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

• About the records
• How the records are arranged on the microfilm reels
• List of content of microfilm reels
  • 1908-1918
  • 1925-1935
• How to Obtain Copies
• Other Resources

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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.

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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.

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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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