Montreal Genealogical Records

Montreal Birth & Baptism Records

Quebec Catholic Parish Registers (1621-1979)

An index to and images of registers recording more than 10 million baptisms, marriages and burials. The records list names of relatives; personal details; and particulars of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Quebec Church Records (1621-1967)

An index to 14.5 million entries from baptism, marriage, and burial registers; confirmations records, dispensations records, censuses, statements of readmission to the church and more. The records are predominantly from Catholic churches, but all other denominations are included.

Acadia Catholic Church Records (1670-1946)

An index to close to 1 million baptism, marriage, burial, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission records.

Quebec Birth & Baptism Index (1662-1898)

An index of over 25,000 records of births and baptisms, including parents' names and other details.

Canada Birth & Baptism Index (1661-1959)

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

Montreal Marriage & Divorce Records

Quebec Catholic Parish Registers (1621-1979)

An index to and images of registers recording more than 10 million baptisms, marriages and burials. The records list names of relatives; personal details; and particulars of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Quebec Church Records (1621-1967)

An index to 14.5 million entries from baptism, marriage, and burial registers; confirmations records, dispensations records, censuses, statements of readmission to the church and more. The records are predominantly from Catholic churches, but all other denominations are included.

Acadia Catholic Church Records (1670-1946)

An index to close to 1 million baptism, marriage, burial, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission records.

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.

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.

Montreal Death & Burial Records

Quebec Catholic Parish Registers (1621-1979)

An index to and images of registers recording more than 10 million baptisms, marriages and burials. The records list names of relatives; personal details; and particulars of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Quebec Church Records (1621-1967)

An index to 14.5 million entries from baptism, marriage, and burial registers; confirmations records, dispensations records, censuses, statements of readmission to the church and more. The records are predominantly from Catholic churches, but all other denominations are included.

Acadia Catholic Church Records (1670-1946)

An index to close to 1 million baptism, marriage, burial, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission records.

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.

Montreal Census & Population Lists

1842 Lower Canada Census (1842)

An index to and images of registers recording around 50,000 inhabitants of Quebec, their occupations and other details.

1831 Lower Canada Census (1831)

An index to and images of registers recording around 90,000 inhabitants of Quebec, their occupations and other details.

1825 Lower Canada Census (1825)

An index to and images of registers recording around 75,000 inhabitants of Quebec, their occupations and other details.

1861 Quebec Census (1861)

An index to documents recording details of almost 1.1 million people living in Quebec; 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.

Newspapers Covering Montreal

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.

Montreal Immigration & Travel Records

St. Lawrence Steamboat Co Passenger Lists (1819-1838)

Lists recording passengers and freight carried between Montreal and Quebec.

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.

Montreal Military Records

Montreal's Roll of Honour (1914-1918)

A history of regiments' involvement in WWI and lists of their men.

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.

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.

1837 Rebellion Losses Claimants (1837-1849)

A list of people claiming money from the government for losses and damages as a result of the Rebellions of 1837.

Montreal Land & Property Records

Quebec Land Grants (1763-1890)

A list of around 35,000 people who received land grants from the Crown, including name of grantee, location of the land, acreage, date of patent and more.

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.

Montreal Directories & Gazetteers

Lovell's Business & Professional Directory (1890-1891)

A directory of businesses, tradesmen and professional in Quebec.

Canadian Phone & Address Directories (1995-2002)

This database is a collection of phone and address directories from throughout Canada from 1995-2002. With around 38 million entries, information contained in this database includes: name, spouse's name, address, city, province, phone number and year.

Canada Gazetteer & Business Directory (1930)

A list of companies and tradesmen in Canada.

Canada Directory (1886-1889)

Searchable books containing information relating to the area, its residents and businesses.

Lovell's Canadian Dominion Directory (1871)

Descriptions of settlements in Canada, with lists of people residing and businesses operating there; supplemented by statistics and other details.

Montreal 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.

Montreal 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.

Montreal Histories & Books

The Storied Province of Quebec (1500-1930)

A detailed history of Quebec and biographies of many leading Québécois.

History of the Eastern Townships of Quebec (1470-1869)

A history of the region, its resources, settlement etc.

Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America (1874)

A searchable edition of a book listing descriptions of settlements, regions, geographic features etc.

Canada Year Book (1867-1967)

A collection of books detailing important facets of the country, including government, immigration, vital statistics, health and welfare, resources, labour and more.

The American Gazetteer (1798)

One of the earliest attempt to form a comprehensive dictionary of places in The Americas.

Montreal School & Education Records

Saint Laurent High School Year Books (1968-1971)

Digital images of books recording the names and details of pupils and faculty.

Loyola College Year Book (1943)

Digital images of a book recording the details of pupils and faculty, including photographs.

McGill University Year Books (1934-1938)

Digital images of books recording the details of pupils and faculty, including photographs.

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.

Montreal 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.

Canadian Maritime Records (1789-1935)

A database containing data on the vessels, captains and crews of Great Britain and Atlantic Canada. It contains records of crew members, masters, and ship owners for vessels registered in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Montreal

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.

Montreal 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.

Montreal Church Records

Quebec Catholic Parish Registers (1621-1979)

An index to and images of registers recording more than 10 million baptisms, marriages and burials. The records list names of relatives; personal details; and particulars of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Quebec Church Records (1621-1967)

An index to 14.5 million entries from baptism, marriage, and burial registers; confirmations records, dispensations records, censuses, statements of readmission to the church and more. The records are predominantly from Catholic churches, but all other denominations are included.

Acadia Catholic Church Records (1670-1946)

An index to close to 1 million baptism, marriage, burial, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission records.

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.

Biographical Directories Covering Montreal

The Canadian Biographical Dictionary (1881)

Biographies and portraits of hundreds on notable Québécois.

The Storied Province of Quebec (1500-1930)

A detailed history of Quebec and biographies of many leading Québécois.

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.

Montreal 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.

Montreal 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 Montreal

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Quebec
1Tremblay9,6551:18910.15%1
2Gagnon8,0021:22811.11%2
3Roy7,3611:24711.24%3
4Gauthier5,9661:30512.68%5
5Bouchard4,8551:37510.45%6
6Morin4,7721:38210.97%7
7Cote4,6131:3958.26%4
8Lavoie4,4211:41210.83%8
9Pelletier4,3441:41911.20%10
10Nguyen4,2431:42966.77%269
11Leblanc4,1961:43413.42%17
12Bergeron4,0251:45211.44%12
13Martin3,9391:46217.12%28
14Lefebvre3,7651:48415.60%26
15Fortin3,7631:4849.44%9
16Belanger3,7451:48610.32%11
17Poirier3,6201:50313.55%22
18Boucher3,5811:50811.94%18
19Levesque3,5141:51810.55%14
20Girard3,4471:52810.96%16
21Desjardins3,4461:52816.01%34
22Fournier3,2171:56612.46%25
23Caron3,1951:57011.16%19
24Beaulieu3,1921:57011.90%21
25Lapointe3,0941:58811.96%24
26Simard3,0341:6009.44%15
27Cloutier2,8811:63210.87%23
28Richard2,8621:63613.74%37
29Gagne2,7341:6667.88%13
30Paquette2,7221:66914.92%48
31Landry2,7061:67311.93%31
32Legault2,6171:69619.54%92
33Leduc2,5561:71217.81%81
34Charbonneau2,5531:71317.34%77
35Lalonde2,4831:73321.17%112
35Ouellet2,4831:7338.72%20
37Smith2,3961:76029.03%182
38Robert2,3781:76616.05%76
39Hebert2,3741:76712.82%45
40Martel2,3731:76710.76%32
41Leclerc2,3471:77610.71%33
42Grenier2,3021:79110.84%36
43Proulx2,2811:79812.38%47
44Bernier2,2791:79911.00%39
45Langlois2,2761:80013.62%57
46Demers2,2721:80112.22%44
47Michaud2,2651:80411.86%41
48Lemieux2,2301:81612.34%50
49Nadeau2,1841:8349.51%30
50Patel2,1501:84787.43%632
51Couture2,0981:86810.09%38
52Champagne2,0881:87213.83%72
53Raymond2,0801:87515.28%88
54Dupuis2,0661:88114.67%84
55Beaudoin2,0651:88211.40%49
56Labelle2,0541:88615.97%95
57Allard2,0261:89914.15%82
58Bertrand2,0051:90816.45%98
59Lessard1,9801:9209.27%35
60Dubois1,9791:92013.08%70
61Dube1,9761:9218.60%29
62Perreault1,9561:93111.50%55
63Cyr1,9381:93911.80%62
63Rousseau1,9381:93912.47%68
65Perron1,9261:94510.89%54
66Blais1,9221:94710.18%42
67Thibault1,9201:94811.64%61
68Gravel1,9171:95014.25%89
69Turcotte1,9111:95310.62%51
70Paradis1,9011:95811.92%64
71Brunet1,9001:95821.80%169
72Poulin1,8931:9628.07%27
73Boisvert1,8831:96711.93%65
74Jean1,8731:97215.88%106
75Menard1,8651:97612.98%80
76Lee1,8471:98663.54%540
77Li1,8421:98874.01%627
78Gosselin1,8291:99510.17%52
79St-Pierre1,8241:9989.81%43
80Hamel1,8231:99912.07%71
81Lapierre1,8181:1,00116.21%120
82Lemay1,8131:1,00412.10%73
83Dion1,8001:1,01110.87%59
83Renaud1,8001:1,01115.60%114
85Lambert1,7721:1,02712.88%86
86Mercier1,7711:1,02810.62%58
87Wang1,7661:1,03175.31%657
88Seguin1,7561:1,03718.56%151
89Fortier1,7531:1,03911.11%66
90Benoit1,7491:1,04116.37%126
91Giroux1,7451:1,04312.13%79
92Pilon1,7221:1,05717.42%142
93Joseph1,7091:1,06549.74%470
94Bedard1,6941:1,0758.41%40
95Lauzon1,6911:1,07715.22%121
96Houle1,6871:1,07911.61%78
97Bernard1,6811:1,08314.15%103
98Gervais1,6771:1,08616.26%133
98Paquin1,6771:1,08615.31%122
100Archambault1,6631:1,09522.00%204
100Dufour1,6631:1,0959.94%56
102Tran1,6501:1,10367.82%639
103Tessier1,6421:1,10913.95%109
104Lussier1,6281:1,11815.82%134
105Therrien1,6181:1,12512.07%91
106Plante1,6091:1,13210.31%67
106Savard1,6091:1,1328.95%53
108Parent1,5871:1,1479.61%60
109Ouellette1,5761:1,15515.66%139
110Picard1,5731:1,15712.40%96
111Beauchamp1,5711:1,15919.22%187
112Cohen1,5631:1,16582.74%781
113Lachance1,5621:1,1668.47%46
114Trudel1,5611:1,16613.16%104
115Desrosiers1,5561:1,17013.53%115
116Gendron1,5481:1,17613.47%116
117Forget1,5401:1,18217.59%167
118Zhang1,5071:1,20874.31%746
119Vaillancourt1,5041:1,21112.76%108
120Boivin1,4971:1,21610.51%83
121Fontaine1,4931:1,21912.68%110
122Lacroix1,4891:1,22311.56%94
123Villeneuve1,4881:1,22410.01%75
124Gingras1,4771:1,23312.52%107
125Goulet1,4691:1,23912.44%105
126Desrochers1,4481:1,25715.75%157
127Guay1,4231:1,27910.36%87
128Marchand1,4221:1,28015.83%162
129Arsenault1,4191:1,28314.98%150
130Brown1,4141:1,28831.12%370
131Bilodeau1,4131:1,2889.25%69
132Jacques1,3971:1,30311.75%101
133Dionne1,3721:1,32711.11%97
133Moreau1,3721:1,32712.85%127
135Lavigne1,3701:1,32916.63%184
136Daoust1,3601:1,33921.60%271
137Robitaille1,3571:1,34211.94%119
138Vincent1,3531:1,34616.74%191
139Boudreau1,3371:1,36213.29%140
140Gilbert1,3351:1,3649.96%90
141Singh1,3321:1,36777.89%838
142Pierre1,3301:1,36955.70%648
143Chartrand1,3241:1,37516.20%188
144Chen1,3201:1,37970.97%793
144Lachapelle1,3201:1,37919.67%244
146Provost1,3091:1,39118.53%229
147Leroux1,3061:1,39418.48%228
148Lepage1,3041:1,39611.21%113
149Charron1,2981:1,40312.86%138
150Berube1,2901:1,4118.66%74
151David1,2891:1,41228.34%369
152Rioux1,2771:1,42611.21%117
153Bolduc1,2711:1,4327.81%63
154Dagenais1,2671:1,43720.02%270
155Harvey1,2531:1,45311.52%123
155Noel1,2531:1,45313.83%161
157Trudeau1,2391:1,46920.37%280
158Pepin1,2321:1,47811.84%130
159Theriault1,2261:1,48510.32%102
160Denis1,2251:1,48614.90%185
161Laurin1,2221:1,49019.08%262
162Cormier1,2201:1,49214.77%181
163Thomas1,2131:1,50133.26%450
164Laplante1,2121:1,50212.70%148
165Lamoureux1,2111:1,50317.13%226
166Auger1,1971:1,52113.85%173
167Wong1,1841:1,53863.42%790
168Martineau1,1811:1,54213.90%176
169Boyer1,1791:1,54419.38%279
170Dufresne1,1751:1,54915.67%207
171Mathieu1,1621:1,56713.93%179
172Beaudry1,1601:1,57014.79%198
173Desmarais1,1561:1,57517.04%241
174Vachon1,1531:1,5798.83%93
175Miller1,1521:1,58034.56%483
176Dumont1,1501:1,58310.94%129
177Larocque1,1431:1,59314.21%192
178Larose1,1361:1,60315.11%206
179Drouin1,1331:1,60710.42%124
180Richer1,1321:1,60814.82%202
181Godin1,1291:1,61315.09%209
182Asselin1,1211:1,62412.90%170
183Liu1,1091:1,64271.55%898
184Beauregard1,1081:1,64312.79%171
185Corbeil1,1021:1,65217.53%272
185Laporte1,1021:1,65218.75%295
187Laberge1,1001:1,65515.36%222
187Tardif1,1001:1,65510.29%125
189Lavallee1,0951:1,66312.86%175
190Carrier1,0861:1,6769.09%100
191Sauve1,0821:1,68318.08%287
192Robillard1,0671:1,70621.24%340
193Laflamme1,0631:1,71310.06%128
194Audet1,0611:1,7169.01%111
195Tanguay1,0551:1,72611.16%152
196Paquet1,0541:1,7277.64%85
197Bastien1,0531:1,72917.81%290
198Germain1,0521:1,73114.73%224
199Ross1,0461:1,74116.80%274
200Rivard1,0441:1,74412.37%177