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British Columbia in the Canada Censuses[edit | edit source]

Population Schedules - Online Records[edit | edit source]

British Columbia became a part of Canada in 1871 and the first Canadian census to include British Columbia was in 1881.

More Canada Census databases and information

1881	1891	1901
FamilySearch Ancestry.com ($) Findmypast.com ($) Library and Archives of Canada	FamilySearch; index and images Ancestry.com ($) Findmypast.com ($) Library and Archives of Canada	FamilySearch Ancestry.com ($) Findmypast.com ($) Library and Archives of Canada

1911	1921	1931
FamilySearch Ancestry.com ($) Findmypast.com ($) Library and Archives of Canada	Ancestry.com ($) MyHeritage.com ($) Library and Archives of Canada	Ancestry.com ($); images Library and Archives of Canada; images

Local, Territory, and Province Censuses[edit | edit source]

Victoria 1891 Check Census
viHistory - index

More Information[edit | edit source]

Canada Censuses and Information
Abbreviations and Acronyms in Canadian censuses at Statistics Canada
Canadian Censuses at Library and Archives of Canada.
In Canada, some censuses were enumerated in French, English or both languages. French Genealogical Word List

References[edit | edit source]

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