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Learn about what records exist for researching births, marriages and deaths in Canada and which ones Library and Archives Canada (LAC) holds. Search the Births, Marriages and Deaths database.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, provincial and territorial governments introduced the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths. In order to ensure the accuracy of information, it is important to trace the records relating those events and, if possible, to obtain copies of these records.
25 lip 2024 · In Quebec, vital records created by the government are called "civil registration" (état civil), the term generally used outside North America. Vital records are an excellent source of accurate names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths.
Our Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Canada database is an index to a few collections held at Library and Archives Canada that include some references to marriages. Be sure to read the database section called The records, to find out what records are included in that database.
16 sie 2022 · The LAFRANCE is a tool equipped with a search engine containing Ontario, Acadia and Quebec birth, marriage and death records. In addition to millions of marriages and baptisms, the tool contains EVERY Catholic burial recorded by the Church in Quebec from the beginnings of the colony to 1861, as well as tens of thousands of death records dating ...
Another year’s worth of Vital Statistics is now available. The indexes and registrations for the 1917 births, 1932 marriages, and 1942 deaths are now available on microfilm. These records are available for consultation in our Reading Room at 134 Ian Macdonald Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario.
A brief guide to birth, marriage and death civil registration (ie: vital statistics or statutory registration) records in Ontario. Civil registration (birth, marriage and death records) in Canada is a provincial area of jurisdiction.
