Try the resources linked below for each of the following dates:
- pre-1869: Try Cemetery Transcriptions and/or our Guide to Church Records
- 1869 – 1937: Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947 on FamilySearch
- 1939 – 1947: Overseas only (see above)
- 1938 – 1942: look for the Death Regitrations section on the Archives of Ontario Microfilm Interloan Service
- 1943 – 1945 Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use)
- 1946: closed for microfilming
- 1947 – present: Registrar General's Online Certificate Application (Service Ontario)
Resources
Applications
Registrar General's Online Certificate Application
Apply for birth (1916 - present), marriage (1931 - present) or death (1941 - present) records through the Registrar General's Online Certificate Application website.
Books
Abstracts of Some Surrogate Court Wills: Kingston and Vicinity 1790-1858
Cataraqui Cemetery Inscriptions
It is a four-volume set of books, maroon in colour, found in KFPL's Genealogy and Local History Collection.
Cataraqui Community Cemetery: Burial Register
The transcriptions are in a single maroon-coloured book that contains five sections called "volumes." It is location in KFPL's Genealogy and Local History Collection.
Death Notices From Local Newspapers
This is a set of ring binders/scrapbooks of clippings from Kingston and Napanee newspapers with an alphabetical index to the surnames of the deceased (plus maiden name where available). The binders are compiled by members of the Ontario Genealogical Society, Kingston Branch, Library Committee and located at KFPL's Central Branch in the Genealogy collection. They are for in-library use only.
Death Notices from the Christian Guardian
Death Notices of Ontario
Index To The Intestate Surrogate Files Of Frontenac County, Ont., 1821-1869
Index To Wills Probated, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada, 1858-1973
"A Transcription Of The Original Abstract Index Register Books"
Old Wills, 1790-1858
Surrogate Court Index Of Ontario, Canada, 1859-1900
Frontenac County is Volume 8.
Databases
Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955 on FamilySearch
Frontenac County Surrogate Court Records
Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947 on FamilySearch
Name index of Ontario, Canada, death registration entries. Registration entries for 1939-1947 are for overseas deaths only.
The Ontario Name Index (TONI)
The Ontario Name Index (TONI) shows where information about a particular name can be found. Note that this is an index- it does NOT contain the information, just tells you where to find the information.
— from the Ontario Genealogical Society website
The Ontario Vital Statistics Project: Death Index
Microfilms
Archives of Ontario Microfilm Interloan Service
Websites
Find a Grave
This online resource will allow you to search through a database of graves from around the world.
Kingston Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
The Kingston Branch of the the Ontario Genealogical Society publishes cemetery transcriptions, vital statistics, census records and more valuable local genealogical information. Download their publication list for details about what is available and how much it will cost.