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Archival collections (government and private materials)
Audio and video resources
Government documents related to Indigenous peoples
Land records
Library collections and resources
- Library Search - Aurora - Library and Archives Canada catalogue
- Library Search - Voilà - catalogue for other Canadian libraries
- Canada Gazette 1841-1997 (Archived)
- 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
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.
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
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