Lower Canada Land Petitions

"When New France became a British colony in 1763, the land system changed. New lands were now granted as part of townships instead of seigneuries. Many early settlers, both military and civilian, submitted petitions to the Governor to obtain Crown land. The Lower Canada Land Petitions contain petitions for grants or leases of land and other administrative records. This research tool provides access to more than 95,000 references to individuals who lived in present-day Quebec between 1764 and 1841."

Lower Canada Land Petitions

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Gary in BC forwarded the following ......

According to a notice in the Ottawa Citizen of 2007.06.02 Ancestry.ca
has signed a deal with Library and Archives Canada to digitize the passenger records of all people who passed through ports in Quebec City, Halifax, St. John's, North Sidney, Vancouver, and Victoria between 1865 and 1935.

In exchange for access to the paper records and the right to offer the material on its website, the company will give a copy of the digital information to the federal government for public use. The company said it will start by digitizing 750,000 passenger records from the port of Quebec City between 1870 and 1900.

Later this year it will also make available the records of border crossings between the Unites States and Canada from 1908 to 1935.