The fonds consists of house chronicles, local council minutes, registers for local receipts and expenses; school policy booklet, year books, Newswheel, professional publications, newspaper articles, Order of Truck Rollers information, reference and subject files.

The collection consists of b&w photos of the ongoing construction of the school, action shots of the workers, student activities: picnics, proms, graduations, travels. Events recorded by Kenneth Stone form a major part of the 4 cm of pages of transparencies. Coloured photographs of some of the Copper Valley School Association annual alumni/ae reunions add to the collection.

The fonds consists of seven sous-fonds of textual records, some photographs, and an album of the Provincial Administration of St. Joseph's Province. These sous-fonds belong to: the Provincial Superior, Provincial Bursar, Provincial Prefect of Studies, Prefect of Music, Mistress of Novices, Directress of Juniorate, and Provincial Archivist. All these officers maintained their own offices and records at St. Ann's Academy (Victoria) until its closure in 1973. Today, only the Provincial Superior, Provincial Bursar, and Provincial Archivist maintain active file systems. Recording activities, transactions, and persons has always been a policy with the Sisters of St. Ann and these are to be found in ledgers, registers, and forms throughout the fonds, particularly in the context of schools. There are files of correspondence relating to certain subjects or activities, reports and copies of reports made to counterparts in the General Administration and vice versa, minutes of meetings, chronicles (house journals), journals of official visitations, school records, records of sisters' studies, and a great deal of miscellaneous reference, "orphaned", or ephemeral material. The records span the years 1858 to 1995 with the bulk of it being generated between 1900 and 1990. The dates prior to the Province's formation in 1892 can be explained by predecessor bodies, most notably the Vicariate which performed a number of the Province's current functions and whose records were absorbed by the Provincial Administration.

The sous-fonds consists of one series of chronicles for the Juniorate from 1960 to 1966. These are maintained in chronological order.

The sous-fonds consists of six series comprising novitiate registers, registers of profession, ceremonials, reports of the official visitation of St. Ann's Novitiate, a series of photographs, and miscellaneous materials. The Mistress of Novices' activities centred on the two year preparation of prospective sisters to take their temporary vows. During this time of novitiate, the novices learned prayers, rules, scriptures, the meaning of the vows, and other aspects of their vocation.

The sous-fonds consists of a series of music examination record books for various schools as recorded by the Prefect of Music and by music teachers and examiners.

The sous-fonds consists of fourteen series of records generated during the course of the Prefect of Studies' duties to oversee the quality of education in the Province. These series include: Correspondence, Class Registers, official visitation of classes, Rapport de la Prefete des Etudes, Maximum Class registration records, General Statistics, Class Statistics, Examination results, Student marks summary, St. Ann's Academy classroom records, St. Joseph's School of Nursing, Summer Schooling, Record of Sisters' studies, Teacher Qualifications and Miscellaneous. Generally her duties were to see that the schedule of studies adopted by the Institute was carried out in her jurisdiction. Though the office of Prefect of Studies was disbanded in 1970, her records were maintained for a further three years, as evidenced by further accumulations in some series. Records are predominantly ordered by type of record and then by school or grade.

The sous-fonds consists of three series of records, including correspondence, logs, and miscellaneous material. The Provincial Archivist administers all inactive records for St. Joseph's Province, including those of the Provincial Administration and all local houses.

The sous-fonds consists of 13 series of records generated by the activities of the Provincial Superior, including: Correspondence, Chronicles, Circulars, St. Ann's Journal, Formation committee, Proces Verbaux des visites officielles, Report of the official visitations of St. Joseph's Province, Semiannual reports, Provincial Council, Provincial Chapter, Transfers, Albums, and Miscellaneous. In particular, these records arise from her responsibility of convening the Provincial Council, reviewing the work of the sisters, maintaining daily correspondence, addressing the needs of individual sisters, convening the Provincial Chapter, visiting the local houses of the province and reporting to the General Superior.

The sous-fonds consists of seven series including accounting, administration, personnel management, property management, estates and legacies, a more recent main subject series, which incoporates all functions, as well as a miscellaneous registers and general miscellaneous series. These series consist of correspondence, registers, journals, and ledgers, maps, plans, and drawings, minutes, reports, and photographs. Material dating from prior to the 1960s and early 1970s and stored in the vault was arranged loosely by major function and then by subject or theme. The material transferred from the Treasurer's office most recently was arranged by subject in one main series consisting of many sub-series. Sous-fonds includes blueprints and plans for properties including Little Flower Academy (Vancouver), Lourdes Hospital (Campbell River), Mount St. Angela (Victoria), Mount St. Francis Hospital (Nelson), Queenswood House of Studies (Victoria), St. Ann's Academy (Kamloops), St. Ann's Academy (New Westminster), St. Ann's Academy (Victoria), St. Ann's Convent (Duncan), St. Ann's Convent (Nanaimo), St. Ann's Residence (Victoria), St. Joseph's Hospital (Victoria), St. Joseph's Villa (Victoria), St. Martin's Hospital (Oliver), and Sacred Heart Hospital (Prince George).