Canada Online Genealogy Records

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Canada Online Genealogy Records This table shows links to countrywide collections. It does not list collections for lower jurisdictions. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a FamilySearch center or FamilySearch affiliate library.

Vital Records Births 1661-1959: Canada Births and Baptisms at FamilySearch; index only Recherche sur les baptêmes at BMS2000.org; index only ($) Marriages 1661-1949: Canada Marriages at FamilySearch; index only 1867-1919: Canada Parliamentary Marriage and Divorces at Ancestry; index only ($) Recherche sur les marriages at BMS2000.org; index only ($) Deaths 1664-1955: Canada Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only 1800-2019: Canada Burials at MyHeritage; index only ($) 1939-1947: Canada WW II Records and Service Files of War Dead at Ancestry; index & images ($) Recherche sur les sépultures at BMS2000.org; index only ($) Divorce 1841-1968: Canada Acts of Divorce at Library and Archives Canada; index only 1867-1919: Canada Parliamentary Marriage and Divorces at Ancestry; index only ($) Archives and Libraries Biographies Dictionary of Canadian Biography at Biographi.ca; index & images Business Records Cemetery Records 1840-2017: Canadian Headstones Index at Ancestry; index only; Also at MyHeritage ($) 1914-1948: Canada War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) at Ancestry; index & images ($) Canada BillionGrave Cemetery Index at Findmypast; index only ($) Cemetery Search at Find a Grave ($) Canadian Headstones: Cemetery Heritage Records of Canada at American Ancestors; index & images ($) Census See Canada Census 1825: Canada, Lower Canada Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry.com ($), MyHeritage ($), Findmypast ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1831: Canada, Lower Canada Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry.com ($); Library and Archives of Canada 1842: Upper Canada/Canada West Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at MyHeritage ($), Findmypast ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1842: Lower Canada/Canada East Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry.com ($), Findmypast.com ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1851: Canada Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($), Findmypast ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1861: Census of Canada at Ancestry; index & images ($); Also at Findmypast ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1871: Canada Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Findmypast ($), Ancestry ($), Library and Archives of Canada ($) 1881: Canada Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Findmypast ($), Ancestry ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1891: Canada Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Findmypast ($), Ancestry ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1901: Canada Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Findmypast ($), Ancestry ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1906: Canada, Prairie Provinces Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1911: Canada Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Findmypast ($), Ancestry ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1916: Canada, Prairie Provinces Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1921: Canada Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($); MyHeritage.com ($), Library and Archives of Canada 1926: Canada, Prairie Provinces Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Library and Archives of Canada 1931: Census of Canada at Library and Archives of Canada; images; Also at: Ancestry ($); Findmypast ($); MyHeritage ($) Church Records 1621-1967: The Drouin Church and Vital Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1757-1946: Acadia, Canada Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1786-1988: Canada Quaker Meeting Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register at RootsWeb; index only Compiled Genealogies 1600s-1900s: Canadian Genealogy Index at Ancestry; index only ($) Court Records Canada Criminal Databases at Ministry of Attorney General Cultural Groups 1782-1807: Black Loyalist Refugees at Library and Archives Canada; index only 1783: Book of Negroes at Library and Archives Canada; index only 1825-1875: Scots in the USA and Canada at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1890-1930: Ukrainian Immigrants at Library and Archives Canada; index only 1898-1922: Immigrants from Russian at Library and Archives Canada; index only The Irishman In Canada at Findmypast ($) Canada Jewish Records 1897-1909: Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry at Ancestry; index only ($) 1909-1914: Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry at Ancestry; index only ($) Directories 1819-1906: Canadian City and Area Directories at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1853-1854: Canada- The Canada Directory at Findmypast; index only ($) 1995-2002: Canadian Phone and Address Directories at Ancestry; index only ($) Canada Phone and Address Listings at MyHeritage; index only ($) Canadian Directories & Almanacs at Findmypast; index only ($) First Nations of Canada Histories 1608-1880: Histoire des Canadiens-Français at Ancestry; images only ($) History of the Settlement of Upper Canada at Ancestry; index & images ($) Home Children 1869-1932: Home Children Records at Library and Archives Canada; index only 1883-1925: Lancashire, Liverpool, Children Sent To Canada at Findmypast; index & images ($) British Home Children in Canada at BritishHomeChildrenRegistry Canada, Home Children Board Of Guardian Records at Findmypast; index & images ($) Canada, Home Children Inspection Reports at Findmypast; index & images ($) Home Children Burial Index at Findmypast; index & images ($) Immigration Records 1500s-1900s: US and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1789-1935: Canada Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces at Ancestry; index only ($) 1817-1896: Canada Immigration and Settlement Correspondence and Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1819-1838: Canada, St. Lawrence Steamboat Company Passenger Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1823-1849: Irish Canadian Emigration Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1826: Ireland Parliamentary Papers on Emigration to Canada at FamilySearch; index only 1862-1897: Ontario, Immigration Records, 1862-1897 at FamilySearch; index and images 1865-1935: Canada Incoming Passenger Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($)

Immigration Records cont. 1881: Canada, British Vessel Crew Lists at Ancestry; index only ($) 1881-1922: Canada Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images ($) 1883-1925: Lancashire, Liverpool, Children Sent To Canada at Findmypast; index & images ($) 1891-1930: Ukrainian Immigrants at Library and Archives Canada; index only 1895-1960: US Border Crossings from Canada to US at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1897-1981: Canada, Canadian Pacific Steamship Company Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1898-1922: Immigrants from Russian Empire at Library and Archives Canada; index & images 1908-1918: Canada, Border Entry Lists, 1908-1918 at FamilySearch; index & images 1908-1935: Canada Border Crossings from US to Canada at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1912-1939, 1953-1962: US Passenger and Crew Lists for US Bound Vessels Arriving in Canada at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1919-1924 Canada, Immigration Records, 1919-1924 at FamilySearch, index & images 1919-1924: Canada Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A) at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1919-1924: Ship Passengers Arriving in Canada (Letter A) at Ancestry; index only ($) 1923-1946: Canada, Chinese Exclusion Act Records at FamilySearch; index & images, coverage may vary 1929-1960: Canada Immigrants Approved in Orders in Council at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1937-1961: Canada Canadian National Railway Immigrant Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1946-1963: Canada and US Dutch Emigrants at Ancestry; index only ($) Canada, Home Children Board Of Guardian Records at Findmypast; index & images ($) Canada, Home Children Inspection Reports at Findmypast; index & images ($) Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One, Part Two at Ancestry; index only ($) Home Children Burial Index at Findmypast; index & images ($) Land Records 1763-1865: Land Petitions of Upper Canada at Library and Archives Canada; index & images 1764-1841: Land Petitions of Lower Canada at Library and Archives Canada; index & images 1870-1930: Land Grants of Western Canada at Library and Archives Canada; index & images 1908-1910: Canada South African War Land Grants at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1918-1931: Canada Soldier Homestead Grant Registers at Ancestry; index & images ($) Loyalists 1620-1816: Canada - The Loyalists Of America and Their Times at Findmypast; index only ($) 1772-1784: Loyalists and British Soldiers at Library and Archives Canada; index only 1777–1785: Loyalists in the Maritimes at Library and Archives Canada; index only 1782-1807: Black Loyalist Refugees at Library and Archives Canada; index & images Old United Empire Loyalists List at Ancestry; images only ($) United Empire Loyalists, Parts I-II at Ancestry; index only ($) Military General Records 1757-1836: Canada British Navy Ship Muster Rolls and Pay Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1795-1850: Canada British Army and Canadian Militia Muster Rolls and Pay Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1803-1815: Canada Registers of Prisoners of War at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1832, 1863-1939: Canada Militia and Defence Forces Lists at Ancestry; images only ($) 1857-1922: Canada Nominal Rolls and Paylists for the Volunteer Militia at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1866-1871: Canada Fenian Raids Bounty Applications at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1900-1961: Canada Military Honours and Awards Citation Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1908-1910: Canada South African War Land Grants at Ancestry; index & images ($) Canada, Military Honors and Awards Index at Findmypast ($) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1915-1919 at Fold3 — index & images ($) Canadian Virtual War Memorial at Veterans Affairs Canada; index only The Naval Service of Canada: Its Official History at Ancestry; images only ($) World War I, 1917-1918 1867-1932: Canada Certificates of Military Instruction at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1914-1918: Canada Soldiers of the First WW at Library and Archives Canada; index only; Also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($) 1914-1918: Canada WW I CEF Personnel Files at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1914-1919: England, Queen's Canadian Military Hospital Registers at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1914-1919: Canada CEF Commonwealth War Graves Registers at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1914-1948: Canada War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1915-1919: Canada Ledgers of CEF Officers Transferring to Royal Flying Corps at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1917-1918: US Residents Serving in Canadian Expeditionary Forces at Ancestry; index & images ($) Canada, Courts Martial Of The First World War Index at Findmypast ($) First World War Personnel Records database at Government of Canada Personnel Records of the First World War at Library and Archives Canada; index only World War II, 1941-1945 1939-1947: Service Files of the Second WW at Library and Archives Canada; index only;; Also at Ancestry ($) Naturalization 1828-1850: Naturalization Records - Upper Canada and Canada West at Library and Archives Canada; index & images 1851-1945: Citizenship Registration Records, Montreal Circuit Court at Library and Archives Canada; index & images 1915-1951: Naturalization Lists at Library and Archives Canada; index & images Newspapers 1752-1810: Early Modern Canadian Newspapers Online - at University of Toronto; index & images ($) 1752-2007: Canada Newspapers at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1800 Onward: Canada, Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 's to current at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1800s forward: Canada Newspapers.com Obituary Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1800s-1999: Canada Newspapers.com Marriage Index at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1808-1919: French-Canadian Newspapers at CollectionsCanada.gc.ca Canada Obituary Index from OldNews.com™ at MyHeritage; index & images ($) Obituaries 1800s forward: Canada Newspapers.com Obituary Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1876-2007: Canada Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and notices at FamilySearch; images only ($) 1898 forward: Canada Obituary Collection at Ancestry; index only ($) 1900–2019: US and Canada Index of Obituaries at MyHeritage; index only ($) Canadian Obituary Links at ObitLinksPage Occupations 1872-1900: Canadian Civil Servants Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1890-1920: Canada Merchant Marine Agreements and Accounts of Crews at FamilySearch; images only 1911: Civil Service List of Canada at Ancestry; index only ($) Periodicals PERiodical Source Index at Allen County Public Library; index Probate Records Taxation Voter Lists 1935-1980: Canada Voters Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($)

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