Canada Historical Records

Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and a sparsely inhabited country of 40 million people, the vast majority residing south of the 55th parallel in urban areas. Canada's capital is Ottawa and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

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Canada vital records United States and Canada, Index of Obituaries, 1900-2019 17,951,094 records available Quebec Marriage Returns, 1926-1997 7,901,306 records available Ontario Births, 1869-1912 5,183,822 records available Canada Obituary Index from OldNews.com™ 2,597,134 records available Canada, Burials, 1800-2019 2,137,851 records available Canadian Headstones 951,171 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in Canada	Canada census and voter lists 1931 Canada Census 10,411,809 records available 1921 Canada Census 8,683,491 records available 1911 Canada Census 7,157,334 records available 1901 Canada Census 5,213,093 records available 1891 Canada Census 4,539,588 records available 1881 Canada Census 4,273,931 records available See the entire collection catalog of census and voter lists in Canada
Canada immigration and travel records The Winslow Papers, 1776 - 1826 750 records available The Loyalists of America and their Times, 1620 - 1816, Volume 1 547 records available The Loyalists of America and Their Times, 1620 - 1816, Volume 2 520 records available See the entire collection catalog of immigration and travel records in Canada	Canada military records Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918 622,628 records available History of the 16th Battalion CEF, 1914 - 1919 891 records available University of Toronto, Roll of Service, 1914 - 1918 651 records available Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914 - 1919, Volume 1 632 records available La fonction de général et l'art de l'amirauté : perspectives du leadership militaire Canadien 586 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in Canada
Canada newspaper records Canada Newspapers, 1752-2007 6,960,992 pages in 345 newspaper titles Canada, French Newspapers 1807-2007 3,558,987 pages in 513 newspaper titles See the entire collection catalog of newspaper records in Canada	Canada public records Canada Directories 13,326,528 records available See the entire collection catalog of public records in Canada
Canada book records Le Bulletin Des Recherches Historiques, Volume 8, 1902 784 pages Le Bulletin Des Recherches Historiques, Volume 26, 1920 780 pages Le Bulletin Des Recherches Historiques, Volume 25, 1919 774 pages See the entire collection catalog of books and publications in Canada	Canada government, land, court and will records Canada, Government Honours and Awards 356,193 records available Canada, Manitoba Probate Registrations 215,440 records available Canada, Quebec, Persons Incarcerated in 19th Century Prisons 63,553 records available See the entire collection catalog of government, land, court and will records in Canada
Canada histories, memories and biographies A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other Townships of the County. 1895 1,610 records available Histoire De Longueuil Et De La Famille De Longueuil 1,410 records available Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Canadiennes, Vol. 3: Depuis La Fondation de la Colonie Jusqu'a Nos Jours 1,230 records available History of Canada, Volume 4 (1887) 1,226 records available Canadian Men And Women of the Time: a Handbook of Canadian Biography 1,176 records available British Columbia from the Earliest Times to the Present, Biographical - Vol.3 1,165 records available See the entire collection catalog of histories, memories and biographies in Canada	Canada directories, guides and references History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario, Illustrated 1,282 records Henderson's Greater Vancouver Directory, 1922 1,266 records available Letters from the Front, c1920, with Supplement 1,128 records available Lovell's Business & Professional Directory of Quebec, 1890-91 2,518 records available Work of the Canadian Archives, 1908 - 1913 871 records available The Ottawa City Directory 1909 861 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in Canada
Canada school and universities Ashbury College (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1932 - 2001 10,669 records available Ashbury College, Yearbook (Ottawa, Canada) 548 records available See the entire collection catalog of school and university in Canada

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