Series consists of the operational records of the Montreal Consulate-General and the Halifax Vice-Consulate of the Imperial Russian Government, reels M-7590 to M-7611. Record sub-series are arranged as follows: Consular Administration, 1900-1922, volumes 1-2 (Russian government circulars and directives, files on subjects sought in Canada, copies of statutes and international conventions, and consular building maintenance and function records);
Immigration Matters and Passport Policy, 1900-1922, volumes 3-5 (correspondence and reports about immigration regulation, visa, passport and naturalization questions, concerns of Ukrainians wanting to return to Europe and correspondence with the Vice-Consul in Halifax);
Consular Intervention on Behalf of Russian Immigrants in Canada to Aid Them in Various Difficulties, 1900-1920, volumes 5-8 (records about difficulties faced by Russian workers, especially seamen and labourers, also criminals and the destitute);
Other Forms of Aid Requested by Russian Subjects in Canada From the Consulate-General, 1899-1922, volumes 8-11 (requests for birth and death documents, help in land acquisition, money and family problems, and various other situations);
Recruitment and Military Service of Russian Subjects in Canada, 1900-1922, volumes 11-15 (records of Russian subjects summoned for military service in Russia, accounts of Russians enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), and requests by others for Russian identity papers to avoid Canadian conscription);
War Related Activities and Developments, 1904-1922, volumes 15-17 (records on Russo-Japanese War, the levying of Canadian workmen for the Murmansk-Arkangelsk Railroad, the Canadian internment of Slavs and matters of wartime security); Trade and Commerce and Maritime Matters, 1900-1920, volumes 18-19 (administrative documents and correspondence concerning customs and excise, sunken ships, purchased ships, Canadian-Siberian trade and other commercial interests); Various Subject Files, 1898-1922, volumes 19-22.
