Canada, Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885-1949

The General registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada 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. The registers contain serial number, names, Port or place where registered, date of registration, certificate issued or file number, fees, sex, age, place of birth (city/village, district, province), title or occupation, last place of domicile, arrival in Canada port or place of, arrival in Canada name of vessel or railway, date of arrival in Canada, physical marks or peculiarities, remarks. These records were originally microfilmed at the National Archives of Canada in Ontario, no RG 76, D2a.