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| | The Nova Scotia censuses before 1703 are helpful in providing a deceased person's name, age, and relatives. The censuses from 1703 to 1861 list only the head of each household, with a few exceptions. |
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| ==Nova Scotia in the Canadian Censuses==
| | Censuses 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> |
| ===Population Schedules - Online Records===
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| Nova Scotia was included in the first Canadian Census in 1871 and every 10 years following. From 1671 to 1755, Nova Scotians were included in the Acadian census. Parts of Nova Scotia were included in various town census thereafter. In 1851 and 1861, Nova Scotia was included in the census of the Province of Canada. In 1867, Nova Scotia became a province of the Dominion of Canada and was included in the 1871 and all subsequent Canadian censuses.
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| *[[Canada Census|Links to all Canada Census]]
| | The more useful local censuses are listed below: <br> |
| *[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - more census information
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| *1851 and 1861 Censuses for Nova Scotia are head of household only
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| | *1671 <br>Acadia: lists names, ages, and places of origin. <br> |
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| !style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1861'''
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| !style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1871'''
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| |style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1325192|FamilySearch}}
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| ----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1061/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| ----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1851 Findmypast.com] ($)
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| ----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
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| |style="vertical-align:top"|FamilySearch; {{RecordSearch|1460173|Quebec}}<nowiki>|</nowiki>{{RecordSearch|1460172|Prince Edward Island}}<nowiki>|</nowiki>{{RecordSearch|1460164|Ontario}}<nowiki>|</nowiki>{{RecordSearch|1460163|Nova Scotia}}<nowiki>|</nowiki>{{RecordSearch|1325208|New Brunswick}}
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| ----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1570/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| ----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1861 Findmypast.com] ($)
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| ----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
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| |style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1551612|FamilySearch}}
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| ----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1578/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| ----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1871 Findmypast.com] ($)
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| ----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
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| | *1686 <br>Acadia: lists names, ages, and animals. <br> |
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| !style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1881'''
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| !style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1891'''
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| !style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1901'''
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| ----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1577/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| ----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1881 Findmypast.com] ($)
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| ----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
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| |style="vertical-align:top"|FamilySearch; {{RecordSearch|1583536|index}} and {{FSC|484467|item|disp=images}}
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| ----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1274/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| ----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1891 Findmypast.com] ($)
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| ----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
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| |style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1584557|FamilySearch}}
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| ----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8826/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| ----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1901 Findmypast.com] ($)
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| ----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
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| !style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1911'''
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| !style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1921'''
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| !style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1931'''
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| ----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8947/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| ----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1911 Findmypast.com] ($)
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| ----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
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| |style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|5000285|FamilySearch}}
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| ----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8991/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| ----[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10690/1921-canada-census MyHeritage.com] ($)
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| ----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
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| |style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|5000196|FamilySearch}}
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| ----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62640/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| ----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]; images
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| ====Local, Territory, and Province Censuses====
| | *1698 <br>Acadia: lists names, ages, and animals. <br> |
| Province censuses are census records that were taken at the province level. Province censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing Canada censuses.
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| | *1701 <br>Acadia: lists names, ages, and animals. <br> |
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| |style="background:white"|1671
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| |style="background:white"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1671.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|1678
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1678cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:white"|1686
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| |style="background:white"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1686cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|1693
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1693cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:white"|1695
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| |style="background:white"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1695cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|1698
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1698cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:white"|1700
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| |style="background:white"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1700cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|1701
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1701cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:white"|1703
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| |style="background:white"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1703cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|1707
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1707cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:white"|1714
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| |style="background:white"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1714cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|1751/52
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1732cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:white"|1752
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| |style="background:white"|Acadian census
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| |style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1752cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
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| |style="background:lightgrey" |1752
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|La Roque's census
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/1752laroque.pdf Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription<br>
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| |style="background:white" |1755
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| |style="background:white" |Arcadian census
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| |style="background:white" |[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1755.html/1752laroque.pdf Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - images<br>
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| |style="background:lightgrey" |1760
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| |style="background:lightgrey" |Registouche census
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| |style="background:lightgrey" |[http://www.acadian-home.org/Restigouche.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home]
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| |style="background:white" |1761
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| |style="background:white" |Gaspesie Refugees
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| |style="background:white" |[http://www.acadian-home.org/Census1761-Gaspesie-Refugees.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home]
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| |style="background:lightgrey" |1761
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| |style="background:lightgrey" |Sackville Settlement
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| |style="background:lightgrey" |[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201761%20Sackville.htm NB GenWeb Project]
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| |style="background:white"" |Sackville Settlement
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| |style="background:white" |[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201765%20Sackville.htm NB GenWeb Project]
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|1770-1795, 1827, 1838
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| |style="background:lightgrey"| Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8809/ Ancestry] ($)
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| |style="background:white"|1770-1841
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| |style="background:white" |Nova Scotia Census, Property Assessments and Poll Taxes
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| |style="background:white"|[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20220/canada-nova-scotia-census-property-assessments-poll-taxes-1770-1841?s=275764761 MyHeritage]
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| |style="background:lightgrey"| Nova Scotia 1770 Census
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/28981/ Ancestry] ($)
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| |style="background:white" |Conway, Sunbury County census
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| |style="background:white"|[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/NB_Census_1770Conway.htm NB GenWeb] - transcription
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|Hillsborough and Sackville census
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/nscensus1770.html NB GenWeb]
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| |style="background:white"|Ontario and Nova Scotia, Census, 1800-1842
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| |style="background:lightgrey"|Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838
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| |style="background:white"|Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838
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| ===Non-population Schedules===
| | *1752 <br>Ile Royal: lists names, ages, and places of origin. <br> |
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| ==Additional Resources==
| | *1752 <br>Halifax: lists head of household. <br> |
| *In Canada, some censuses were enumerated in French, English or both languages. [[French Genealogical Word List]]{{Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia}} | |
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| [[Category:Nova Scotia, Canada]] | | *1770 <br>Many counties: lists head of household. This census has been published in: <br><br>Richard, Bernice C., Nova Scotia 1770 Census, Some 1773 and 1787 . . . Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society, 1972. (Family History Library {{FHL|201577|title-id|disp=book 971.6 A1 #18}} {{FHL|201577|title-id|disp=film 962273 item 10}} ) <br> |
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| | *1817 <br>A few counties: lists head of household. <br> |
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| | *1818 <br>Part of Cape Brenton Island. <br> |
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| | *1827 <br>Many counties: lists head of household. It has been published. <br> |
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| | *1838 <br>Most of the province: lists head of household. <br> |
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| | *1851 <br>Only Kings, Halifax, and Pictou counties: lists head of household. An index has been published for Kings, Halifax counties (Family History Library {{FHL|429294|title-id|disp=book 971.6 X22n}}; ). There is also an index for Pictou county (Family History Library {{FHL|377170|title-id|disp=book 971.613 X29p}}). <br> |
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| | *1861 <br>Whole province: lists head of household. See the online index, [[Nova Scotia Census, 1861|Nova Scotia Census, 1861]]<br> |
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| | *1871,1881<br>Whole province: lists all household members. The census gives each person's name, sex, age, country or province of birth, religion, occupation, and marital status. (1871 is incomplete for Shelburne County.)<br> |
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| | *1891<br>Lists all household members. The census lists each person's name, sex, age, marital status, relation to head of family, country or province of birth, French-Canadian descendency, place of birth of father, place of birth of mother, religion, and occupation. <br> |
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| | *1901 <br>Lists all household members. The census lists each person's name, sex, color, relation to head of family, marital status, date of birth, country or province of birth, age at census, year of immigration to Canada, year of naturalization, nationality, religion, occupation, and native language. <br> |
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| | *1911 <br>Lists all household members. The census lists each person's name, sex, relation to head of family, marital status, month and year of birth, age at census, country or province of birth, year of immigration to Canada, year of naturalization, racial or tribal origin, nationality, religion, and occupation. |
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| | Censuses from 1921 to the present are not available to the public. |
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| | A source for early censuses is: |
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| | *Trahan, Charles C., ''Acadian Census, 1671–1752''. Rayne, La.: Hebert Publications, 1994. (Family History Library {{FHL|697071|title-id|disp=book 971.5 X2t}}) Acadia covered what is now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. |
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| | '''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:''' |
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| | [[Nova Scotia Census 1861 Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Nova Scotia Census 1861 Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] |
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