Ancestors Search

​​​Databases and other research tools

Consult the online help page of each database to learn more about the records, the database and how to consult the records.

Births, marriages and deaths

• Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968
• Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Canada
• Marriage Bonds, 1779-1858 - Upper and Lower Canada
• Names appearing on lists of marriage licences issued in Upper Canada (RG 5 B9) and Lower Canada (RG 4 B28)

Census and enumerations

• Census Returns on Microfilm, 1770-1856
• Census of 1825, Lower Canada
• Census of 1831, Lower Canada
• Census of 1842, Canada East
• Census of 1842, Canada West
• Census of 1851
• Census of 1861
• Census of 1870, Manitoba
• Census of Canada, 1871: Ontario heads of household
• Census of Canada, 1871
• Census of Canada, 1881
• Census of Canada, 1891
• Census of Canada, 1901
• Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906
• Census of Canada, 1911
• Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916
• Census of Canada, 1921
• Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1926
• Finding Aid 300: Other census and related documents (1640-1945)

Immigration and citizenship

• Canadian Naturalization, 1915-1951
• Citizenship Registration Records, 1851-1945 - Montreal Circuit Court
• Home Children, 1869-1932
• 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 to Canada, Porters and Domestics, 1899-1949
• Naturalization Records, 1828-1850 - Upper Canada and Canada West
• 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
• Ukrainian Immigrants, 1891-1930

Land

• Gaspé Land Commission — names of claimants, 1819-1825
• Land Boards of Upper Canada, 1765-1804
• Land Grants of Western Canada, 1870-1930
• Land Petitions of Lower Canada, 1764-1841
• Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865
• Métis Scrip Records

Military

• Black Loyalist Refugees, 1782-1807 - Port Roseway Associates
• Carleton Papers – Book of Negroes, 1783
• Carleton Papers – Loyalists and British Soldiers, 1772-1784
• Courts Martial of the First World War
• Loyalists in the Maritimes — Ward Chipman Muster Master's Office, 1777–1785
• Military Medals, Honours and Awards, 1812–1969
• Personnel Records of the First World War
• Service Files of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1910-1941 - Ledger Sheets
• Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947
• South African War, 1899-1902 - Service Files, Medals and Land Applications
• War Diaries of the First World War
• War of 1812

People

• Canadian Directories Collection
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online [www.biographi.ca]
• North West Mounted Police (NWMP) - Personnel Records, 1873-1904
• Post Offices and Postmasters
• Project Naming
• Railway Employees (Employees Provident Fund)

Other databases

Library Search

Published sources such as books and newspapers are catalogued in this database. It contains references to local histories, church and cemetery indexes, family histories, city directories, genealogy society journals and more.

Collection Search

Many archival records can be searched using this online research tool.

ARCHIVESCANADA.ca

You can search the holdings of more than 800 archives across Canada through this portal, formerly known as CAIN (Canadian Archival Information Network).