/2. 3/4, 5]

HAMILTON, ONT. [1878] 1" = 50'

SHEET 2 [NMC MICROFICHE #88305, 1 FICHE]

SHEET 3 [NMC MICROFICHE #88304, 1 FICHE]

SHEETS 4-7 [NMC MICROFICHE #16617, 4 FICHE]

[FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

HAMILTON, ONTARIO1" = 50'

(JANUARY 1898)

VOLUME I

SHEET 3: KEY PLAN 1" = 500'

SHEETS 4-16

SHEETS 18-34

SHEET 38

SHEET 47

SHEETS 50-65

[COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS 12" x 16", MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY - FILED IN LOCKED CABINET D]

INSURANCE PLAN OF HAMILTON, ONT.1" = 50'

(REVISED TO MARCH 1911, WITH REVISION SLIPS PROBABLY UP TO CA 1916)

VOLUMES I, II, III

KEY PLAN [2 SHEETS] 1" = 800'

SHEET 4

SHEET 5 [2 COPIES: "REPRINTED JAN. 1914"]

SHEETS 6-16

SHEET 18

SHEET 19 [2 COPIES: "JAN. 1898" & "FEB. 1911 REPRINT"]

SHEETS 20-48

SHEETS 50-65

SHEETS 73-109

SHEET 110 [3 SHEETS: "FEBRUARY 1903 REPRINT", "MARCH 1911 REPRINT" & "MARCH 1914 EXTENSION"]

SHEETS 111-124

SHEETS 125-156

SHEETS 201-233

[COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS 11" x 17", MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL IN HAMILTON CITY HALL - FILED IN LOCKED CABINET D]

HAMILTON, ONT. 1933

SHEET 253 ["AUGUST 1927, REVISED & REPRINTED APRIL 1933"]

[NMC MICROFICHE #10742, 1 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

HAMILTON, ONT. [REVISION SLIPS, SPECIAL REVISION EMBRACING MANUFACTURING RISKS ONLY, FEB. 1941]

[NMC MICROFICHE #10590, 8 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

INSURANCE PLAN OF THE CITY OF HAMILTON, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS' SURVEY BUREAU LTD., MAY 1927 REVISED TO OCTOBER 1947)

INDEX A & B 1" = 1000'

SHEETS 100-109:MAY 1927 REVISED TO OCTOBER 1947

SHEET 110: MAY 1927 REVISED TO NOVEMBER 1939

SHEETS 111-157:MAY 1927 REVISED TO OCTOBER 1947

SHEET 158:NOVEMBER 1939 REVISED TO OCTOBER 1947

SHEETS 159-165:MAY 1927 REVISED TO OCTOBER 1947

SHEETS 166-169: FEBRUARY 1933 REVISED TO OCTOBER 1947

SHEET 169: ANCASTER

SHEET 170: NOVEMBER 1939 REVISED TO OCTOBER 1947

SHEET 171-173: OCTOBER 1947

[FICHE SET ALSO INCLUDES HAMILTON, ONT. VOLUME I, MAY 1927, REVISED NOV. 1939: KEY PLAN 1" = 1000' [1 FICHE]]

[NMC MICROFICHE #9880, 77 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

HAMILTON, ONTARIO [REVISION SLIPS FOR HAMILTON, ONT.]

(OCT. 1947)

[NMC MICROFICHE #103599, 6 FICHE - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

INSURANCE PLAN OF THE CITY OF HAMILTON 1" = 100'

(UNDERWRITERS' SURVEY BUREAU LTD.)

VOLUME 1, PLAN DATED APRIL 1964

SHEETS 100-1 & 100-2: KEY SHEET 1" = 1200'

50 LEAVES

VOLUME 2, PLAN DATED NOVEMBER 1962

SHEET 200: KEY PLAN 1" = 1200'

42 LEAVES

VOLUME 3, PLAN DATED DECEMBER 1960

SHEET 301: KEY PLAN 1" = 1200'

39 LEAVES

VOLUME 4, INCLUDING TOWN OF STONEY CREEK, PLAN DATED OCTOBER 1960

SHEET 400: KEY PLAN 1" = 1200'

25 LEAVES

VOLUME 5, INCLUDING ANCASTER, PLAN DATED OCTOBER 1960

SHEETS 502, 503 & 504: KEY PLAN 1" = 1200'

23 LEAVES

[FILED IN LOCKED CABINET D]

INKERMAN, ONT. 1" = 50'

(C. E. GOAD, JAN. 1889)

1 SHEET

MANILLA, ONT. 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, NOV. 1885)

SHEET 1

MILDMAY, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED NOV. 1925)

SHEET 1: 1" = 100'

SHEET 2: 1" = 50'

SHEET 3: 1" = 100'

MILTON, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED MAR. 1927)

SHEET 1/2 - SHEET 1: 1" = 100', SHEET 2: 1" = 50'

SHEET 3/4 - SHEET 3: 1" = 50', SHEET 4: 1" = 100'

SHEET 5/6: 1" = 100'

[2 COPIES]

MONTREAL, QUEBEC

SEVERAL SHEETS OF REVISION SLIPS FOR MONTREAL, VOL.II, DECEMBER 1937, APPEAR ON THE VERSO OF SHEETS 6,7 AND 8 IN THE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT., AUG. 1946 SET

SEVERAL SHEETS FOR MONTREAL, VOL.II, MARCH 1926, REVISED AND REPRINTED DECEMBER 1937, ALSO APPEAR ON THE VERSO OF SHEETS IN THE PENETANGUISHENE SET:

SHEET 69, UNCOLOURED, SEE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT., AUG. 1946, SHEET 10, COPY 1

SHEET 76, UNCOLOURED, SEE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT., AUG. 1946, SHEET 11

SHEET 79, UNCOLOURED, SEE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT., AUG. 1946, SHEET 10, COPY 2

NEUSTADT, ONT. (GREY COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, DEC. 1896)

SHEET 1 - 2

INSURANCE PLAN OF THE TOWN OF NIAGARA, ONT., (NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE)

(UNDERWRITERS' SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED DECEMBER 1949)

SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500'

SHEETS 2 - 3: 1" = 50'

SHEET 4 - 12: 1" = 100'

NORTH AUGUSTA, ONTARIO (GRENVILLE COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, JAN. 1905)

SHEETS 1 - 2

NORWOOD, ONT. 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, JUNE 1900)

SHEETS 1 - 4

OAKVILLE, ONTARIO

SEVERAL SHEETS FOR OAKVILLE, ONT., FEBRUARY 1924, REVISED AND REPRINTED TO MAY 1932, APPEAR ON THE VERSO OF SHEETS IN THE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. SET:

SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN] SEE PENETANGUISHENE, AUG. 1946, SHEET 1, COPY 2

SHEET 9 SEE PENETANGUISHENE, AUG. 1946, VERSO OF SHEET 1, COPY 1

ORANGEVILLE, ONT. (DUFFERIN COUNTY)

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, DECEMBER 1907)

SHEETS 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500"

SHEETS 2 - 14: 1" = 50'

INSURANCE PLAN OF THE TOWN OF ORANGEVILLE, ONT.

(UNDERWRITER'S SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED DEC. 1907, PLAN REVISED TO DEC. 1935)

SHEETS 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500'

SHEETS 2 - 14: 1" = 50'

OSANBRUCK CENTRE, ONT. 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, MARCH 1896)

PAISLEY, ONT. (BRUCE COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, OCT. 1904)

SHEETS 1 - 3

PALMERSTON, ONTARIO 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD CO., CIVIL ENGINEERS, MAY 1914)

SHEETS 1 - 2

INSURANCE PLAN OF THE TOWN OF PENETANGUISHENE, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED AUG. 1946)

SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 800'

[COPY 1, VERSO: OAKVILLE, FEB. 1924, REVISED AND REPRINTED MAY 1932, SHEET 9: 1" = 100'; COPY 2, VERSO: OAKVILLE, ONT., PLAN DATED JULY 20, REVISED AND REPRINTED MAY 1932, SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500']

SHEET 2: 1" = 100'

[VERSO: CARBONEAR, NFLD., JULY 1946, SHEET 2, UNCOLOURED: 1" = 100'] [2 COPIES]

SHEET 3: 1" = 100'

[VERSO: TORONTO, VOL.XIII, JUNE 1937, SHEET 1333, UNCOLOURED: 1" = 50'] [2 COPIES]

SHEET 4: 1" = 50'

[VERSO: TORONTO, VOL.XIII, JUNE 1937, SHEET 1330, UNCOLOURED: 1" = 50'] [2 COPIES]

SHEET 5: 1" = 50'

[VERSO: TORONTO, VOL.XIII, JUNE 1937, SHEET 1338, UNCOLOURED: 1" = 50'] [2 COPIES]

SHEET 6: 1" = 100'

[VERSO: MONTREAL, P.R., VOL.II, DEC. 1937, REVISION SLIPS] [2 COPIES]

SHEETS 7, 8: 1" = 100'

[VERSO: MONTREAL, VOL.II, DEC. 1937, REVISION SLIPS] [2 COPIES]

SHEET 9: 1" = 100'

[COPY 1, VERSO: TORONTO, VOL.XIII, JUNE 1937, SHEET 1333, UNCOLOURED: 1" =50'; COPY 2, VERSO: TORONTO, VOL.XIII, JUNE 1937, SHEET 1339, UNCOLOURED: 1"= 50']

SHEET 10: 1" = 100'

[COPY 1, VERSO: MONTREAL, VOL.II, MARCH 1926, REVISED AND REPRINTED DEC. 1937, SHEET 69, UNCOLOURED: 1" = 50'; COPY 2, VERSO: MONTREAL, VOL.II, MARCH 1926, REVISED AND REPRINTED DEC. 1937, SHEET 79, UNCOLOURED: 1" =100']

SHEET 11: 1" = 100'

[VERSO: MONTREAL, VOL.II, MARCH 1926, REVISED AND REPRINTED DEC. 1937, SHEET 76, UNCOLOURED: 1" = 50'] [2 COPIES]

SHEET 12: 1" = 100'

[COPY 1, VERSO: STRATFORD, ONT., MAY 1908, REVISED JAN. 1925, SHEET 14: 1" = 50'; COPY 2, VERSO: STRATFORD, ONT., MAY 1908, REVISED TO JAN. 1925, SHEET 12: 1" = 50']

SHEET 13: 1" = 100'

[COPY 1, VERSO: STRATFORD, ONT., REVISED JAN. 1925, SHEET 20: 1" = 50'; COPY 2, VERSO: STRATFORD, ONT., MAY 1908, REVISED TO JAN. 1925, SHEET 21: 1" = 50']

PLANTAGENET, ONT. (PRESCOTT COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, OCT. 1897)

1 SHEET

PONTYPOOL, DURHAM COUNTY, ONT. 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, APRIL 1904)

1 SHEET [2 COPIES]

PORT ELGIN, ONT.

(UNDERWRITER'S SURVEY BUREAU, MAY 1928)

SHEET 1/2 - SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500', SHEET 2: 1" = 100'

SHEET 3/4: 1" = 50'

SHEET 5: 1" = 100"

PRESTON, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS' SURVEY BUREAU, SURVEY DATED SEPT. 1910, REPRINTED MARCH 1924)

SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500'

SHEETS 2 - 9: 1" = 50'

SHEET 10: 1" = 100'

SHEET 11: 1" = 50'

SHEETS 12 - 13: 1" = 100'

SHEETS 14 - 16: 1" = 50'

[2 COPIES OF EACH SHEET]

ROCKWOOD, ONT. (WELLINGTON COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, OCTOBER 1904)

SHEET 1, 2 [3 COPIES OF EACH]

ST. GEORGE, ONT. 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, JULY 1894)

1 SHEET

ST. JACOB'S, ONT. (WATERLOO COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, JULY 1904)

1 SHEET [3 COPIES]

ST. PIERRE LES BECQUETS, QUE. 1" = 100'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, JULY 1897)

1 SHEET ST. THOMAS, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED MARCH 1922, REVISED & REPRINTED JULY 1929)

SHEET 1/2- SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN] 1" = 500', SHEET 2: 1" = 50'

SHEETS 3/4, 5/6: 1" = 50'

SHEET 7/8 - SHEET 7: 1" = 50', SHEET 8: 1" = 100'

SHEETS 9/10, 11/12, 13/14: 1" = 100'

SHEET 15/16 - SHEET 15: 1" = 100'. SHEET 15: 1" = 50'

SHEET 17: 1" = 100'

SCHOMBERG, ONT. (KING TOWNSHIP) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, MARCH 1904)

1 SHEET

SEAFORTH, ONT. INCLUDING VILLAGE OF EGMONDVILLE

(UNDERWRITERS' SURVEY BUREAU, AUGUST 1923)

SHEET 1/2- SHEET 1" = 100'. SHEET 1: 1" = 50'

SHEETS 3/4, 5, 6: 1" = 100'

SELKIRK, ONT. (HALDIMAND COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, MARCH 1905)

1 SHEET [2 COPIES]

SHAKESPEARE, ONT. (PERTH COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, APRIL 1901)

1 SHEET

SOUTHAMPTON, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED MAY 1928)

SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500'

SHEET 2: 1" = 50'

SHEET 3: 1" = 100'

SHEET 4: 1" = 50'

SHEET 5: 1" = 100'

SPANISH RIVER, ONT. 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, JULY 1896)

1 SHEET

SPRAGGE (COOK'S MILLS), ALGOMA DIST., ONTARIO 1" = 100'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, JULY 1896)

1 SHEET

SPRINGFIELD, ONT. (ELGIN COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, MAY 1906)

SHEETS 1 - 3

STEVENSVILLE, ONT. 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, APRIL 1897)

1 SHEET [2 COPIES]

INSURANCE PLAN OF THE VILLAGE OF STONEY CREEK, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS' SURVEY BUREAU LTD., PLAN DATED FEB. 1939)

SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" 500'

SHEET 3/4: 1" = 100'

[STRATFORD, ONT.]

WE HAVE NO VISUAL INDEX (KEY PLAN) AND ONLY 4 PLATES FROM THIS MUCH LARGER SET.

SHEETS FOR STRATFORD, ONT., MAY 1908, REVISED JANUARY 1925, APPEAR ON THE VERSO OF SHEETS IN THE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. SET:

SHEET 12 SEE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. AUG. 1946, SHEET 12, COPY 2

SHEET 14 SEE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT., AUG. 1946, SHEET 12, COPY 1

SHEET 20 SEE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT., AUG. 1946, SHEET 13, COPY 1

SHEET 21 SEE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT., AUG. 1946, SHEET 13, COPY 2

INSURANCE PLAN OF THE VILLAGE OF STREETSVILLE, ONT. 1" = 100'

(UNDERWRITERS' SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED JAN. 1939)

SHEETS 1 - 3

INSURANCE PLAN OF SWASTIKA, ONT. 1" = 100'

(UNDERWRITERS' SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED AUG. 1928, REVISED & REPRINTED MARCH 1937)

1 SHEET

TARA, ONT.

(UNDERWRITERS SURVEY BUREAU, PLAN DATED AUG. 1926)

SHEET 1: 1" = 100'

SHEET 2: 1" = 50'

THISTLETOWN, ONT (ETOBICOKE TOWNSHIP)

(UNDERWRITER'S SURVEY BUREAU, APRIL 1936)

SHEET 1: 1" = 50' [2 COPIES]

SHEET 2: 1" = 100'

TORONTO, ONTARIO

SEVERAL SHEETS FOR TORONTO, ONT., VOL. XIII, JUNE 1937, APPEAR ON THE VERSO OF SHEETS IN THE PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. SET:

SHEET 1330, UNCOLOURED, SEE PENETANGUISHENE, AUG. 1946, SHEET 4

SHEET 1333, UNCOLOURED, SEE PENETANGUISHENE, AUG. 1946, SHEET 3, SHEET 9 COPY 1

SHEET 1338, UNCOLOURED, SEE PENETANGUISHENE, AUG. 1946, SHEET 5

SHEET 1339, UNCOLOURED, SEE PENETANGUISHENE, AUG. 1946, SHEET 9 COPY 2 VICTORIA HARBOUR, ONTARIO 1" = 100'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, AUGUST 1890)

1 SHEET

VIENNA, ONT. (ELGIN COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, NOV. 1896)

SHEET 1

WAKEFIELD, QUE. (OTTAWA COUNTY) 1" = 100'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, NOV. 1897)

1 SHEET

WIARTON, ONT.

(UNDERWRITER'S SURVEY BUREAU, JULY 1923)

SHEET 1 [KEY PLAN]: 1" = 500'

SHEETS 2 - 4: 1" = 100'

FIRE INSURANCE PLAN OF THE CITY OF WINNIPEG, MAN. COMPRISING SEVEN VOLUMES 1" = 50'

(WESTERN CANADA FIRE UNDERWRITERS ASSOCIATION, PLAN DEPARTMENT, JULY 1918)

CONDENSED KEY PLAN 1" = 2,000' APPROX. [1 slide]

VOLUME 3, SHEETS 356-382 [27 slides]

SHEET 362A: SWIFT CANADIAN COMPANY LTD., ABATTOIR AND PACKING HOUSE [PERSPECTIVE VIEW]

[COLOUR SLIDES, MADE FROM ORIGINAL IN THE ARCHIVES OF MANITOBA - FILED IN THE MICROFORMS AREA]

WROXETER, ONT. 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, MAY 1894)

1 SHEET

WYOMING, ONT. (LAMBTON COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, JUNE 1906)

1 SHEET

YARKER, ONT. 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, AUG. 1904)

1 SHEET

ZURICH, ONT. (HURON COUNTY) 1" = 50'

(CHAS. E. GOAD, CIVIL ENGINEER, DEC. 1896)

1 SHEET

 

Key to Symbols

Key to Symbols

Hamilton 1898 Fire Insurance Plan

Key to symbols 1898 Fire Insurance Plan

Hamilton 1911 Fire Insurance Plan

Key to symbols 1911 Fire Insurance Plan

Hamilton 1947 Fire Insurance Plan

Key to symbols 1947 Fire Insurance Plan

Hamilton 1964 Fire Insurance Plan

Key to symbols 1964 Fire Insurance Plans

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Recommended Citation Styles for FIPs

Recommended Citation Styles for FIPs

Charles E. Goad Fire Insurance Plans

If citing the entire 1898 or 1911-1916 plan, use the following style:

Goad, Charles E. Insurance Plan of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Toronto: C.E. Goad, 1898.

Goad, Charles E. Insurance Plan of the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Montreal: C.E. Goad, 1911-1916.

If citing an individual plate, include the plate number as follows:

Goad, Charles E. Insurance Plan of the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Montreal: C.E. Goad, 1911-1916, plate__.

Underwriters' Survey Bureau Plans

If citing the entire 1947 or 1960-1964 plan, use the following style:

Underwriters' Survey Bureau. Insurance Plan of the City of Hamilton, Ont. Toronto: Underwriters' Survey Bureau, 1947.

Underwriters' Survey Bureau. Insurance Plan of the City of Hamilton. Toronto: Underwriters' Survey Bureau, 1960-1964.

If citing an individual plate, include the plate number as follows:

Underwriters' Survey Bureau. Insurance Plan of the City of Hamilton. Toronto: Underwriters' Survey Bureau, 1960-1964, plate__.