Loretta~ There are lists on rootsweb,com for Canada, most probably one for the predominantly French areas. You could send a message to those sites asking about census, directories, etc., for the 1840s. However, don't get your hopes up that there are any 1840 records around. Then, again, you might get lucky. Since my husband's great grandparent's literally were dumped in Canada in 1847 after their ship was turned away at Boston due to Cholera. (The only one recorded to have been refused at Boston during Black '47.) We have tried to research their time in Canada, border crossings etc. The information we received was very few lists were kept of emigrants at that time. Basically, there were no records available. As to crossing the border, we again were told no records were kept. They made their way to the USA, relatives already in Boston and eventually, by about 1850 to western Maryland. There are numerous sites for Canada and genealogy there, English and French. Use Canada Genealogy as keywords or try GOOGLE. Mary Ellen Chambers Lakewood Ohio