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Death Indexes

To improve historical Vital Statistics access and service and for the preservation of these important documents, all Vital Statistics requests and payments must be made through our online payment system.  Original Vital Statistics records are not accessible in the Sandra Thomson Reading Room.

The How to Order Historical Vital Statistics guide can help you do this.

Multiple vital statistics may be included in one order; please refer to the Quick Guide to Multiple Requests for help.

Death registrations from 1870-1974 are available at the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

Vital statistic indexes are yearly summaries of vital events that contain basic information such as name, location, year, and registration number. The indexes are used to locate registrations.

Request and pay for your Vital Statistics record by completing a Vital Statistics Request

Deaths 1877-1950

Death indexes for 1877-1950 are organized alphabetically by surname and then by year. Each letter is then further subdivided according to the first vowel instance in the surname.

For more information on how to use these indexes, please click here.

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Deaths 1925-1972

These indexes are organized chronologically by year and then alphabetically by surname.

These indexes have optical character recognition (OCR), which means that they are keyword searchable.

For more information on how to use these indexes, please click here.

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Deaths 1973

Death indexes for 1973 are organized alphabetically by surname and then by year. Each letter is then further subdivided according to the first vowel instance in the surname.

For more information on how to use these indexes, please click here.

Indigenous Deaths 1923-1945

Indigenous death indexes are organized alphabetically by surname and then by year. Each letter is then further subdivided according to the first vowel instance in the surname.

For more information on how to use these indexes, please click here.

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Overseas Deaths 1940-1948

Overseas death indexes are organized alphabetically by surname and then by year. Each letter is then further subdivided according to the first vowel instance in the surname.

For more information on how to use these indexes, please click here.