The information in this database comes from a variety of original documents. A large majority of the entries have been extracted from the 1901 census records for parts of Ontario and Quebec and represent those individuals who indicated a year of immigration and a place of birth outside of Canada. Other records represented include: historical atlases of Ontario, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island; biographical extracts from Quebec's Eastern Townships; War Office records listing Loyalist regiments in Lower Canada (Quebec); the 1851 census of Quebec City (for those who indicated a place of birth outside of Canada); early Irish immigrants in Eastern Ontario; groups of Scottish immigrants to Upper Canada (Ontario); and, Crown land grants in Kent County, Ontario.
The original records from which this database has been prepared are housed in a number of archives and libraries across Canada. The source information for each record will guide you to the relevant collection. Should you wish to visit the repositories, further information about each archive may be found at the following web-sites:
National Archives of Canada: http://www.archives.ca/index.html
National Library of Canada: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ehome.htm
Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office
Public Archives of Nova Scotia
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
Archives nationales du Québec (French-language site): http://www.anq.gouv.qc.ca/
| Spencer # | Surname | Given Name | Age | Year of Record | Reference | Source | Comment |
| Rowley | Buckley | 1811 | Montreal: Jury Lists (Persons liable to serve as jurors) | National Archives of Canada, Microfilm Reel No. H-1758 (RG4B19 Vol 1) page 8 | living in Montreal | ||
| Rowley | John | 1836 | Upper Canada: Land patents issued from 20 April 1836, and the 2 June next ensuing, prepared in compliance with an Address of the House of Assembly to that effect. | National Library of Canada: British Parliamentary Papers. | 1,478 patents. Upper Canada: Papers Relating to Sir F. Bond-Head. | ||
| Rowley | Mary | 1836 | Upper Canada: Land patents issued from 20 April 1836, and the 2 June next ensuing, prepared in compliance with an Address of the House of Assembly to that effect. | National Library of Canada: British Parliamentary Papers. | 1,478 patents. Upper Canada: Papers Relating to Sir F. Bond-Head. | ||
| Rowley | Mr | 1877 | Historical Atlas of Elgin County, Ontario: List of emigrants extracted | National Library of Canada: ref F5498 E4 P3, page 23 | native of Ireland | ||
| Rowley | Harlow | 1878 | Historical Atlas of Northumberland County, Ontario: List of emigrants extracted | National Library of Canada: ref F5498 N7 B4, page 110 | native of United States | ||
| Rowley | John | 40 | 1881 | Ship's Passenger Lists: Arrivals at the Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada, Microfilm Reel No. C-4511, page 2 | Arrived on the 'Circassian' | |
| Rowley | Hugh | 17 | 1882 | Ship's Passenger Lists: Arrivals at the Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada, Microfilm Reel No. C-4511, page 2 | Arrived on the 'Hibernian' | |
| Rowley | John | 1882 | Records of the Immigration Office, Ottawa, Ontario 1880-1883 | National Archives of Canada [Ottawa]: RG17, A III, Vol 2690, 0000060662. | |||
| Rowley | Nora | 1882 | Records of the Immigration Office, Ottawa, Ontario 1880-1883 | National Archives of Canada [Ottawa]: RG17, A III, Vol 2690, 0000060662. | |||
| Rowley | Arthur | 11 | 1883 | Passenger List: Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. C-4512 page 1 | Arrived on the 'Circassian' | |
| Rowley | Charlotte | 28 | 1883 | Passenger List: Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. C-4512 page 1 | Arrived on the 'Circassian' | |
| Rowley | Edgar | 9 | 1883 | Passenger List: Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. C-4512 page 1 | Arrived on the 'Circassian' | |
| Rowley | Frederick | 6 | 1883 | Passenger List: Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. C-4512 page 1 | Arrived on the 'Circassian' | |
| Rowley | James | 19 | 1883 | Passenger List: Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. C-4512 page 1 | Arrived on the 'Circassian' | |
| Rowley | Thomas | 42 | 1883 | Passenger List: Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. C-4512 page 1 | Arrived on the 'Circassian' | |
| Rowley | R. (Lieut) | adult | 1885 | Passenger List: Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. C-4512 page 3 | Arrived on the 'Circassian' | |
| Rowley? | (Mr) | adult | 1885 | Passenger List: Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. C-4512 page 2 | Arrived on the 'Sarmatian' | |
| Rowley | Julius R. | 23 | 1886 | Passenger List: Port of Halifax | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. C-4512 page 2 | Arrived on the 'Polynesian' | |
| James | Rowley | 38 | 1901 | 1901 Census of Canada: Province of Quebec (Extraction of those who where born outside of Canada and have given a year of immigration to Canada) | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. T-6535, District 177 - Montreal City, Sub-District A21 - St. Lawrence Ward, page 19 | immigrated to Canada in 1890 | |
| Rowley | Catherine | 49 | 1901 | 1901 Census of Canada: Province of Quebec | National Archives of Canada, Microfilm Reel #T6523, District 156 - Huntingdon, Sub-District A - Dundee, page 6 | Immigrated to Canada in 1877 | |
| Rowley | Elizabeth | 58 | 1901 | 1901 Census of Canada: Province of Quebec (Extraction of those who where born outside of Canada and have given a year of immigration to Canada) | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. T-6533, District 175 - Montreal City, Sub-District A19 - St. Antoine Ward, page 7 | immigrated to Canada in 1891 | |
| Rowley | James B. | 60 | 1901 | 1901 Census of Canada: Province of Quebec (Extraction of those who where born outside of Canada and have given a year of immigration to Canada) | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. T-6522, District 155 - Hochelaga, Sub-District A15 - Ste. Cunegonde, City, page 18 | immigrated to Canada in 1889 | |
| Rowley | Samuel | 63 | 1901 | 1901 Census of Canada; Province of Ontario; Lincoln and Niagara Census District (Extraction of those giving a place of birth outside of Canada and a year of immigration). | National Archives of Canada [Ottawa] reel T-6479; District 85; SubDist. H02; page 3. | born outside of Canada | |
| Rowley | Thomas | 53 | 1901 | 1901 Census of Canada: Province of Quebec | National Archives of Canada, Microfilm Reel #T6523, District 156 - Huntingdon, Sub-District A - Dundee, page 6 | immigrated to Canada in 1877 | |
| Rowley | Violet | 25 | 1901 | 1901 Census of Canada: Province of Quebec (Extraction of those who where born outside of Canada and have given a year of immigration to Canada) | National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. T-6533, District 175 - Montreal City, Sub-District A19 - St. Antoine Ward, page 7 | immigrated to Canada in 1891 | |
| Rowley | Albert | b. 1911 | 1930 | Boys brought to Canada by the British Immigration and Colonisation Association | National Archives of Canada, Microfilm Reel No. C-4766, (Immigration Branch - RG 76, Vol. 103, file 16120, part 6 | Arrived in Canada in 1929 |