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New Brunswick in the Canadian Censuses[edit | edit source]

Population Schedules - Online Records[edit | edit source]

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.

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

1851	1861	1871
FamilySearch Ancestry.com Findmypast.com Library and Archives of Canada	FamilySearch - New Brunswick only Ancestry.com Findmypast.com Library and Archives of Canada	FamilySearch Ancestry.com Findmypast.com Library and Archives of Canada

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	FamilySearch Ancestry.com ($) MyHeritage.com Library and Archives of Canada	FamilySearch Ancestry.com ($) Library and Archives of Canada; images Only

For more information about these censuses, visit Library and Archives of Canada.

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

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.

Year	Type of Census	Links
1671	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1678	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1686	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1693	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1695	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1698	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1700	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1701	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1703	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1707	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1714	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1751/52	Acadian census	Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home - transcription
1752	Acadian 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	New Brunswick census (Hillsborough and Sackville)	NB GenWeb
1770	New Brunswick census (Conway, Sunbury County)	NB GenWeb - transcription
1786	New Brunswick census (Colonel Spray's Land)	NB GenWeb
1788	New Brunswick census (Moncton)	NB GenWeb
1803	New Brunswick census (Sackville Parish)	Mount Allison University - images
1820-1824	New Brunswick census (Westmorland County)	NB GenWeb - transription
1820	New Brunswick census (Shediac, York Co., Madawaska Settlements, Sackville Parish)	Upper St. John River Valley
1822	New Brunswick census (Military Settlement, Kent Parish)	NB GenWeb
1830	New Brunswick census (York Co., Madawaska Settlements)	Upper St. John - transcription
1833	New Brunswick census (Madawaska Settlements)	Upper St. John
1837	New Brunswick census (Madawaska Settlements, St. Andrews Road, Charlotte County)	Upper St. John - transcription
1851	New Brunswick census	Automated Genealogy - index
1871	New Brunswick census	Library and Archives of Canada - index
1881	New Brunswick census	Library and Archives of Canada - index & images
1885	New Brunswick census (RC Parish of St. Vincent Ferrier, Sackville, Westmorland County)	NB GenWeb - index
1891	New Brunswick census	Library and Archives of Canada - index & images
1901	New Brunswick census	Automated Genealogy - index
1911	New Brunswick census	Automated Genealogy - index & images
1921	New Brunswick census	Automated Genealogy - index

Non-population Schedules - Online Records[edit | edit source]

1871 Mortality Schedule
FamilySearch; index & images Ancestry.com; index ($)

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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 *[[Canada Census|Links to all Canada Census]]
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-|style="vertical-align:top"|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8991/ Ancestry.com]
+----[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada]
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-For more information about these censuses, visit [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx Library and Archives of Canada].
+For more information about these censuses, visit [https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada].
 ====Local, Territory, and Province Censuses====
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 |style="background:lightgrey"|Arcadian census
-|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.acadian-home.org/Acadian%20Census%201755.pdf Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History] - images<br>
+|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" |New Brunswick census (Sackville Settlement)
+|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" |New Brunswick census (Sackville Settlement)
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 |style="background:lightgrey" |[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201765%20Sackville.htm NB GenWeb Project]
 |-
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 |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" |1783
-|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census (Hillsborough and Studholm)
-|style="background:white"|[http://new-brunswick.net/nbgenlinks/ NB Gen Links]
-|-
-|style="background:lightgrey" |1785
-|style="background:lightgrey" |New Brunswick census (Cape Ann and Schodiack River)
-|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://new-brunswick.net/nbgenlinks/ NB Gen Links]
 |-
 |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:white"|[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbqueens/land.htm  NB GenWeb]
 |-
 |style="background:lightgrey" |1788
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 |style="background:white"|1803
 |style="background:white"|New Brunswick census (Sackville Parish)
-|style="background:white"|[https://www.mta.ca/marshland/topic5_engsettlers/agri_community/inhabitants.htm Mount Allison Univerisity] - images
+|style="background:white"|[https://libraryguides.mta.ca/ld.php?content_id=35193792 Mount Allison University] - images
 |-
 |style="background:lightgrey"|1820-1824
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 |style="background:white" |1820
 |style="background:white" |New Brunswick census (Shediac, York Co., Madawaska Settlements, Sackville Parish)
-|style="background:white"|[http://new-brunswick.net/nbgenlinks/Census.htm NB Gen Links]
+|style="background:white"|[https://www.upperstjohn.com/1820/index.htm Upper St. John River Valley]
 |-
 |style="background:lightgrey"|1822
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 |-
-|style="background:white" |1824
+|style="background:white"|1830
-|style="background:white" |New Brunswick census (Sackville Township)
+|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census (York Co., Madawaska Settlements)
-|style="background:white"|[https://www.mta.ca/marshland/topic5_engsettlers/agri_community/census1824.htm NB Gen Links]
+|style="background:white" |[https://www.upperstjohn.com/1830/index.htm Upper St. John] - transcription
-|-
-|style="background:lightgrey"|1830
-|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census (York Co., Madawaska Settlements)
-|style="background:lightgrey" |[https://www.upperstjohn.com/1830/index.htm Upper St. John] - transcription
-|-
-|style="background:white" |1833
-|style="background:white" |New Brunswick census (Madawaska Settlements)
-|style="background:white"|[https://www.upperstjohn.com/1833/index.htm Upper St. John]
 |-
-|style="background:lightgrey"|1837
+|style="background:lightgrey" |1833
-|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census (Madawaska Settlements, St. Andrews Road, Charlotte County)
+|style="background:lightgrey" |New Brunswick census (Madawaska Settlements)
-|style="background:lightgrey" |[http://new-brunswick.net/nbgenlinks/ NB Gen Links] - transcription
+|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.upperstjohn.com/1833/index.htm Upper St. John]
 |-
-|style="background:white" |1833
+|style="background:white"|1837
-|style="background:white" |New Brunswick census (Madawaska Settlements)
+|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census (Madawaska Settlements, St. Andrews Road, Charlotte County)
-|style="background:white"|[https://www.upperstjohn.com/1833/index.htm Upper St. John]
+|style="background:white" |[https://www.upperstjohn.com/aroostook/1837.htm Upper St. John] - transcription
 |-
 |style="background:lightgrey"|1851
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 |-
-|style="background:white"|1861
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 |style="background:white"|New Brunswick census
-|style="background:white"|{{RecordSearch|1325208|FamilySearch}}
+|style="background:white" |[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - index
 |-
-|style="background:lightgrey"|1871
+|style="background:lightgrey"|1881
 |style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census
-|style="background:lightgrey" |[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/1871.aspx Library and Archives of Canada] - index
+|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - index & images
 |-
-|style="background:white"|1881
+|style="background:white"|1885
-|style="background:white"|New Brunswick census
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-|style="background:white"|[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/1881.aspx Library and Archives of Canada] - index and images
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 |-
-|style="background:lightgrey"|1885
+|style="background:lightgrey"|1891
-|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census (RC Parish of St. Vincent Ferrier, Sackville, Westmorland County)
+|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census
-|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/Census/Census%201885%20RC%20of%20Sackville.htm NB GenWeb] - index
+|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index Library and Archives of Canada] - index & images
 |-
-|style="background:white"|1891
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 |style="background:white"|New Brunswick census
-|style="background:white"|[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/1891.aspx Library and Archives of Canada] - index and images
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 |-
-|style="background:lightgrey"|1901
+|style="background:lightgrey"|1911
 |style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census
-|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/Province.jsp?province=NB Automated Genealogy] - index
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 |-
-|style="background:white"|1911
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 |style="background:white"|New Brunswick census
-|style="background:white"|[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/Province.jsp?province=New+Brunswick Automated Genealogy] - index and images
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-|-
-|style="background:lightgrey"|1921
-|style="background:lightgrey"|New Brunswick census
-|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census21/index.jsp Automated Genealogy] - index
 |-
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 |-
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 ----
 [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61498/ Ancestry.com]; index ($)