The passport is an official document issued by the Government of Canada to Canadian citizens for travel to a foreign country. The first Canadian passports were issued in 1862; consult the
History of Passports to learn more.
The Passport Office is responsible for issuing passports in Canada. It does not retain expired passports or passport applications. Immigrants to Canada keep passports issued to them in their home countries; they are not required to surrender them to the Government of Canada.
Passports held at Library and Archives Canada (RG 25 A5c)
The Government of Canada did not keep copies of passport applications or passports issued to individuals. Only a few samples, retained for historical purposes, are held at Library and Archives Canada. These 169 files relate to passports issued between 1891 and 1920 and can be found in the Consular Division series of the Department of External Affairs fonds (RG 25 A5c).
Table indicating names of passport holders, place of residence, date, and volume number
|
Name |
Given name(s) |
Residence |
Date (yyyy-mm-dd) |
Volume |
| ADAM | François | Camrose, AB | 1915-06-30 | 711 |
| ALLAN | Travers | Montreal, QC | 1913-09-23 | 711 |
| ALLAN | James Bryce | Montreal, QC | 1908-11-19 | 711 |
| ASTBURY | Harry | Regina, SK | 1915-12-17 | 712 |
| AXELROD | Max Herch | Montreal, QC | 1909-05-31 | 711 |
| BALISHA | David | North Battleford, SK | 1912-05-31 | 711 |
| BARIL | Philippe Rodolphe | Warwick, QC | 1914-12-18 | 711 |
| BARRY | Arthur | Montreal, QC | 1915-07-05 | 711 |
| BEAUDRY | Maurice Pierre | Quebec, QC | 1915-11-20 | 712 |
| BELL | Sara Leslie (Miss) | Montreal, QC | 1915-10-01 | 711 |
| BERGE | Charles E. | Vancouver, BC | 1910-09-02 | 711 |
| BESNER | Maurille | Montreal, QC | 1915-10-26 | 712 |
| BIEDERMANN | Henrietta Caroline Josepha | ? | 1914-05-25 | 712 |
| BOWMAN | Sara MacMahon (Miss) | Dundas, ON | 1912-12-27 | 711 |
| BOYLE | Lydia | Montreal, QC | 1915-06-29 | 711 |
| BROCK | Jeffrey Hall | Toronto, ON | 1908-02-11 | 712 |
| BROPHY | Lydia | Springfield, NS | 1915-11-09 | 712 |
| BURT | Albert | Toronto, ON | 1915-06-18 | 711 |
| CALDERONE | Antonino | Toronto, ON | 1913-10-11 | 711 |
| CAMPBELL | Elizabeth B. (Miss) | Nottawasaga, ON | 1902-07-11 | 712 |
| CATTELL | Launcelot Gordon | Hamilton, ON | 1912-04-15 | 711 |
| CHASANOWITSCH | Leon | ? | 1915-04-10 | 712 |
| CHENEY | William Gilman | Montreal, QC | 1906-12-01 | 712 |
| CHENEY | William Gilman | Montreal, QC | 1910-04-29 | 711 |
| CLARKE | Charles Edward | Toronto, ON | 1914-09-19 | 711 |
| COLLARD | Hypolite | Romaine, QC | 1915-07-12 | 712 |
| COURIAN | William Ervant | Toronto, ON | 1913-06-07 | 711 |
| CREIGHTON | William Hugh | Westmount, QC | 1914-10-24 | 711 |
| CROFTON | John S. | Toronto, ON | 1915-06-03 | 711 |
| CRYSLER | Charles S. | Toronto, ON | 1910-10-03 | 711 |
| CUSACK | Jean Joseph | Montreal, QC | 1914-11-24 | 711 |
| DAVIDSON | Richard | Toronto, ON | 1910-03-17 | 711 |
| DAVIS | Fred H. | Quebec, QC | 1915-07-12 | 712 |
| DOWNEY | William Harold | Brockville, ON | 1913-11-13 | 711 |
| DOWNS | Henry Brougham | ? | 1904-12-17 | 712 |
| DREDGE | James Herbert | Brantford, ON | 1910-05-06 | 711 |
| DREDGE | James Herbert | Brantford, ON | 1911-04-26 | 711 |
| DUNCAN | Norman | Brantford, ON | 1912-11-27 | 711 |
| EASSY | John | Berlin, ON | 1904-11-07 | 712 |
| ELLIOT | Ida Agnes | St. Thomas, ON | 1913-05-26 | 711 |
| ESASY | Joseph | Berlin, ON | 1910-12-16 | 711 |
| ESHOV | E.O. | Toronto, ON | 1904-03-16 | 712 |
| EVERILL | Gertrude (Miss) | Sydney, NS | 1915-07-03 | 711 |
| FINKELSTEIN | Peppa | ? | 1912-11-12 | 711 |
| GOLDSTEIN | Abraham | Winnipeg, MB | 1907-12-24 | 712 |
| GREENE | Edward Kirk | Montreal, QC | 1907-03-16 | 712 |
| GRUBER | Henry | Montreal, QC | 1916-04-04 | 712 |
| GUDEWILL | Charles Edward | Montreal, QC | 1908-06-06 | 712 |
| HAM | William Robert | Greenbank, ON | 1911-05-04 | 711 |
| HAMPSON | Robert | Montreal, QC | 1908-01-16 | 712 |
| HARRIS | David Fraser (Dr.) | ? | 1910-03-23 | 712 |
| HARTWICH | Maximilian | Mundare, AB | 1913-04-29 | 711 |
| HAYWANON | Mpko | Brant, AB | 1914-03-24 | 711 |
| HENDERSON | Frederick Drummond | Montreal, QC | 1904-10-25 | 712 |
| HERCHENSON | Nattally | Winnipeg, MB | 1912-10-07 | 711 |
| HODGETTS | Charles A. (Dr.) | Ottawa, ON | 1911-07-28 | 711 |
| HORONNAH | Baba | ? | ? | 711 |
| HUGHES | Laura Caroline (Miss) | Toronto, ON | 1915-04-06 | 711 |
| HUNTER | Annie (Miss) | Lloydminster, AB | 1915-12-18 | 712 |
| IRWIN | John | Toronto, ON | 1915-12-04 | 712 |
| ISAACS | Benjamin | Montreal, QC | 1911-07-03 | 711 |
| JACKSON | William Shutt | Toronto, ON | 1915-06-29 | 711 |
| JOHNSON | Peter | Hamilton, ON | 1910-04-18 | 711 |
| JOHNSTON | William | Toronto, ON | 1915-12-30 | 712 |
| KARNAGEL | Reinhold | Plum Coulee, MB | 1895-11-12 | 712 |
| KEATING | Benjamin Joseph | New Glasgow, NS | 1915-06-24 | 711 |
| KENEN | Emanuel J. | Toronto, ON | 1915-06-15 | 711 |
| KIRCHENER | Lawrence | Toronto, ON | 1909-05-04 | 711 |
| KIRCHNER | Lawrence | Brantford, ON | 1910-05-06 | 711 |
| KIRCHNER | Lawrence | Brantford, ON | 1911-04-26 | 711 |
| KOMARNIZKI | John | Yorkton, SK | 1909-02-22 | 711 |
| KOO | Lee Moon | Victoria, BC | 1908-11-04 | 711 |
| LA RUE | Ernest | Ste-Marie-de-Beauce, QC | 1902-04-28 | 712 |
| LA VIOLETTE | Jeanne (Miss) | Montreal, QC | ? | 712 |
| LAFERME | John J. | Montreal, QC | 1915-02-15 | 711 |
| LANDAU | Charles | Montreal, QC | 1900-11-19 | 712 |
| LARKIN | Charles Arter | Toronto, ON | 1907-03-13 | 712 |
| LAVANDERSTEIN | Lazarus | Montreal, QC | 1907-03-20 | 712 |
| LAVELL | Alfred Edward (Reverend) | Niagara Falls, ON | 1910-02-21 | 711 |
| LAVUT | Bertha (Miss) | Montreal, QC | 1911-06-09 | 711 |
| LAW | Gertrude | Faith, AB | 1915-12-27 | 712 |
| LECLERC | René T. | Montreal, QC | 1915-06-23 | 711 |
| LEE | Robert Warden | Montreal, QC | 1915-05-28 | 711 |
| LEVI | David | Montreal, QC | 1905-06-27 | 712 |
| LEWIS | Frederic Orr | Montreal, QC | 1907-02-18 | 712 |
| LIGHTFOOT | John | Sault Ste. Marie, ON | 1915-12-20 | 712 |
| LUBELSKY | Sigmund | Toronto, ON | 1914-09-03 | 711 |
| LUTTICH | Frederick | Brantford, ON | 1910-05-06 | 711 |
| LUTTICH | Frederick | Brantford, ON | 1912-04-19 | 711 |
| MACDONALD | Mary (Madame) | Montreal, QC | ? | 711 |
| MACINTYRE | Lizzie A. (Mrs.) | Chatham, ON | 1902-08-05 | 712 |
| MACKAY | Helen | Vancouver, BC | 1915-07-24 | 711 |
| MACROBERTS | William E. (Mrs.) | Halifax, NS | 1915-12-24 | 712 |
| MARDIROSIAN | Hachig | Brantford, ON | 1910-09-08 | 711 |
| MCCARTER | William D. | Ottawa, ON | 1915-12-06 | 712 |
| MCDONAGH | George R. | Toronto, ON | 1908-12-10 | 711 |
| MCLACHLIN | Jessie M. (Miss) | Ottawa, ON | 1914-01-12 | 711 |
| MCLENNAN | William Durie | Montreal, QC | 1910-03-10 | 711 |
| MCPHEDRAN | Jean A. (Mrs.) | Toronto, ON | 1905-07-19 | 712 |
| MCPHEDRAN | Jean A. | Toronto, ON | 1909-07-13 | 711 |
| MEDLAND | W.A. | Toronto, ON | 1914-02-21 | 711 |
| MELVILLE | Helen J. (Miss) | Toronto, ON | 1893-00-00 | 712 |
| MELVILLE | Margaret Walker (Miss) | Toronto, ON | 1895-06-25 | 712 |
| MERRITT | Maude Cloudman | St. Catharines, ON | 1915-05-06 | 711 |
| MILLER | J.B. (Major) | Toronto, ON | 1904-01-21 | 712 |
| MILLS | William Lennox (Right Reverend) | ? | 1915-10-14 | 711 |
| MOI | Lee Dye | Victoria, BC | 1910-10-20 | 711 |
| MORRIS | William D. | Ottawa, ON | 1907-06-24 | 712 |
| MOULE | Ada Emily | Toronto, ON | 1915-11-29 | 712 |
| MURPHY | Sterndale | Toronto, ON | 1913-01-24 | 711 |
| MYERS | Bores | Glace Bay, NS | 1910-01-06 | 711 |
| NANTEL | Guillaume Alphonse (Madame) | Montreal, QC | 1915-03-01 | 711 |
| ODISHAW | Abraham | North Battleford, SK | 1911-08-11 | 711 |
| OGILVIE | Caroline Bigelow | Montreal, QC | 1915-08-18 | 711 |
| OSMIANSKY | Solomon | Montreal, QC | 1913-01-22 | 711 |
| PARKER | Robert | Toronto, ON | 1913-11-19 | 711 |
| PEARSON | Ugh | Montreal, QC | 1906-06-18 | 712 |
| PLUMMER | Ethel | London, ON | 1913-03-10 | 712 |
| PODBOY | Ernest | Dawson, YT | 1909-09-13 | 711 |
| QUIGLEY | Harry Stephen | Toronto, ON | 1911-01-20 | 711 |
| QUIGLEY | George P. | Toronto, ON | 1911-01-29 | 711 |
| REARDON | Robert Edwin | Ottawa, ON | 1910-08-08 | 711 |
| REINHARDT | Alice May (Miss) | Montreal, QC | 1914-06-18 | 711 |
| REXFORD | Elson J. (Rev.) | Montreal, QC | 1907-04-04 | 712 |
| RICCIARDELLA | Giuseppe | Welland, ON | 1920-10-13 | 712 |
| RICHTIK | Carl | Waldville, SK | 1913-12-13 | 711 |
| RIGBY | Percy (Major) | ? | 1911-01-11 | 712 |
| ROE | Edward | Quebec City, QC | 1901-10-04 | 712 |
| ROMMEL | Margaret C. (born Carruthers) | St. John, NB | 1915-12-09 | 712 |
| ROY | Nathalie Hubrecht | Montreal, QC | 1915-04-24 | 711 |
| RUSSELL | Florence Margaret (Miss) | Winnipeg, MB | 1914-09-18 | 711 |
| RYAN | John Francis | Montreal, QC | 1915-01-27 | 711 |
| SANDERSON | John Aitcheson | Brantford, ON | 1913-12-19 | 711 |
| SAVERY | Herman | ? | 1909-07-29 | 711 |
| SCHATTNER | Frederic | Edmonton, AB | 1912-06-24 | 711 |
| SCHIMNOWSKI | Johann | Gretna, MB | 1903-08-25 | 712 |
| SCHITLOWSKY | Chaim | Montreal, QC | 1913-07-03 | 711 |
| SEVY | Henry | Montreal, QC | 1908-06-21 | 712 |
| SEYBOLD | John Clifford | Westmount, QC | 1912-06-28 | 711 |
| SHAPERA | Gershom | Montreal, QC | 1905-07-26 | 712 |
| SHOTWELL | Frances Stuart | ? | 1905-11-21 | 712 |
| SHOTWELL | Frances Stuart | Ottawa, ON | 1910-01-22 | 712 |
| SILVER | Leah (Mrs.) | Brockville, ON | 1896-05-07 | 712 |
| SILVERSTONE | Hyman Symon | Montreal, QC | 1908-06-25 | 712 |
| SLOANE | John G.M. | Edmonton, AB | 1914-03-04 | 711 |
| SMITH | Bertha (Miss) | London, ON | 1915-05-18 | 711 |
| SMITH | Bertha Sophia Clarke (Miss) | London, ON | 1911-02-10 | 711 |
| SNIDER | Fletcher Carnevon | Toronto, ON | 1915-02-03 | 711 |
| STANLEY | James Gordon | Toronto, ON | 1914-08-19 | 711 |
| STEINER | Ernst Albert | Toronto, ON | 1914-10-17 | 711 |
| STREET | Harry | Portage La Prairie, MB | 1915-11-18 | 712 |
| SUCKLING | George H. | Edmonton, AB | 1911-05-15 | 711 |
| TAI | Hoo Yee | Chatham, ON | 1909-02-08 | 711 |
| TORY | James C. | Montreal, QC | 1910-02-07 | 711 |
| VARLEY | William John | Hamilton, ON | 1915-11-29 | 712 |
| VIDAL | William Esperit | Montreal, QC | 1915-07-31 | 711 |
| WALKEM | Joseph B. | Kingston, ON | 1915-05-18 | 711 |
| WATSON | Florence Wallace | Montreal, QC | 1912-10-05 | 711 |
| WHITE | E. Hamilton (Esquire) | Montreal, QC | 1907-10-12 | 712 |
| WOO | Hong | Toronto, ON | 1891-05-29 | 712 |
| WOOD | Thomas Henderson | ? | 1908-02-11 | 712 |
| WOODTHORPE | John Brinkler | Vancouver, BC | 1915-12-21 | 712 |
| WRIGHT | Archibald | Montreal, QC | 1909-10-26 | 711 |
| WURTELE | Ernest Frederick | Quebec, QC | 1915-04-26 | 711 |
| YAMAZAKI | Charles Yasuski | Fort Essington, BC | 1906-11-17 | 712 |
| YEN | Chim Sue | London, ON | 1915-03-26 | 711 |
| YOU | Yip | Vancouver, BC | 1898-08-29 | 712 |
| ZEIDLER | Carl | Toronto, ON | 1903-05-27 | 712 |
| ZELICOVITZ | Moses | Montreal, QC | 1913-06-19 | 711 |
A few private fonds contain Canadian and foreign passports issued to particular individuals. Use
Collection Search to find references to these fonds and enter keywords such as "passport" and surname or "passeport" and surname (for French documents).
American Passports
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in the United States holds
American passport applications from October 1795 to March 1925. Most records have been microfilmed.
British Passports
The National Archives in England holds some registers and
records of British passports.