Canada, Ontario Immigration Records, 1862-1897
Immigration records from Ontario between 1862-1897. The originals are held at the Ontario Department of Immigration.
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Canada, Ontario Immigration Records
What is in This Collection?
This publication includes immigration records of Ontario between 1862-1897. The originals are part Record Group 11 of the Ontario Department of Immigration at the Archives of Ontario in Toronto.
Selected Records Included in this Collection
- Passenger Bonus Receipts
- Application for Refund Bonus
- Registers of Applications for Passage Warrants
- Arrival Destination Records
- Refund Bonus Lists
- Assisted Passage Certificates
- Refund Bonus Certificates
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Person's name
- Age
- Occupation
- Event date
- Place of emigration
- Nationality
Collection Content
Sample Images
1873 Record
Inventory
This table lists the contents of all films and digital folders in the collection. Clicking the link in the DGS column will open a new window where you can see the images for that film/folder.
| Film | DGS | Collection |
|---|---|---|
| 1405787 | 8484818 | Passage bonus receipts (series G) 1873-1875 Box 1 Applications for refund bonus (series J), 1872- 1876 Boxes 1-3, A - Crooks |
| 1405788 | 8484819 | (series J cont.) Boxes 4-7, Crosbie - Hopkins, J |
| 1405910 | 8484820 | (series J cont.) Boxes 8-11, Hopkins, W - Moore |
| 1405911 | 8265758 | (series J cont.) Boxes 12-16, Moorh - Sweetman, B |
| 1405912 | 8484821 | (series J cont.) Boxes 16-19, Sweetman, B - Z Registers of applications for passage warrants (series L) vols. 1-4 (indexed) 1872-1888 |
| 1405913 | 8126280 | Arrival/Destination records (series M) 1862-1881 Vols. 1-7 |
| 1405914 | 8265759 | (series M cont.) Vols. 8-11 |
| 1405915 | 8126279 | (series M cont.) Vols. 12-14 Misc. immigration records (series R) 1869-1896 Vols. 1-5 (contains circulars, handbills, form letters, newspaper clippings, reprints of articles, employee records, map) Bonus certif./advance bonus lists (series T) Box 1 1872 & 1874 Refund bonus lists (series U ) Box 1 1872-1875 |
| 1405916 | 8265760 | Numbered correspondence files (series A) Boxes 1-3 (files 2328-4397) 1873-1875 |
| 1405917 | 8484822 | (series A cont.) Boxes 4-6 (files 4442-4983) 1875 |
| 1405918 | 8484823 | (series A cont.) Boxes 7-8 (files 5455-5964) 1876-1877 |
| 1405919 | 8484824 | (series A cont.) Boxes 10-11A (files 5965-6353) 1877 |
| 1405920 | 8484825 | (series A cont.) Boxes 12-14 (files 6354-6884) 1877-1878 |
| 1405921 | 8484826 | (series A cont.) Boxes 14-16 (files 6653-7087) 1878 |
| 1412641 | 8484831 | (series A cont.) Boxes 17-19 (files 7116-7439) 1878-1879 |
| 1412642 | 8484832 | (series A cont.) Boxes 19-22 (files 7441-8750) 1879 Box 22 (files 35-70) 1875 |
| 1412643 | 8484833 | (series A cont.) Box 22 (files 70-78) 1875 Boxes 23-25 (files 67-789 1/2) 1880 |
| 1412644 | 8484834 | (series A cont.) Boxes 26-28 (files 790-2701) 1880-1883 |
| 1412645 | 8484835 | (series A cont.) Box 29 (files 2702-3195) 1883-1884 Boxes 29-30 (files 365-1109) 1884-1887 Boxes 30-31 (files 786-2234) 1890-1894 |
| 1412646 | 8484836 | (series A cont.) Boxes 31-34 (files 2235-3025) 1894-1895 |
| 1412647 | 8484837 | (series A cont.) Boxes 35-37 (files 3026-4097) 1895-1897 |
| 1412648 | 8484838 | Unnumbered correspondence files, (series B) Boxes 1-3 1869-1897? & n.d. |
| 1412649 | 8484839 | Assisted passage certificates (series F) Box 1 1872-1873 Refund bonus certificates (series I) Boxes 1-4, A - C |
| 1405952 | 8484827 | (series I cont.) Boxes 5-8, D - Lamont, Hugh |
| 1405953 | 8484828 | (series I cont.) Boxes 8-11, Lamont, Hugh - O |
| 1405954 | 8484829 | (series I cont.) Boxes 12-14, P - Thompson, E |
| 1405955 | 8484830 | (series I cont.) Boxes 15-16, Thompson, H - Z Six-dollar bonus certificates (series K) Box 1 (files 1.1-1.10) 1875 |
Collection Details
Language
English
Location of Original Records
Ontario Bureau of Archives (Archives of Ontario)
"Canada, Ontario Immigration Records, 1862-1897", Database. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org : 8 May 2025.
