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180 Obituary and Obituary Index Links from Canada

11/21/2018

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One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries.  Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information and sometimes mote importantly - information about the relatives of the deceased's family and extended family.  This family name information is often not found anywhere else.
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During November, 2018 I have been updating the links to online obituary and obituary index collections that are available to search for free. There are a total of 180 online database links that I have found for Canada. Of these, 53 have been added since the previous update. 

So not only can we search old newspapers for these gems, we sometimes can get transcriptions and  clippings and also get directed to the location of the obituaries from obituary indexes. 

Here are alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information, listed by the link to each province's list of free links. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.

(Updated November, 2018; added links are in Bold)
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General Canada
  • Acadian and Maritime Obituaries 
  • American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 (includes Canadian Obituaries and Clippings) 
  • Canada Obits
  • Canadian Health Obituaries Index File 
  • Canadian Mennonite Obituaries 
  • Canadian Necrology Database 
  • Canadian Obits 
  • Der Bote death notices and obituaries index (1924–2008)  
  • Der Bote obituaries index (1950–2004)  
  • Mennonitische Rundschau Obituaries Index 1930-2001 
  • Royal Canadian Legion Obituary Index 
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and notices, 1876-2007
  • ​The Obituary (multi-province) 

Alberta
  • Alberta Canada Obituaries 
  • Alberta Family Histories Society Obituaries  
  • Alberta Genealogy Research 
  • Bawlf Sun Obituary Index 1907-1911 
  • Calgary Herald Obituary Index 1903-1936
  • Canadian Obits - Alberta (scroll to top) 
  • Canadian Obituaries Forum - ALBERTA 
  • Drumheller Mail 2008 -  
  • Edmonton Bulletin Obituary Index 1907-1933
  • Edmonton Journal Obituary Index 1903-2001
  • Edmonton Newspaper Obituaries (Index only) 
  • Germans from Russia Obituary Index 
  • Glenbow Museum Newspaper Clippings
  • Lethbridge Genealogy Society - ​Obituary Indexes 
  • Medicine Hat News Obituaries 
  • Mennonite Historical Society - Alberta Obituaries  
  • ​Northwestern Alberta Obituary Index 
  • Slave Lake Lakeside Leader Obituaries   
  • South Peace Regional Archives Surname Database 
  • ‎Southern Alberta Obituary Index 1997-2010 
  • Southwestern Alberta 1970 to 1984 Index 
  • Southwestern Alberta Obituary Index 1885-1959 

If you wish to search this province's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Alberta Online Historical Newspapers Summary

British Columbia
  • BC Local New Obituaries 1978 -  
  • British Columbia Obituaries (Links to obituary collections from over 100 BC newspapers)  
  • Campbell River Obituary Index
  • Canadian Obits - British Columbia (scroll to top) 
  • Canadian Obituaries Forum - BRITISH COLUMBIA  
  • Coquitlam Obituary Indexes 
  • Kamloops Newspapers Obituary Index 1987- 
  • Kelowna & District Genealogical Society Obituary Index  
  • Mennonite Brethren Herald Obituaries: 1961-2010 
  • Obituary Extracts from BC Newspapers 1861-1875
  • Parksville/Qualicum Obituaries 1948 to 1994 
  • Vancouver Sun Obituaries & Guest Books 
  • Victoria Daily Times, Death Notices Index 1901-1939  
  • Victoria Genealogical Society Newspaper and Obituary Indexes
  • Victoria Newspapers, 1858-1936 
  • Yukon News Obituary Index of British Columbians 1960-2000

If you wish to search this province's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on ​British Columbia Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Manitoba
  • Canadian Obituaries Forum - MANITOBA 
  • Canadian Obits - Manitoba (scroll to top)
  • Crandall Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Brandon Obituaries
  • Brandon Sun Obituaries 2008-
  • Manitoba Obits
  • University of Manitoba Retirees Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Winnipeg Free Press Passages

If you wish to search this province's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on ​Manitoba Online Historical Newspapers Summary

New Brunswick
  • Campbello Obituaries (clippings)
  • Canadian Obits - New Brunswick (scroll to top) 
  • Canadian Obituaries Forum - NEW BRUNSWICK  
  • Carleton County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Charlotte County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics 
  • Fredericton Daily Gleaner - Burial Permit Listing 1902-1903; 1908-1911; 1915-1919 
  • Index To Death Roll of the St. John Globe Newspaper 1897 - 1926  
  • Kent County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Kings County Record Newspaper: Death Index, 1897-1936 
  • Mgr Donat Robichaud Genealogical and Historical Research Collection 
  • Misc. New Brunswick Obits 1878-1886. Abstracted from The Dominion Annual Register and Review. 
  • New Brunswick Past - Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • New Brunswick, Canada Obituaries and Death Notices Collection 
  • Pennfield Parish Obituaries (clippings and transcriptions)
  • Restigouche County Obituaries 
  • Richibucto Newspaper Obituary Extracts (short transcriptions) 1900-1904 
  • St. George Parish Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • St. James Parish Obituary Index
  • St. Stephen Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Telegraph Journal Obituaries 
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If you wish to search this province's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on ​New Brunswick Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Canadian Obits - Newfoundland (scroll to top) 
  • Canadian Obituaries Forum - NEWFOUNDLAND  
  • Newfoundland Canada Obituaries  
  • Newfoundland Obituaries and Newspaper transcriptions (Large collection)
  • Newfoundland Obituaries from Nova Scotia Newspapers (transcriptions) 
  • Newfoundland Obituaries Transcribed  
  • Newfoundland, Canada Obituaries and Death Notices Collection​ 

If you wish to search this province's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on ​Newfoundland and Labrador Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Nova Scotia
  • Antigonish County - The Casket Newspaper Obituary Indexes
  • Berwick and Middleton Newspaper Extracts (transcriptions)
  • Canadian Obits - Nova Scotia (scroll to top) 
  • Canadian Obituaries Forum - NOVA SCOTIA 
  • Cape Breton Obituaries 
  • Digby County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Guysborough County Cemeteries and Obituaries (clippings) 
  • Halifax and Jeddore Area Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Isle Madame Obituaries (transcriptions
  • Kings County Obituary Registry (transcriptions)
  • Lunenburg County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Nova Scotia Acadian bituaries (transcriptions)
  • Nova Scotia Obituaries 
  • Nova Scotia Obituaries - Elizabeth Logan Collection (clippings) 
  • Nova Scotia Roots Obituary Index (transcriptions)
  • Nova Scotia, Queens County, Notes of Thomas Brenton Smith, 1700-1950
  • Oxford Journal Extracts
  • Pictou County Roots Society Obituary Index 
  • Pictou Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Tor Bor Area Obituaries (transcriptions)

If you wish to search this province's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Nova Scotia Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Ontario
  • Adolphustown Fredericksburgh Heritage Society Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Belleville Intelligencer Obituary Indexes
  • Brantford Expositor Index 
  • Canadian Obits - Ontario (scroll to top) 
  • Canadian Obituaries Forum - ONTARIO 
  • Collingwood Public Library Obituary Finder 
  • Dufferin County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Elgin County Newspaper indexes 
  • Fort William Daily Times Journal Obituary Index (1900-1972) 
  • Frontenac County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Grey County GenWeb Obituaries (clippings)
  • Halton News Obituary Index 
  • Hanover Post Death and Obituary Index 
  • Huntsville/Muskova Genealogy and Obituary Index 
  • Huron County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Ingersoll Chronicle Birth, Marriage and Obituary Index 
  • Ingersoll Times Birth, Marriage, and Obituary Index 
  • Ingersoll Tribune Birth, Marriage, and Obituary Index 
  • Islands Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Lanark County Newsopaper Extracts (obituary transcriptions)
  • London Free Press Obituary Index 1945 to 1950 and 1967 to 2014 
  • Mantitoulin Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Mennonite Obituary Archives of Ontario 
  • Norfolk County Newspaper Indexes  
  • Norfolk Vital Indexes and Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Obituaries 
  • Oshawa Newspaper & Obituary Index 
  • Our Ontario Death Notice and Obituary Index 
  • Peel County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Peel Region Newspaper and Obituary Index (clippings)
  • Pickering Local History Collection Obituary Search (clippings) 
  • Port Arthur Daily News/News-Chronicle Obituary Index (1906-1972) 
  • Port Perry Area Obituary Index
  • Stormont County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal Obituary Index 1972-1989 
  • Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal Obituary Index 1988-1997 
  • Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal Obituary Index 1998-2017 
  • Thunder Bay Sentinel Death Index (1875-1879 / 1891-1895) 
  • Uxbridge Newspapers Index
  • Waterloo Region Record Death and Obituary Index 
  • West Grey Public Library - Births, Marriages, Deaths and Obituary Indexes 
  • Windsor Public Library Obituaries 
  • Woodstock Newspaper and Obituary Indexes (clippings)
  • Woodstock Newspaper Indexes and Obituaries  

If you wish to search this province's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on ​Ontario Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Prince Edward Island
  • Canadian Obituaries Forum - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
  • Canadian Obits - Prince Edward Island (scroll to top)
  • Island Register Obituary Book
  • Island Register Stray Book
  • Belfast, P.E.I. Scrapbook, 1901-1912
  • P.E.I. Memorial Scrapbook​
  • Prince Edward Island Deaths and Obituaries (more current transcriptions)

If you wish to search this province's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on ​Prince Edward Island Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Quebec
  • Avis de décès en ligne/Online Obituaries 
  • Canadian Obits - Quebec (scroll to top) 
  • Canadian Obituaries Forum - QUEBEC  
  • Centenaires Decedes 
  • Généalogie Québec - Death Notices  (Over 1.4 million obits) 
  • Huntingdon County Gleaner Extracts 1863-1951
  • Keneder Adler (1908–1932)  (Transcribed obituaries) 
  • Missisquoi Cowansville Observer Newspaper Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1872-1908 (transcriptions) 

If you wish to search this province's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on ​Quebec Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Saskatchewan
  • Batteford Regional Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Canadian Obits - Saskatchewan (scroll to top) 
  • Canadian Obituaries Forum - SASKATCHEWAN  
  • Moose Jaw Times Obituaries 
  • RCMP Obituary Index (1933-1989) 
  • Regina Leader Obituaries (2000-) 
  • Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Obituary Index 
  • Saskatchewan News Index 1884-2000 (obituary index items) 
  • Saskatchewan Obituaries (by City/Town - Huge - clippings and transcriptions)
  • Saskatoon Obituaries Index pre-1946
  • Saskatoon Obituary Index : 1946 Onward 
  • Saskatoon Star Obituary Index
  • Saskatoon Star Phoenix Obituaries (1987-) 

If you wish to search this province's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on ​Saskatchewan Online Historical Newspapers Summary

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5 Comments
Peter Bolton link
12/1/2018 10:39:56 am

My wife and I have spent the past 20 years indexing the local Port Hope newspaper microfilms, with over 31,000 entries listed. If you would like to add the site to your index, we'd be pleased.

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Kenneth R Marks
12/3/2018 10:00:42 am

Could you send me the url Peter? please email tokenmarksology@gmail.com. I would be glad to add to my link list. Thanks!.

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Peter Bolton
12/3/2018 12:27:00 pm

http://www.alivingpast.ca.

The email you gave me didn't work:

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The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or unnecessary spaces. Learn more at https://support.google.com/mail/?p=NoSuchUser h191si13019406pgc.302 - gsmtp

Linda Pringle
4/1/2019 09:31:41 pm

are there any news paper obituary free on line for year 1990-1999
area windsor Ontario Canada please help thank ypu

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Country Hills Crematorium link
1/14/2021 03:37:11 am

It feels amazing to know about so many obituaries. https://www.countryhillscrematorium.ca/category/obituaries/

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