| From Ulster to Canada : The life and times of Wilson Benson 1821 - 1911 | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Monograph or Collective Volume | Ulster Historical Foundation | 2015 |
| Ireland : the haunted ark | Houston, Cecil J. | Monograph or Collective Volume | Celtic Arts | 1996 |
| Irish emigrants to Canada : whence they came | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Book | | 1988 |
| Irish emigration and Canadian settlement : patterns, links, and letters | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Monograph or Collective Volume | University of Toronto Press|Ulster Historical Foundation | 1990 |
| Irish emigration to Canada : the directive role of William Hutton | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Journal | | 1992 |
| New Brunswick shipbuilding and Irish shipping : the commissioning of the Londondery, 1838 | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Journal | | 1987 |
| Orangemen in Canada | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Book | | 1988 |
| The faded sash : the decline of the Orange Order in Canada, 1920-2005 | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Book | | 2007 |
| The geography of the Irish emigration to Canada | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Journal | | 1988 |
| The Irish abroad : better questions through a better source, the Canadian census | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Journal | | 1980 |
| The Irish diaspora : emigration to the New World, 1720-1920 | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Book | | 1993 |
| The legacy of Irish emigration to the Canadas in 1847 | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Book | | 2003 |
| The Orange Order and the expansion of the frontier in Ontario, 1830-1900 | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Journal | | 1978 |
| The Sash Canada wore : a historical geography of the Orange Order in Canada | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Monograph or Collective Volume | University Toronto Press | 1980 |
| Transferred loyalties : Orangeism in the United States and Ontario | Houston, Cecil J.Smyth, W. J. (William James) | Article in Journal | | 1984 |