Canada, Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada - FamilySearch Historical Records

Canada

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains the General registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada. These registers were created at the headquarters of the Chinese Immigration Service in Ottawa. These registers contain all immigrants from China to Canada between 1885 and 1949. The names are arranged numerically by serial number in approximate chronological order by the date the notice of the immigrant's arrivals was submitted to Ottawa. These records were originally microfilmed at the National Archives of Canada in Ontario, no RG 76, D2a.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 4

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in Canada.
 * Guided Research: Canada
 * Canada Research Tips and Strategies
 * Canada Record Finder

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Jin Tan and Patricia E. Roy,  The Chinese in Canada Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Historical Association, 1985 FS Library 971 F2tr
 * David Chuenyan Lai,  Chinatowns : towns within cities in Canada Vancouver, British Columbia : University of British Columbia Press, c1988 FS Library 971 F2La

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922
 * United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956
 * United States, Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1894-1954

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