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Search available indexes before using the census records. As indexes may be incomplete or incorrect, if you have reason to believe your ancestor should have been in the census, search the census even if your ancestor is not in the index. | Search available indexes before using the census records. As indexes may be incomplete or incorrect, if you have reason to believe your ancestor should have been in the census, search the census even if your ancestor is not in the index. | ||
Most available national censuses have been indexed. Indexes and links to them are listed at the [http://www. | Most available national censuses have been indexed. Indexes and links to them are listed at the [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx Library and Archives Canada web site]. | ||
Most national censuses are not indexed by province. The following index has been prepared for the 1871 census of Ontario: | Most national censuses are not indexed by province. The following index has been prepared for the 1871 census of Ontario: | ||
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Gazetteers published in the 1880s sometimes list the "electoral county" or census/voting district rather than the county where a city or village was located. If you still cannot determine the census district, you may need to search several neighboring census districts to find your ancestor. | Gazetteers published in the 1880s sometimes list the "electoral county" or census/voting district rather than the county where a city or village was located. If you still cannot determine the census district, you may need to search several neighboring census districts to find your ancestor. | ||
[http://landing.ancestry.ca/CACensus/en/wim/index.html Canada Census Interative Map]. Click on Census Questions for a list of questions that were asked on each census. | [http://landing.ancestry.ca/CACensus/en/wim/index.html Canada Census Interative Map]. Click on Census Questions for a list of questions that were asked on each census. | ||
=== Colonial, Provincial, and Local Censuses === | === Colonial, Provincial, and Local Censuses === | ||