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Census records beginning in 1871 are national censuses taken by the federal government. Most national censuses have been indexed. Indexes and links to them are listed at the [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html Library and Archives Canada web site]. <br>  
Census records beginning in 1871 are national censuses taken by the federal government. Most national censuses have been indexed. Indexes and links to them are listed at the [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html Library and Archives Canada web site]. <br>  
=== 1851-1921&nbsp;Online Canadian Indexes and Images&nbsp;  ===
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| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="8" | <font size="+1">'''Online National and Provincial Population Schedules of Canada'''</font>
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| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free''' 
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" width="46%" colspan="2" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with a library card)* 
| bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Pay'''
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| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Family<br>Search<ref name="Family">[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp '''FamilySearch'''], a free online service of the [[Family History Library]].</ref>''' 
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Automated Genealogy<ref name="Internet">[http://automatedgenealogy.com/ '''Automated Genealogy'''], a free online service includes links to free images found at the [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911-e.html  Library and Archives Canada].</ref>''' 
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Library Archives Canada<ref name="Internet">[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911-e.html '''Library Archives Canada'''], a free online service includes links to free images and partial indexes found at the [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911-e.html  Library and Archives Canada].</ref>''' 
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''<ref name="ancest">'''Ancestry.com''', a subscription site that provides online indexes and images to all surviving national and many provincial census records, among other sources. They have three online editions: (1) an [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/ FHL edition] free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a [http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2009/03/23/WhatsNOTInAncestryLibraryEdition.aspx slightly smaller] [http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/ Library edition] free only at some public libraries, and (3) a [http://www.ancestry.com/ Home edition] subscription service for individuals.</ref> 
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''<ref name="ancest">'''Ancestry.com''', a subscription site that provides online indexes and images to all surviving national and many provincial census records, among other sources. They have three online editions: (1) an [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/ FHL edition] free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a [http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2009/03/23/WhatsNOTInAncestryLibraryEdition.aspx slightly smaller] [http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/ Library edition] free only at some public libraries, and (3) a [http://www.ancestry.com/ Home edition] subscription service for individuals.</ref> 
| bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''<ref name="ancest">'''Ancestry.com''', a subscription site that provides online indexes and images to all surviving federal and many state census records, among other sources. They have three online editions: (1) an [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/ FHL edition] free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a [http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2009/03/23/WhatsNOTInAncestryLibraryEdition.aspx slightly smaller] [http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/ Library edition] free only at some public libraries, and (3) a [http://www.ancestry.com/ Home edition] subscription service for individuals.</ref>
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1921''' available after 1 Jun 2013 
| indexes 
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1911''' 
| indexes 
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| align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link] 
| align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/1911.aspx Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8947 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8947 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8947 Link]
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/1911.aspxx Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8947 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8947 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8947 Link]
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1901''' 
| indexes 
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1584557|Link}} 
| align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link] 
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8826 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8826 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8826 Link]
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1901/index-e.html Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8826 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8826 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8826 Link]
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1891''' 
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| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1583536|Link}} 
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| align="center" | [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1274 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1274 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1274 Link]
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1274 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1274 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1274 Link]
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1881''' 
| indexes 
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1804541|Link}} 
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| align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/1881.aspx Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1577 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1577 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1577 Link]
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images 
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/1881.aspx Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1577 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1577 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1577 Link]
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1871''' 
| indexes 
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1551612|Link}} 
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| align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/about-census.aspx Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1578 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1578 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1578 Link]
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/about-census.aspx Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1578 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1578 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1578 Link]
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1861''' Provincial 
| indexes 
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1460163|Link}}
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1570 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1570 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1570 Link]
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1570 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1570 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1570 Link]
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1851/52''' 
| indexes 
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1325192|Link}} 
| align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link] 
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1061 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1061 Link] 
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1061 Link]
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | - 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1851/index-e.html Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1061 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1061 Link] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1061 Link]
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| bgcolor="#99cccc" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | &nbsp; 
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Family Search''' 
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Automated Genealogy''' 
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Library Archives Canada''' 
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL''' 
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library''' 
| bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free''' 
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" width="46%" colspan="2" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;library&nbsp;card) 
| bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" colspan="1" | '''Pay'''
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The more useful local censuses are listed below: <br>  
The more useful local censuses are listed below: <br>  
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