Ports of Arrival in Quebec Canada were Montreal & Quebec City. The Quarantine Station for shiops landing at Quebec City from 1815-1941 was Grosse-Ile.
The port of Quebec was only open each year for approximately 24 weeks because the St. Lawrence River was closed to shipping during the winter months. During the winter months, many immigrants sailed to the ports of New York, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine and later to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Saint John, New Brunswick.
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* [BOOK 1] Names of Emigrants 1845-1847. Records of James Allison, Emigrant Agent at Montreal (Quebec Canada)
* [BOOKS 2-4] Canada Company Remittance Books 1843-1847 in 3 Volumes
* [BOOK 5] Index of Passengers (3,000 names) Who Emigrated to Canada between 1817 and 1849
How to Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists to Quebec
1. Search online ships passenger lists. The best sites for these early ships passenger lists are:
- Ships Passenger Lists to Quebec 1817-1894 (TheShipsList.com)
- Alms House Admission Foreigners & Nativity Records with Ships Names for New York City 1819-1840 (includes immigrants who landed in Quebec)
- Ships Passenger Lists to Quebec 1836-1926 (OliveTreeGenealogy.com)
- Miscellaneous Immigration Index includes records for immigrants from the British Isles to Quebec and Ontario 1801- 1849 (Ingeneas)
- J & J Cooke Shipping Agents Records – Passenger Lists from Ireland to Quebec 1847-1871
- Mennonite Immigrants on Quebec Passenger Lists 1874-1880
- Passenger List Indexing Project index of passengers lists of the ports of Halifax and Quebec City 1900 – 1921 (Nanaimo Family History Society)
- Searchable Passenger list indexes 1925 – 1935 (National Archives of Canada)
- Search for passengers sent to Grosse-Ile 1815-1941
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