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What Census Are Available
The following list identifies the main series of our census holdings and some of the scattered earlier returns. Information about earlier census returns can be found in the Census Records: Finding Aid 300 [PDF 1,670 KB].
N Nominal returns listing all members of households.
HF Returns listing heads of families only.
Newfoundland
1691, 1693
N
1704
HF
1921, 1935, 1945
N
Plaisance only:
1671, 1673
N
1698, 1706, 1711
HF
Acadia
1671 - 1753
N et HF
Nova Scotia
1770 - 1838
HF
1851, 1861
HF
1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
Prince Edward Island
1841, 1861
HF
1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
New Brunswick
1851, 1861, 1871
N
1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
Quebec
1666 - 1681
N
1825, 1831, 1842
HF
1851, 1861, 1871
N
1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
Ontario
1842, 1848, 1850
HF
1851, 1861, 1871
N
1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
Manitoba
1870
N
1881, 1891, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1916
N
Red River only:
1831 - 1849
HF
Saskatchewan
1881, 1891, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1916
N
Alberta
1881, 1891, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1916
N
British Columbia
1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
Victoria City, 1891
HF
Yukon Territory
1891, 1901, 1911
N
Northwest Territories
1891, 1901, 1911
N
Notes:
- Returns prior to 1851 are rarely complete for any geographical area. Portions of the 1851 Census have not survived.
- Alberta, Saskatchewan and northern British Columbia were enumerated as territories prior to 1906.
- In 1891, institutions (convents, hospitals, asylums, etc.) were enumerated separately in one block and appear on microfilm reel T-6427.
- In 1901, most of the Indian agencies were enumerated separately and appear on microfilm reels T-6554 and T-6555.
