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Canadian Passenger Lists
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There are no comprehensive lists of immigrants arriving in
Canada before 1865. Until that year, shipping companies
were not required by the government to keep their passenger
manifests.
The National Archives of Canada (NAC) aka Library & Archives Canada (LAC) holds immigration
records from 1865 to 1935. The records before 1925 are not indexed. To find a passenger you will need to
know an exact date of arrival. There is no easy way to search Canadian arrival records for
the unindexed period other than reading microfilm. Ships are
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Passenger Lists to Canada Before 1865
There are individual Immigration projects and databases online that may
be of help in your search for ancestors
 Peter Robinson Settlers
sailing 1825 Ireland to Canada
Passenger Books of J & J Cooke, Shipping Agents gives sailings from
Londonderry to Quebec and St. John New Brunswick from 1847
to 1871
St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. Passenger Records 1819-1836
The Hawke Papers, letterbooks of Chief Emigrant Agent
Anthony B. Hawke available at the Archives of
Ontario as a searchable database for years 1865 - 1883
Index to Names of Emigrants from the 1845-1847 Records of James
Allison, Emigrant Agent at Montreal
Return of Emigrants Landed at the Port of Kingston Ontario, Canada 1861-1882
Petworth Immigrants 1832-1837
Emigrants from England in New York City Almshouse 1818-1830 254 names of English immigrants to Canada & USA including
the name of the ship they sailed on
If you are looking for Irish ancestors, you may want to
search the online database Immigrants at Grosse-Île This database has information on 33,026 immigrants whose
names appear in surviving records of the Grosse-Île
Quarantine Station between 1832 and 1937.
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Passenger Lists to Canada After 1865
There are individual Immigration projects and databases online that may
be of help in your search for ancestors
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1922 digitized records, not indexed
Passenger lists for Ships to Canada after 1865
Passenger Lists 1925-1935 at ArchiviaNet
Home Children (1869-1930) indexes from ships passenger lists
Passenger List Indexing Project for 1900-1921
Passenger Lists to Canada After 1935
Records of passenger lists after January 1, 1936 are in the
custody of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. To request a
copy of another person's immigration record see Citizenship and Immigration Canada
You need the full name at time of entry into Canada, date of
birth and year of entry plus any other info that might help,
such as names of other family members travelling together.
Submit an Access to Information Request Form. You must
be a Canadian citizen or live in
Canada. Proof of death must be submitted (death
must have taken place over 20 years ago) or a signed consent
form from the person whose passenger record you want.
Different instructions apply to obtain your own passenger record
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Ancestry.com has the following
Canadian Immigration & Naturalization Records online
 Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
Canadian Immigrant Records
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Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1957
New Brunswick, Canada, Passenger Lists: 1834
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