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Census records. Census returns are official records that count the country's population. They are an invaluable source of information for researchers.
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Gather information such as: 1. name(s) 2. approximate year of birth 3. country of birth 4. approximate year of arrival 5. place of residence in Canada
LAC holds the following census records from after Confederation: Census records can be found in the Statistics Canada fonds, formerly known as RG31.
On some pages, part or all of the name column is missing because the left-hand margin of the page had been cut off. Since that information was missing from the microfilm, it is also missing in the...The enumerators instructions are often helpful for interpreting the information collected on the census returns themselves.Some smaller sub-districts were combined by the enumerators. If you are doing a search by sub-district number, use only the first number for combined sub-districts. For example, in District 114, su...For help with definitions, see the list of terminology and abbreviations.Non-digitized records
In 1955, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics was authorized by the Public Records Committee to microfilm and destroy the original records from 1881 onwards. As a result, only microfilm copies of the Dominion of Canada census records exist. The original paper copies that still exist for censuses before 1881 are fragile and not available for consultation.
Digitized records
All of the Canadian census records from 1871 onwards are available on digitized microfilm and can be searched using the Census Search.
United States Census, 1890 Fragments of the US census population schedule exist only for the states of Alabama, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas.
Jul 7, 2023 · November 17, 2022—Gatineau, Quebec—Library and Archives Canada has launched Census Search, a new digital search tool that will make it easier than ever to search Canada’s census records. The new Census Search is a one-stop-shop to search more than 44 million census records all at once rather than searching 17 census databases individually.
Sep 8, 2016 · Updated February 7, 2005 On January 10, 1921, a fire in the Commerce Department building, Washington, DC, resulted in the destruction of most of the 1890 census, to the woe of researchers ever since. For more detailed information, see Kellee Blake, "'First in the Path of the Firemen:' The Fate of the 1890 Population Census," Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 64 ...
Oct 21, 2024 · A Fire ]Destroyed the 1890 Census] Census Research for Genealogists; 1890 Census Questions; Idaho Historical Society Reconstructed 1890 Census; Veteran Schedules NARA Special Census Schedules of Surviving Union Civil War Veterans or Their Widows Collection Description; NARA 1890 Special Schedule. Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines and ...
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Jan 18, 2016 · The first is a fragment of the main population census and the second is a special veterans and widows enumeration that was completed alongside the main 1890 census. While the first collection contains just over 6,000 individuals, it could still be hugely helpful to a researcher who is lucky enough to have had ancestors who lived in the geographical locations that were saved.