Canadian immigration records free on Ancestry

To celebrate Labor Day on Monday 7th September, Ancestry.ca has opened up its Canadian immigration record sets for free access.

This collection includes border crossings from Canada to the USA, passenger manifestoes, seafarer records and a lot more.

If you don't already have an Ancestry account, you will need to register for a guest account. You only need to give name and email address for one of these; Ancestry then emails you a password and username. There's no signing up for a subscription, no giving your credit card details and no need to cancel anything after the free access ends.

The free access expires on Monday 7th September 23:59 ET (Tuesday 8th September 04:59 UK).