Introduction
The City of Windsor directory was published from 1888 to 2013. It was produced by the Union Publishing Company of Ingersol, Ontario from 1888-1911. The Vernon family took over the business in 1912 and published the directory until the early 1940s. More recent editions were published by ACME, and then by Might. Although the directory varies over the decades, it normally contains fairly standard indices. The street by street index allows one to trace the physical layout of the city. The detailed version of the street index began in 1904. The alphabetical index of companies/persons often includes the names of company executives and the occupations of individuals. There is always a classified business index as well as a miscellaneous section with information on municipal governments, courts, police, schools, churches, and societies. The main purpose of the directory is as an advertising and marketing tool. It also serves to promote the community. By studying the directories over the decades, one can trace the growth and development of this region.
The volumes published from 1972 onward are still within copyright and have been put online with the consent of Ontario Ancestors, and Wallace and Elizabeth Cooper, the final Vernon Publishing copyright holders. These volumes are available for personal study and research purposes only.
Submissions from 1988
1988 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1987
1987 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1986
1986 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1985
1985 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1984
1984 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1983
1983 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1982
1982 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1981
1981 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1980
1980 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1979
1979 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1978
1978 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1977
1977 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1976
1976 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1975
1975 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1974
1974 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1973
1973 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1972
1972 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1971
1971 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1970
1970 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1969
1969 Windsor City Directory, Might's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1968
1968 City of Windsor Directory, Might Directories Limited
Submissions from 1967
1967 City of Windsor Directory, Might Directories Limited
Submissions from 1966
1966 City of Windsor Directory, Might Directories Limited
Submissions from 1965
1965 City of Windsor Directory, Might Directories Limited
Submissions from 1964
1964 City of Windsor Directory, Might Directories Limited
Submissions from 1963
1963 City of Windsor Directory, Might Directories Limited
Submissions from 1962
1962 City of Windsor Directory, Might Directories Limited
Submissions from 1961
1961 City of Windsor Directory, Might Directories Limited
Submissions from 1960
1960 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1959
1959 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1958
1958 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1957
1957 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1956
1956 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1955
1955 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1954
1954 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1953
1953 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1952
1952 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co. Limited
Submissions from 1951
1951 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1950
1950 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co. Limited
Submissions from 1949
1949 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1948
1948 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Company
Submissions from 1947
1947 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1946
1946 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1945
1945 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1944
1944 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Co., Limited
Submissions from 1943
1943 City of Windsor Directory, ACME Windsor Directory Company
Submissions from 1942
1942 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
Submissions from 1941
1941 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
Submissions from 1940
1940 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
Submissions from 1939
1939 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
Submissions from 1938
1938 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
Submissions from 1937
1937 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
Submissions from 1935
1935 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (Leddy Copy), Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
1935 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (WPL Copy), Vernon's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1934
1934 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
Submissions from 1933
1933 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
Submissions from 1932
1932 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
Submissions from 1931
1931 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (Leddy Copy), Vernon Directories Limited
1931 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (WPL Copy), Vernon's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1930
1930 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon's Directories Limited
Submissions from 1929
1929-1930 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Vernon Directories Limited Publishers
Submissions from 1928
1928-1929 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (Leddy Copy), Henry Vernon and Sons Publishers
1928-1929 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (WPL Copy), Henry Vernon And Son
Submissions from 1927
1927-1928 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Henry Vernon and Sons Publishers
Submissions from 1926
1926-1927 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Henry Vernon and Sons Publishers
Submissions from 1925
1925-1926 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Henry Vernon And Son
Submissions from 1924
1924-1925 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Henry Vernon and Sons Publishers
Submissions from 1923
1923-1924 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Henry Vernon and Sons Publisher
Submissions from 1922
1922-1923 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Henry Vernon and Sons Publishers
Submissions from 1919
1919-1920 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Henry Vernon and Sons Publishers
Submissions from 1916
1916 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory, Henry Vernon And Son
Submissions from 1915
1915 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (Leddy Copy), Henry Vernon And Son
1915 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (WPL Copy), Henry Vernon And Son
Submissions from 1914
1914 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (Leddy Copy), Henry Vernon And Son
1914 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (WPL Copy), Henry Vernon And Son
Submissions from 1913
1913-1914 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (Leddy Copy), Henry Vernon And Son
1913-1914 Vernon's City of Windsor Directory (WPL Copy), Henry Vernon And Son
Submissions from 1912
1912 Windsor Directory, Henry Vernon And Son
Submissions from 1911
1911 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1910
1910 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1909
1909 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1908
1908 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1906
1906-1907 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1905
1905-1906 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1904
1904 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1903
1903 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1901
1901 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1900
1900 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1899
1899 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1897
1897-1898 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1896
1896 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1895
1895 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1894
1894 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1893
1893 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1891
1891 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company
Submissions from 1888
1888 Windsor Directory, Union Publishing Company