Keeping Our Stories Alive

The ArQuives was established to aid in the recovery and preservation of our histories. Its mandate is to: Acquire, preserve, organize, and give public access to information and materials in any medium, by and about LGBTQ2+ people, primarily produced in or concerning Canada; and Maintain a research library, international research files, and an international collection of queer and trans periodicals.

The ArQuives is the largest independent LGBTQ2+ Archives in the world and since 1973 the only LGBTQ2+ archives in Canada with a national scope, read further about our history and mission.

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Education Resources

Our Education Resources were developed and crafted to support educators in incorporating queer and trans perspectives into Grade 9-12 English and History curricula.

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ArQuives Collection

Our Collection can be searched online. Search by keyword, collection, organization, person, media, artifact type, among other options.

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Our Exhibits

Our current and past Exhibitions are listed on our programming page here. Check out our online Digital Exhibitions anytime.

What’s New

2023 Annual General Meeting

The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives invites you to the 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday, May 13, 2024, at 6:00 PM EST via Zoom.   Any member of the public is invited to attend. [...]

2024 Call for Board Directors

The ArQuives is one of the largest independent LGBTQ2+ archives in the world and the only archive in Canada with a mandate to collect at a national level. Located in Toronto, The ArQuives was founded [...]

Queer Cinema for Palestine: Foggy

The ArQuives co-presented Queer Cinema for Palestine's: Foggy screening this week. You can now view the films online. How can family memories inform solidarity? How can avant-garde voices engaging the past contribute to activism today? [...]

Call for Exhibition Proposals

The Curatorial Committee at The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives is seeking exhibition proposals from contemporary artists and curators working with archival themes and materials for an exhibition in the Spring of 2024. This call for [...]

Our Partners

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