Halifax, NS Passenger Lists 1906-1966
Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada -- A New Calling Place for German Mail Steamers. The Syren & Shipping Illustrated, 20 May 1908. GGA Image ID # 147268b81c
Passenger Lists available from the GG Archives from the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Organized by Date of Departure, Steamship Line, Steamship or Ocean Liner, Class of Passengers, Route, and the Ship's Captain.
The Halifax Regional Municipality, commonly Halifax or HRM, is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Those who settled on Halifax Harbour called it Jipugtug (anglicised as "Chebucto"), meaning Great Harbour.
The RMS Carpathia at the Port of Halifax, 1912. GGA Image ID # 1d577df8f4
![GGA Image ID # 21284e7e47 Front Cover, Saloon Passenger List from the SS Parisian of the Allan Line, Departing 18 November 1897 from Liverpool to Halifax and Portland, ME.](../../../Images600/OT/PL/AllanLine/Parisian/1897-11-18/Saloon/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1897-11-18 SS Parisian Passenger List
Steamship Line: Allan Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 18 November 1897
Route: Liverpool to Halifax and Portland, ME
Commander: Captain R. Barrett, LT. R.N.R.
![GGA Image ID # 201050dfed Front Cover, Cabin Passenger List from the SS Kensington of the Dominion Line, Departing 5 April 1906 from Liverpool to Halifax and Portland, ME.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/DominionLine/Kensington/1906-04-05/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1906-04-05 SS Kensington Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Dominion Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 5 April 1906
- Route: Liverpool to Halifax and Portland, ME
- Commander: Captain William Roberts
![GGA Image ID # 204470aff7 Front Cover of a Cabin Passenger List from the RMS Parisian of the Allan Line, Departing Saturday, 6 April 1912 from Glasgow to Halifax and Boston.](../../../Images600/OT/PL/AllanLine/Parisian/1912-04-06/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1912-04-06 RMS Parisian Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Allan Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 6 April 1912
- Route: Glasgow to Halifax and Boston via Moville
- Commander: Captain William P. Hains
- Note: This passenger list from the RMS Parisian was 50 miles from the Titanic on April 14, 1912. The Parisian was near the Titanic when the disaster occurred, but it did not immediately respond to the distress signals.
![GGA Image ID # 120ef369b4 Front Cover of a Saloon and Second Cabin Passenger List from the RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line, Departing Saturday, 7 August 1920 from Liverpool to Halifax and New York.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Caronia/1920-08-07/Saloon-2ndCabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1920-08-07 RMS Caronia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Saloon and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 7 August 1920
- Route: Liverpool to Halifax and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
- Commander: Captain E. G. Diggle, RNR
![GGA Image ID # 1fc7d168f3 Front Cover - 24 FEBRUARY 1922 Passenger List, RMS Cameronia, Anchor Line](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/AnchorLine/Cameronia/1922-02-24/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1922-02-24 RMS Cameronia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Anchor Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 24 February 1922
- Route: Glasgow to Halifax and New York via Moville, Liverpool, and Cobh
- Commander: Captain James Blaikie
![GGA Image ID # 207c6452c1 Front Cover of a Second Cabin Passenger List from the SS Cassandra of the Anchor-Donaldson Line, Departing 28 March 1923 from Glasgow to Halifax and Portland, ME](../../../Images600/OT/PL/AnchorDonaldsonLine/Cassandra/1923-03-28/2C/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1923-03-28 TSS Cassandra Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor-Donaldson Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 28 March 1923
Route: Glasgow to Halifax and Portland, ME
Commander: Captain W. E. Mitchell
![GGA Image ID # 17c78fd4f7 Cabin Passenger List for the SS Rotterdam of the Holland-America Line, Departing Tuesday, 15 April 1924 from Rotterdam to Halifax and New York.](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/HollandAmerica/Rotterdam/1924-04-15/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1924-04-15 SS Rotterdam Passenger List
- Steamship Line:
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: Holland-America Line
- Route: Rotterdam to Halifax and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Commodore Van Den Heuvel
![GGA Image ID # 14060fb52c Front Cover, Cabin Passenger List from the SS United States of the Scandinavian America Line, Departing 15 May 1924 from Copenhagen to New York.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/ScandinavianAmericanLine/UnitedStates/1924-05-15/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1924-05-15 SS United States Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Scandinavian America Line / Skandinavien-Amerika Linie
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 15 May 1924
- Route: Copenhagen to Halifax and New York
- Commander: Captain V. Voldrorg
![GGA Image ID # 17c7c5059f Front Cover, First and Second Cabin Passenger List for the SS Rotterdam of the Holland-America Line, Departing 21 May 1924 from Rotterdam to Halifax and New York.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HollandAmerica/Rotterdam/1924-05-21/1C-2C/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1924-05-21 SS Rotterdam Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 21 May 1924
- Route: Rotterdam to Halifax and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Commodore Van Den Heuvel
![GGA Image ID # 13cb29cd2d Cabin Passenger List from the SS Pittsburgh of the White Star Line, Departing Thursday, 22 May 1924 from Hamburg to New York.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/WhiteStarLine/Pittsburgh/1924-05-22/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1924-05-22 SS Pittsburgh Passenger List
- Steamship Line: White Star Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 22 May 1924
- Route: Hamburg to Halifax and New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain W. A. Morehouse
![GGA Image ID # 13cb4d3192 Front Cover, White Star Line SS Pittsburgh Cabin Class Passenger List - 4 September 1924.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/WhiteStarLine/Pittsburgh/1924-09-04/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1924-09-04 SS Pittsburgh Passenger List
- Steamship Line: White Star Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 4 September 1924
- Route: Hamburg to Halifax and New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain W. A. Morehouse
![GGA Image ID # 13bae6a906 Front Cover, Cabin Passenger List from the SS Arabic of the White Star Line, Departing 18 September 1924 from Hamburg to Halifax and New York.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/WhiteStarLine/Arabic/1924-09-08/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1924-09-18 SS Arabic Passenger List
- Steamship Line: White Star Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 18 September 1924
- Route: Hamburg to Halifax and New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain V. W. Hickson (Lt. Cmdr., R.N.R., Retd.)
![GGA Image ID # 174113916b Front Cover of a Cabin Passenger List for the RMS Andania of the Cunard Line, Departing Wednesday, 6 May 1925 from Hamburg to Halifax NS and New York via Southampton, Cherbourg and Queenstown (Cobh)](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Andania/1925-05-06/Cabin/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1925-05-06 RMS Andania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 6 May 1925
- Route: Halifax and New York via Southampton, Cherbourg and Queenstown (Cobh)
- Commander: Captain E. G. Diggle, RD, RNR
![GGA Image ID # 1403df80a8 Front Cover, Red Star Line SS Pennland Cabin Class Passenger List - 27 August 1926.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/RedStarLine/Pennland/1926-08-27/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1926-08-27 SS Pennland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Red Star Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 27 August 1926
- Route: Antwerp to Halifax and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain William A. Morehouse
![GGA Image ID # 15dac26314 Front Cover of a Cabin Class Passenger List from the SS Bremen of the North German Lloyd, Departing 18 May 1927 from Bremen to New York via Halifax](../../../Images600/OT/PL/NDL/Bremen/1927-05-18/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1927-05-18 SS Bremen Passenger List
- Steamship Line: North German Lloyd / Norddeutscher Lloyd
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 18 May 1927
- Route: Bremen to Halifax and New York
- Commander: Captain R. Wurpts
![GGA Image ID # 15e2d53b80 Front Cover of a Tourist and Third Class Passenger List from the SS Stuttgart of the North German Lloyd, Departing 3 December 1927 from Bremen to New York via Queenstown (Cobh) and Halifax](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/NorthGermanLloyd/Stuttgart/1927-12-03/Tourist-3Cl/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1927-12-03 SS Stuttgart Passenger List
- Steamship Line: North German Lloyd / Norddeutscher Lloyd
- Class of Passengers: Tourist and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 3 December 1927
- Route: Bremen to Halifax and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
- Commander: Captain K. Grahn
![Passenger List, SS Derfflinger, Norddeutscher Lloyd, March 1928, Bremen to New York](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/NorddeutscherLloyd/Derfflinger/1928-03-17/ThirdClass/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1928-03-17 SS Derfflinger Passenger List
- Steamship Line: North German Lloyd / Norddeutscher Lloyd
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 17 March 1928
- Route: Bremen to Halifax and New York
- Commander: Captain H. Hashagen
![GGA Image ID # 14040d6719 Front Cover, Red Star Line SS Pennland Cabin Class Passenger List - 27 July 1928.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/RedStarLine/Pennland/1928-07-27/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1928-07-27 SS Pennland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Red Star Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 27 July 1928
- Route: Antwerp to Halifax and New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain V. L. Making
![GGA Image ID # 17cf68477c Front Cover of a Cabin Passenger List from the SS Veendam of the Holland-America Line, Departing 7 August 1928 from Rotterdam to Halifax and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/HollandAmerica/Veendam/1928-08-07/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1928-08-07 SS Veendam Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 7 August 1928
- Route: Rotterdam to Halifax and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Krol
![GGA Image ID # 174baefe60 Front Cover of a Cabin Passenger List for the RMS Laconia of the Cunard Line, Departing Saturday, 18 August 1928 from Liverpool to Halifax, Boston, and New York.](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Laconia2/1928-08-18/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1928-08-18 RMS Laconia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 18 August 1928
- Route: Liverpool to Halifax, Boston, and New York via Cobh
- Commander: Captain M. Doyle
![GGA Image ID # 17c0e10302 Front Cover of a Passenger List for Student Third Cabin Association Members on the TSS Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland-America Line, Departing 13 August 1929 from Rotterdam to Halifax and New York](../../../Images600/OT/PL/HAL/NieuwAmsterdam/1929-08-13/STCA/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1929-08-13 TSS Nieuw Amsterdam Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
- Class of Passengers: Student Third Cabin Association (STCA)
- Date of Departure: 13 August 1929
- Route: Rotterdam to Halifax and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Lieuwen
![GGA Image ID # 13fd453943 Front Cover, Red Star Line SS Arabic Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List - 16 August 1929.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/RedStarLine/Arabic/1929-08-16/TouristThirdCabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1929-08-16 SS Arabic Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Red Star Line
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 16 August 1929
- Route: Antwerp to Halifax and New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Queenstown (Cobh)
- Commander: Captain J. B. Bulman
![GGA Image ID # 1306f955c2 Front Cover, Cunard Line RMS Scythia Cabin Class Passenger List - 5 April 1930.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Scythia/1930-04-05/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1930-04-05 RMS Scythia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 5 April 1930
- Route: Liverpool to Halifax, Boston, and New York via Belfast
- Commander: Captain R. B. Irving, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
- Récapitulation: Cabin: 206 Tourist Third Cabin: 173 Third Class: 669 Total: 1048 Crew: 422 Total on Board: 1,470
![GGA Image ID # 173945b295 Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List for the SS Minnewaska of the Atlantic Transport Line, Departing 27 September 1930 from New York to London via Halifax, NS and Cherbourg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/AtlanticTransportLine/Minnewaska/1930-09-27/1C/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1930-09-27 SS Minnewaska Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Atlantic Transport Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 27 September 1930
- Route: New York and Halifax to London via Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret, O.B.E., R.N.R.
![GGA Image ID # 130f04c447 Front Cover, Cunard Line RMS Scythia Cabin Class Passenger List - 10 January 1931.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Scythia/1931-01-10/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-01-10 RMS Scythia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 10 January 1931
- Route: Liverpool to Halifax and New York via Belfast
- Commander: Captain G. Gibbons, R.D., R.N.R.
![GGA Image ID # 1f01781160 Front Cover, Passenger List for the SS Stuttgart of the North German Lloyd, Departing Thursday, 28 September 1933 from Bremen to Halifax and New York.](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/NorddeutscherLloyd/Stuttgart/1933-09-28/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1933-09-28 SS Stuttgart Passenger List
- Steamship Line: North German Lloyd / Norddeutscher Lloyd
- Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 28 September 1933
- Route: Bremen to Halifax and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Southampton, and Galway
- Commander: Captain O. Prehn
![GGA Image ID # 1638a38c9d Front Cover of a Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class Passenger List from the SS Berlin of the North German Lloyd Departing 31 August 1937 from Bremen to Halifax and New York.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/NorthGermanLloyd/Berlin/1937-08-31/Cabin-Tourist-3C/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1937-08-31 SS Berlin Passenger List
- Steamship Line: North German Lloyd / Norddeutscher Lloyd
- Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 31 August 1937
- Route: Bremen to Halifax and New York via Southampton and Galway
- Commander: Captain F. Krone
![GGA Image ID # 1729630684 Front Cover of a Cruise Passenger List from the SS Carinthia of the Cunard Line, Departing 25 July 1939 from New York to Quebec, Gaspé, and Halifax and returning to New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Carinthia/1939-07-25/Cruise/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1939-07-25 SS Carinthia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Cruise
- Date of Departure: 25 July 1939
- Route: New York to Quebec, Gaspé, and Halifax and returning to New York
- Commander: Captain W. C. Battle, DSC, RD, RNR
![GGA Image ID # 1ece3372c3 Passenger List, M.V. Vulcania, Italia Line, May 1951, Genoa to Halifax and New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/ItalianSteamshipLines/Vulcania/1951-05-25/FirstClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1951-05-25 SS Vulcania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 25 May 1951
- Voyage Number: 74
- Route: Genoa to Halifax and New York via Cannes, Naples, Palermo, and Gibraltar
- Commander: Captain Giovanni Giurini
![GGA Image ID # 16dcbff1df Cabin Class Passenger List from the SS Conte Biancamano of the Italia Line, Departing 12 August 1951 from Genoa to Halifax and New York.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/ItalianSteamshipLines/ConteBiancamano/1951-08-12/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1951-08-12 SS Conte Biancamano Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 12 August 1951
- Route: Genoa to Halifax and New York via Naples and Gibraltar
- Commander: Captain Pasquale Pezzuto
![GGA Image ID # 11c6cb31a2 Front Cover, SS Empress of Scotland Passenger List - 21 January 1953.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CanadianPacific-CPOS/EmpressOfScotland/1953-01-21/FirstClass-Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1953-01-21 SS Empress of Scotland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class and Tourist
- Date of Departure: 21 January 1953
- Route: Southampton to Halifax and New York via Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain C. E. Duggan, R.D., A.D.C., R.N.R.
![GGA Image ID # 172a54279f Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List from the RMS Scythia of the Cunard Line, Departing 20 March 1953 from Southampton to Halifax via Le Havre](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Scythia/1953-03-20/TC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1953-03-20 RMS Scythia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Tourist
- Date of Departure: 20 March 1953
- Route: Southampton to Halifax via Le Havre
- Commander: Captain A. MacKellar, R.D., R.N.R.
![GGA Image ID # 1f5f2053ff Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List from the RMS Carinthia of the Cunard Line, Departing 8 February 1966 from Liverpool to Halifax and New York.](../../../Images600/OT/PL/Cunard/Carinthia/1966-02-08/TC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1966-02-08 RMS Carinthia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Tourist
- Date of Departure: 8 February 1966
- Route: Liverpool to Halifax and New York via Cobh
- Commander: Captain Captain H. A. Stonehouse, D.S.C., R.D., (Cr. R.N.R., Rtd.)
The Harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Is One of the Finest in the World, with Deep Water and Practically Unlimited Accommodation. Not Only That, but It Is a Very Cheap Port, so Far as Charges on Vessels Using It Are Concerned. Halifax Acquires Additional Importance Because It Is the Intercolonial Railway's Ocean Terminus. The Syren and Shipping, 24 February 1909. GGA Image ID # 200ffbcac5
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