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Alberta in Canadian Censuses[edit | edit source]

Population Schedules - Online Records[edit | edit source]

Alberta was first included in the Canada census in 1881 and all the censuses thereafter.

Links to all Canada Census
Library and Archives of Canada - more census 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 ($) Library and Archives of Canada; images Only

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

Alberta was included in the 1906, 1916, and 1926 Northwest and Prairie Province enumerations.

1906 Northwest Provinces Census	1916 Prairie Provinces Census	1926 Prairie Provinces Census
FamilySearch; index only Ancestry ($) MyHeritage ($) Library and Archives of Canada	FamilySearch Ancestry ($) MyHeritage ($)	FamilySearch Library and Archives of Canada

More Information[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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-===Online Records===
-*'''1901''': [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8826/ 1901 Census of Canada] at Ancestry.com ($) - index and images
-*'''1926''': {{RecordSearch|3005862|Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926}}, index and images.
-*[http://www.census-online.com/links/Canada/AB/ http://www.census-online.com/links/Canada/AB/]
-==Historical Background==
+<br>{{TOC left}}
-*The first censuses of Canada for Alberta, taken in 1891 and 1901, included Alberta the Northwest Territories. Censuses were taken every 10 years after that.
+{| style="float:right;
-*Agricultural censuses of the Prairie Provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) have been taken every ten years since 1906.
+|-
-{{Alberta}}
+|<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Canada Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div>
+|}
+<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
+==Alberta in Canadian Censuses==
+===Population Schedules - Online Records===
+Alberta was first included in the Canada census in 1881 and all the censuses thereafter. <br>
+*[[Canada Census|Links to all Canada Census]]
+*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx Library and Archives of Canada] - more census information
-[[Category:Alberta, Canada]] [[Category:Canada Census]]
+{| class="wikitable" width="70%" style="display: inline-table;"
+|-
+!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"|'''1881'''
+!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"|'''1891'''
+!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"|'''1901'''
+|-
+|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1804541|FamilySearch}}
+----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1577/ Ancestry.com] ($)
+----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1881 Findmypast.com] ($)
+----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/1881.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]
+|style="vertical-align:top"|FamilySearch; {{RecordSearch|1583536|index}} and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/484467?availability=Family%20History%20Library images]
+----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1274/ Ancestry.com] ($)
+----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1891 Findmypast.com] ($)
+----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/1891.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]
+|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1584557|FamilySearch}}
+----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8826/ Ancestry.com] ($)
+----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1901 Findmypast.com] ($)
+----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/1901.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]
+|}
+{| class="wikitable" width="70%" style="display: inline-table;"
+|-
+!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"|'''1911'''
+!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"|'''1921'''
+!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"|'''1931'''
+|-
+|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|2143998|FamilySearch}}
+----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8947/ Ancestry.com] ($)
+----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1911 Findmypast.com] ($)
+----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/1911.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]
+|style="vertical-align:top"|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8991/ Ancestry.com] ($)
+----[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10690/1921-canada-census MyHeritage.com] ($)
+----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/search.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]
+|style="vertical-align:top"|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62640/ Ancestry.com] ($)
+----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Census/Index Library and Archives of Canada]; images Only
+|}
+====Local, Territory, and Province Censuses====
+Alberta was included in the 1906, 1916, and 1926 Northwest and Prairie Province enumerations.
+{| class="wikitable" width= 70%"
+|-
+!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"|'''1906 Northwest<br> Provinces Census'''
+!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"|'''1916 Prairie<br> Provinces Census'''
+!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:33%"|'''1926 Prairie<br> Provinces Census'''
+|-
+|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1584925|FamilySearch}}; index only
+----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8827/ Ancestry] ($)
+----[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10457/1906-canada-census-of-alberta-saskatchewan-manitoba MyHeritage] ($)
+----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1906/Pages/1906.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]
+|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1529118|FamilySearch}}
+----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1556/ Ancestry] ($)
+----[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10458/1916-canada-census-of-alberta-saskatchewan-manitoba MyHeritage] ($)
+|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|3005862|FamilySearch}}
+----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1926/Pages/search.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]
+|-
+|}
+==More Information==
+*[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==
+[[Category:Canada Census]]
+[[Category:Alberta, Canada]]