Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers (LI-RA-MA) Collection

Immigrants, Russian Jews, and Poles Source

The Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers collection (LI-RA-MA) contains documents created between 1898 and 1922 by the consular offices of the Russian Empire in Canada. The series on passports and identity papers is comprised of about 11,400 files on Jewish, Ukrainian and Finnish immigrants who came to Canada from the Russian Empire. The series includes passport applications and questionnaires containing general information. Nearly half the database is now available online, with the rest to be added shortly.

Visit the virtual exhibition Moving Here, Staying Here. The Canadian Immigrant Experience