Databases
Consult the online help page of each database to learn more about the records, the database and how to consult the records.
Directory of Resources
AVITUS
Births, Marriages and Deaths
Census and Enumerations
- Census Returns on Microfilm, 1770-1856
- Census for Lower Canada, 1825
- Census for Lower Canada, 1831
- Census of 1842, Canada East
- Census of 1842, Canada West
- Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)
- Census of Canada, 1861
- Census of 1870, Manitoba
- Census of Canada, 1871
- Census of Canada, 1881
- Census of Canada, 1891
- Census of Canada, 1901
- Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906
- Census of Canada, 1911
- Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916
- Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario)
Immigration and Citizenship
- Canadian Naturalization, 1915-1951
- Citizenship Registration Records, 1851-1945 - Montreal Circuit Court
- Home Children, 1869-1930
- Immigrants at Grosse Île Quarantine Station, 1832-1937
- Immigrants Before 1865
- Immigrants from China, 1885-1949
- Immigrants from the Russian Empire, 1898-1922
- Immigrants Sponsored by the Montreal Emigrant Society, 1832
- Naturalization Records, 1828-1850 - Upper Canada and Canada West
- Passenger Lists and Border Entries, 1925-1935 - Nominal Indexes
- Passenger Lists for the Port of Quebec City, 1865-1900
- Passenger Lists, 1865-1922
Land
Military
People
Other Databases
AMICUS
Published sources such as books and newspapers are catalogued in this database. It contains references to local histories, church and cemetery indexes, family histories, city directories, genealogy society journals and more.
ArchiviaNet
Many archival records can be searched using this online research tool.
CAIN [www.archivescanada.ca]
The Canadian Archival Information Network (CAIN) provides access to holdings of more than 800 archival institutions across Canada.