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Title Immigration Reports on Arrival, 1876
Date 1876
Document Type Shipping Papers; Report
Reference R194-64-6-E, Volume 2394, Folder 5
Library / Archive Library and Archives Canada
Collection Name Immigration Branch Correspondence Returns, 1840-1853, 1864-1866, 1876. Publications, 1855-1861
Description Arrival report for each ship including where they came from, the number of emigrants on board, births, death, where families were heading and notes on the passengers.
Series Description Records created and maintained by the Immigration Branch of the Department of Agriculture. As immigration and colonization became increasingly important to the new Dominion government, the high volume of information flowing into and required from the Minister's office overwhelmed the docket system of record-keeping.
Theme(s) Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences
Country (from) Great Britain; Germany; Norway; France; Sweden; Denmark
Country (to) Canada
Places Ottawa, Toronto, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Canada
Ports Liverpool, London, England; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality English; Irish; Norwegian; Swedish; Danish; German; French; European
Ships SS Sardinian; SS Polynesian; SS Phoenician; SS Thames; SS Quebec; SS Mississippi; SS Waldensian; SS Cireassian; SS Corinthian; SS Sarmatian; SS Dominion; SS Severn; SS Moravian; SS Canadian; SS Gamma; SS Peruvian; SS Austrian; SS Manitoban; SS Memphis
Keywords shipping, employment, steerage, child migration, birth, death, passenger, quarantine, poverty, family, assisted emigration
Language English
Document(s) linked to Immigration Reports on Arrival, 1864-1866
Copyright Library and Archives Canada