Canada, Published Census Records (BC, AB, MB, SK, ON) - International Institute

Introduction
The researcher is advised to contact the provincial archives and local genealogical society for any holdings of census records for their particular area. As previously noted, many of the early records were made in order to levy taxes, and those that have survived may have been preserved with municipal records.

Some records have been published, either in whole or in part, and may be more easily consulted in the printed format. Some may have been indexed by local genealogical societies, and some may be in the form of a searchable database on the Internet. Every effort should be made to ensure that you have located all possible census records for your area of interest.

As the original microfilmed census records held by Library and Archives Canada are the best original source, no effort has been made to list all published transcriptions from these original records. By consulting the local genealogical society or library, and/or the FamilySearch Library Locality Index the researcher will be able to determine what published records might be of interest.

A bibliography of specialized publications covering very early records, or compilations of records for a specific purpose that may be of special interest, have been included by province.

British Columbia

 * 1877 Indian Reserve Commission (IRC) census data taken to determine land requirements of the Indian people to assign Indian reserves.


 * 1877 nominal census of Native peoples taken by the Catholic missionary order, Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), taken for church purposes.


 * Please see Living Landscapes. This is a partnership project between the Royal British Columbia Museum and Okanagan University College. They provide access to information and database searches for portions of the 1881 census; portions of the 1891 census; the 1877 IRC (Indian Reserve Commission) Census and the 1877 OMI (Oblates of Mary Immaculate) Census.


 * Eker, Glen.Jewish Residents of Western Canada in the 1870-1901 Censuses of Canada. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu Inc., 1994.

Alberta

 * Obee, David. Lethbridge 1891: Including an index to the census, an index of donors to Springhill, a list of students. Calgary, Alberta, 1989. Available on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library.

Manitoba

 * Eker, Glen. Jewish Residents of Western Canada in the 1870-1901 Censuses of Canada. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu Inc., 1994.


 * Haase, Chantal. Alphabetical Listing of Portions of the Census for the Western Section of Algoma District 1891 Census. Sault Set. Marie, Ontario: Sault and District Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1995.


 * Hudson’s Bay Company. Manitoba census records, 1831-1870. Ottawa, Ontario: Central Microfilm Unit, Public Archives of Canada, 1964. Hudson’s Bay Company Censuses 1827-1856. Available on microfilm at Library and Archives Canada and the FamilySearch Library.


 * Jonasson, Eric.Surname Index to the 1870 Census of Manitoba and Red River. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Wheatfield Press, 1981.


 * Morin, Gail and Hudson’s Bay Company. Censuses of the Red River Settlement: An Index to the Censuses for the Years 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1835, 1838, 1840 and 1843. Pawtucket, Rhode Island: Quintin Publications, c1998. Available on microfilm at Library and Archives Canada and the FamilySearch Library.


 * Provincial Archives of Manitoba and Hudson’s Bay Company. Red River Settlement and province of Manitoba typed card index to the nominal census returns, 1832-1870. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. Available on microfilm at the Provincial Archives of Manitoba and FamilySearch Library.

Saskatchewan

 * Eker, Glen.Jewish Residents of Western Canada in the 1870-1901 Censuses of Canada. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu Inc., 1994.


 * Lapshinoff, Steve. List of Doukhobors Living in Saskatchewan in 1905. Crescent Valley B.C., S. Lapshinoff, 1996.

Ontario

 * Beettam, Margaret. Gore District Census and Assessment 1816-1850: Research Aid: An Index to Resources at the Archives of Ontario. Halton-Peel Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1990.


 * Beettam, Margaret.Newcastle District Census and Assessment 1803-1850. Research Aid: An Index to Resources at the Archives of Ontario. Halton-Peel Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1990.


 * Beettam, Margaret. Ottawa District Census and Assessment 1822-1850: Research Aid: An Index to Resources at the Archives of Ontario. Halton-Peel Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1990.


 * Blackburn, Helen and Judith A. Mitton. 1871 Kent County Death Census. Kent County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1980.


 * Browne, David J. Combined Census Records for the Four Townships on the Rideau River, Grenville County, Ontario: Includes: Wolford, Oxford, Montague and Marlborough-1813, Montague and Marlborough-1820, 1822 and 1824, Montague-1825, Oxford-1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1840 &amp; 1848, Wolford-1840. Leeds and Grenville Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1992.


 * Canada, Board of Registration and Statistics.Census of Parts of Ontario, 1848. Includes all or part of Huron, Middlesex and Perth Counties. Available on microfilm at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and the FamilySearch Library.


 * Canada, Board of Registration and Statistics. Census of Parts of Ontario, 1850. Includes all or part of present day Bruce, Huron, Middlesex and Perth Counties. Available on microfilm at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and the FamilySearch Library.


 * Canada, Board of Registration and Statistics. Census of the Canadas 1851-2. Québec: J. Lovel 1853-55. Available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * Crowder, Norman K.Early Ottawa Valley Records. Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society 1988.


 * Crowder, Norman K. Guide to the 1851 Census of Canada West: Renfrew County. Nepean, Ontario: Crowder Enterprises, 1987. Includes 1851 agricultural and personal census, names arranged alphabetically within each census.


 * Eker, Glen. Index to Amish and Mennonite Residents of Waterloo North and Waterloo South Counties in the Province of Ontario in the 1901 Census of Canada. Guelph, Ontario: G. Eker, 1994.


 * Eker, Glen. Index to Jewish Residents in the 1851 and 1861 Censuses of Upper Canada and the 1861 Census of Lower Canada. Guelph, Ontario: G. Eker, 1996.


 * Eker, Glen. Jewish Residents of Greater Ontario and Quebec Province Excluding Greater Toronto, Montreal and Quebec city in the 1871-1901 Censuses of Canada. Guelph, Ontario: G. Eker, 1994. Available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * Eker, Glen.Jewish Residents of Toronto in the 1861-1901 Censuses of Canada. Guelph, Ontario: G. Eker, 1993.


 * Elliott, Bruce S. 1842 and 1851 Census of Renfrew County, C. W. Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1983.


 * Leeds and Grenville Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. Elizabethtown Ontario census 1796. Leeds and Grenville Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1994.


 * Livingston, Mildred R. Lanark Perth and Richmond: Military Settlements. 2 volumes. Prescott, Ontario: Livingston, 1987.


 * Meyers, Carol M. Canada West Census, 1851: Welland County. Saugus, California: Ram Publishers, 1969.


 * Miller, J.R. Ernest. 1842 Census for Bathurst, Beckwith, Dalhousie, Darling, Drummond, N. and S. Sherbrooke: Extracted from Microfilm by Robert E. Sargeant. Kingston Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society.


 * Miller, J.R. Ernest and Robert E. Sargeant.Early Settlers to the Bathurst District Arriving Prior to 1822. Kingston Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1988.


 * Mosser, Christine. York, Upper Canada Minutes of Town Meetings and Lists of Inhabitants, 1797-1823. Toronto: Metropolitan Toronto Library Board, 1984.


 * Mutrie, R. Robert. An 1805 Census of Norfolk County, Upper Canada. Ridgeway, Ontario: Log Cabin Publications, c1996. Niagara District. Niagara District Census &amp; Assessment [for 1828]: Including Counties of Lincoln, Welland and Haldimand. Available on microfilm at the Archives of Ontario and the FamilySearch Library.


 * Ontario Department of Agriculture. “The People of Adolphustown”. Appendix to the Report of the Ontario Bureau of Industries, 1897. Toronto: Warwick Bro’s and Rutter, 1899. Page 27. See the tables “A Return of the Inhabitants of Adolphustown” from 1794 to 1822 which includes the names of head of household, as well as number of males and females in the household.


 * Riedstra, Lutzen. Deaths Recorded in the Perth County 1871 Census. Stratford, Ontario: Perth County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. 1986.

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