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Library and Archives Canada · Salle Gagnon · Eastern Townships Research Centre · Centre d'archives de Québec et de Chaudière-Appalaches · American-Canadian Genealogical Society ·

Archives and Libraries

Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa ON CANADA K1A 0N3
Telephone: 613-996-7458
Genealogy and Family History

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Hudson’s Bay Company Archives

Records of this fur trading company are some of Canada’s most important. Until 1870, the company controlled almost four-fifths of the territory of present-day Canada, including northern Quebec and Ontario and most of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (HBCA), home to the archival records of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), is part of the Archives of Manitoba operating under The Archives and Recordkeeping Act and 1994 gift agreement between HBC and the Government of Manitoba. HBCA operations are supported in part through the ongoing financial support of the Hudson's Bay Company History Foundation.
A very helpful source is:

• Hudson's Bay Company Archives
  • Resources
  • Name Indexes
  • Biographical Sheets
• Finding Aid to the Hudson Bay Company Archives. FamilySearch Library. WorldCat.

Salle Gagnon Bibliothèque de la Ville de Montréal

Salle Gagnon Bibliothèque de la Ville de Montréal
Street Address: 1210 rue Sherbrooke est
Mail Address: Bureau 400, rue d'Iberville
Montréal QC CANADA H2G 3E4
Telephone: 514-872-5579

The Salle Gagnon is the genealogical room at the City Library of Montréal. It has one of the largest collections in North America of French Canadian genealogical material, both books and microfilm. A brief overview of the collection is:

• Schroder, Gary. The Montreal Municipal Library `Salle Gagnon.'Connections 18, number 4 (June 1966): 5–7.
  

Eastern Townships Research Centre

Eastern Townships Research Centre
Bishop's University
Lennoxville QC CANADA J1M 1Z7
Telephone: 819-822-9606
Fax: 819-822-9644

A major collection of records dealing with the Anglo-Protestant settlement of the Eastern Townships is at:

Quebec National Archives Branches

Most original records for the Province of Québec before 1900 are at the nine branches of the Archives Nationales du Québec listed below. Although microfilm copies of some records are held by all branches, there is no one central repository. Each specializes in a region. Only some of the counties included in each branch are listed below.

Regional boundaries do not match county boundaries exactly. Contact the branch nearest the place where your ancestor lived. If you write, ask them to forward your letter if necessary. General questions about the Archives Nationales du Québec should be addressed to the branch in Sainte-Foy.

Centre d'archives de Québec et de Chaudière-Appalaches

Centre d'archives de Québec et de Chaudière-Appalaches
1210 Avenue du Séminaire
C.P. 10450
Sainte-Foy QC CANADA G1V 4N1
Telephone: 418-643-8904
Fax: 418-646-0868

Includes the east central counties of Beauce, Bellechasse, Charlevoix, Kamouraska, Lévis, L'Islet, Lotbinière, Montmagny, Montmorency, Portneuf, Québec, Rivière-du-Loup, and parts of others.

Centre d'archives de Montréal, de Laval, de Lanaudière, des Laurentides et de la Montérégie

Centre d'archives de Montréal, de Laval, de Lanaudière, des Laurentides et de la Montérégie
1945 rue Mullins
Montréal QC CANADA H3K 1N9
Telephone: 514-873-3065
Fax: 514-873-2980

Includes the island of Montréal and the west central counties of Argenteuil, Bagot, Beauharnois, Berthier, Chambly, Chateauguay, Deux-Montagnes, Huntingdon, Iberville, Joliette, Labelle, Laprairie, L'Assomption, Napierville, Richelieu, Rouville, Saint-Hyacinthe, Soulanges, Terrebonne, Vaudreuil, Verchères, Yamaska, and parts of others.

Centre d'archives du Bas St-Laurent et de la Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine

Centre d'archives du Bas St-Laurent et de la Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine
337 rue Moreault
Rimouski QC CANADA G5L 1P4
Telephone: 418-727-3500
Fax: 418-727-3824

Includes Rimouski County and eastward.

Centre d'archives du Saguenay-Lac St-Jean

Centre d'archives du Saguenay-Lac St-Jean
930 rue Jacques-Cartier est, local
C-103
Chicoutimi QC CANADA G7H 2A9
Telephone: 418-698-3516
Fax: 418-698-3522

Includes the counties of Chicoutimi and Lac St-Jean.

Centre d'archives de la Mauricie-Bois-Francs

Centre d'archives de la Mauricie-Bois-Francs
225 rue des Forges, bureau 208
Trois-Rivières QC CANADA G9A 2G7
Telephone: 819-371-6015
Fax: 819-371-6999

Includes the counties of Arthabaska, Champlain, Drummond, Nicolet, Saint-Maurice, and Trois-Rivières.

Centre d'archives de l'Estrie

Centre d'archives de l'Estrie
740 rue Galt ouest
Sherbrooke QC CANADA J1H 1Z3
Telephone: 819-820-3010
Fax: 819-820-3930

Includes the Eastern Townships area around Sherbrooke and Granby, and the counties of Brome, Compton, Frontenac, Missisquoi, Richmond, Shefford, Sherbrooke, Stanstead.

Centre d'archives de l'Outaouais

Centre d'archives de l'Outaouais
170 rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville
Hull QC CANADA J8X 4C2
Telephone: 819-772-3010
Fax: 819-772-3950

Includes the counties of Gatineau, Hull, Papineau, Pontiac, and more.

Centre d'archives de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue et du Nord-du-Québec

Centre d'archives de l'Abitibi- Témiscamingue et du Nord-du-Québec
27 rue du Terminus ouest
Rouyn-Noranda QC CANADA J9X 2P3
Telephone: 819-762-4484
Fax: 819-764-6480

Includes the counties of Abitibi and Témiscamingue and the area northward.

Centre d'archives de la Côte-Nord

Centre d'archives de la Côte-Nord
700 boulevard Laure, bureau 190
Sept-Iles QC CANADA G4R 1Y1
Telephone: 418-962-3434
Fax: 418-962-6500

Includes Saguenay County.