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The early New Brunswick censuses which list names are basically Acadian French censuses. They provide relationships, ages, and names. They were taken in the years 1671, 1686, 1693, 1695, 1698, and 1701. The censuses of 1703 and 1707 provide the names of heads of households.
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==New Brunswick in the Canadian Censuses==
The rest of the censuses are as follows:
===Population Schedules - Online Records===
In 1851 and 1861, New Brunswick was included in the census of the Province of Canada. It was also included in the first Canadian Census in 1871 and every 10 years following.
*[[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


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'''1714'''  Head of household (for Acadia and Des Mines)
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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|1325208|FamilySearch}} - New Brunswick 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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'''1714  '''Names are listed (for the Parish of Beaubassin only)
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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'''
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|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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'''1731,1733'''  Head of household in Acadia
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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'''
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|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 Only
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For more information about these censuses, visit [https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada].
'''1739'''  Head of household (all Acadia and part of the St. John River valley)


====Local, Territory, and Province Censuses====
'''1762,1763,1767'''  Enumeration (counting) of inhabitants only
From 1671 to 1752, it was included on the Acadian cenus. Between 1773 and 1848, New Brunswick took its own census. Prior to its establishment in 1784, it was also included in the Nova Scotia census as Sunbury & northern Cumberland Counties.


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'''1783'''  Head of household (St. John River valley)
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5%;" | Year
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:25%;" | Type of Census
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:40%;"| Links
|-
|style="background:white"|1671
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1671.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1678
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1678.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1686
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1686.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1693
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1693.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1695
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1695.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1698
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1698.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1700
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1700.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1701
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1701.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1703
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1703.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1707
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1707.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1714
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1714.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1751/52
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1751.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1752
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1752.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" |1755
|style="background:lightgrey"|Arcadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1755.html/1752laroque.pdf Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - images<br>
|-
|style="background:white" |1760
|style="background:white" |Registouche census
|style="background:white" |[http://www.acadian-home.org/Restigouche.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" |1761
|style="background:lightgrey" |Gaspesie Refugees
|style="background:lightgrey" |[http://www.acadian-home.org/Census1761-Gaspesie-Refugees.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home]
|-
|style="background:white" |1761
|style="background:white" |Sackville Settlement
|style="background:white" |[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201761%20Sackville.htm NB GenWeb Project]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" |1765
|style="background:lightgrey" |Sackville Settlement
|style="background:lightgrey" |[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201765%20Sackville.htm NB GenWeb Project]
|-
|style="background:white"|1770
|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census (Hillsborough and Sackville)
|style="background:white"|[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/nscensus1770.html NB GenWeb]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1770
|style="background:lightgrey" |New Brunswick census (Conway, Sunbury County)
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/NB_Census_1770Conway.htm NB GenWeb] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1786
|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census (Colonel Spray's Land)
|style="background:white"|[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbqueens/land.htm  NB GenWeb]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" |1788
|style="background:lightgrey" |New Brunswick census (Moncton)
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201788%20Moncton.htm NB GenWeb]
|-
|style="background:white"|1803
|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census (Sackville Parish)
|style="background:white"|[https://libraryguides.mta.ca/ld.php?content_id=35193792 Mount Allison University] - images
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1820-1824
|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census (Westmorland County)
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201820-24%20Westmorland.htm NB GenWeb] - transription
|-
|style="background:white" |1820
|style="background:white" |New Brunswick census (Shediac, York Co., Madawaska Settlements, Sackville Parish)
|style="background:white"|[https://www.upperstjohn.com/1820/index.htm Upper St. John River Valley]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1822
|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census (Military Settlement, Kent Parish)
|style="background:lightgrey" |[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbcarlet/Cleadie8.htm NB GenWeb]
|-
|style="background:white"|1830
|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census (York Co., Madawaska Settlements)
|style="background:white" |[https://www.upperstjohn.com/1830/index.htm Upper St. John] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" |1833
|style="background:lightgrey" |New Brunswick census (Madawaska Settlements)
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.upperstjohn.com/1833/index.htm Upper St. John]
|-
|style="background:white"|1837
|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census (Madawaska Settlements, St. Andrews Road, Charlotte County)
|style="background:white" |[https://www.upperstjohn.com/aroostook/1837.htm Upper St. John] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1851
|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/censusnb51/index.html Automated Genealogy] - index
|-
|style="background:white"|1871
|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census
|style="background:white" |[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - index
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1881
|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - index & images
|-
|style="background:white"|1885
|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census (RC Parish of St. Vincent Ferrier, Sackville, Westmorland County)
|style="background:white"|[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201885%20RC%20of%20Sackville.htm NB GenWeb] - index
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1891
|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - index & images
|-
|style="background:white"|1901
|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/Province.jsp?province=NB Automated Genealogy] - index
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1911
|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/Province.jsp?province=New+Brunswick Automated Genealogy] - index & images
|-
|style="background:white"|1921
|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census21/index.jsp Automated Genealogy] - index
|-
|}
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===Non-population Schedules - Online Records===
'''1803 ''' Head of household (Prince William parish, Hopewell, Sackville, and Westmorland)
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:100%"|'''1871 Mortality Schedule'''
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|{{RecordSearch|1554429|FamilySearch}}; index & images
----
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61498/ Ancestry.com]; index ($)
|-
|}


==More Information==
'''1820'''  Head of household (Botsford, Dorchester)
*[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]]


==References==
'''1821'''  Head of household and wife (Grand Manan)
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'''1851 ''' Names, ages, occupations, year entered colony are listed (whole province)


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'''1861,1871'''  Names, ages, occupations, religion, etc., are listed (whole province)


{{New Brunswick}}
'''1881,1891'''  Names, ages, occupations, religion, etc., are listed (whole province)


[[Category:New Brunswick, Canada]]
'''1901'''  Names, ages, occupations, religion, etc., are listed (whole province)
 
The censuses for 1851–1881 are not all complete. Returns for some parishes and sometimes whole counties have not survived. A list of the surviving census returns can be found in Robert F. Fellows' ''Researching Your Ancestors in New Brunswick'' pages 128–144 and ''Genealogist's Handbook for Atlantic Canada Research'' edited by Terrence M. Punch, pages 7–12. These censuses are available at the National Archives of Canada, the Family History Library, and local Family History Centers. Many of the earlier censuses have been compiled in various genealogical periodicals.
 
=== Web Sites ===
 
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/
 
[http://www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org]

Revision as of 13:56, 14 December 2007

The early New Brunswick censuses which list names are basically Acadian French censuses. They provide relationships, ages, and names. They were taken in the years 1671, 1686, 1693, 1695, 1698, and 1701. The censuses of 1703 and 1707 provide the names of heads of households.

The rest of the censuses are as follows:

1714  Head of household (for Acadia and Des Mines)

1714  Names are listed (for the Parish of Beaubassin only)

1731,1733  Head of household in Acadia

1739  Head of household (all Acadia and part of the St. John River valley)

1762,1763,1767  Enumeration (counting) of inhabitants only

1783  Head of household (St. John River valley)

1803  Head of household (Prince William parish, Hopewell, Sackville, and Westmorland)

1820  Head of household (Botsford, Dorchester)

1821  Head of household and wife (Grand Manan)

1851  Names, ages, occupations, year entered colony are listed (whole province)

1861,1871  Names, ages, occupations, religion, etc., are listed (whole province)

1881,1891  Names, ages, occupations, religion, etc., are listed (whole province)

1901  Names, ages, occupations, religion, etc., are listed (whole province)

The censuses for 1851–1881 are not all complete. Returns for some parishes and sometimes whole counties have not survived. A list of the surviving census returns can be found in Robert F. Fellows' Researching Your Ancestors in New Brunswick pages 128–144 and Genealogist's Handbook for Atlantic Canada Research edited by Terrence M. Punch, pages 7–12. These censuses are available at the National Archives of Canada, the Family History Library, and local Family History Centers. Many of the earlier censuses have been compiled in various genealogical periodicals.

Web Sites[edit | edit source]

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/

www.familysearch.org