New Brunswick Census

Population Schedules - Online Records
In 1851 and 1861, New Brunswick was included in the census of the Province of Canada. It was also included in the first Canadian Census in 1871 and every 10 years following.
 * Links to all Canada Census

For more information about these censuses, visit Library and Archives of Canada.

Local, Territory, and Province Censuses
From 1671 to 1752, it was included on the Acadian cenus. Between 1773 and 1848, New Brunswick took its own census. Prior to its establishment in 1784, it was also included in the Nova Scotia census as Sunbury & northern Cumberland Counties.

Mortality Census Schedules
Mortality schedules are death registers recorded at the national level, usually as part of a census. An 1871 census mortality schedules for the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec was taken on April 2, 1871, and these records cover deaths which occurred during the 12 months immediately prior to the census enumeration. The age given in the census was rounded up to what would have been the deceased’s age at his or her next birthday.

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec Provinces
 * 1871 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images,
 * 1871 Canada, Census Mortality Schedule, 1871 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

More Information

 * Canada Censuses and Information
 * Abbreviations and Acronyms in Canadian censuses at Statistics Canada
 * Canadian Censuses at Library and Archives of Canada.
 * In Canada, some censuses were enumerated in French, English or both languages. French Genealogical Word List