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Guide to Canada Online Genealogy Records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth, marriage, death, census, church, military, immigration, and naturalization records.

Canada Online Databases This chart shows links to province-wide collections. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions (such as a county, town, or parish), go to Locating Online Databases. Ancestry.com, findmypast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Vital Records The Drouin Church and Vital Records, French-Canadian and English historical records from 1621-1967 Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946, index and images, ($) British Civil Service Evidence Of Age, index ($) Births Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959 Index only. Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register BMS2000 Genealogical Database, index British Nationals Born Overseas 1818-2005, index and images. British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, index and images, ($) Marriages Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949 Index only. Canada Parliamentary Marriage and Divorces, 1867-1919 ($) BMS2000 Genealogical Database, index British Nationals Married Overseas 1818-2005, index and images, British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages,, index and images, ($) Divorce Canada Parliamentary Marriage and Divorces, 1867-1919 ($) Library and Archives Canada Divorce in Canada 1841-1968 Index Death Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955 Index only. British Nationals Died Overseas 1818-2005, index and images. British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($) Archival Records BMS2000 Genealogical Database, index Biography Online Dictionary of Canadian Biography Hudson's Bay Company Archives--Biographies of employees Cemeteries CanadianHeadstones.com Index ($). Also at MyHeritage, ($), index Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948 Index ($) FindAGrave Index Canada Billion Graves Cemetery Index Index Canada GenWeb Cemetery Index I Dream of Genealogy Canada Index Commomwealth War Graves Commission, index Royal Canadian Mounted Police Graves Census Automated Genealogy census indices for 1851, 1901, 1906, 1911. Canada, Lower Canada Census, 1825, index/images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index. Also at FindMyPast, index, ($). Canada, Lower Canada Census, 1831, index/images Canada, Lower Canada Census, 1842, index/images. Also at FindMyPast, index, ($0. Canada, Upper Canada Census, 1842, index/images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index Canada Census, 1851, index. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index/images. Also at FindMyPast, index, ($) 1861 Census of Canada, ($), index/images. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index/images. Also at FindMyPast, index, ($). Canada Census, 1871, index . Also at FindMyPast, index, ($). Canada Census Mortality Schedules, 1871, index Canada Census, 1881 Index and Images. 1881 Census of Canada from Library and Archives Canada free! Index and images. 1881 Census of Canada ($) Index and Images. Also at FindMyPast, index, ($). Canada Census, 1891 Index only. Also at FindMyPast, index, ($). 1891 Census of Canada ($) Index and Images. Canada Census, 1901 Index only. Also at FindMyPast, index, ($). 1901 Census of Canada from Library and Archives Canada Index and images. 1901 Census of Canada ($) Index and Images. Canada Census, 1911 Index only. Also at FindMyPast, index, ($). 1911 Census of Canada from Library and Archives Canada Index and images. 1911 Census of Canada ($) Index and Images. Canada Census, 1916, index 1921 Census of Canada ($) Index and Images. Church Records and History Library and Archives Canada Church Records Index Canada, Quaker Meeting Records, 1786-1988, ($), index/images. Parish Registers of the Dutch Reformed Christian Church, United States, 1856 to 1970, index and images, ($). Compiled Genealogy Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s. ($), index Canadian Headstones, Famiily Trees, index GEDCOM Index, Canada Court and Criminal Records Canada's Criminal Databases Directories Canadian (Online) Directories Collection Library and Archves of Canada, index Canadian Phone and Address Directories, 1995-2002 ($) Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906 ($) The Canada Directory, 1853/1854, ($), index Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups Metis National Council Historical Online Database Canada, Quaker Meeting Records, 1786-1988, ($), index/images Canada- Presbyterian Pioneer Missionaries, ($), index Immigrants from China, 1885-1949, index Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry, 1897-1909, ($), index Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry, 1909-1914, ($), index The Irishman In Canada, ($), index The Scotch-Irish In Canada, ($), index Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875, ($), index Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920 Ukrainian Immigrants, Library and Archives Canada, index. Immigrants from the Russian Empire, 1898-1922, index United Empire Loyalist's Association of Canada, index Black Loyalist Refugees, 1782-1807- Port Roseway Associates, index Carleton Papers – Book of Negroes, 1783, index. United Empire Loyalists, Parts I-II, ($), index The Loyalists Of America and Their Times From 1620 To 1816, ($), index History History of the Settlement of Upper Canada, ($), index/images History of French Canadians 1608-1880: origin, history, religion, wars, discoveries, colonization, customs, life dome (in French), ($), index/images Home Children Home Children, 1869-1930, index British Home Children Registry, index British Home Children in Canada Immigration Records Old United Empire Loyalists List, ($), index/images Immigrants to Canada Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One ($) Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two ($) Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s ($)

Immigration Records continued Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935, ($), index Canada, Immigration and Settlement Correspondence and Lists, 1817-1896, ($), index/images Canada, St. Lawrence Steamboat Company Passenger Lists, 1819-1838, ($), index/images Irish Canadian Emigration Records, 1823-1849, ($), index/images Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 ($) Home Children, 1869-1930, index British Home Children Registry, index Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922 Index and images. Canada, British Vessel Crew Lists, 1881, ($), index U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, ($), index/images Immigrants from the Russian Empire, 1898-1922, index Ukrainian Immigrants, 1891-1930, index. U.S., Records of Aliens Pre-Examined in Canada, 1904-1954, ($), index/images Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935, ($), index/images Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924 ($) Ship Passengers Arriving in Canada (Letter A): 1919-1924, ($), index/images Immigrants to Canada 1930-1965, index Canada, Canadian National Railway Immigrant Records, 1937-1961, ($), index/images Canada and U.S., Dutch Emigrants, 1946-1963, ($), index/images U.S., Passenger and Crew Lists for U.S.-Bound Vessels Arriving in Canada, 1912-1939 and 1953-1962, ($), index/images War Brides passenger Lists Canadian Genealogy Records Online provides links to online record collections by province Land Records Canada, Soldier Homestead Grant Registers, 1918-1931, ($), index/images Patents Of Canada, 1824-1849, ($), index Land Grants of Western Canada, 1870-1930, index Land Petitions of Lower Canada, 1764-1841, index Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865, index Loyalists Black Loyalist Refugees, 1782-1807- Port Roseway Associates, index Loyalists in the Maritimes — Ward Chipman Muster Master's Office, 1777–1785, index. Carleton Papers – Book of Negroes, 1783, index. Carleton Papers – Loyalists and British Soldiers, 1772-1784, index. United Empire Loyalists, Parts I-II, ($), index The Loyalists Of America and Their Times From 1620 To 1816, ($), index United Empire Loyalist's Association of Canada, index The Old United Empire Loyalists List, index and images, ($) A collection of online books about U.E.L. Loyalists Military Records Canadian Virtual War Memorial, index. World War I Personnel Records of the First World War, index. Canadian Great War Project, index First World War Certificates of Military Training, Canada, 1867-1932, index and images, ($). Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918, index and images. On Ancestry, ($) index/images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948 ($). On Library and Archives Canada (free), images Canada, CEF Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1919, ($), index/images Veterans Death Cards: First World War. index. U.S., Residents Serving in Canadian Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1918, ($), index/images England, Queen's Canadian Military Hospital Registers, 1914-1919, ($), index/images Canada, Ledgers of CEF Officers Transferring to Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1919, ($), index/images “Far From Home”, casualties sustained by the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Great Britain. World War II Service Records of the Second World War - War Victims, Canada, 1939-1947, index and images, ($)' Second World War (1939-1945) Royal Canadian Naval Reserve (RCNR) Officers 1939-1945, index Commomwealth War Graves Commission, index Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947, index War Brides passenger Lists The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archives, War Diaries, images. Other Military Records The Canadian Military Heritage Project Canadian Fallen Heroes, index The Naval Service of Canada: Its Official History, ($), index/images UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Registers of Soldiers Who Served in Canada, 1743-1882, ($) index/images Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900, ($), index/images Canada, British Navy Ship Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, 1757-1836, ($), index/images Canada, Records of British Military Headquarters, 1775-1856, ($), index/images UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835, ($), index/images Canada, Pension Applications For Widows and Family of British Military Officers, 1776-1881, ($), index/images Canada, British Army and Canadian Militia Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, 1795-1850, ($), index/images Canada, Registers of Prisoners of War, 1803-1815, ($), index/images British Army Regimental Rolls of Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers, 1806-1892, ($), index/images Canada, Militia and Defence Forces Lists, 1832, 1863-1939 ($) Canada, Nominal Rolls and Paylists for the Volunteer Militia, 1857-1922 ($) Canada, Military Honours and Awards Citation Cards, 1900-1961 ($) Canada, South African War Land Grants, 1908-1910, ($), index/images Naturalizations Naturalization Records, 1828-1850 - Upper Canada and Canada West, index Citizenship Registration Records (1851-1945) - Montreal Circuit Court, index/images Library and Archives Canada Naturalization 1915-1939 Index Library and Archives Canada Naturalization 1939-1951 By Date. Newspapers Indexes to Canadian Newspapers Canada Gazetteer Index ARCHIVED - French-Canadian Newspapers: An Essential Historical Source (1808-1919) Obituaries Canadian Obituary Links Genealogy Buff canadian Obituaries Forum Canada Obituary Collection, ($), index Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and notices, 1876-2007, images only, no index Occupations Canada, Merchant Marine Agreements and Accounts of Crews, 1890-1920, images only/no index Canadian Civil Servants Lists, 1872-1900, ($), images/index Civil Service List of Canada: 1911, ($), index Hudson's Bay Compay Archives, index Periodicals PERiodical Source Index, index and images, ($) Voter Lists Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 ($) Welfare Records Relief for unemployed Canadian settlers, Canada, 1932-1939, index and images, ($).

Province- and Territory-Specific Online Genealogy Records Pages

• Alberta Online Genealogy Records
• British Columbia Online Genealogy Records
• Manitoba Online Genealogy Records
• New Brunswick Online Genealogy Records
• Newfoundland and Labrador Online Genealogy Records
• Northwest Territories Online Genealogy Records
• Nova Scotia Online Genealogy Records
• Nunavut Online Genealogy Records
• Ontario Online Genealogy Records
• Prince Edward Island Online Genealogy Records
• Quebec Online Genealogy Records
• Saskatchewan Online Genealogy Records
• Yukon Online Genealogy Records

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