Just added: 140,000 new Canadian obituaries

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Institut Drouin
Published on
10/31/2025
Just added: 140,000 new Canadian obituaries

140,000 obituaries have been added to
Genealogy Quebec!

These new records come from across Canada and span from the 1960s to today.

Obituaries and memorial cards

Access over 5 million obituaries and memorial cards covering two centuries of Canadian history, all fully searchable through our search engine.

Newspaper obituary of Frances A. McCarron, of Hampstead, who died on August 26, 2002, with her photo
Collage of old documents: Aurélie Pelletier’s memorial card, a 1974 postcard, a Montreal tramway pass and a register page

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Update details

Update to the Internet Obituaries Collection

• 70,000 new obituaries
• From across Canada
• Covering the period from September 2024 to September 2025
• Available through the search engine in the Internet Obituaries collection

Acadian Obituaries – Viateur Robichaud Collection

• 65,000 new obituaries
• From Acadia
• Covering the years 1967 to 2024
• Available through the search engine in the Newspaper Obituaries collection

Obituaries of French-Canadian Descendants from Alberta – Northwest Genealogical Society Collection

• 2,800 new obituaries
• Primarily from Alberta
• Covering the years 1960 to today
• Available through the search engine in the Newspaper Obituaries collection

Obituary record of Maxime Richard, who died on March 18, 2021, published in L’Acadie Nouvelle, with the newspaper page image
Record of Albert Leduc’s memorial card, who died on July 24, 1988, in Falher, Alberta, with an image of the card
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Institut Drouin

Founded in 1899 by Joseph Drouin, the Drouin Genealogical Institute preserves and digitizes Quebec’s genealogical records. Its team publishes Genealogy Quebec news and practical guides here.

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