Source Information
Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Passenger Lists, 1865-1935. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Microfilm reels: T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542.
About Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
This database contains passenger lists of ships arriving in various Canadian ports, as well as a few eastern U.S. ports, from 1865-1935. Specifically, this database includes records for the following ports and years:
About the Records:
Passengers listed in these records include returning Canadian citizens, immigrants, individuals in transit to the U.S., and visitors to Canada.
Passenger lists were the official immigration records of Canada from 1865-1935. The forms used and the information recorded on them varied throughout the years. Later years usually recorded more details. Depending on the form, information recorded may include:
Related Records:
From 1919-1924 individual manifest forms (Form 30A) were often used instead of passenger lists as the official immigration record. The use of Form 30A, also known as “Ocean Arrivals”, accounts for the most of the gaps in years covered in this database. Ancestry will be adding the “Ocean Arrivals” records in the coming months. If you do not find an individual in this database, you may want to try searching the “Ocean Arrivals” records.
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