ANQ – Archives Nationales du Quebec, Quebec City
ANQM – Archives Nationales du Quebec, Montreal
BCPA – British Columbia Provincial Archives, Victoria, B.C.
b.p. – building permit
C.A.B. – Canadian Architect & Builder [Toronto], pub. 1888-1908
C.H.G. – Canadian Homes & Gardens [Toronto], pub. 1925-1962
C.R. – Contract Record , and its variant titles, including :
Canadian Contract Record [Toronto], pub. 1890-1908
Contract Record [Toronto], pub. 1908-1911
Contract Record & Engineering Review [Toronto], pub. 1912-1933
Engineering & Contract Record [Toronto], pub. 1933 to date
Const. – Construction: A Journal for the Architectural, Engineering and Contracting Interests of Canada [Toronto], pub. 1907-1934
demol.. – demolished
MPA – Manitoba Provincial Archives, Winnipeg, Man.
NAC – National Archives of Canada (formerly Public Archives of Canada) Ottawa, Ont.
NBPA – New Brunswick Provincial Archives, Fredericton, N.B.
OA – Ontario Archives, Toronto, Ont.
PAA – Provincial Archives of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
PANL – Public Archives of Newfoundland & Labrador, St. Johns, Nfld.
PANS Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.
PAPEI– Public Archives of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
R.A.I.C. Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
R.I.B.A. Royal Institute of British Architects, London, England
SAB – Saskatchewan Archives Board, Regina, Sask.
t.c. – tender call, or a published advertisement requesting cost estimates from contractors