Outaouais Genealogical Records

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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 Outaouais

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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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.

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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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 Outaouais

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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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 Outaouais

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.

Outaouais 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.

Outaouais 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 Outaouais

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Quebec
1Gauthier3,0381:1306.46%5
2Tremblay2,6141:1512.75%1
3Gagnon2,5761:1533.58%2
4Roy2,2831:1733.48%3
5Morin2,0311:1944.67%7
6Charron1,9841:19919.66%138
7Seguin1,8331:21519.37%151
8Desjardins1,8011:2198.37%34
9Leblanc1,6891:2345.40%17
10Labelle1,6161:24412.57%95
11Cote1,6131:2452.89%4
12Charette1,5581:25318.79%180
13Bertrand1,5531:25412.74%98
14Villeneuve1,5391:25710.35%75
15Renaud1,5361:25713.32%114
16Pilon1,5331:25815.50%142
17Lacroix1,5251:25911.84%94
18Lalonde1,4951:26412.75%112
19Charbonneau1,4751:26810.02%77
20Belanger1,4461:2733.98%11
21Fortin1,4381:2753.61%9
22Proulx1,3801:2867.49%47
23Chartrand1,3681:28916.74%188
24Lefebvre1,3661:2895.66%26
25Paquette1,3531:2927.42%48
26Levesque1,3491:2934.05%14
27Poirier1,3321:2964.99%22
28Fournier1,2991:3045.03%25
29Boucher1,2721:3104.24%18
30Larocque1,1941:33114.85%192
31Richard1,1811:3345.67%37
32Legault1,1641:3398.69%92
33Beaudoin1,1621:3406.42%49
34Pelletier1,1481:3442.96%10
35Blais1,1271:3505.97%42
36Lafontaine1,1191:35314.83%205
37Sabourin1,0741:36823.04%363
38Simard1,0591:3733.30%15
39Martin1,0481:3774.55%28
40Rochon1,0411:37918.69%311
41Cloutier1,0401:3803.92%23
42Parent1,0281:3846.22%60
43Carriere1,0161:38917.31%296
44Cyr1,0111:3916.16%62
45Caron9881:4003.45%19
45Cousineau9881:40022.67%383
47Clement9811:40315.89%277
48Leduc9801:4036.83%81
48Menard9801:4036.82%80
50Bergeron9771:4042.78%12
51Lavoie9661:4092.37%8
52Chenier9461:41733.57%555
53Gagne9421:4192.71%13
54Brazeau9271:42630.42%523
55Lauzon9251:4278.33%121
56Bouchard9161:4311.97%6
57Demers9061:4364.87%44
58Plouffe9031:43717.05%319
59Bedard9011:4384.47%40
60Beauchamp8721:45310.67%187
61Brunet8701:4549.98%169
62Smith8691:45410.53%182
63Dupuis8651:4576.14%84
64Larose8581:46011.41%206
65Laurin8561:46113.37%262
66Lemieux8551:4624.73%50
67Girard8441:4682.68%16
68Lafreniere8431:46814.67%303
69Lavigne8321:47510.10%184
70Dubois8201:4825.42%70
71Tessier8191:4826.96%109
72Poulin7951:4973.39%27
73Landry7871:5023.47%31
74St-Amour7801:50631.77%634
75Lafleur7731:51111.81%249
76Lepage7601:5206.53%113
77Belisle7531:5249.79%200
78Potvin7501:5277.50%141
79Lapointe7481:5282.89%24
80Thibault7431:5314.50%61
81Martel7401:5343.35%32
82Gervais7271:5437.05%133
83St-Jean7181:55012.29%298
84Richer7061:5599.24%202
85Grenier7001:5643.30%36
86Dagenais6941:56910.97%270
87Bisson6891:5739.76%230
88Charlebois6841:57716.78%401
89Bastien6731:58711.38%290
90Ethier6651:59411.78%306
91Hebert6541:6043.53%45
92Mercier6531:6053.91%58
93Groulx6511:60720.90%515
94Giroux6481:6094.51%79
95Beaulieu6421:6152.39%21
96Robert6401:6174.32%76
97Laflamme6391:6186.05%128
98Lariviere6351:6229.90%261
99Mongeon6301:62749.33%1,021
100Patry6281:62913.24%356
101Dube6241:6332.72%29
102Lafrance6111:6468.75%234
103Ladouceur6041:65414.11%388
104Bernier6021:6562.91%39
105Monette5921:66711.56%333
106Malette5901:66941.35%944
107Martineau5751:6876.77%176
108Danis5741:68827.35%727
109Lamoureux5691:6948.05%226
110Sauve5641:7009.42%287
111Prud'homme5581:70817.19%499
111Racine5581:7085.99%154
113Cadieux5491:71910.29%317
114Drouin5481:7215.04%124
115Michaud5471:7222.86%41
116Lanthier5411:73014.76%448
117Brown5361:73711.80%370
118Raymond5331:7413.92%88
119Maisonneuve5291:74628.92%805
120Saumure5241:75461.57%1,328
121Beaudry5121:7716.53%198
121Ouellette5121:7715.09%139
123Savard5071:7792.82%53
124Laroche5041:7845.13%143
124St-Pierre5041:7842.71%43
126Emond5021:7876.42%199
127Benoit5011:7884.69%126
128Gravel5001:7903.72%89
129Theriault4991:7914.20%102
130Goulet4961:7964.20%105
130Joly4961:7969.40%321
132Berube4931:8013.31%74
133Robitaille4921:8034.33%119
134Bigras4901:80618.11%579
135Picard4891:8083.85%96
136Godin4881:8096.52%209
136Gratton4881:80916.19%527
136Lachapelle4881:8097.27%244
139Gosselin4791:8242.66%52
139Lacasse4791:8245.49%168
141Couture4771:8282.29%38
142Perron4761:8302.69%54
143Houle4751:8313.27%78
144Guindon4711:83817.21%574
145Boisvert4701:8402.98%65
146Gravelle4681:84463.67%1,446
147Vaillancourt4671:8463.96%108
148Lamarche4651:8498.89%326
148Lemay4651:8493.10%73
150Gauvreau4621:85518.86%635
151Prevost4611:8577.69%286
152Langevin4591:8607.21%267
153Trepanier4581:8626.31%218
154Nadon4561:86614.68%516
155Hamel4491:8792.97%71
155Meunier4491:8797.71%300
157Gendron4471:8833.89%116
158Langlois4461:8852.67%57
158Perrier4461:88520.01%692
158Trottier4461:8856.42%237
161Leclerc4411:8952.01%33
161Ouellet4411:8951.55%20
163Beaulne4381:90230.95%950
164Lepine4361:9067.73%307
165Allard4311:9163.01%82
165Belair4311:91613.41%502
167Nadeau4261:9271.86%30
168Dumouchel4241:93122.76%792
169Robillard4221:9368.40%340
170Therrien4201:9403.13%91
171St-Denis4191:94218.34%674
172Paradis4181:9452.62%64
173Boivin4171:9472.93%83
174Trudel4111:9613.46%104
175Champagne4101:9632.72%72
176Joanisse4091:96662.06%1,559
176Lavergne4091:96618.90%705
178Moreau4071:9703.81%127
179Cardinal4051:9758.57%358
179Duval4051:9755.63%220
181Duguay4031:9806.47%273
182Carpentier4021:98211.87%476
182Galipeau4021:98221.54%791
184Viau4011:9859.18%382
185Auger4001:9874.63%173
185Lachance4001:9872.17%46
187Paquin3991:9903.64%122
188Roussel3961:9978.33%355
189Dufour3941:1,0022.36%56
190Laplante3901:1,0134.09%148
190Periard3901:1,01350.39%1,405
192Daoust3891:1,0156.18%271
193Aubin3881:1,0186.41%282
194Bernard3861:1,0233.25%103
195Vachon3831:1,0312.93%93
196Dupont3821:1,0344.63%182
197Piche3791:1,0425.81%253
198St-Louis3781:1,0458.41%373
199Beauregard3751:1,0534.33%171
199Laframboise3751:1,05319.14%760