Passenger Lists

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Library and Archives Canada - Searchable indexes for a variety of ships passenger lists for ships arriving in Canada.

The Ships List - Over 3,500 totally free access web-pages with new databases added regularly

The Hawke Papers - Toronto Emigrant Office Assisted Immigration Register’s Database. A partial index to the Hawke Papers (ref. RG 11-1) at the Archives of Ontario.

Emigration Information of the Nineteenth Century - “The information on these pages was extracted from various government records, as well as the odd shipping record (mostly from the Allan Line). It contains, voyage accounts, emigration information, lists of ships sailing to Canada, information on the ports, and on the people. Many of these lists give the name of the ship, Master, Port of Departure, Port of Arrival and other such information.”

Departures from United Kingdom Ports (1890-1960) - These passenger lists cover the years 1890 to 1960. The lists show details of passengers travelling to long-distance destinations, including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America. It is free to search the website, but there is a charge for downloading images of the passenger lists.