Canada

1. FamilySearch: Learn about Canada emigration and immigration in these articles.
   
   FS—Wiki: Canada Emigration and Immigration   
   • Locating Online Records
     
   • Emigration and Immigration
     
   • Websites
   
   GG—Canada (Emigration)


2. Pre-1865: Learn about Immigration to Canada before 1865.
   
   OT—Immigration to Canada before 1865
   Validating your ancestor's arrival in Canada before 1865 - 2014


3. Ships & Passengers: Learn how to find Canadian ancestors in this article.
   
   AC—Finding Your Canadian Ancestors - 2016


4. Learn about ship manifests and passenger lists.
   
   OT—Finding a Ships Passenger List in 1852 - 2020


5. Find more resources for passenger lists to Canada.
   
   Nanaimo Family History Society: Ships Passenger Lists
   Genealogy Reference - Passenger Lists - 2018


6. - Search: Explore immigrant records on CanadaGenWeb's Immigration Records.
7. Border Crossings: Learn about Canadian border crossings to the U.S.
   
   AC—U.S.- Canada Border Crossings
   FS—United States Immigration and Canadian Border Crossing - 2017


8. National Land Settlement: Learn how the Canadian National Land Settlement Association affected immigraion records.
   
   The Story of the Canadian National Land Settlement Association - 2019


9. Great Britain: Learn about emigration from Great Britain to Canada.
   
   Finding Your Lost Ancestors in Canada - 2020
   AC—Researching your British Home Children Ancestors—47:05 - 2020


10. Learn about Irish settlement in Canada.
    
    RT—Escaping the Famine: Irish Settlement in Canada—24:59 - 2022   
    • Irish immigration to Canada timeline
    • The Great Famine
    • A new life in Canada
    • Coffin ships
    • Passenger list records
    • Grosse Ile
    • Census records
    • Church records
    • Land records
    • Newspapers
    
    
    
    

Exercises

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QUIKLinks

• FS: Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922    (More)
• FS: Canada, Border Entry Lists, 1908-1918    (More)
• AC: Canadian Immig. Records, Part 1: 1780-1906
• AC: Canada Ocean Arrivals, 1919-1924
• AC: Border Crossings, 1908-1935
• AC: Canada, Canadian Pacific Steamship Company Records, 1897-1981
• FS: Border Crossings, Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
• FS: Canada, Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885-1949
• AC: Canada, Chinese Exclusion Act Records, 1923-1947
• FS: United States, Passenger Lists of Aliens Pre-Examined in Canada, 1906-1954
• AC: Canada, Immigrants Approved in Orders in Council, 1929-1960
• AC: Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935
• FMP: Loyalists of America, 1620-1816
• FMP: Irishman in Canada
• FMP: Canada, Home Children Immigration Records Index, 1869-1930

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1. Library & Archives: Get an introduction to naturalization and citizenship in Library and Archives, Canada.
   
   Library and Archives, Canada


2. - Naturalization: Explore naturalization records, from 1915-1951.
3. Explore naturalization records, from Upper Canada and Canada West, 1828-1850.

Exercises

1. Basics: Use the Weblinks section of the FamilySearch Wiki page for additional resources on emigration and immigration.
2. Find additional immigration sources in these articles.
   
   OT—Find an Ancestor to Canada - 2017
   Immigration Records


3. - Immigrant Ships: Explore the Immigrant Ships site. Select a Volume, then choose Canada as the departure or arrival location.
4. Chinese: Read these articles to get started with Chinese-Canadian genealogy.
   
   Chinese-Canadian Genealogy
   FS—Celebrating Chinese-Canadian Immigration


5. Learn more about Chinese-Canadian genealogy in this Ancestry video.
   
   AC—Chinese-Canadian Genealogy—43:51 - 2020


6. Facebook: Visit the Canadian Germans of Volga Russia Ancestry Facebook page.
7. Visit the Clans And Scottish Societies Of Canada (CASSOC) Facebook page.

1. Learn more about French-Canadian research in this article and video.
   
   TH—Researching French-Canadian Ancestors
   AA—French Canadian Resources at NEHGS—70:58
   
   
   


2. Watch these videos for tips on tracing French-Canadian ancestry.
   
   AAC—Tracing French-Canadian Ancestors and Learning Their Stories—Video Series (account required)
   GTV—French-Canadian Genealogy Research—32:23
   
   
   


3. Learn about online databases for French-Canadian research.
   
   TH—Online Databases for French-Canadian Ancestors


4. Learn how to overcome roadblocks in your French-Canadian research.
   
   LT—French-Canadian Research Roadblocks


5. Learn how to trace ancestors who were forced to move during the Acadian Deportation.
   
   LT—The Acadian Deportation: Tips for tracing ancestors forcibly removed from New France


6. Learn about French Canadian ancestors with possible aliases.
   
   HD—What is a nom dit and why did my French Canadian ancestor have one?