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Until 1947, British immigrants from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland automatically became citizens of Canada. They did not need naturalization. Non-British immigrants, however, were required to make oaths of allegiance before receiving land grants. The oaths and petitions for citizenship for 1817-1846 are in files at the Provincial Archives. | ==British Immigrants== | ||
Until 1947, '''British immigrants from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland automatically became citizens of Canada.''' They did not need naturalization. Non-British immigrants, however, were required to make oaths of allegiance before receiving land grants. The oaths and petitions for citizenship for 1817-1846 are in files at the Provincial Archives. | |||
==Before 1828== | |||
All individuals wishing to obtain land from the Crown were required to swear an oath of allegiance before a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace. These oaths can usually be found with the Crown land petitions or among the Township papers. See [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/access/documents/research_guide_215_grant_to_patent.pdf '''Research Guide 215, A Guide to Early Land Settlement Records, ca.1790 to ca.1850'''] for information about these records. | |||
==1828-1850== | |||
Ontario did not have a naturalization process until 1828. The Act to Secure and Confer Upon Certain Inhabitants of this Province (Upper Canada) the Civil and Political Rights of Natural Born British Subjects (1828) mandated that a naturalization register be kept for '''each county''' in Upper Canada; this practice continued until 1850. The surviving naturalization registers are available on self-service microfilm reels C15692 and C-15693 in the Reading Room of the Archives of Ontario. Click here to | |||
access a searchable database of these registers on Library and Archives Canada’s | |||
Canadian Genealogy Centre website. | |||
Records created after 1917 are more detailed than earlier records and are found at: | Records created after 1917 are more detailed than earlier records and are found at: | ||
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Telephone: 888-242-2100 (In Canada only; outside of Canada, write to the above address.) | Telephone: 888-242-2100 (In Canada only; outside of Canada, write to the above address.) | ||
This index lists about 3,000 names: | This index lists about 3,000 names: | ||