Canadian Genealogy Centre Offers 1915-1932 Canadian Naturalization Lists

The Canadian Genealogy Centre is offering a new database of immigrants who received Canadian naturalization certificates, which were published in the Canada Gazette between 1915 and 1932. It's available at
http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/01/010203_e.html .
You can search this database by given name, surname, and country. Wildcards are available for single and multiple letters. You'll get two sets of results. The first result gives individual names, the time span when then immigrated, the country of origin, and a link to the immigration listing containing the name.

The second result will give you the section of listings which include names beginning with the first two letters of the name you search for. For example, I searched for Segal. I got one result for an individual, and then a link to 41 pages containing name listings which started with Se. (Be sure to check those pages! I found several Segals who weren't returned with the individual search results.) The pages are in PDF format and include the name of the individual, country of origin, date of certificate (not often available), date of oath of allegiance, occupation, residence, and number and series.

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