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==Quebec in the Canadian Censuses==
===Population Schedules - Online Records===
The first census in Canada was in 1851. Quebec was called Canada East (also known as Lower Canada) in the 1851 and 1861 Censuses. Starting in 1871, it was known as the province of Quebec and is included in all Canada Censuses thereafter.
*[[Canada Census|Links to all Canada Census]]
*[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - more census information
*The 1825, 1831, and 1842 Censuses for Quebec include only the head of household.


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=== 1851-1921 Online Canadian Indexes and Images ===
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1851'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1861'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1871'''
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|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1325192|FamilySearch}}
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1061/ Ancestry.com] ($)
----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1851 Findmypast.com] ($)
----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1460173|FamilySearch}} - Quebec Only
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1570/ Ancestry.com]
----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1861 Findmypast.com]
----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1551612|FamilySearch}}
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1578/ Ancestry.com]
----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1871 Findmypast.com]
----[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%"| '''1881'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1891'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1901'''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1804541|FamilySearch}}
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1577/ Ancestry.com] ($)
----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1881 Findmypast.com] ($)
----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
|style="vertical-align:top"|FamilySearch; {{RecordSearch|1583536|index}} and {{FSC|484467|item|disp=images}}
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1274/ Ancestry.com] ($)
----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1891 Findmypast.com] ($)
----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1584557|FamilySearch}}
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8826/ Ancestry.com] ($)
----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1901 Findmypast.com] ($)
----[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'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"| '''1921'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"|'''1931'''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|2143998|FamilySearch}}
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8947/ Ancestry.com] ($)
----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1911 Findmypast.com] ($)
----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|5000285|FamilySearch}}
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8991/ Ancestry.com] ($)
----[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10690/1921-canada-census MyHeritage.com] ($)
----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]
|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|5000196|FamilySearch}}
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62640/ Ancestry.com] ($)
----[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====
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:20%;" | Year
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="8" | <font size="+1">'''Online National and Provincial Population Schedules of Canada'''</font>
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:40%;" | Type of Census
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:40%;" | Links
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|style="background:white"|1666
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="2" rowspan="2" |  
|style="background:white"|Census of Canada
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
|style="background:white"|{{FSC|344017|item|disp=FamilySearch}} - images
| width="46%" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with a library card)*
----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=2318856 Library and Archives of Canada] - index
| bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Pay'''
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|style="background:whitesmoke"|1667
| 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>'''
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Census of Canada
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Automated Genealogy<ref>[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>'''
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=2318857 Library and Archives of Canada] - index & images
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Library Archives Canada<ref>[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>'''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>'''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>'''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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|style="background:white"|1681
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1921'''
|style="background:white"|Nominal census returns
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6815/16?r=0&s=3 Library and Archives of Canada] - images
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/recensements/1921/Pages/recherche.aspx Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8991 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8991 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8991 Link]
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|style="background:whitesmoke"|1699
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Nominal census returns
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6815/16?r=0&s=3 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/recensements/1921/Pages/recherche.aspx Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8991 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8991 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8991 Link]
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|style="background:white"|1700
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1911'''
|style="background:white"|Nominal census returns
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6815/19?r=0&s=3 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|2143998|Link}}
| 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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|style="background:whitesmoke"|1731
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Testimony and enumeration of Island of Montréal, heads of households
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://archive.org/details/rapport19queb/page/n17/mode/2up?view=theater Archive.org] - images; [https://archive.org/details/rapport19queb/page/164/mode/2up?view=theater Archive.org] - index
| 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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|style="background:white"|1741
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1901'''
|style="background:white"|Montréal, partially nominal
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://archive.org/details/proceedingstrans315roya/page/n121/mode/2up?view=theater Archive.org] - images (report, 1921)
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1584557|Link}}
| align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link]
| align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/1901.aspx Link]
| 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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|style="background:whitesmoke"|1760
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Partially nominal census (Trois-Rivières)
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1584557|Link}}
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c13994/381?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| 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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|style="background:white"|1761
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1891'''
|style="background:white"|List of Acadians inhabiting from Gaspay to Bay Verte not surrendered at Fort Cumberland, 8 Nov. 1761
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12838/1855?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1583536|Link}}
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/1891.aspx 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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|style="background:whitesmoke"|1764
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|A list of Protestant house keepers in Montreal
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c11888/627?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| 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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|style="background:white"|1765
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1881'''
|style="background:white"|Bécancour, Gentilly, St-Pierre-les-Bequets, Ste-Anne, Rivière Bastican, Côte de Batiscan, Champlain, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, partially nominal
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c2997/556?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1804541|Link}}
| align="center" | -  
| 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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|style="background:whitesmoke"|1765
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|A list of Protestant house keepers in Montreal
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" |{{RecordSearch|1804541|Link}}
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c11888/627?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| 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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|style="background:white"|1765
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1871'''
|style="background:white"|Census of Montréal et des Trois-Rivières, partially nominal
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://archive.org/details/rapport14queb/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater Archive.org] - images (report)
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1551612|Link}}
| align="center" | -  
| 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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|style="background:whitesmoke"|1765
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Return of protestant inhabitants in the district of Montreal
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3023/383?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| 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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|style="background:white"|1766
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1861''' Provincial
|style="background:white"|List of English merchants and residents in Quebec
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3023/380?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1460173|Link}}
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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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|style="background:whitesmoke"|1766
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|List of merchants and inhabitants of Montreal
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3023/381?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| 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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|style="background:white"|1766 to 1787
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1851/52'''
|style="background:white"|Annual alphabetical lists of persons married, baptized and buried in the parish of Montreal
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3023/394?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1325192|Link}}
| align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link]
| align="center" | -
| 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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|style="background:whitesmoke"|1769 to 1772
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Nominal lists of the householders in the town and suburbs of Quebec found within the accounts of the Inspector of Chimneys
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1758/7?r=0&s=3 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
| 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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|style="background:white"|1778 to 1787
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1842'''
|style="background:white"|Lists of Loyalist families (head of families) receiving provisions in the Province of Quebec, especially the Montreal district
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1475/4?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1834340|Link}}
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/recensements/1842-canada-est/Pages/1842-canada-est.aspx Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=9808 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=9808 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=9808 Link]
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|style="background:whitesmoke"|1784
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|List of inhabitants at Tracadièche
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/58532?availability=Family%20History%20Library Link]
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1741/910?r=0&s=3 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/recensements/1842-canada-est/Pages/1842-canada-est.aspx Link]
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=9808 Link]
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=9808 Link]
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=9808 Link]
|-
|-
|style="background:white"|1784
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1831'''
|style="background:white"|Roll of the Loyalists in the township of Paspebiac. Names of heads of households
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1741/955?r=0&s=3 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/recensements/1831/Pages/propos-recensement.aspx Link]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1785
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|A list of English inhabitants of the City of Montreal
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3000/1066?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/recensements/1831/Pages/propos-recensement.aspx Link]
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
|-
|-
|style="background:white"|1785
| align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1825'''
|style="background:white"|A list of English and French inhabitants of the City of Quebec
| indexes
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3000/1074?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1834346|Link}}
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/recensements/1825/Pages/1825.aspx Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=9807 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=9807 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=9807 Link]
|-
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1792
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Partially nominal census of the parish of Quebec
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1834346|access=browse|Link}}
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c2897/460?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/recensements/1825/Pages/1825.aspx Link]
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=9807 Link]
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=9807 Link]
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=9807 Link]
|-
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|style="background:white"|1795
| bgcolor="#99cccc" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|style="background:white"|Partially nominal census of the parish of Quebec
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Family Search'''
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c2897/536?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| 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'''
|-
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1798
| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Partially nominal census of the parish of Quebec
| width="46%" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c2897/603?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
| bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" colspan="1" | '''Pay'''
|}
 
== Provincial Censuses  ==
 
There are many early census records for the province of Québec. Most censuses from 1792 to 1842 list only the head of the household. Those censuses can help you find where families with a particular surname were living.  
 
=== Province of Québec  ===
 
{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
|-
|style="background:white"|1805
| Census Years: <br>
|style="background:white"|Partially nominal census of the parish of Quebec
| Listed:
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c2897/692?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
|-
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1811
|  
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Persons liable to serve on juries residing in the town and banlieu of Montreal
*[https://archive.org/stream/rapport13queb#page/2/mode/2up 1666],  [https://archive.org/stream/HistoireDesCanadiens-franais4/canada_francais_4#page/n101/mode/2up 1667],  [http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayEcopies&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2318858&title=%5BRecensement+du+Canada+fait+par+l%27intendant+Du+Chesneau.+Nominatif%3A+familles%2C+...%5D.&ecopy=e001342837 1681]. Also at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/58519?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch, 111-1681]
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1758/172?r=0&s=3 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/rapport14queb#page/112/mode/2up 1762]
|
All members of the household. <br>
All members of the household.
|}
 
=== City of Québec  ===
 
{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
|-
|style="background:white"|1813
| Census Years: <br>
|style="background:white"|Assessments for the year 1813
| Listed:
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1758/189?r=0&s=3 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|-
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1815 and 1816
| 1716, 1744
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Partially nominal census of the parish of Quebec
| All members of the household
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c2897/803?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images (transcription)
|-
|-
|style="background:white"|1815
| 1792, 1795, 1798, 1805
|style="background:white"|Census of the City of Montreal
| Head of household only
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1758/216?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|}
 
=== Montréal  ===
 
{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1817
| Census Years:  
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Census of the Valcartier settlement
| Listed:
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c15786/1244?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|-
|-
|style="background:white"|1819
| [https://archive.org/stream/rapport19queb#page/n21/mode/2up 1731]  
|style="background:white"|Census of the Valcartier settlement
| Head of household only
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c15786/1285?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|}
|-
 
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1825
=== Trois-Riviéres  ===
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Lower Canada
 
|style="background:whitesmoke"|{{RecordSearch|1834346|FamilySearch}}
{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders"
----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - index & images
|-
|-
|style="background:white"|1819
| Census Years: <br>
|style="background:white"|Census of the Valcartier settlement
| Listed:
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c15786/1285?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1830
|style="background:whitesmoke"|A census of the population of the Seigniories of Foucault, Noyan and Sabrevois
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1758/152?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] -  images
|-
|style="background:white"|1831
|style="background:white"|Partially nominative census covering the Montreal area
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5941/8?r=0&s=1 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1831
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Lower Canada
|style="background:whitesmoke"|{{RecordSearch|1834329|FamilySearch}} - index & images
----
[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - index & images
|-
|style="background:white"|1832 to 1835
|style="background:white"|City and banlieu of Montreal, nominal lists
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1758/257?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1832 to 1835
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Montreal District, nominal lists (French)
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1758/285?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|-
|style="background:white"|1832 to 1835
|style="background:white"|Montreal District, nominal lists (English)
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1758/317?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1833 and 1834
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Montreal District, list of jurors
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1758/304?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|-
|style="background:white"|1833 to 1835
|style="background:white"|Montreal District, General list of persons qualified to serve as Petit Jurors in the Courts
|style="background:white"|[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1758/342?r=0&s=2 Canadiana Hèritage] - images
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1842
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Lower Canada
|style="background:whitesmoke"|{{RecordSearch|1834340|FamilySearch}} - index & images
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9808/ Ancestry] - index & images
----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - index & images
|-
|-
| 1760–1762 <br>
| Head of household only
|}
|}
</div>


===Non-population Schedules===
=== Trois-Riviéres, Montréal, and surrounding areas  ===
{| class="wikitable" width= flexible style"
 
|-
{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders"
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:100%"|'''1871 Mortality Schedule'''
|-
|-
|{{RecordSearch|1554429|FamilySearch}}; index & images
| Census Years: <br>
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61498/ Ancestry.com]; index ($)
| Listed:
|-
|-
| 1765
| Head of household only
|}
|}


==Additional Resources==
===Provincial Censuses===
*[http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/symb-ab-acr-eng.cfm Abbreviations and Acronyms in Canadian censuses] at Statistics Canada
 
*In Canada, some censuses were enumerated in French, English or both languages. [[French Genealogical Word List]]
Early provincial censuses are available in the following sources:
 
'''''Nouvelle-France. Recensements, 1666–1681''''' (Censuses 1666–1681). Archives Publiques du Canada série G1, C-2474. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.: Service Central du Microfilm, Archives Publiques du Canada, 1966. (Family History Library {{FHL|58519|title-id|disp=film 1375924}}.) Text in French. Contains census records for 1666, 1667, and 1681.
 
''Recensements du Québec'' (Census of Québec). Seven Volumes. [n.p., 198-?] (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 X2r|disp=book 971.4 X2r}}; on 19 Family History Library {{FHL|368207|title-id|disp=fiche 6046792}}.) Text in French. Contains selected census records from 1666 to 1805.
 
Charbonneau, Hubert, and Jacques Légaré, eds. ''Répertoire des actes de baptême, mariage, sépulture et des recensements du Québec ancien'' ''(Transcriptions of Church Records of Christening, Marriage and Burial and of Censuses of Old Québec)''. 47 Volumes. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1980–1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 K22r|disp=book 971.4 K22r}}.) Text in French. Contains indexed transcriptions from original records. Volume 6 includes the 1666, 1667, and 1681 censuses; volume 8 includes the 1716 census; and volume 16 includes the 1744 census.
 
The following is an explanation in English to the Répertoire:
 
''Key to the Repertory''. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1980?. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 K22r|disp=book 971.4 K22r}} supp..)
 
'''Québec (Province). ''Census of Lower Canada'' [now Québec], 1825'''. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Public Archives of Canada, 1954. (Family History Library {{FHL|180166|title-id|disp=film 584016–17}}.) Contains the 1825 census for southern Québec.
 
'''''Lower Canada. Census Returns, 1831'''''. Public Archives of Canada no. C-719 - C-724. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Public Archives of Canada, 1954. Contains the 1831 census for southern Québec. {{RecordSearch|1834329}} Online digitial images – free. This collection is not indexed and must be searched by County or District, and then by sub-district. Heads of household are listed with marks for the number of family members in various age categories. The listing also includes occupation, religion, land usage, and agricultural production. {{FHL|58529|title-id|disp=FHL Film 1375925–30}} [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Lower_Canada_Census_1831_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Learn more about this census record.]
 
'''''Lower Canada. Census Returns, 1842'''''. Public Archives of Canada number C-725 - C-733. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Public Archives of Canada, 1954. (Family History Library {{FHL|item|58532|disp=film 1375931–39}}.) Contains the 1842 census for southern Québec.
 
Private researchers have indexed early censuses and other sources for the Eastern Townships region. For information, contact the Librarian of the Québec Family History Society (see [[Quebec Societies]]).
 
Provincial censuses were taken for '''Canada East (southern Québec) in 1851 and 1861'''. (The 1851 census was actually taken in 1852.) The censuses list all the members of the household. Some sections were lost, and there is no index for the entire province. National Archives of Canada microfilm numbers for these censuses are also available in Thomas A. Hillman, ''Catalogue of Census Returns on Microfilm = Catalogue de Recensements sur microfilm, 1666–1891'' (see "National Censuses" on the previous page).
 
== Other Sources ==
 
Another useful source for finding census records for Québec is:
 
Reisinger, Joy. "''Published Census Returns of Québec." Lost in Canada?: Canadian-American Query Exchange 17, number 3''(summer 1994): 134–36. (Family History Library {{FHL|92996|title-id|disp=book 971 B2c; fiche 6048073}}.) Extensive bibliography of printed censuses and lists of settlers, 1608–1825.
 
==== Voters Lists  ====
 
The Archives holds the records of the Chief Electoral Officer for Canada (RG 113) which include lists of voters prepared during Federal election years since 1935. Available on microfilm, they are arranged by '''electoral district'''. See ''Tracing Your Ancestors in Canada'', page 17. The ANQ holds some Poll Books, most would be at regional branches.
 
==== National Registration  ====
 
Also by '''electoral district and polling division''' are the 1940 National Registration Records are held by Statistics Canada. Having been compiled under the War Measures Act, once a person has been dead for twenty years, or was born over 110 years ago, these can be released - for a fairly hefty fee. There are a number of caveats , but for anyone over 16 in 1940, or who turned 16 in the next few years, it is a fairly recently available source with a great deal of information.
 
== References ==
 
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'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''


==References==
[[Quebec Census, 1861 - FamilySearch Historical Records|Quebec Census, 1861 - FamilySearch Historical Records]]  
[[Category:Canada Census]]


[[Category:Quebec Census]]
[[Category:Quebec Census]]

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Provincial Censuses[edit | edit source]

There are many early census records for the province of Québec. Most censuses from 1792 to 1842 list only the head of the household. Those censuses can help you find where families with a particular surname were living.

Province of Québec[edit | edit source]

Census Years:
Listed:

All members of the household.
All members of the household.

City of Québec[edit | edit source]

Census Years:
Listed:
1716, 1744 All members of the household
1792, 1795, 1798, 1805 Head of household only

Montréal[edit | edit source]

Census Years: Listed:
1731 Head of household only

Trois-Riviéres[edit | edit source]

Census Years:
Listed:
1760–1762
Head of household only

Trois-Riviéres, Montréal, and surrounding areas[edit | edit source]

Census Years:
Listed:
1765 Head of household only

Provincial Censuses[edit | edit source]

Early provincial censuses are available in the following sources:

Nouvelle-France. Recensements, 1666–1681 (Censuses 1666–1681). Archives Publiques du Canada série G1, C-2474. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.: Service Central du Microfilm, Archives Publiques du Canada, 1966. (Family History Library film 1375924.) Text in French. Contains census records for 1666, 1667, and 1681.

Recensements du Québec (Census of Québec). Seven Volumes. [n.p., 198-?] (Family History Library book 971.4 X2r; on 19 Family History Library fiche 6046792.) Text in French. Contains selected census records from 1666 to 1805.

Charbonneau, Hubert, and Jacques Légaré, eds. Répertoire des actes de baptême, mariage, sépulture et des recensements du Québec ancien (Transcriptions of Church Records of Christening, Marriage and Burial and of Censuses of Old Québec). 47 Volumes. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1980–1990. (Family History Library book 971.4 K22r.) Text in French. Contains indexed transcriptions from original records. Volume 6 includes the 1666, 1667, and 1681 censuses; volume 8 includes the 1716 census; and volume 16 includes the 1744 census.

The following is an explanation in English to the Répertoire:

Key to the Repertory. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1980?. (Family History Library book 971.4 K22r supp..)

Québec (Province). Census of Lower Canada [now Québec], 1825. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Public Archives of Canada, 1954. (Family History Library film 584016–17.) Contains the 1825 census for southern Québec.

Lower Canada. Census Returns, 1831. Public Archives of Canada no. C-719 - C-724. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Public Archives of Canada, 1954. Contains the 1831 census for southern Québec. Record Collection 1834329 Online digitial images – free. This collection is not indexed and must be searched by County or District, and then by sub-district. Heads of household are listed with marks for the number of family members in various age categories. The listing also includes occupation, religion, land usage, and agricultural production. FHL Film 1375925–30 Learn more about this census record.

Lower Canada. Census Returns, 1842. Public Archives of Canada number C-725 - C-733. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Public Archives of Canada, 1954. (Family History Library film 1375931–39.) Contains the 1842 census for southern Québec.

Private researchers have indexed early censuses and other sources for the Eastern Townships region. For information, contact the Librarian of the Québec Family History Society (see Quebec Societies).

Provincial censuses were taken for Canada East (southern Québec) in 1851 and 1861. (The 1851 census was actually taken in 1852.) The censuses list all the members of the household. Some sections were lost, and there is no index for the entire province. National Archives of Canada microfilm numbers for these censuses are also available in Thomas A. Hillman, Catalogue of Census Returns on Microfilm = Catalogue de Recensements sur microfilm, 1666–1891 (see "National Censuses" on the previous page).

Other Sources[edit | edit source]

Another useful source for finding census records for Québec is:

Reisinger, Joy. "Published Census Returns of Québec." Lost in Canada?: Canadian-American Query Exchange 17, number 3(summer 1994): 134–36. (Family History Library book 971 B2c; fiche 6048073.) Extensive bibliography of printed censuses and lists of settlers, 1608–1825.

Voters Lists[edit | edit source]

The Archives holds the records of the Chief Electoral Officer for Canada (RG 113) which include lists of voters prepared during Federal election years since 1935. Available on microfilm, they are arranged by electoral district. See Tracing Your Ancestors in Canada, page 17. The ANQ holds some Poll Books, most would be at regional branches.

National Registration[edit | edit source]

Also by electoral district and polling division are the 1940 National Registration Records are held by Statistics Canada. Having been compiled under the War Measures Act, once a person has been dead for twenty years, or was born over 110 years ago, these can be released - for a fairly hefty fee. There are a number of caveats , but for anyone over 16 in 1940, or who turned 16 in the next few years, it is a fairly recently available source with a great deal of information.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. FamilySearch, a free online service of the Family History Library.
  2. Automated Genealogy, a free online service includes links to free images found at the Library and Archives Canada.
  3. Library Archives Canada, a free online service includes links to free images and partial indexes found at the Library and Archives Canada.
  4. 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 FHL edition free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a slightly smaller Library edition free only at some public libraries, and (3) a Home edition subscription service for individuals.
  5. 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 FHL edition free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a slightly smaller Library edition free only at some public libraries, and (3) a Home edition subscription service for individuals.
  6. 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 FHL edition free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a slightly smaller Library edition free only at some public libraries, and (3) a Home edition subscription service for individuals.


A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Quebec Census, 1861 - FamilySearch Historical Records