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Census records on microfilm

Government Documents in Stauffer Library has a complete set of manuscript (personal name) census records on microfilm for Canada from 1666 to 1911, the 1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba), and the 1916 Census for the Western Provinces.

Census records online

Digital images of census records are available via Library and Archives Canada for:

• 1901 (Canada)
• 1906 (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)
• 1911 (Canada)

Indices to Canadian Censuses
Transcribed index to the 1851, 1901, 1906, and 1911 censuses from the microfilm held at Library and Archives Canada.

A database of census records for "heads" and "strays" only is available for:

• 1871 (Ontario)
  via Queen's University
  via Library and Archives Canada
  

Access tools for census records

• Canada - 1666 to 1901
  Catalogue of Census Returns on Microfilm 1666-1901
  Geographical index to census microfilm numbers.
  Note: This is not a family name index.
  Paper: In two volumes (1666-1891 and 1901). Shelved on the census microfilm cabinets.
• Ontario - 1871
  1871 Census of Canada (Ontario index)
  Searchable database of census records for "heads" (heads of households) and "strays" (people with a different surname living in the household)
  Electronic:
  via Queen's University
  via Library and Archives Canada
  Paper: Shelved on the census microfilm cabinets
• Kingston area - various years
  Indexes by name of head of household for selected locations in the Kingston area for selected census years.
  Paper: Shelved on the census microfilm cabinets
• Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba - 1906
  Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906 - database searchable by Province, District Name, District Number, and Sub-district Number but not by family name.

Other resources

• Automated Genealogy site
  A volunteer project to produce a name index to the 1901 Census of Canada. In progress.
• The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project
  This is a searchable database of the property owners' names which appear on the township maps in county atlases for Ontario, the Maritimes, and Quebec. These atlases were produced between the years 1874 and 1881. Township maps, portraits and properties have been scanned, with links from the property owners' names in the database.
• The Changing Shape of Ontario: A Guide to Boundaries, Names and Regional Governments
  By the Archives of Ontario. Maps and tables illustrating the changes in Ontario's boundaries, external and internal.
• Immigrants from England, 1800 - 1900
  
  • Frontenac (pdf)
  • Lennox & Addington (pdf)
  • Hastings (pdf)
  • Prince Edward County (pdf)
  (complied by Russ Waller. Reproduced here with permission.)