Immigration Records

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Immigration Records include ships’ manifests (ships’ lists), border records of entry, juvenile immigration, naturalization and citizenship.

Ancestry Library Edition Database @ BPL

The following topics relating to immigration records are available and may be searched in Ancestry databases.

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Ships Passengers Arriving in Canada, 1919-1924
Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One and Part Two, 1780-1906
Early Ontario Settlers (Book)

Recommended Sites

Archives of Ontario
- Toronto Emigration Office Records, or "Hawke Papers"
- Records of the Department of Immigration: RG 11
Canadian Genealogy Centre (Library and Archives Canada), including:
Home Children (1869-1930) Database - over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from Great Britain during the child emigration movement.
The Olive Tree Genealogy Ships Passenger Lists - search for your immigrant ancestor in ports of arrival in USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand, South Africa, England. Find ancestors on ships passenger lists outbound from USA & Canada.
Pier 21- Canada's Immigration Museum - Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Ships List - a good starting point for information on details of ships, passenger records, and contemporary immigation reports. Links to Canadian passenger lists are included. New links are being added continually.
Young Immigrants to Canada - Bernardo Children
Young Immigrants to Canada - Emigrants Handbook of 1864

Books & Print Materials

(BUR) refers to a non-circulating item located in the Burlington History Room. These items may be requested at the Information Desk on the 2nd floor at Central Library and viewed upon presentation of a BPL library card or other identification.
(RR) or Ready Reference, also (REF) or Reference, refers to an item that must be used in the library.

Canadian Passengers Inward Bound, 1856-1858, by Mary Kearns Trace, 1997 - 929.371 TRA (REF)
Destination Canada: A Guide to 20th Century Immigration Records, by Dave Obee, 2002 - 929.371 DES
Getting From Here to There: Identifying the Origin of Immigrants to Canada: Links and Resources, by Fawne Stratford-Devai, 2003 - 929.1072 STR (REF)
Index of Some Passengers Who Emigrated to Canada Between 1817 & 1849, by John A. Acton, 2003 - 929.308921071 ACT
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 2001-2005, 1985- (3 volumes) 929.3 PAS (REF)
Province of Ontario Immigration Records: an Overview, by FAwne Stratford-Devai, 2003 - 929.3713 STR
Upper Canada Naturalization Records, 1828-1850, by Donald A. McKenzie, 1991 - 929.3713 MCK

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