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'''French'''
==Newfoundland and Labrador in the Canadian Censuses==
===Population Schedules - Online Records===
Newfoundland and Labrador officially joined Canada on 31 March 1949. From 1907 to 1949, it was the Dominion of Newfoundland and relatively autonomous from British rule. Newfoundland and Labrador was enumerated on the 1871 Canada census as a part of Quebec. In the 1911 Canada census, it was a part of the Northwest Territories enumeration.
*[[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


1671, 1673, 1691, 1693&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Names all household members.  
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----[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/canada-census-1871 Findmypast.com] ($)
----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/1871.aspx Library and Archives of Canada] ($)
|style="vertical-align:top"|{{RecordSearch|2143998|FamilySearch}}
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----[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]
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1698, 1704,1706, 1711&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Names head of household only.  
====Local, Territory, and Province Censuses====
Newfoundland and Labrador took several censuses at the province level. However years vary and some are partial. Additionally, some censuses were were statistical enumerations and others are only available as transcripts.


(All of the above census records are available at the National Archives of Canada. Transcripts of most of these are in “Mémoires de la Société Généalogique Canadienne-Française,” vols. 10-11.)
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5%;" | Year
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:40%;" | Type of Census
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|style="background:white"rowspan="2"|1675
|style="background:white"rowspan="2"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (nominal)
|style="background:white"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]
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|style="background:white"| N.L. Grand Banks - Bonavista [http://ngb.chebucto.org/census.shtml (transcription)]
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|style="background:lightgrey"rowspan="2"|1677
|style="background:lightgrey"rowspan="2"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (Bonavista)
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/census.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white"|1681
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (Bonavista)
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/census.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1681
|style="background:lightgrey"|List of planters living in St. John
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]
|-
|style="background:white"|1691-1692
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (non-nominal)
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1691-92-census-nfld.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1696-1697
|style="background:lightgrey"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (non-nominal)
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1696-97-census-nfld.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white"|1698
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (non-nominal)
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1698-census-nfld.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1701
|style="background:lightgrey"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (Trinity Bay)
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1701-census.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white"|1702
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador census
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1702census.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1706
|style="background:lightgrey"|Newfoundland and Labrador (French Plaisance Area of Placentia Bay)
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1706.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white"|1706
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's, nominal)
|style="background:white"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1708
|style="background:lightgrey"|Newfoundland and Labrador (Bonavista)
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1702census.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white"|1711
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (non-nominal)
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1711-census-nfld.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" rowspan="2"|1753
|style="background:lightgrey"rowspan="2"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (Trinity Bay, nominal)
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]<br>
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1753/1753idx.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white" rowspan="2"|1794-1795, 1796-1797
|style="background:white" rowspan="2"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (St. John's, nominal)
|style="background:white"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]<br>
|-
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1794/sjc-1794-idx.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" rowspan="2"|1800
|style="background:lightgrey" rowspan="2"|Newfoundland and Labrador (Ferryland, nominal)
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]<br>
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"| [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1800/polepapers-1800-fer.shtml N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white"|1801
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (Trinity District, nominal)
|style="background:white"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1817
|style="background:lightgrey"|Brigus Census (Port de Grave)
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1817/1817-idx-pdg.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white" rowspan="2"|1836
|style="background:white" rowspan="2"|Newfoundland and Labrador
|style="background:white"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]<br>
|-
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1836/index.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"rowspan="2"|1838
|style="background:lightgrey"rowspan="2"|Newfoundland and Labrador census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch] - Western Newfoundland shores<br>
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|[http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1838/38-stb-idx.shtml N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)] - St. Barbe Census
|-
|style="background:white"|1845
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (Fortune Bay District)
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1845-fortune.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1847
|style="background:lightgrey"|Newfoundland and Labrador (Grates Cove, statistical only)
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]
|-
|style="background:white"|1853-1867
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador (St. Michael's)
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/st-michaels-census-1853-1867-lab.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1856
|style="background:lightgrey"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (French Shore)
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/har-newfoundland-journal-french-shore-census-1856.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white"|1857
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador census
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1857/01-dist-1857-idx.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1858
|style="background:lightgrey"|Newfoundland and Labrador (St. George's, destitute families)
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]
|-
|style="background:white"|1869
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (Conception Bay-Harbor Main, non-nominal)
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1869-census-conception-bay-hbr-main.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1873
|style="background:lightgrey"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (French Shore)
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/1873-chateau-hbr-lab.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white"|1874
|style="background:white"|Newfoundland and Labrador census
|style="background:white"| N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/census.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|1884
|style="background:lightgrey"|Newfoundland and Labrador census (Burin's District)
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]
N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1884/index.shtml (transcription)]
|-
|style="background:white" rowspan="2"|1891
|style="background:white" rowspan="2"|Newfoundland and Labrador (statistical and head of household)
|style="background:white"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819772?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1891 Census and Return of Torbay Subdivision]<br>
|-
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1891/1891-01-dist-idx.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" rowspan="2"|1911
|style="background:lightgrey" rowspan="2"|Newfoundland and Labrador census
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/823116?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1911/01-dist-1911-idx.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white" rowspan="3"|1921
|style="background:white" rowspan="3"|Newfoundland and Labrador census
|style="background:white"|{{RecordSearch|2226517|FamilySearch}}
|-
|style="background:white"|[https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=61491&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0005737308&o_lid=0005737308&o_sch=Affiliate+External Ancestry] ($)<br>
|-
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1921/121-dist-idx.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:lightgrey" rowspan="3"|1935
|style="background:lightgrey" rowspan="3"|Newfoundland and Labrador census
|style="background:lightgrey"|{{RecordSearch|2246711|FamilySearch}}
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|[https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=61493&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0005737308&o_lid=0005737308&o_sch=Affiliate+External Ancestry] ($)<br>
|-
|style="background:lightgrey"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1935/135-dist-idx.shtml (transcriptions)]
|-
|style="background:white" rowspan="3"|1945
|style="background:white" rowspan="3"|Newfoundland and Labrador census
|style="background:white"|{{RecordSearch|2246699|FamilySearch}}<br>
|-
|style="background:white"|[https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=61492&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0005737308&o_lid=0005737308&o_sch=Affiliate+External Ancestry] ($) <br> 
|-
|style="background:white"|N.L. Grand Banks [http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1945/145-dist-idx.shtml (transcriptions)]
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===Non-population Schedules===
Newfoundland and Labrador was not included in any non-population schedules.


'''British'''
==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]]
*[https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/research-help/genealogy-family-history/censuses/Pages/other-census-related-documents.aspx Early census and related documents, 1640 to 1945] Acadia (1671 to 1763), New Brunswick (1773 to 1848), Newfoundland and Labrador (1671 to 1945)
*[https://nouvelle-france.org/eng/Pages/new-france-archives.aspx#t1 New France Archives] New France is made-up of Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland, the Great Lakes region and Louisiana. The documents in this database date mainly from the early 16th century until the Treaty of Paris in 1763, including some documents after this period.


1796&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Names heads of households for St. John’s.
==References==
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1800–1801&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Names heads of households for Trinity Bay.
[[Category:Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada|Census]]
 
1836–1951&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Names statistical abstracts.
 
1911&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Names all household members only for Fogo and Port de Grave.
 
1921&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Names all household members. Does not include the districts of&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bay&nbsp;de&nbsp;Verde, Bonavista, Fogo, and Labrador.
 
1935, 1945&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Names all household members for entire province.
 
(These censuses are available at the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (P.A.N.L.)

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Newfoundland and Labrador in the Canadian Censuses[edit | edit source]

Population Schedules - Online Records[edit | edit source]

Newfoundland and Labrador officially joined Canada on 31 March 1949. From 1907 to 1949, it was the Dominion of Newfoundland and relatively autonomous from British rule. Newfoundland and Labrador was enumerated on the 1871 Canada census as a part of Quebec. In the 1911 Canada census, it was a part of the Northwest Territories enumeration.

1871 1911
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Local, Territory, and Province Censuses[edit | edit source]

Newfoundland and Labrador took several censuses at the province level. However years vary and some are partial. Additionally, some censuses were were statistical enumerations and others are only available as transcripts.

Year Type of Census Links
1675 Newfoundland and Labrador census (nominal) FamilySearch
N.L. Grand Banks - Bonavista (transcription)
1677 Newfoundland and Labrador census (Bonavista) FamilySearch
N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1681 Newfoundland and Labrador census (Bonavista) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1681 List of planters living in St. John FamilySearch
1691-1692 Newfoundland and Labrador census (non-nominal) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1696-1697 Newfoundland and Labrador census (non-nominal) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1698 Newfoundland and Labrador census (non-nominal) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1701 Newfoundland and Labrador census (Trinity Bay) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1702 Newfoundland and Labrador census N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1706 Newfoundland and Labrador (French Plaisance Area of Placentia Bay) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1706 Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's, nominal) FamilySearch
1708 Newfoundland and Labrador (Bonavista) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1711 Newfoundland and Labrador census (non-nominal) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1753 Newfoundland and Labrador census (Trinity Bay, nominal) FamilySearch
N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1794-1795, 1796-1797 Newfoundland and Labrador census (St. John's, nominal) FamilySearch
N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1800 Newfoundland and Labrador (Ferryland, nominal) FamilySearch
N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1801 Newfoundland and Labrador census (Trinity District, nominal) FamilySearch
1817 Brigus Census (Port de Grave) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1836 Newfoundland and Labrador FamilySearch
N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1838 Newfoundland and Labrador census FamilySearch - Western Newfoundland shores
N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions) - St. Barbe Census
1845 Newfoundland and Labrador census (Fortune Bay District) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1847 Newfoundland and Labrador (Grates Cove, statistical only) FamilySearch
1853-1867 Newfoundland and Labrador (St. Michael's) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1856 Newfoundland and Labrador census (French Shore) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1857 Newfoundland and Labrador census N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1858 Newfoundland and Labrador (St. George's, destitute families) FamilySearch
1869 Newfoundland and Labrador census (Conception Bay-Harbor Main, non-nominal) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1873 Newfoundland and Labrador census (French Shore) N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1874 Newfoundland and Labrador census N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1884 Newfoundland and Labrador census (Burin's District) FamilySearch

N.L. Grand Banks (transcription)

1891 Newfoundland and Labrador (statistical and head of household) 1891 Census and Return of Torbay Subdivision
N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1911 Newfoundland and Labrador census FamilySearch
N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1921 Newfoundland and Labrador census FamilySearch
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N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1935 Newfoundland and Labrador census FamilySearch
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N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)
1945 Newfoundland and Labrador census FamilySearch
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N.L. Grand Banks (transcriptions)

Non-population Schedules[edit | edit source]

Newfoundland and Labrador was not included in any non-population schedules.

More Information[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]