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The [[Portal:Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia]] censuses before 1703 are helpful in providing a deceased person's name, age, and relatives. The censuses from 1703 to 1861 list only the head of each household, with a few exceptions. The more useful local censuses are listed below:  
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1671


Acadia: lists names, ages, and places of origin.  
==Nova Scotia in the Canadian Censuses==
===Population Schedules - Online Records===
Nova Scotia was included in the first Canadian Census in 1871 and every 10 years following. From 1671 to 1755, Nova Scotians were included in the Acadian census. Parts of Nova Scotia were included in various town census thereafter. In 1851 and 1861, Nova Scotia was included in the census of the Province of Canada. In 1867, Nova Scotia became a province of the Dominion of Canada and was included in the 1871 and all subsequent Canadian censuses.


1686
*[[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
*1851 and 1861 Censuses for Nova Scotia are head of household only


Acadia: lists names, ages, and animals.  
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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'''
|-
|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]
|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|1460163|FamilySearch}} - Nova Scotia Only
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1570/ Ancestry.com]
----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1861 Findmypast.com]
|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]
|-
|}


1693
{| class="wikitable" width= "70%" style="display: inline-table;"
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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]
|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]
|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]
|-
|}


Acadia: lists names, ages, and animals.
{| class="wikitable" width= "70%" style="display: inline-table;"
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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]
|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]
| 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
|}


1698
====Local, Territory, and Province Censuses====
Province censuses are census records that were taken at the province level. Province censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing Canada censuses.


Acadia: lists names, ages, and animals.  
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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-cajun.com/1678cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1686
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1686cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1693
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1693cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1695
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1695cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1698
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1698cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1700
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1700cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1701
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1701cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1703
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1703cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1707
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1707cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1714
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1714cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1751/52
|style="background:lightgrey"|Acadian census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1732cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:white"|1752
|style="background:white"|Acadian census
|style="background:white"|[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1752cens.htm Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" |1752
|style="background:lightgrey"|La Roque's census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/1752laroque.pdf Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - transcription<br>
|-
|style="background:white"  |1755
|style="background:white" |Arcadian census
|style="background:white" |[http://www.acadian-home.org/census1755.html/1752laroque.pdf Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home] - images<br>
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" |1760
|style="background:lightgrey" |Registouche census
|style="background:lightgrey" |[http://www.acadian-home.org/Restigouche.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home]
|-
|style="background:white" |1761
|style="background:white" |Gaspesie Refugees
|style="background:white" |[http://www.acadian-home.org/Census1761-Gaspesie-Refugees.html Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" |1761
|style="background:lightgrey" |Sackville Settlement
|style="background:lightgrey" |[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201761%20Sackville.htm NB GenWeb Project]
|-
|style="background:white" |1765
|style="background:white"" |Sackville Settlement
|style="background:white" |[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201765%20Sackville.htm NB GenWeb Project]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1770-1795, 1827, 1838
|style="background:lightgrey"| Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8809/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|style="background:white"|1770-1841
|style="background:white" |Nova Scotia Census, Property Assessments and Poll Taxes
|style="background:white"|[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20220/canada-nova-scotia-census-property-assessments-poll-taxes-1770-1841?s=275764761 MyHeritage]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1770
|style="background:lightgrey"| Nova Scotia 1770 Census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/28981/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|style="background:white"|1770
|style="background:white" |Conway, Sunbury County census
|style="background:white"|[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/NB_Census_1770Conway.htm NB GenWeb] - transcription
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1770
|style="background:lightgrey"|Hillsborough and Sackville census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/nscensus1770.html NB GenWeb]
|-
|style="background:white"|1827
|style="background:white"|Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838
|style="background:white" |[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8809/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1838
|style="background:lightgrey"|Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8809/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|}
</div>


1701
===Non-population Schedules===
{| class="wikitable" width= 30%"
|-
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:100%"|'''1871 Mortality Schedule'''
|-
|{{RecordSearch|1554429|FamilySearch}}; index and images
----
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61498/ Ancestry.com]; index ($)
|-
|}


Acadia: lists names, ages, and animals.  
==Additional Resources==
*In Canada, some censuses were enumerated in French, English or both languages. [[French Genealogical Word List]]{{Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia}}


1752
[[Category:Nova Scotia, Canada]]
 
Ile Royal: lists names, ages, and places of origin.
 
1752
 
Halifax: lists head of household.
 
1770
 
<br>Many counties: lists head of household. This census has been published in:
 
Richard, Bernice C., Nova Scotia 1770 Census, Some 1773 and 1787 . . . Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society, 1972. (Family History Library&nbsp;{{FHL|201577|title-id|disp=book 971.6 A1 #18}} {{FHL|201577|title-id|disp=film 962273 item 10}} )
 
1817
 
A few counties: lists head of household.
 
1818
 
Part of Cape Brenton Island.
 
1827
 
Many counties: lists head of household. It has been published.
 
1838
 
Most of the province: lists head of household.
 
1851
 
Only Kings, Halifax, and Pictou counties: lists head of household. An index has been published for Kings, Halifax counties (Family History Library&nbsp;{{FHL|429294|title-id|disp=book 971.6 X22n}}; ). There is also an index for Pictou county (Family History Library&nbsp;{{FHL|377170|title-id|disp=book 971.613 X29p}}).
 
1861
 
Whole province: lists head of household.
 
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Nova_Scotia_Census_1861_Index Nova Scotia 1861 Census]--This is a wiki article that describes a collection that is posted for free online at FamilySearech Record Search--=Piolet Site.
 
1871,1881
 
Whole province: lists all household members. The census gives each person's name, sex, age, country or province of birth, religion, occupation, and marital status. (1871 is incomplete for Shelburne County.)
 
1891
 
Lists all household members. The census lists each person's name, sex, age, marital status, relation to head of family, country or province of birth, French-Canadian descendency, place of birth of father, place of birth of mother, religion, and occupation.
 
1901
 
Lists all household members. The census lists each person's name, sex, color, relation to head of family, marital status, date of birth, country or province of birth, age at census, year of immigration to Canada, year of naturalization, nationality, religion, occupation, and native language.
 
Censuses from 1911 to the present are not available to the public.
 
A source for early censuses is:
 
*Trahan, Charles C., ''Acadian Census, 1671–1752''. Rayne, La.: Hebert Publications, 1994. (Family History Library&nbsp;{{FHL|697071|title-id|disp=book 971.5 X2t}}) Acadia covered what is now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
 
{{Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia}}
 
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Nova Scotia in the Canadian Censuses

Population Schedules - Online Records

Nova Scotia was included in the first Canadian Census in 1871 and every 10 years following. From 1671 to 1755, Nova Scotians were included in the Acadian census. Parts of Nova Scotia were included in various town census thereafter. In 1851 and 1861, Nova Scotia was included in the census of the Province of Canada. In 1867, Nova Scotia became a province of the Dominion of Canada and was included in the 1871 and all subsequent Canadian censuses.

1851 1861 1871
FamilySearch
Ancestry.com
Findmypast.com 		FamilySearch - Nova Scotia Only
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Findmypast.com
1881 1891 1901
FamilySearch
Ancestry.com
Findmypast.com 		FamilySearch; index and images
Ancestry.com
Findmypast.com 		FamilySearch
Ancestry.com
Findmypast.com
1911 1921 1931
FamilySearch
Ancestry.com
Findmypast.com 		Ancestry.com
MyHeritage.com 		Ancestry.com ($)
Library and Archives of Canada; images Only

Local, Territory, and Province Censuses

Province censuses are census records that were taken at the province level. Province censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing Canada censuses.

Year Type of Census Links
1671 Acadian census Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1678 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1686 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1693 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1695 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1698 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1700 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1701 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1703 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1707 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1714 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1751/52 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1752 Acadian census Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History - transcription
1752 La Roque's census Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1755 Arcadian census Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - images
1760 Registouche census Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home
1761 Gaspesie Refugees Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home
1761 Sackville Settlement NB GenWeb Project
1765 Sackville Settlement NB GenWeb Project
1770-1795, 1827, 1838 Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838 Ancestry ($)
1770-1841 Nova Scotia Census, Property Assessments and Poll Taxes MyHeritage
1770 Nova Scotia 1770 Census Ancestry ($)
1770 Conway, Sunbury County census NB GenWeb - transcription
1770 Hillsborough and Sackville census NB GenWeb
1827 Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838 Ancestry ($)
1838 Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838 Ancestry ($)

Non-population Schedules

1871 Mortality Schedule
FamilySearch; index and images

Ancestry.com; index ($)

Additional Resources

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