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 '''1851-61'''. Important every-name censuses were taken in southern Ontario for 1851 (actually taken in 1852) and 1861. Some sections of these censuses are lost.
+'''Index, 1871 Census of Ontario'''. Most Canadian national censuses are not indexed by province. The Canadian government did not make indexes. The Ontario Genealogical Society prepared an index for the 1871 census of the province:
+*Elliott, Bruce S., ed. ''Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario''. 30 Volumes. Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1986-1992. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=526158&disp=Index+to+the+1871+census+of+Ontario%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 971.3 X22i 1871].) A computer version of the original databases for this index is available at the National Archives of Canada and the Automated Resource Center of the Family History Library. This is listed in the Family History Library Catalog under the heading ONTARIO - CENSUS - 1871 - INDEXES.
+The 1871 Ontario census is indexed and online at:
+*[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/1871-ontario/index-e.html http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/1871-ontario/index-e.html]
-A list of townships for which these and other censuses are available is in the Ontario section of:
+A list of townships for these censuses are available is in the Ontario section of:
 *Hillman, Thomas A. ''Catalogue of Census Returns on Microfilm, 1666-1891''. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, 1987. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=535614&disp=Catalogue+of+census+returns+on+microfilm%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 971 X23ht].)