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Do you have ancestors who received assistance to emigrate to Ontario, Canada? Explore assisted immigration registers created by the Toronto Emigrant Office between 1865 and 1883. The registers include the names of new immigrants who were assisted by the government to travel to different destinations across southern Ontario.
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Each record includes a transcript of the original record. The details revealed in each transcript will vary however, you may be able to find a combination of the following:
- Title
- First name(s)
- Last name
- Trade
- Nationality
- Application year
- Application date
- Ship
- Railway
- Landed
- Destination
- Number of male adults
- Number of female adults
- Number of children
- Number of male children
- Number of female children
- Number of infants
- Total number in party
- Place
- Province
- Country
- Reference code
- Original record link
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The Canada, Ontario, Toronto Emigrant Office Records Index is an index to the four volumes of assisted immigration registers created by the Toronto Emigrant Office between 1865 and 1883.
The registers are a chronological listing of those new immigrants who were assisted by the government to travel to different destinations across southern Ontario and includes over 29,000 entries.
The chronological breakdown of the volumes is as follows:
- Volume 1: January 3, 1865, to September 20, 1870
- Volume 2: September 26, 1870, to July 31, 1873, and October 2, 1874, to Dec. 29, 1876
- Volume 3: January 1, 1877, to January 31, 1883
- Volume 4: May 24, 1873, to Oct. 2, 1874
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