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Canada Genealogy Links


These links are dedicated to researching locations across Canada, except British Columbia which is covered on a separate page.  See below for links to Provincial Archives (including vital statistics and other province-specific sites, as well as general Canadian sites.

Take advantage of these free online resources to further your genealogical research.

Canadian Genealogy Sites


Alberta Archives
Automated Genealogy - free 1901 & 1911 Canadian census; 1906 Prairie census, 1851/52 census
British Columbia (BC) 
Can Genealogy - Dave Obee's extensive recommended links for genealogy research in Canada
Canada Census - at Library and Archives Canada
Canada Census Finder
Canada GenWeb
Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project
Canadian Genealogy Centre - GENDEX NET free searches, Canadian resources from the Genealogical Society of Ontario
Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)
Canadian Military and Peacekeeping Databases - Military Heritage at LAC
Canadian Museums - top 10
Canadian Passenger List Records
Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants
Canadiana merged with Canadian Research Knowledge Network Collections  
Home Children come to Canada - from Library and Archives Canada
Hudson's Bay Company Archives
Library and Archives Canada and their Genealogy and Family History section
Manitoba Archives
Manitoba Vital Statistics
Newfoundland and Labrador Archives - "The Rooms" Collections and Research
Northwest Territories Archives
Nova Scotia Archives
Nova Scotia Genealogy Records Online - lots of links
Nunavut Archives
Old Maps of Canada
Ontario Archives
Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
Ontario Community Newsletter Portal
Ontario Genealogy Records and Indexes - General and by county
The Ontario Name Index (TONI)
Our roots/Our Future Our Past migration - from The University of Calgary Press
Parks Canada - includes Historic Sites
PEI Archives
PEI Genealogy at the Public Archives (PARO) - search their collections, including baptisms
PEI Island Register - PEI genealogy lineages and documents
PEI - Beginner's Guide to Island Land Records - article by Ann Coles
Quebec and French Canadian Genealogical Records - discover the resource that BAnQ makes available free of charge.  Available in  French and English (use the translate icon).
Quebec Archives
Saskatchewan Archives
Yukon Archives