Databases for our collections

On this page

• Archival collections (government and private materials)
• Audio and video resources
• Government documents related to Indigenous peoples
• Land records
• Library collections and resources
• Military and personnel records
• Postal heritage and stamps
• Ancestors and family history
  • Birth, marriage, divorce and death records
  • Censuses
  • Employment records
  • Immigration and citizenship records

Archival collections (government and private materials)

• Collection Search, search government and private materials, and many other collections
• Cabinet Conclusions, 1944-1979
• Canadian Olympians (Archived), Early 1900s-2004
• Canadian Patents, 1869-1919
• Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1893-1950
• New France Archives, 1604-1763
• Orders-in-Council, 1867-1924
• Ship Registrations, 1787-1966
• UFOs: The Search for the Unknown (Archived)

Audio and video resources

• Canadian Feature Film Database 1913-2006
• Canadian Poetry Audio Archives, Early 1800s
• Film, Video and Sound
• Virtual Gramophone, 1900-1950

Government documents related to Indigenous peoples

• Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864-1990
• Indian Reserves - Western Canada
• Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 1991-1996
• Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements, 1680-1856

Land records

• Gaspé Land Commission — names of claimants, 1819-1825
• Land Boards of Upper Canada, 1765-1804
• Land Grants of Western Canada, 1870-1930
• Land Petitions of Lower Canada, 1764-1841
• Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865

Library collections and resources

• Library Search - Aurora - Library and Archives Canada catalogue
• Library Search - Voilà - catalogue for other Canadian libraries
• Canada Gazette (1841 to 1997)
• Canadian Directories Collection, pre-1901
• Index to Federal Royal Commissions, 1869 - 2010
• Music Periodical Index, 1920-2011
• Music, Disc-O-Logue, 1958-1985 - French-language popular music catalogue
• Music, RPM, 1964-2000 - top 10 music charts publication
• Newspapers, Canadian Illustrated News, 1869-1883
• Newspapers, French-Canadian, 1808-1919 (Archived)
• Public Opinion Research Reports, 2006 to present
• Rare Book Illustrations, Before 1800
• Symbols and Interlibrary Loan Policies in Canada
• Theses Canada

Military and personnel records

• 1772-1784, Carleton Papers - Loyalists and British Soldiers
• 1777-1785, Loyalists in the Maritimes - Ward Chipman Muster Master's Office
• 1782-1807, Black Loyalist Refugees - Port Roseway Associates
• 1783, Carleton Papers - Book of Negroes
• 1812-1815, War of 1812
• 1812-1969, Military Medals, Honours and Awards
• 1899-1902, South African War,  Service Files, Medals and Land Applications
• 1910-1941, Service Files of the Royal Canadian Navy, Ledger Sheets
• 1914-1918, Courts Martial of the First World War
• 1914-1918, Personnel Records of the First World War
• 1914-1918, War Diaries of the First World War (user guide)
• 1939-1945, Faces of the Second World War (photographs)
• 1939-1947, Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead

Postal heritage and stamps

• Canadian Mail Order Catalogues, 1887-1975
• Canadian Post Office Publications, 1759-1900
• Postal Heritage and Philately (user guide)
• Post Offices and Postmasters, 1851-1981

Ancestors and family history

Birth, marriage, divorce and death records

Because these records are a provincial and territorial responsibility, our collection is limited. For more information, consult the Births, Marriages and Deaths page.

• Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968
• Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Canada 1779-1917
• Marriage Bonds, 1779-1858 - Upper and Lower Canada

Censuses

• Census of 1825, Lower Canada (Quebec)
• Census of 1831, Lower Canada (Quebec)
• Census of 1842, Canada East (Quebec)
• Census of 1851, Canada East (Quebec), Canada West (Ontario), New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
• Census of 1861, Canada East (Quebec), Canada West (Ontario), New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
• 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, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
• Census of Canada, 1911
• Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
• Census of Canada, 1921
• Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1926, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Employment records

• North West Mounted Police (NWMP) - Personnel Records, 1873-1904
• Porters and Domestics, 1899-1949
• Railway Employees (Employees Provident Fund) 1853-1910

Immigration and citizenship records

• Citizenship Registration Records, 1851-1945 - Montreal Circuit Court
• Home Children, 1869-1932
• Home Children - Boards of Guardians Register, late 1880s to 1916
• 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
• Immigrants from Ukraine, 1891-1930
• Naturalization Records, 1828-1850 - Upper Canada and Canada West
• Naturalization Records, Search by Name, 1915-1946
• Naturalization Records, Search by Date, 1947-1951
• Passenger Lists and Border Entries, 1925-1935 - Nominal Indexes
• Passenger Lists for the Port of Quebec City and Other Ports, 1865-1922
• Passenger Lists, 1865-1922