Canada Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

There are very few passenger lists for ships coming into Canada before 1865. Lists were not made or were destroyed. The Library and Archives Canada website has posted an index of some lists that have survived.  Some of these indexed names have been gathered from declarations of aliens and names of some Irish orphans.  [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/immigrants-canada/index-e.html Canada Immigrant databases].  

Filby, P. William. ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index''. 15+ Volumes. Detroit, Michigan, USA: Gale Research, 1981–. (Family History Library book {{FHL|973 W32p|disp=973 W32p}}.) Supplemental volumes have been issued annually. A few scattered volumes are available on microfilm. This source contains nearly three million names from more than 2,500 published sources. This focuses on U.S. arrivals, but also indexes many pre-1865 Canadian passenger lists which have been compiled in genealogical and historical publications. It does not index microfilmed official U.S. or Canadian arrival lists.  

Dobson, David. ''Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625–1825''. Seven Volumes. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981–93. (Family History Library book  {{FHL|213085|title-id|disp=970 W2d}}.) Volume 5, with more than 3,000 names, especially emphasizes Scottish migration to Canada. It may include the settler’s name, birth date, family members’ names, and date and place of settlement in North America.  

Whyte, Donald. ''A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation [1867]''. Two Volumes. Toronto, Canada: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1986, 1995. (Family History Library book {{FHL|362924|title-id|disp=971 F2wd}}.) Volume 1 includes about 12,500 names; volume 2 has about 11,000. The volumes may contain the following Information about the immigrant: name, date, place of birth and death, date of arrival in Canada, residence in Canada, occupation, and spouse’s and children’s names. The appendixes give the sources of information.  

Smith, Leonard H. ''Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867''. Two Volumes. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992, 1994. (Family History Library book {{FHL|527330|title-id|disp=971.6 W2s}}.) Volume 1 includes about 15,000 entries taken from manuscript sources and Nova Scotia periodicals. Volume 2 has about 6,800 entries from non-Nova Scotia periodicals and from published diaries. The information may include the immigrant’s name, names of family members, name of the ship on which he or she arrived, date of arrival, place of settlement in Nova Scotia, and the source of the information. It covers peninsular Nova Scotia only; it does not cover Cape Breton Island.  

Mitchell, Brian. ''Irish Emigration Lists 1833–1839: Lists of Emigrants Extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Counties Londonderry and Antrim''. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989. (Family History Library book {{FHL|60107|title-id|disp=941.6 W2m}}.) This and the following book by Mitchell list age, year of departure, destination, and townland or county of origin in northern Ireland for many persons sailing to Saint John, New Brunswick; Quebec; and other North American ports. It contains about 3,000 entries.  

Mitchell, Brian. ''Irish Passenger Lists 1847–1871: Lists of Passengers Sailing from Londonderry to America. . . .'' Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988. (Family History Library book {{FHL|616310|title-id|disp=973 W3mi}}.) This book contains about 20,000 entries; about half of the people had destinations in Canada.  

Most immigrants to Canada arrived at the ports of Quebec and Halifax, although many came to New York and then traveled to Canada by way of the Hudson River, [[Erie Canal|Erie Canal]], and Great Lakes. A few arrived in Portland, Maine, then traveled overland to Canada. Surviving lists for Quebec date from 1865 and for Halifax from 1881.  

The film numbers are in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: