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Nova Scotia

Naturalization and Citizenship

Online Records

• 1849-1917 - Naturalization papers, Nova Scotia, ca. 1849-1917
• 1915-1951 - Canadian Naturalization, 1915-1951

History

• 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. Files containing these oaths and petitions for citizenship covering the years 1817 to 1846 are found at the Provincial Archives.
• Records created after 1917 are more detailed than earlier records and are found at:

Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Public Rights Administration
360 Laurier Ave West 10th Floor
Ottawa, ON K1A 1L1 CANADA
Telephone: 888-242-2100 (in Canada only; outside of Canada, write to the above address)

• • 1915-1951 Online

Nova Scotia Archives

Nova Scotia Archives
6016 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1W4
Canada
Telephone: (902)424-6060
Email: archivesnovascotia.ca

Record Group 18, series A in the Nova Scotia Archives contains many oaths of allegiance taken between 1862 and 1915.

Record Group 49 in the Nova Scotia Archives contains citizenship records after 1900 for seven counties.