Cheat Sheet - Genealogy in Canada

Trace your ancestors who embarked on the great adventure in North America and more precisely, in Canada: Archives, useful sites, History...

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National and Provincial Archives

National Archives - Library and Archives Canada (LAC)

Browse the Canadian national archives for information about your ancestors in different categories: censuses, genealogy and family history, military heritage, immigration documents and indigenous heritage.

Also benefit from the various collections of provincial archives where you can find parish records and civil status, censuses, notarial archives and much more...

Alberta Provincial Archives

Genealogy search engine for British Columbia

Manitoba Provincial Archives

New Brunswick Provincial Archives

No online site for Newfoundland and Labrador archives 

No online site for Northwest Territories archives

Nova Scotia Provincial Archives

Nunavut Archives Program 

Ontario Provincial Archives

Genealogy search engine for Prince Edward Island

Quebec National Library and Archives

Saskatchewan Provincial Archives

Yukon Provincial Archives 

Online Resources 

Automated Genealogy - Canadian Censuses

FrancoGene - Database of French in North America

Genealogy Quebec - The reference in Quebec Genealogy

Fichier Origine - Database of the Quebec Federation of Genealogy Societies

BMS2000 - Quebec Database 

Archives of New France - Database of the BAnQ

Ships that came to New France

PRDH - Database of New France Archives (1621-1849)

Migrations to Canada

Immigration to Canada

150 Years of Immigration to Canada

Wikipedia: Immigration to Canada

A Historical Overview of Immigration to Canada

Passenger Lists to North America, 1865-1922

French Immigration to Canada

A Century of French Immigration to Canada (1881-1980)

French Immigrants to Canada during the Great Transatlantic Migration (1870-1914)

The History of French Immigration to Canada at the Beginning of the 20th Century: Balance and Perspectives

Specificities of French Immigration to Canada after World War II

France-Canada-Quebec: 400 Years of Exceptional Relationship 

Immigration from Old France to New France

Emigration from Perche to Canada

The Deux-Sévrienne Emigration to Canada

Canada in Images

Archive Photos and Videos

Photographic Collection of National Archives 

Collection of Films, Videos, and Sounds of National Archives 

Old Maps of the Country

Old Maps (1667-1999) of the Country in National Archives

The old maps of the country on Old Maps Online

Useful Genealogy Sites 

Online Helps 

CanadaGenWeb

FamilySearch Wiki

Francophone Genealogy in America

Genealogy of French in North America

Association Websites

Canadian-French Genealogical Society

Perche-Canada Association

Quebec Federation of Genealogy Societies

Quebec Genealogy Society

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