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British Columbia in the Canadian Censuses

Population Schedules - Online Records

British Columbia became a part of Canada in 1871 and the first Canadian census to include British Columbia was in 1881. It was included in all censuses thereafter.

• Links to all Canada Census
• Library and Archives of Canada - more census information

1881	1891	1901
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1911	1921	1931
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Local, Territory, and Province Censuses

Victoria 1891 Check Census
viHistory - index

More Information

• 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

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