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Department of Immigration and Colonization: Border Entry Records, 1908-1918 and 1925-1935 (RG 76 C5a)


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About the records

Before 1908, people were able to move freely across the border from the United States into Canada. Beginning in that year, entry ports were established along the border. From 1908 to 1918, and from 1925 to 1935, border entry records were compiled in a list format to record the names of immigrants.

From January 1, 1919 to December 31, 1924, the Department of Immigration and Colonization required that individual forms (Form 30) be completed and submitted to the immigration officers at border ports, instead of the large sheet border-entry lists previously in use. These forms have also been digitized and can be viewed online.

The microfilm reels were produced by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration during the 1950s and 1960s and then transferred to Library and Archives Canada (LAC) by. The originals were destroyed after the microfilming.

Please note that the border entry records are only about 50% complete. Not all immigrants crossed the border at official ports, or, if the port was closed at the time, they would have entered the country without being registered. Also, many families were not registered because the parents had been born in Canada or had previously resided in Canada, and were considered to be returning Canadians, not immigrants.

Different printed forms were used from 1908 to 1918 and from 1925 to 1935 to gather information about immigrants. Each list usually included the following details:

  • Date of arrival
  • Name
  • Age
  • Occupation
  • Country of Birth
  • Citizenship
  • Means of transportation
  • Value of belongings

For your convenience, the column headings from various immigration forms from 1865 to 1935 have been transcribed, including the border entry forms. Please note that the immigration forms and the questions asked were very different on each form. The transcriptions were made from the immigration forms, including the spelling of words as they appear in the actual column headings. Please note that all the forms were printed only in English.


How the records are arranged on the microfilm reels

From 1908 to 1918, the lists are arranged by border port and date of entry.

From 1925 to 1935, for each month, the records for all ports are filed together and arranged by volumes with page numbers.

The microfilm reels have been digitized and the images appear in the same order as on the microfilm reels. You can browse through the images as you would through a microfilm reel. You can move through the images one by one, or skip ahead by entering a new page number in the page navigation box. The records are not searchable by name.


List of content of microfilm reels

1908-1918

Microfilm Entry Port Dates
T-5461 Aldergrove, British Columbia November 1911 - August 1918
T-5461 Amherstburg, Ontario April 1908 - March 1918
T-5461 Anyox, British Columbia March 1914 - March 1918
T-5461 Andover, New Brunswick October 1908 - December 1918
T-5461 Aroostook Junction, New Brunswick October 1908 - December 1918
T-5461 Aultsville, Ontario July 1917 - October 1918
T-5461 Armstrong, Quebec April 1916 - July 1918
T-5461 Beebe Junction, Quebec April 1909 - March 1914
T-5462 Beebe Junction, Quebec April - 1914 - December 1918
T-5462 Brockville, Ontario September 1908 - December 1918
T-5462 Bannerman, Manitoba April 1908 - December 1918
T-5462 Big Muddy, Saskatchewan March 1913 - December 1918
T-5462 East Poplar River, Saskatchewan September 1917
T-5462 West Poplar River, Saskatchewan May 1918 - July 1918
T-5462 Boston, Massachusetts July 1910 - May 1917
T-5463 Boston, Massachusetts June 1917 - March 1918
T-5463 Bamfield, British Columbia October 1914 - December 1914
T-5463 Bruce Mines, Ontario September 1909 - May 1914
T-5463 Bath, Ontario October 1908 - June 1912
T-5463 Blind River, Ontario June 1909 - January 1914
T-5463 Belleville, Ontario October 1908 - December 1914
T-5463 Brighton, Ontario October 1908 - December 1914
T-5463 Bridesville, British Columbia April 1908 - December 1918
T-5463 Bridgeburg, Ontario May 1908 - August 1911
T-5464 Bridgeburg, Ontario August 1911 - April 1918
T-5465 Bridgeburg, Ontario May 1918 - December 1918
T-5465 Carson, British Columbia April 1908 - May 1918
T-5465 Cascade, British Columbia April 1908 - July 1918
T-5465 Centreville, New Brunswick May 1917
T-5465 Clair, New Brunswick December 1908 - July 1918
T-5465 Connors, New Brunswick November 1917 - April 1918
T-5465 Clements Port, Nova Scotia April 1909 - December 1914
T-5465 Coaticook, Quebec November 1908 - December 1918
T-5465 Cobourg, Ontario October 1908 - January 1915
T-5465 Charlotte, New York (ferry port) May 1913 - September 1914
T-5466 Cobourg, Ontario January 1915 - December 1918
T-5466 Comins Mills, Quebec January 1909 - November 1918
T-5466 Comins Mills/Paquetteville, Quebec April 1911 - August 1912
T-5466 Collingwood, Ontario May 1909 - December 1914
T-5466 Cornwall, Ontario October 1908 - December 1918
T-5466 Courtright, Ontario October 1908 - September 1918
T-5466 Centreville, New Brunswick March 1909 - July 1917
T-5466 Charlotte, New York (ferry port) July 1914 - September 1918
T-5466 Crystal Beach, Ontario June 1909 - June 1918
T-5466 Cutler, Ontario August 1908 - December 1914
T-5466 Chilliwack, British Columbia May 1912 - January 1918
T-5466 Coutts, Alberta April 1908 - December 1910
T-5467 Coutts, Alberta January 1911 - June 1917
T-5468 Coutts, Alberta July 1917 - December 1918
T-5468 Depot Harbour, Ontario July 1909 - December 1914
T-5468 Debec Junction, New Brunswick April 1908 - December 1918
T-5468 Deseronto, Ontario October 1908 - December 1914
T-5468 Dundee, Quebec October 1908 - February 1915
T-5468 Douglas, British Columbia April 1908 - August 1918
T-5468 Pacific Highway, British Columbia April 1913 - June 1913
T-5468 Dawson, Yukon April 1916 - August 1918
T-5468 Edmundston, New Brunswick March 1911 - December 1918
T-5468 Fort Frances, Ontario January 1909 - June 1911
T-5469 Fort Frances, Ontario June 1911 - October 1917
T-5470 Fort Frances, Ontario November 1917 - December 1918
T-5470 Fort Erie, Ontario December 1908 - December 1918
T-5470 Erie Beach, Ontario June 1910 - June 1918
T-5470 Fort William, Ontario October 1908 - November 1918
T-5470 Forty Mile, Yukon April 1909 - December 1917
T-5470 Fosterville, New Brunswick September 1911 - February 1912
T-5470 Fair Haven, New Brunswick June 1918
T-5470 Frelighsburg, Quebec April 1908 - May 1918
T-5470 Grand Forks, British Columbia June 1908 - October 1918
T-5470 Gretna, Manitoba May 1908 - April 1910
T-5471 Gretna, Manitoba April 1910 - December 1912
T-5471 Gateway, British Columbia April 1908 - March 1915
T-5471 Georgeville, Quebec October 1908 - August 1916
T-5471 Gore Bay, Ontario April 1914 - August 1917
T-5471 Grand Manan, New Brunswick August 1917 - February 1918
T-5471 Green River, New Brunswick February 1909 - March 1912
T-5471 Grand Falls, New Brunswick September 1909 - August 1913
T-5472 Grand Falls, New Brunswick August 1913 - September 1918
T-5472 Goderich, Ontario August 1909 - December 1914
T-5472 Gananoque, Ontario October 1908 - February 1917
T-5472 Huntingdon/St.Agnes, Quebec February 1915 - December 1918
T-5472 Haskett, Manitoba April 1910 - October 1918
T-5472 Hemmingford, Quebec April 1913 - October 1917
T-5472 Hereford, Quebec September 1917 - December 1918
T-5472 Huntingdon, British Columbia April 1908 - December 1913
T-5473 Huntingdon, British Columbia January 1914 - December 1918
T-5473 Highwater, Quebec March 1909 - March 1912
T-5474 Highwater, Quebec April 1912 - December 1918
T-5474 Iroquois, Ontario September 1908 - August 1915
T-5474 Keremeos, British Columbia February 1910
T-5474 Ladner, British Columbia April 1915 - March 1917
T-5474 Ladysmith, British Columbia April 1911 - December 1911
T-5474 Lewiston, New York (ferry port) July 1908 - May 1911
T-5475 Lewiston, New York (ferry port) July 1911 - October 1918
T-5475 Little Current, Ontario June 1909 - December 1914
T-5475 L'Etete, New Brunswick August 1914 - September 1918
T-5475 Liverpool, Nova Scotia October 1917 - January 1918
T-5475 Emerson, Manitoba December 1909 - March 1911
T-5476 Emerson, Manitoba April 1911 - March 1912
T-5477 Emerson, Manitoba March 1912 - March 1913
T-5478 Emerson, Manitoba March 1913 - December 1913
T-5479 Emerson, Manitoba December 1913 - November 1914
T-5480 Emerson, Manitoba December 1914 - March 1918
T-5481 Emerson, Manitoba January 1918 - December 1918
T-5481 Kingsgate, British Columbia April 1908 - October 1911
T-5482 Kingsgate, British Columbia November 1911 - March 1914
T-5483 Kingsgate, British Columbia April 1914 - December 1918
T-5483 Kingston, Ontario September 1908 - November 1918
T-5483 Keremeos, British Columbia June 1908 - November 1916
T-5483 Lacolle Junction, Quebec July 1910 - December 1910
T-5484 Lacolle Junction, Quebec January 1911 - December 1918
T-5484 Magog, Quebec August 1910 - June 1917
T-5484 Mansonville, Quebec June 1913 - December 1918
T-5484 Morrisburg, Ontario September 1908 - September 1918
T-5484 McAdam Junction, New Brunswick December 1908 - December 1913
T-5485 McAdam Junction, New Brunswick January 1914 - December 1918
T-5485 Midway, British Columbia June 1908 - October 1918
T-5485 Mission, British Columbia September 1913 - April 1915
T-5485 Myncaster, British Columbia June 1908 - December 1918
T-5485 Milltown, New Brunswick November 1908 - December 1918
T-5485 Marienthal, Saskatchewan July 1913 - August 1918
T-5485 Morden, Manitoba March 1913 - December 1918
T-5486 Megantic/Lake Megantic, Quebec April 1910 - December 1918
T-5486 Malone, New York June 1908 - December 1918
T-5486 Dundee, Quebec March 1910
T-5486 Highwater, Quebec March 1910
T-5486 Beebe Junction, Quebec March 1910
T-5486 Coaticook, Quebec March 1910
T-5486 Alburg, Vermont December 1910 - June 1914
T-5486 Noyan Junction, Quebec April 1909 - October 1916
T-5487 Noyan Junction, Quebec November 1916 - September 1917
T-5487 Nanaimo, British Columbia January 1910 - December 1914
T-5487 Newgate, British Columbia April 1915 - December 1918
T-5487 North Head, New Brunswick January 1912 - November 1917
T-5487 Northgate, Saskatchewan January 1914 - December 1918
T-5487 Niagara Falls, Ontario June 1908 - March 1912
T-5488 Niagara Falls, Ontario April 1912 - September 1915
T-5489 Niagara Falls, Ontario October 1915 - December 1918
T-5489 Ojibwa, Ontario April 1911 - December 1911
T-5489 Osoyoos, British Columbia April 1908 - November 1918
T-5489 Ocean Falls, British Columbia June 1917
T-5489 North Portal, Saskatchewan December 1909 - March 1910
T-5490 North Portal, Saskatchewan April 1910 - January 1911
T-5491 North Portal, Saskatchewan February 1911 - November 1911
T-5492 North Portal, Saskatchewan November 1911 - January 1913
T-5493 North Portal, Saskatchewan February 1913 - March 1914
T-5494 North Portal, Saskatchewan March 1914 - April 1917
T-5495 North Portal, Saskatchewan May 1917 - December 1918
T-5495 Prescott, Ontario January 1909 - December 1918
T-5495 Pacific Highway, British Columbia March 1913 - November 1918
T-5495 Paterson, British Columbia April 1908 - May 1917
T-5495 Peardonville, British Columbia April 1909 - October 1911
T-5495 Penticton, British Columbia March 1915 - April 1917
T-5495 Pinhorn, Alberta October 1911 - November 1918
T-5495 Powell River, British Columbia August 1913 - September 1918
T-5495 Portland, Maine May 1910 - December 1913
T-5495 Paquetteville, Quebec January 1911 - March 1911
T-5496 Point Edward, Ontario March 1909 - September 1918
T-5496 Phillips/Roosville, British Columbia April 1916 - May 1917
T-5496 West Poplar River, Saskatchewan August 1918 - December 1918
T-5496 East Poplar River, Saskatchewan September 1918 - December 1918
T-5496 Parry Sound, Ontario May 1909 - December 1914
T-5496 Pigeon River Bridge, Ontario January 1918 - December 1918
T-5496 Picton, Ontario October 1908 - December 1913
T-5496 Port Arthur, Ontario May 1908 - November 1918
T-5496 Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia July 1909 - September 1909
T-5496 Port Burwell, Ontario May 1908 - October 1915
T-5496 Port Colborne, Ontario May 1908 - March 1909
T-5496 Port Dover, Ontario May 1908 - May 1916
T-5496 Prince Rupert, British Columbia April 1911 - September 1918
T-5496 Port Dalhousie, Ontario March 1909 - December 1913
T-5496 Port Hope, Ontario November 1908 - December 1914
T-5496 Port Lambton, Ontario November 1908 - December 1918
T-5496 Port Simpson, British Columbia June 1910 - December 1914
T-5496 Port Stanley, Ontario April 1908 - October 1917
T-5496 Radville, Saskatchean July 1917
T-5496 Marienthal, Saskatchewan July 1917
T-5496 Rochester, New York June 1916 - September 1916
T-5496 Rockport, Ontario October 1908 - December 1918
T-5496 Richmond Road/Richmond Corner, New Brunswick June 1912 - October 1918
T-5496 Rykerts, British Columbia April 1908 - September 1913
T-5497 Rykerts, British Columbia October 1913 - December 1918
T-5497 Rossland, British Columbia August 1913 - February 1918
T-5497 Paterson, British Columbia March 1916 - August 1917
T-5497 Roosville, British Columbia November 1917 - June 1918
T-5497 Rainy River, Ontario January 1913 - December 1918
T-5497 Rouses Point, New York June 1908 - December 1918
T-5497 Sprague, Manitoba February 1909 - December 1918
T-5497 St.Albans, Vermont June 1908 - September 1909
T-5498 St.Albans, Vermont October 1909 - December 1915
T-5498 St.Armand, Quebec April 1910 - March 1911
T-5499 St.Albans, Vermont January 1916 - December 1918
T-5499 St.Andrews, New Brunswick June 1908 - December 1918
T-5499 St.Johns, Quebec April 1914 - October 1917
T-5499 St.Leonard, New Brunswick January 1909 - December 1918
T-5499 St.Stephen, New Brunswick November 1908 - December 1918
T-5499 Sombra, Ontario November 1908 - September 1918
T-5499 Stewart, British Columbia September 1910 - December 1912
T-5499 Stanhope, Quebec October 1908 - November 1918
T-5499 St.Regis, Quebec April 1918 - September 1918
T-5499 St.Hilaire, New Brunswick March 1918
T-5499 Sydney, Nova Scotia July 1914 - September 1918
T-5499 Steveston, British Columbia February 1918
T-5499 Similkameen, British Columbia July 1918 - September 1918
T-5499 Mowbray, Manitoba April 1908
T-5499 Snowflake, Manitoba May 1908 - December 1918
T-5499 Snowflake/Killarney, Manitoba August 1918 - November 1918
T-5499 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario March 1909 - May 1910
T-5500 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario June 1910 - April 1917
T-5501 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario May 1917 - December 1918
T-5501 Sarnia, Ontario October 1908 - February 1916
T-5502 Sarnia, Ontario March 1916 - December 1918
T-5502 Stanstead Junction, Quebec July 1908 - November 1908
T-5502 Toronto, Ontario September 1908 - June 1918
T-5502 Thessalon, Ontario July 1909 - December 1913
T-5502 Twin Lakes, Alberta June 1914 - October 1918
T-5502 Trenton, Ontario February 1913 - August 1915
T-5502 Upper Mills, New Brunswick March 1909 - December 1918
T-5502 Upper Sumas, British Columbia January 1909 - March 1912
T-5502 Union Bay, British Columbia June 1911 - December 1911
T-5502 Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan May 1915 - November 1917
T-5502 Willow Creek, Saskatchewan September 1917 - December 1918
T-5502 Walkerville, Ontario January 1912 - December 1918
T-5502 Waneta, British Columbia April 1908 - February 1914
T-5503 Waneta, British Columbia March 1914 - December 1918
T-5503 White Rock, British Columbia March 1909 - February 1913
T-5503 Douglas, British Columbia January 1910 - November 1912
T-5503 Peardonville, British Columbia January 1910 - August 1910
T-5503 Victoria, British Columbia December 1910
T-5504 White Rock, British Columbia February 1913 - December 1918
T-5504 Douglas, British Columbia February 1913 - March 1916
T-5504 Wilson's Beach, New Brunswick December 1909 - October 1917
T-5504 Woodstock/Richmond Road, New Brunswick December 1909 - October 1917
T-5504 Wolfe Island, Ontario March 1915 - June 1918
T-5504 Welshpool, New Brunswick January 1912 - March 1915
T-5504 Wallaceburg, Ontario December 1913 - April 1918
T-5504 Walpole Island, Ontario September 1910 - May 1917
T-5504 Windmill Point, Ontario October 1912 - December 1913
T-5504 White Pass, British Columbia July 1908 - November 1918
T-5504 Windsor/Walkerville, Ontario March 1909 - September 1910
T-5505 Windsor, Ontario October 1910 - October 1913
T-5506 Windsor, Ontario October 1913 - June 1917
T-5507 Windsor, Ontario July 1917 - December 1918
T-5507 Grand Forks, British Columbia December 1918
T-5507 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia April 1908 - December 1914

1925-1935

Border Entry, 1925-1935 (RG 76): List of Dates and Microfilm Reel Numbers

Microfilm Starts with Ends with
T-15346 1925 Jan.(vol. 1, p. 1) 1925 Avr. (vol. 1, p. 199)
T-15347 1925 Avr. (vol. 1, p. 200) 1925 July (vol. 2, p. 418)
T-15348 1925 July (vol. 2, p. 419) 1925 Oct. (vol. 4, p. 136)
T-15349 1925 Oct. (vol. 4, p. 137) 1926 March (vol. 1, p. 373)
T-15350 1926 March (vol. 1, p. 374) 1926 June (vol. 3, p. 208)
T-15351 1926 June (vol. 3, p. 209) 1926 Aug. (vol. 4, p. 362)
T-15352 1926 Sept. (vol. 5, p. 1) 1926 Dec. (vol. 6, p. 182)
T-15353 1926 Dec. (vol. 6, p. 183) 1927 Avr. (vol. 2, p. 114)
T-15354 1927 Avr. (vol. 2, p. 115) 1927 June (vol. 3, p. 314)
T-15355 1927 June (vol. 3, p. 315) 1927 Aug. (vol. 5, p. 350)
T-15356 1927 Aug. (vol. 5, p. 351) 1927 Oct. (vol. 7, p. 100)
T-15357 1927 Oct. (vol. 7, p. 101) 1928 Jan.(vol. 1, p. 72)
T-15358 1928 Jan. (vol. 1, p. 73) 1928 Avr. (vol. 2, p. 461)
T-15359 1928 Avr. (vol. 2, p. 462) 1928 June (vol. 4, p. 331)
T-15360 1928 June (vol. 4, p. 332) 1928 Aug. (vol. 6, p. 250)
T-15361 1928 Aug. (vol. 6, p. 251) 1928 Sept. (vol. 7, p. 351)
T-15362 1928 Sept. (vol. 7, p. 352) 1928 Dec. (vol. 9, p. 400)
T-15363 1929 Jan. (vol.1, p. 1) 1929 Avr. (vol. 2, p. 428)
T-15364 1929 Avr. (vol. 2, p. 429) 1929 June (vol. 4, p. 223)
T-15365 1929 June (vol. 4, p. 224) 1929 Aug. (vol. 6, p. 105)
T-15366 1929 Aug. (vol. 6, p. 106) 1929 Oct. (vol. 8, p. 79)
T-15367 1929 Oct. (vol. 8, p. 80) 1930 Jan. (vol. 1, p. 33)
T-15368 1930 Jan. (vol. 1, p. 34) 1930 Avr. (vol. 3, p. 116)
T-15369 1930 Avr. (vol. 3, p. 117) 1930 June (vol. 5, p. 26)
T-15370 1930 June (vol. 5, p. 27) 1930 July (vol. 6, p. 210)
T-15371 1930 July (vol. 6, p. 211) 1930 Aug. (vol. 7, p. 378)
T-15372 1930 Aug. (vol. 7, p. 379) 1930 Oct. (vol. 9, p. 168)
T-15373 1930 Oct. (vol. 9, p. 169) 1931 Jan. (vol. 1, p. 106)
T-15374 1931 Jan. (vol. 1, p. 107) 1931 Avr. (vol. 3, p. 108)
T-15375 1931 Avr. (vol. 3, p. 109) 1931 June (vol. 5, p. 124)
T-15376 1931 June (vol. 5, p. 125) 1931 July (vol. 6, p. 430)
T-15377 1931 Aug. (vol. 7, p. 1) 1931 Sept. (vol. 8, p. 215)
T-15378 1931 Sept. (vol. 8, p. 216) 1931 Dec.(vol. 10, p. 250)
T-15379 1931 Dec. (vol. 10, p. 251) 1932 Avr. (vol. 2, p. 202)
T-15380 1932 Avr. (vol. 2, p. 203) 1932 June (vol. 4, p. 92)
T-15381 1932 June (vol. 4, p. 93) 1932 Aug. (vol. 6, p. 21)
T-15382 1932 Aug. (vol. 6, p. 22) 1932 Sept. (vol. 7, p. 323)
T-15383 1932 Oct. (vol. 8, p. 1) 1933 Feb. (vol. 1, p. 145)
T-15384 1933 Feb. (vol. 1, p. 146) 1933 June (vol. 3, p. 20)
T-15385 1933 June (vol. 3, p. 21) 1933 Aug. (vol. 5, p. 216)
T-15386 1933 Aug. (vol. 5, p. 217) 1933 Dec. (vol. 7, p. 243)
T-15387 1933 Dec. (vol. 7, p. 244) 1934 May (vol. 2, p. 343)
T-15388 1934 June (vol. 3, p. 1) 1934 Sept. (vol. 4, p. 270)
T-15389 1934 Sept. (vol. 4, p. 271) 1935 Feb. (vol. 1, p. 126)
T-15390 1935 Jan. (vol. 1, p. 1) 1935 March (vol. 1, p. 249)
T-15391 1935 March (vol. 1, p. 249) 1935 July (vol. 3, p. 333)
T-15392 1935 July (vol. 3, p. 333) 1935 Nov. (vol. 5, p. 252)
T-15393 1935 Nov. (vol. 5, p. 252) 1935 Dec. (vol. 5, p. 392)

For more information about the Border Entry records, consult the archival description.

Please note that spelling variations of names were common before the mid-1900s. Many names were written phonetically, as they sounded to the person recording them.


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