St. Peter's Cathedral Archives houses and makes available the Cathedral official archives, along with archival materials related to the church community in Charlottetown and across Prince Edward Island.
Charity returns records are submitted by the church to the Canada Revenue Agency annually, in compliance with the Income Tax Act, in order to verify the church's status as a charitable agency. Final documents are retained by the church as archival evidence. The charity returns files are as follows: (1) 1995 (0.25 cm) (2) 1999-2004 (2 cm) (3) 2005-2010 (1 cm) (4) 2011-2014 (1 cm)
Parochial returns records are submitted by the church to the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, in order to support financial allocations across the diocese. The parochial return form provides financial disclosure re: all sources of income generated by every organization within the church, including interest earned by, and donations made to all funds or accounts maintained by the parochial corporation, including memorial accounts. Final documents are retained by the church as archival evidence. The parochial returns files are as follows: (1) 1998 (0.25 cm) (2) 1999-2005 (2 cm) (3) 2006-2010 (1 cm) (4) 2011-2014 (1 cm)
The archives of St. Peter's rectors and related clergy is an artificially organized series of records found during the processing of the backlog of church archives and brought together by the name of the clergy in question, based on provenance. The documents include personal correspondence, service-related materials, confirmation notes, programmes for installation services, newspaper clippings, reports, and other records. The clergy represented in these archives are: Canon Gerald E. Moffatt; Archdeacon J. R. Davies; Archdeacon George Stavert Tanton; Canon H. M. D. Westin; Father Peter Harris; Father David Garrett; Father David Harris; Father Jacques Smith; and Canon Robert Tuck. Also in the archives is documentation related to the enthronement of George F. Arnold as Bishop.
The historical notes and tour information series consists of documents created or brought together by St. Peter's Cathedral Church to provide historical information about the church or to be used for public tours or to prepare historical guides. The series also includes newspaper clippings with historical content and reports and presentations on the church's history prepared by members of the church. Among the names represented in the archives are: Canon E. M. Malone; Margaret L. Bearsto, Joshua Smith.
