Canada's experience with diversity distinguishes it from most other countries. Its 33 million inhabitants reflect a cultural, ethnic and linguistic makeup found nowhere else on earth. Approximately 200,000 immigrants a year from all parts of the globe continue to choose Canada as their new home.
Specific sources and research methods can apply for an ethnic group while doing genealogical and family history research. Consult the page for the ethnic group of interest to you. In addition to information about genealogical research for this group, you will find a selection of archival, published and iconographic material from LAC's collections.
Immigration History: Ethno-Cultural Groups
Databases
- Citizenship and Naturalization Records
- Citizenship Registration Records, 1851-1945 - Montreal Circuit Court
- Disc-O-Logue
- Home Children Records
- Immigrants at Grosse Île Quarantine Station, 1832-1937
- Immigrants before 1865
- Immigrants from China
- Immigrants from the Russian Empire, 1898-1922
- Immigrants Sponsored by the Montreal Emigrant Society, 1832
- Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864-1990
- Indian Reserves - Western Canada
- Loyalists
- Naturalization Records, 1828-1850 - Upper Canada and Canada West
- Naturalization Records, 1915-1951
- New France Archives
- Passenger Lists
- 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
- Railway Employees (Employees Provident Fund)
- Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements
- Ukrainian Immigrants, 1891-1930
Electronic Collection
Research Aids
Thematic Guides
Virtual Exhibitions
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