Canada Genealogy

North America Canada Guide to Canada genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Country Information
Canada is made up of three territories and ten provinces.

Canada Clickable Map
Click on the map below to go to the province or Territory's Wiki article listing more information.

Provinces and Territories
Genealogy records are kept on the state level in Canada. Click on a state below to go to the state Wiki article listing more information.

More Canada Research Strategies
Research strategies give guidance on how to research or what records to search for first. Below are additional research strategy Wiki articles for Canada.

More Canada Research Tools
Research tools can include resources that assist in locating correct records to search and determining the correct locality to search in. Below are links and Wiki articles to research tools in Canada.
 * Digital images of the Census of Canada are available at Library and Archives Canada.
 * Every five years, the nation sets aside one day to conduct the census—a count of all people and households in Canada. The census is the most complete source of information about the population that we have.
 * It is sometimes difficult to locate a place name in Canada. The Geographic Names Board of Canada has a web site which will help you identify place names throughout Canada, and will give you information about the type of geographical feature listed. read more...
 * Join a Canada Genealogy Research Community on Skype or Facebook
 * BYU Canada Research Outline largely duplicates these Wiki pages. Includes some bibliographic lists from BYU Library, 2001.
 * Finding Your Canadian Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide by Sherry Irvine and Dave Obee, Ancestry Publishing, 2007.
 * Jonasson, Eric. The Canadian Genealogical Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Your Ancestors in Canada. Winnipeg: Wheatfield Press, 1978.
 * French-Canadian Genealoogy-Sources and Resources. How and where to locate original records or reliable secondary records and further details about the lives of ancestors, in addition to names, dates, and places.
 * Early Canadiana Online is the first large-scale online collection of early Canadian print heritage.
 * The Glenbow Museum has scanned images of diaries, letters, minute books, scrapbooks, and other unpublished archival records for over 3,000 individuals, families, clubs, businesses, schools, and organizations in Calgary, southern Alberta and Western Canada. For example, there are Will Parker's letters to his father in England, in which he tells of getting typhoid fever and joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
 * Tracing Family History: Canada Immigration and Citizenship Genealogy Guide has links to other resources.

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in resourcing your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * - Canada online genealogy courses
 * Familysearch Canada records collections
 * Family History Center locator map