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Some of the major records sources that can be used for genealogy research in Canada include:
- Birth, marriage, and death records were kept by some towns as early as 1620s
- Birth, marriage, and death records have been recorded by the national government as early as 1890s to the present
- National census records were recorded every 10 years starting in 1871
- Colonial, Provincial, and Local Censuses as early as 1800s
- Land records were kept by the towns and counties from the time they were settled
- Notaries in French Canada began keeping inventories and other papers about estates (Notarial records) in mid-1600s
- Courts kept wills and estate papers beginning in the late 1700s
- Churches kept records of the christenings, marriages, deaths, or other information about their members
- Newspapers were written in many areas and time periods that contain information such as notices of marriages, notices of death, and obituaries
- Military records since 1870
- Town and county histories about the settlers and their families
- Naturalization and citizenship records were recorded from before Canada became a nation (pre-1867)
- Ship passenger lists, tax lists, and town records were recorded for many areas