Ottawa Genealogical Records

Ottawa Birth & Baptism Records

Ontario Birth Registers & Certificates (1869-1913)

An index to and images of over 2 million birth records, which may include name, date and place of birth, parents' names and more.

Ontario Birth Index (1869-1912)

An index to over 2 million births recorded by the state, including date and place of birth and parents' names.

Ontario Catholic Church Records (1747-1967)

An index to and images of registers recording around 1.75 million baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission to the church.

Ontario Birth & Baptism Index (1779-1899)

An index to over 450,000 birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.

Canada Birth & Baptism Index (1661-1959)

A collection of various collated birth and baptism records, totaling around 1.5 million births.

Ottawa Marriage & Divorce Records

Ontario Marriages (1801-1928)

An index to and images of around 3.2 million state and church marriages.

Ontario Marriages (1869-1927)

An index to marriage records, which may include the names, ages, birthplaces and parents' names of brides and groom; as well as the date and place of marriage.

Ontario Catholic Church Records (1747-1967)

An index to and images of registers recording around 1.75 million baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission to the church.

Ontario County Marriage Registers (1858-1869)

An index to over 75,000 marriages. The index may include name, age, residence, and birthplace of each spouse, names of parents, marriage date, location, and source information.

Ontario Civil Marriage Index (1869-1873)

This database is a collection of Roman Catholic and Protestant Marriages for all districts in the province of Ontario, Canada, between 1869 and 1873, including late registrations. This valuable database includes more than 77,000 entries. This index, which includes name, year of marriage, county of marriage, and source information.

Ottawa Death & Burial Records

Ontario Death Registers & Certificates (1869-1938)

An index to and images of over 2 million death records, which may list name, date and place of death, gender, age and more.

Ontario Death Index (1869-1937)

An index to over 2 million deaths recorded by the state, including name, age, place of birth, gender, date and place of death, spouse, parents' names and more.

Ontario Catholic Church Records (1747-1967)

An index to and images of registers recording around 1.75 million baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission to the church.

Canadian Genealogy Index (1604-1980)

This database contains over two million records referencing individuals from all regions of Canada and early Alaska. Entries have been extracted from city directories, marriage records, land records, census records, and more.

Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects (1627-1965)

Registers of births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials containing over 160,000 entries from over 30 countries. These largely relate to British subjects.

Ottawa Census & Population Lists

Ottawa Tax Assessment & Collector Rolls (1855-1919)

An index to and images of rolls recording tax assessment and payments. They include name of occupier and owner, age, occupation, address, acreage, value and taxes assessed.

1842 Upper Canada Census (1842)

An index to and images of registers recording around 20,000 inhabitants of Quebec, their occupations and other details.

1861 Ontario Census (1861)

An index to 1.7 million inhabitants of the state, including details such as religion. Includes agricultural censuses.

Canada Voters Lists (1935-1980)

An index to and images of registers that list the name, address and occupation of those registered to vote. Contains over 95 million entries.

1921 Census of Canada (1921)

This database contains an index to close to 9 million individuals living in Canada. The records contain a wealth of details, including gender, relationships, marital status, age, place of birth, race, immigration particulars, languages and literacy, occupation and more.

Newspapers Covering Ottawa

Newspaper Archive: Canada (1872-Present)

Text-searchable copies of over 6.6 million Canadian newspaper pages.

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

April 1916 Canada Illustrated Journal (1916)

Searchable editions of a newspaper covering Canadian and British-Canadian military news.

May 1916 Canada Illustrated Journal (1916)

Searchable editions of a newspaper covering Canadian and British-Canadian military news.

June 1916 Canada Illustrated Journal (1916)

Searchable editions of a newspaper covering Canadian and British-Canadian military news.

Ottawa Immigration & Travel Records

Canada-US Border Crossings (1895-1956)

This database contains an index of aliens and citizens crossing into the U.S. from Canada via various ports of entry along the U.S.-Canadian border. It may include name, age, date and place of birth, gender, ethnicity/nationality, names of friends and relatives and more.

Canada Passenger Lists (1881-1922)

An index to an images of lists of passengers traveling to and from Quebec City, Halifax, Saint John, North Sydney, Vancouver, Victoria and some US ports.

Canadian Passenger Lists (1865-1935)

Digital images of passenger lists of ships arriving in various Canadian ports as well as some eastern US ports. They may list name, age, gender, marital status, place of intended residence, birth country, race, occupation, religion, port of departure and more. Searchable by a index of over 7.25 million names.

Irish Famine Immigrants (1846-1851)

A record of over 600,000 immigrants arriving in the United States; being predominantly those escaping the Irish famine. Records may contain numerous useful details, such as age or year of birth, native county and intended destination.

US to Canada Border Crossings (1908-1935)

An index to and images to lists recording the entry of 1.64 million people into Canada from the US. They may contain name, age, gender, country of citizenship, birthplace, marriage particulars, occupation, purpose of travel to Canada, languages spoken and more.

Ottawa Military Records

Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)

An index to Canadian soldiers of WWI, linked to digital images of their attestation papers.

WWI Commonwealth Casualty Lists (1914-1920)

A list of over 1.3 million British and Commonwealth servicemen who were injured during World War One.

1861 British Army Census (1861)

An index listing the rank and regiment of over 245,000 British Army soldiers serving in June 1861. Compiled from paylists, this essential work can help locate further records for military men whose regiment is not otherwise known.

Canada Volunteer Militia Nominal Rolls & Paylists (1857-1922)

An index to and images of registers detailing over 1.6 million payments made to militia volunteers.

Hellfire Corner (1897-1919)

A collection of fascinating diaries and remembrances of WWI soldiers.

Ontario Voter Lists (1867-1900)

An index to and images of lists of registered voters. They record name, town, year of registration, address and occupation.

Canada Voters Lists (1935-1980)

An index to and images of registers that list the name, address and occupation of those registered to vote. Contains over 95 million entries.

Patents of Canada (1824-1849)

Descriptions of patents granted by the Canadian government.

Lectric Law Dictionary (1066-Present)

A dictionary of law terminology from earliest times.

Provincial Government Personnel List (1919)

Lists of elected representatives and civil servants of the provincial governments of Canada.

Ottawa Taxation Records

Ottawa Tax Assessment & Collector Rolls (1855-1919)

An index to and images of rolls recording tax assessment and payments. They include name of occupier and owner, age, occupation, address, acreage, value and taxes assessed.

Ottawa Land & Property Records

Ottawa Tax Assessment & Collector Rolls (1855-1919)

An index to and images of rolls recording tax assessment and payments. They include name of occupier and owner, age, occupation, address, acreage, value and taxes assessed.

Land Settlement in Upper Canada (1783-1840)

A history of land settlement, land sales etc.

Ontario Land Gazetteer (1875-1881)

This database lists the name, and sometimes the birth year, of more than 17,000 individuals extracted from Atlases of Ontario Canada, from 1875 to 1881.

Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases (1507-2000)

This database is a collection of maps and atlases detailing land areas that comprise the present-day United States and Canada, as well as various other parts of the world.

Soldier Homestead Grant Registers in Canada (1918-1931)

An index to and images of documents recording grants of lands to veterans of World War I.

Ottawa Directories & Gazetteers

Ottawa City Directory (1926)

A book listing 10,000s of residents, businesses, professionals and government officials.

Ottawa City Directory (1923)

A book listing 10,000s of residents, businesses, professionals and government officials.

Ottawa City Directory (1916)

A book listing 10,000s of residents, businesses, professionals and government officials.

Ottawa City Directory (1915)

A book listing 10,000s of residents, businesses, professionals and government officials.

Ottawa City Directory (1914)

A book listing 10,000s of residents, businesses, professionals and government officials.

Ottawa Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Canadian Headstones (1720-Present)

A growing collection of over 1 million photographs of graves in Canada. Graves can be searched by a name index.

Canada War Graves Registers (1914-1948)

This database contains death and burial information for Canadian military personnel who died during and as a result of the world wars.

Ottawa Obituaries

Canada Obituary Collection (2006-Present)

A growing index, regularly updated, containing abstracts of over 1 million obituaries, including names of relatives.

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

Indexed images of over 400,000 obituaries of Germans from Russia who died in North America.

Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs Obituaries (1906)

A small number of short obituaries of notable Canadians.

Ottawa Histories & Books

Pioneers of the Upper Ottawa (1906)

A dictionary of people and places in the region. Includes portraits.

History of the Ottawa Valley (1896)

A history, with special attention to difficulties in the region.

Ottawa: Past and Present (1620-1925)

A history of the region, covering railways, explorers, canals, bridges, churches, schools and more.

Report of the Ottawa and Hull Fire Relief Fund (1900)

Transcripts of various meetings relating to a large fire; including photographs of the damage.

Bush Life in the Ottawa Valley Eighty Years Ago (1834-1914)

A history of the area when it was densely forested.

Ottawa School & Education Records

Canada School Yearbooks (1908-2010)

An index to and images of middle school, junior high, high school, and college yearbooks. They may list name, photo, hobbies, family relationships and more.

McGill University at War (1914-1945)

A description of McGill graduates' contributions to the world wars.

McGill University Graduates (1946)

A searchable book listing some details of the university and lists of graduates, ordered by various criteria.

Golden Jubilee of T. Eaton Co. (1869-1919)

A history of a Canadian department store.

Fleming's Farm & Live Stock Almanac (1916)

A book filled with useful info for livestock owners.

Ottawa Occupation & Business Records

Crockford's Clerical Directories (1868-1914)

Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.

1871 Canada Census (1871)

An index to a list of all inhabitants of Canada; nominal returns of the deaths within last twelve months; returns of public institutions, real estate, vehicles and implements; returns of cultivated land, of field products, plants, fruits, live stock, animal products, home-made fabrics, furs; returns of industrial establishments; returns of products of the forest; returns of shipping and fisheries; and returns of mineral products.

Canada Officials (1853-1894)

Lists of civil servants, government employees and military officers. Some include their place of origin.

Biographical of Architects in Canada (1800-1950)

Biographies of over 2,200 architects who worked in Canada.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Ottawa

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Colonial Gentry: Genealogical & Heraldic History 1 (1891)

Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.

Colonial Gentry: Genealogical & Heraldic History 2 (1891)

Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Debrett's Baronetage of England (1835)

An alphabetical list of baronetcies as have merged in the peerage, or have become extinct, and also of the existing baronets of Nova Scotia and Ireland.

Ottawa Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Colonial Gentry: Genealogical & Heraldic History 1 (1891)

Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.

Colonial Gentry: Genealogical & Heraldic History 2 (1891)

Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.

Debrett's Baronetage of England (1835)

An alphabetical list of baronetcies as have merged in the peerage, or have become extinct, and also of the existing baronets of Nova Scotia and Ireland.

Ottawa Church Records

Ontario Catholic Church Records (1747-1967)

An index to and images of registers recording around 1.75 million baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission to the church.

Crockford's Clerical Directories (1868-1914)

Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.

US & Canada Quaker Annual Reports (1808-1930)

Digital images of records from the highest bodies in the Quaker church. The minutes contain names of representatives and committee members, memorials and obituary notices, along with business news.

Presbyterian Pioneer Missionaries in Canada (1790-1900)

A history of missionaries in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Colombia, including information on the origins of the church in Canada, interactions with Indians and the missionaries themselves.

Canada Quaker Meeting Records (1786-1988)

An index to and images of membership registers, marriage records, meeting minutes, certificates of removal, death registers, disciplinary records, and other records for The Society of Friends.

Biographical Directories Covering Ottawa

Pioneers of the Upper Ottawa (1906)

A dictionary of people and places in the region. Includes portraits.

The Canadian Biographical Dictionary: Ontario (1880)

Biographies and portraits of hundreds on notable Ontarians.

Canadian Cyclopedia of Names (1894)

A large tome containing biographies of Canadian men and women.

Crockford's Clerical Directories (1868-1914)

Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.

Biographical of Architects in Canada (1800-1950)

Biographies of over 2,200 architects who worked in Canada.

Ottawa Maps

Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases (1507-2000)

This database is a collection of maps and atlases detailing land areas that comprise the present-day United States and Canada, as well as various other parts of the world.

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Ottawa Reference Works

Lectric Law Dictionary (1066-Present)

A dictionary of law terminology from earliest times.

Researching a Medical Ancestor (1505-Present)

A guide to tracing ancestors who practiced medicine in several English-speaking countries.

Work of The Canadian Archives (1908-1913)

Details of some records held in Canada.

Most Common Surnames in Ottawa

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Ontario
1Smith5,0801:1895.71%1
2Brown2,9851:3215.68%2
3Wilson2,5991:3696.30%3
4MacDonald2,3661:4058.60%13
5Campbell2,2061:4357.05%7
6Martin2,1101:4555.99%5
7Taylor1,9431:4945.75%6
8Lalonde1,8041:53219.69%110
9Thompson1,7921:5355.76%10
10Jones1,7491:5485.60%9
11Lee1,7241:5564.33%4
12Williams1,7061:5625.83%11
13Johnson1,6671:5755.93%12
14Roy1,6631:57714.60%82
15Gauthier1,6341:58720.16%132
16Moore1,6331:5877.11%23
17Kelly1,6261:5909.63%37
18Anderson1,5961:6016.42%17
19White1,5301:6276.08%15
20Stewart1,5241:6296.85%24
21Young1,4881:6456.32%18
22Miller1,4661:6545.58%14
23Tremblay1,4561:65921.83%173
24Murphy1,3961:6878.89%46
25Leblanc1,3731:69915.04%111
25Robinson1,3731:6995.93%21
27Seguin1,3561:70721.85%192
28Scott1,3531:7095.76%19
29Zhang1,3391:7169.25%56
30Wang1,3361:7187.68%34
31Nguyen1,3121:7319.32%58
32Johnston1,2981:7396.41%27
33Gagnon1,2961:74019.60%176
34Armstrong1,2691:7568.50%52
35Li1,2341:7775.89%26
36Graham1,2211:7867.09%35
37Wright1,2141:7906.14%29
38McDonald1,2091:7937.22%40
39Paquette1,1831:81122.42%231
40Desjardins1,1781:81423.61%247
41Clark1,1741:8176.21%31
41Clarke1,1741:8176.86%36
43Murray1,1671:8227.33%45
44Walker1,1571:8295.87%30
45Kennedy1,1501:8348.15%57
46Thomas1,1121:8636.26%33
47Cameron1,1071:8679.59%80
48Belanger1,0921:87817.16%186
49Ross1,0901:8807.12%49
50Morin1,0801:88819.50%219
51Wong1,0711:8964.28%16
52Reid1,0541:9105.31%28
53Fraser1,0211:9408.18%73
54Davis1,0181:9426.06%38
55King1,0041:9555.54%32
56Hamilton1,0031:9567.26%61
57Proulx9991:96027.30%382
58Liu9921:9677.13%60
59Hall9911:9686.34%47
60Chen9751:9845.94%43
61Villeneuve9661:99327.37%416
62Harris9561:1,0036.48%55
63Cote9511:1,00919.58%257
64Robertson9491:1,0116.93%64
65Baker9441:1,0166.29%51
66Jackson9271:1,0355.52%39
67Levesque8961:1,07119.85%283
68Allen8941:1,0736.39%59
69Lacroix8911:1,07724.21%379
69Watson8911:1,0775.73%48
71Grant8821:1,0887.05%72
72Charron8811:1,08930.93%551
73Green8751:1,0965.92%54
74Hill8701:1,1035.28%42
74Lefebvre8701:1,10322.22%352
76Legault8631:1,11224.23%405
77Larocque8621:1,11320.76%319
78Poirier8581:1,11818.83%279
79Ryan8571:1,1199.81%124
80Renaud8551:1,12217.17%248
81Roberts8511:1,1276.20%63
82Fournier8501:1,12919.19%291
83Morris8411:1,1417.17%79
84Boucher8391:1,14319.57%305
85Wood8331:1,1525.63%53
86Simpson8291:1,1576.51%68
87Bell8261:1,1615.44%50
88Lewis8221:1,1675.16%44
89Ferguson8171:1,1746.52%71
90Edwards8151:1,1775.91%62
91Khan8071:1,1893.81%25
92Charbonneau8051:1,19222.93%420
93Richardson8021:1,1967.43%91
94Davidson7971:1,2047.49%92
95Turner7911:1,2136.97%83
96Adams7861:1,2206.14%66
97Mitchell7761:1,2364.66%41
98Chartrand7691:1,24722.93%445
99Labelle7641:1,25621.47%407
100Bennett7621:1,2596.71%84
101Bergeron7501:1,27924.41%499
101Sullivan7501:1,27910.43%154
103Landry7421:1,29314.53%243
104Bradley7311:1,31211.18%180
104Collins7311:1,3126.40%81
106Evans7261:1,3215.88%74
106Hughes7261:1,3217.34%106
108Leduc7191:1,33423.30%494
109Pilon7061:1,35918.80%368
110Lavoie6991:1,37223.33%518
111Sabourin6971:1,37626.31%615
112Chan6941:1,3823.02%22
113Ward6901:1,3906.63%99
114Gervais6871:1,39620.45%442
114Morrison6871:1,3965.39%67
116Henderson6831:1,4056.45%95
117Harrison6821:1,4076.53%98
118Phillips6801:1,4115.51%74
119Ali6761:1,4196.44%96
120Tran6751:1,4216.83%105
121Singh6711:1,4302.15%8
121Walsh6711:1,4307.62%121
123Fortin6681:1,43623.07%537
124Cooper6661:1,4405.24%69
125Wallace6611:1,4518.24%134
126Dupuis6591:1,45613.34%253
126McLean6591:1,4565.61%78
128Brunet6571:1,46024.90%619
129Foster6521:1,4716.22%97
130Gordon6511:1,4746.13%94
131MacLeod6491:1,47810.93%205
132Richard6471:1,48315.12%309
133Gibson6451:1,4875.92%90
134O'Brien6441:1,4908.68%148
135Bertrand6421:1,49417.55%383
136Craig6371:1,5069.41%169
136Marshall6371:1,5065.05%70
136Sauve6371:1,50616.64%361
139Black6271:1,5306.53%108
139Gray6271:1,5305.19%77
141Blais6251:1,53521.35%529
141Holmes6251:1,5357.80%135
143Ahmed6201:1,5476.95%118
143Hunter6201:1,5475.83%93
143Shaw6201:1,5475.63%89
146Elliott6181:1,5525.45%85
147Henry6151:1,5607.25%127
148Patterson6091:1,5756.10%103
149Cyr6031:1,59123.33%644
149Doyle6031:1,5919.76%193
151Burns6011:1,5967.09%128
152Carriere5991:1,60117.70%438
153Potvin5941:1,61531.46%937
153Russell5941:1,6155.75%100
155Beauchamp5921:1,62022.43%619
155Pelletier5921:1,62019.60%511
157Burke5891:1,6298.00%151
157Charlebois5891:1,62923.95%688
159Cook5871:1,6344.81%76
160Carter5821:1,6485.64%101
160Parker5821:1,6485.92%107
162Brennan5801:1,65414.59%344
163MacKenzie5791:1,6577.52%142
163Mason5791:1,6577.31%138
165Raymond5751:1,66815.90%393
166Wu5731:1,6746.40%115
167Caron5721:1,67717.85%473
167James5721:1,6775.13%88
167Thomson5721:1,6776.21%109
170Kerr5681:1,6896.40%119
171Lemieux5661:1,69520.31%571
172Saunders5631:1,7048.46%175
172Tessier5631:1,70420.01%563
174Lavigne5601:1,71319.68%553
175Brazeau5581:1,71928.90%916
176Bouchard5541:1,73217.48%481
177Cloutier5491:1,74721.47%652
178Ouellette5461:1,75713.23%325
179Gagne5411:1,77316.99%477
180Chapman5371:1,7867.81%165
181Menard5341:1,79617.13%490
182Lauzon5321:1,80314.77%395
182O'Connor5321:1,80310.89%254
184Beaudoin5301:1,81021.31%676
185Demers5291:1,81318.30%541
186Davies5271:1,8206.63%137
187Lapointe5221:1,83819.25%597
188McCarthy5201:1,8459.82%230
189Ladouceur5181:1,85222.21%733
189MacLean5181:1,8528.72%204
191Bedard5151:1,86316.37%484
192Martel5121:1,87420.08%658
192Nadeau5121:1,87422.07%737
194Fisher5051:1,9005.53%112