Microfilms Available in Other Institutions

Many institutions (libraries and archives) hold microfilm copies of Library and Archives Canada records, as listed below. Before borrowing our microfilm, check to see if an institution near you holds copies. Other popular genealogy sources are also held by these institutions, some of which are mentioned here.

BMD: births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials

Alberta [Back to the menu]

Calgary

Calgary Public Library

Census: all Canada
Passenger Lists: all ports, 1865-1918
Border Entry Lists: all ports, 1908-1918

Glenbow Archives

Métis records
North West Mounted Police records

Donnelly

Donnelly Public Library

Many Quebec sources, including Drouin marriage indexes

Edmonton

Provincial Archives of Alberta

Census: all Canada
Passenger Lists: all ports, 1865-1918
Border Entry Lists: all ports, 1908-1918
Some reels for RG 76 Central Registry Files
Indian Affairs, Black series (reels relating to Alberta) (RG 10)
Métis Scrip records (RG 15)
Various Alberta church records (United, Anglican, Lutheran)

Lethbridge

Lethbridge Public Library Alberta Genealogical Society

Passenger Lists: 1865-1922 (excluding Form 30A)
Border Entry Lists: 1908-1935 (excluding Form 30)

Red Deer

Red Deer & District Archives

Census: mostly western provinces and territories
Census: 1901 Nova Scotia
Many Alberta newspapers

British Columbia [Back to the menu]

Nanaimo

Nanaimo LDS Family History Centre

Some census
Loiselle marriage index
Ontario BMD indexes
Many other microfilm sources for other countries

Nanaimo Family History Society

Passenger Lists: Quebec 1882-1910; Halifax, 1881-1904
Census: 1901 for all Canada

Vancouver

Cloverdale Branch, Surrey Public Library

Census: all Canada
Census: Newfoundland, 1921-1945
Passenger Lists: all ports, 1865-1935 (including Form 30A)
Border Entry Lists: all ports, 1908-1918
General Registers of Chinese Immigration
LI-RA-MA Collection, index
Upper Canada Naturalization Registers
Placide Gaudet's Notes (Acadians)
Fabien marriage index
Upper and Lower Canada Marriage Bonds
Upper and Lower Canada Land Petitions, indexes
Métis Scrip records (RG 15)
RG 8 C Series, complete index and microfilms for Loyalist muster rolls volumes
War of 1812 losses claims
Medal Registers: indexes and registers
Ontario BMD indexes
B.C. BMD indexes and records

Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch

Census: all Canada
Passenger Lists: B.C. ports only, 1905-1922
General Registers of Chinese Immigration
Ontario BMD indexes

Victoria

British Columbia Archives

Census: British Columbia and some microfilms for Manitoba
Passenger Lists: B.C. ports only, 1905-1919
Some Central Registry Files (RG 76) relating to Home Children, Chinese and Asian immigration
B.C. BMD indexes and records

Greater Victoria Public Library

Census: almost all
Passenger Lists: Quebec and Halifax, 1865-1922

Manitoba [Back to the menu]

St-Boniface

Heritage Centre: La Société historique de St-Boniface

Quebec marriage indexes including Drouin and Loiselle indexes
Métis records
Manitoba church records

Winnipeg

Archives of Manitoba

Census: Manitoba
Passenger Lists: all ports, 1865-1918
Border Entry Lists: all ports, 1908-1918
Indian Affairs (RG 10)
Métis Scrip records (RG 15)

Winnipeg Public Library

Census: Manitoba and Ontario

New Brunswick [Back to the menu]

Fredericton

Provincial Archives of New Brunswick

Census: New Brunswick

Saint John

Saint John Public Library

Census: New Brunswick

Nova Scotia [Back to the menu]

Halifax

Nova Scotia Archives and Record Management

Census: Nova Scotia
Passenger Lists: Halifax (1881-1918) and North Sydney (1906-1918)

Ontario [Back to the menu]

Hamilton

Hamilton Public Library

Census: Ontario
Ontario BMD indexes

Kingston

Kingston Frontenac Public Library

Census: Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Counties

Queen's University Library, Government Documents Department

Census: all Canada

London

London Public Library

Census: Ontario
Passenger Lists: Quebec, 1865-1911 and Halifax, 1881-1899
Ontario BMD indexes

North Bay

North Bay Public Library

Census: most of 1901 for Ontario and some earlier returns for North Bay area

Ottawa

City of Ottawa Archives

Notre-Dame Cemetery and Beechwood Cemetery burial registers
Some Ottawa church records
Ontario BMD indexes
Wesleyan Methodist Church registers

Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch

Ontario BMD indexes

Renfrew

Heritage Renfrew Archives

Census: Renfrew and Pontiac Counties

St. Catharine's

St. Catharine's Public Library, Special Collections Room

Census: Ontario
Ontario BMD indexes

Stratford

Stratford-Perth Archives

Ontario BMD indexes
Census: Perth County and Huron District

Sudbury

Société franco-ontarienne d'histoire et de généalogie

Quebec marriage indexes

Toronto

Archives of Ontario

Census: Ontario
Passenger Lists: all ports, 1865-1918
Border Entry Lists: all ports. 1908-1918
Central Registry Files (RG 76) relating to Home Children, and soundex index
Upper Canada Naturalization Registers
Upper Canada Land Petitions index
Loyalist Claims for Losses (Audit Office 12 and 13)
RG 8 C Series

North York Central Library: Canadiana Department (Toronto Public Library)

Census: all Canada
Census: Newfoundland, 1921, 1935, 1945
Passenger Lists: all ports, 1865-1935 (including Form 30A)
Border Entry Lists: all ports, 1908-1935 (including Form 30)
RG 8 C Series, index
Upper Canada Marriage Bonds
RG 76 Central Registry Files: some home children volumes
LI-RA-MA Collection, index
Upper Canada Land Petitions Index, index
Loyalist muster rolls
Ontario BMD indexes
Drouin marriage index

Windsor

Windsor Public Library

Census: Ontario and Quebec
Roman Catholic church records

Prince Edward Island [Back to the menu]

Charlottetown

Public Archives and Records Office

Census: P.E.I.

Quebec [Back to the menu]

Note that all ANQ regional offices hold microfilm copies of all pre-1900 Quebec parish registers.

Montreal

Archives nationales du Québec

Census: Quebec

Bibliothèque de Montréal (Montreal Municipal Library): Salle Gagnon

Census: all Canada
Passenger Lists: all ports, 1865-1921
Border Entry Lists: all ports, 1908-1918
Lower Canada Land Petitions
Almost all Quebec parish registers up to 1940
Many Nova Scotia, Acadian and American BMD records
Ontario BMD indexes and some Ontario church records
U.S. border entry records (St. Albans lists) soundex index, 1895-1952

La Maison de la Généalogie : Société généalogique canadienne-française

Almost all Quebec parish registers up to 1940

Quebec Family History Society

Ontario BMD indexes
Many Quebec BMD indexes
Quebec cemetery indexes

Quebec City

Archives nationales du Québec

Census: Quebec
Passenger Lists: Quebec, 1865-1908
French Colonial Archives records

Société de généalogie de Québec

Almost all Quebec parish registers up to 1940

Saskatchewan [Back to the menu]

Regina

Saskatchewan Archives Board

Census: N.W.T. and Assiniboia, 1881, 1891, 1901; all 1906
Passenger Lists: all ports, 1865-1918
Border Entry Lists: all ports, 1908-1918
RG 15 Métis Scrip Records for N.W.T. series

Regina Public Library, Prairie History Room

Census: all Canada
Passenger Lists: most ports, 1865-1922
Border Entry Lists: western ports only, 1908-1918
Métis Scrip Records (RG 15)
Saskatchewan electoral lists

Saskatchewan Genealogical Society

Hamburg passenger lists and indexes, 1850-1934
Métis Scrip records for N.W.T. (RG 15)
Census of N.W.T.
Upper and Lower Canada Land Petitions, indexes
Upper and Lower Canada Marriage Bonds
Loiselle marriage index
Ontario BMD indexes

Saskatoon

Saskatchewan Archives Board

Census: western provinces and N.W.T.
Passenger Lists: all ports, 1865-1918
Border Entry Lists: all ports, 1908-1918
Métis Scrip Records (RG 15)

Saskatoon Public Library

Census: all 1901 and 1906
Ontario BMD index

United States [Back to the menu]

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Allan County Public Library

Large collection of Canadian sources, including Quebec and Ontario church and census indexes