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=== CANADA - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION  ===
=== CANADA - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION  ===


The National Archives of Canada in Ottawa (formerly Public Archives of Canada) will lend some passenger lists by interlibrary loan. It has:
Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa (formerly the National Archives of Canada) has discontinued much of its interlibrary loan services as of 2013.  Passenger lists in electronic format are available on the Library and Archives Canada website, but are not nominally indexed.


*Ship passenger lists for Quebec, 1865–1919.  
*Ship passenger lists for Quebec, 1865–1919.  
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''Ships’ Passenger Lists and Border Entry Lists in PAC, RG 76, Records of the Immigration Branch''. Ottawa, Canada: Federal Archives Division, Public Archives of Canada, 1986. (Family History Library book {{FHL|495030|title-id|disp=971 W23p}}.)  
''Ships’ Passenger Lists and Border Entry Lists in PAC, RG 76, Records of the Immigration Branch''. Ottawa, Canada: Federal Archives Division, Public Archives of Canada, 1986. (Family History Library book {{FHL|495030|title-id|disp=971 W23p}}.)  


Passenger lists and border entry lists into Canada for the years up to 1934 have been transferred to the National Archives of Canada. It is anticipated that public libraries will be able to order microfilm copies of these records in late 1998.  
Passenger lists and border entry lists into Canada for the years up to 1934 have been transferred to Library and Archives Canada.


[http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=1588 Canada, Ocean Arrivals, 1865-1935] - Free online database
[http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=1588 Canada, Ocean Arrivals, 1865-1935] - Free online database  


To obtain post-1934 Canadian passenger lists, a Canadian citizen or resident must submit an Access to Information Request Form, which is available at Canadian post offices. Proof of the immigrant’s death and the approximate date of his or her arrival is required. Send the completed form with the required information and application fee to:  
To obtain post-1934 Canadian passenger lists, a Canadian citizen or resident must submit an Access to Information Request Form, which is available at Canadian post offices. Proof of the immigrant’s death and the approximate date of his or her arrival is required. Send the completed form with the required information and application fee to:  
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada<br>Public Rights Administration<br>300 Slater Street<br>3rd Floor, Section D<br>Ottawa, ON K1A 1L1<br>Canada<br>Telephone: 888-242-2100 (in Canada only)  
Citizenship and Immigration Canada<br>Public Rights Administration<br>300 Slater Street<br>3rd Floor, Section D<br>Ottawa, ON K1A 1L1<br>Canada<br>Telephone: 888-242-2100 (in Canada only)  


The [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/db/hawke.aspx Toronto Emigrant Office Assisted Immigration Registers Database ]at the Archives of Ontario is an Index to four volumes of assisted immigration registers for the period 1865-1883 (Series RG 11-3). Over 29,000 entries in chronological order, &nbsp;the database is searchable by surname.
The [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/db/hawke.aspx Toronto Emigrant Office Assisted Immigration Registers Database ]at the Archives of Ontario is an Index to four volumes of assisted immigration registers for the period 1865-1883 (Series RG 11-3). Over 29,000 entries in chronological order, &nbsp;the database is searchable by surname.  


'''Ontario Department of Immigration Records, 1869–1897'''  
'''Ontario Department of Immigration Records, 1869–1897'''  
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