Canadian Family History Research 2023

 As I was preparing some training for a workshop tonight, these are some of the Canadian resources I hope to mention:

Canadian Family History Research

2023

Canada Census 1851-1931 (plus fragments) https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/canadiancensus/ (The best of many such sites)
Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3005862

Why use census records?

1. Everyone was supposed to be counted, not just the land owners or the jailed criminals.

2. People are usually listed as families.

3. They show how people's lives progress over time.

4. They provide valuable clues to other sources.

Provincial Vital Records - official government records of births, marriages and deaths

Alberta https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/find-birth-marriage-and-death-records

British Columbia https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy

Manitoba https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php

New Brunswick https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/default.aspx?culture=en-CA

Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.gov.nl.ca/dgsnl/vitalstats/

Nova Scotia https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/

Ontario https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/tracing/vsmain.aspx

P.E.I. https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/birth-marriage-and-death-certificates

Quebec https://www.etatcivil.gouv.qc.ca/en/default.html

Saskatchewan http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx

[Note that some of these are free and easy to use and others not, depending on the info and date.
Alberta's are among the most restrictive and difficult to use, BC is one of the best.]

Some of my other favorite sites for Canadian genealogy:

CanGenealogy https://www.cangenealogy.com/

FamilySearch (Records and Research Wiki) https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/

Ancestry.com (or .ca) https://www.ancestry.com

Findmypast.com https://www.findmypast.com/

MyHeritage.com https://www.myheritage.com/

Google.com is great for finding obituaries and sometimes local histories, etc.

Findagrave.com https://www.findagrave.com/ Graves may include biographies, family members, etc.

BillionGraves https://billiongraves.com/

Ontario Marriage Registrations, 1800-1927 https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/thisisit.htm

Ontario WM Baptismal Register https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wjmartin/genealogy/wm-index.htm

Library and Archives Canada https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng
(includes Canadian Soldiers of the First World War, passenger lists, etc.)

Commonwealth War Graves http://www.cwgc.org

Metis Scrip Records (google it) Records created when Metis gave up Indian status.

Hudson Bay Company Archives http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/ (early HBC employees)

Google Maps http://maps.google.com/ How far apart are places?