Quebec Naturalization and Citizenship

Online Records

 * Citizenship Registration Records, 1851-1945 - Montreal Circuit Court. Library and Archives Canada.
 * This database provides access to 8432 references to the Citizenship Registration Records for the Montreal Circuit Court held at Library and Archives Canada.

Library and Archives Canada holds naturalization records created by the Circuit Court office in Montreal. Most records were created between 1868 and 1916.
 * A typical file will include:
 * the petition
 * the oath of residence
 * the oath of allegiance
 * and the certificate issued by a Justice of the Peace
 * and provide the following information for each petitioner:
 * name
 * age
 * residence
 * former residence
 * place of birth
 * length of residence in Canada
 * occupation
 * and date of naturalization.

French Government Naturalization
There are naturalization records from the French government. Abstracts of some of these records are in:


 * Roy, Pierre-Georges. Les Lettres de naturalité sous le régime français (French-Canadian Naturalizations). Bulletin des Recherches Historique 30 (1924): 226–33. (Family History Library ; .) Text in French. Includes 133 names. Gives naturalization date, country of origin, Canadian residence, and spouse's name.

Declarations of immigrants for Montréal and the city of Québec during the early years of the British government are included in:


 * Lower Canada. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Montréal). Court Records, 1794–1811. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981. (Family History Library .) Text in French and English. Lists more than 500 names. Gives former residence or nation of birth, arrival date, and intended Canadian residence.