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==Online Records==
Records at Ancestry.com and FindMyPast can be used free-of-charge at a [[Family History Centers|Family History Center]] near you.
===Library and Archives Canada===
*[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/1881.aspx 1881 Census of Canada from Library and Archives Canada] Index and images.
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/1891.aspx Census of Canada, 1891 from Library and Archives Canada] Index and images.
*[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/1901.aspx 1901 Census of Canada from Library and Archives Canada] Index and images.
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1906/Pages/1906.aspx Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906 from Library and Archives Canada] Index and images.
*[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/1911.aspx 1911 Census of Canada from Library and Archives Canada] Index and images.
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1916/Pages/about-census.aspx Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916 from Library and Archives Canada] Index and images.
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/search.aspx Census of Canada, 1921 from Library and Archives Canada] Index and images.
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1926/Pages/default.aspx Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1926 from Library and Archives Canada] Index and images.


===FamilySearch===
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*{{RecordSearch|1804541|Canada Census, 1881}} Index and Images.
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*{{RecordSearch|1583536|Canada Census, 1891}} Index only. Also at [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1891 FindMyPast], index, ($).
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*{{RecordSearch|1584557|Canada Census, 1901}} Index only.  Also at [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1901 FindMyPast], index, ($).
|<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Canada Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div>
*{{RecordSearch|2143998|Canada Census, 1911}} Index only. Also at [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1911 FindMyPast], index, ($).
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*{{RecordSearch|1529118| Canada Census, 1916}}, index
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*{{RecordSearch|3005862|Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926}}, index and images.
==History of Alberta Censuses==
===Ancestry.com ($)===
In 1851, Canada begin keeping censuses every 10 years. However, these censuses were often taken in different years, and it was not until 1871, after the Dominion of Canada was created, that censuses were taken regularly.<ref>Library and Archives Canada, “Censuses,” February 4, 2021, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx.</ref> Alberta was first included in the Canada census in 1881.
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8991/ 1921 Census of Canada], index and images. ($)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1556/ 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta], index and images, ($)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8947/ 1911 Census of Canada], index and images. ($)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8827/ 1906 Census of Canada], index and images. ($)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8826/ 1901 Census of Canada], index and images. ($)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1274/ 1891 Census of Canada], index and images. ($)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1577/ 1881 Census of Canada], index and images. ($). Included as part of the Northwest Territories.
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1556/ 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta], index and images. ($). Included as part of the Northwest Territories.
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8827/1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta], index and images. ($). Included as part of the Northwest Territories.


===FindMyPast ($)===
==Online Alberta Censuses==
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1881 1881 Census of Canada], index, ($).
===Population Schedules===
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1891 Canada Census, 1891], index, ($).
====Official Canada Censuses====
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1274 1891 Census of Canada] ($) Index and Images.
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1901 Canada Census, 1901], index, ($).
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1911 Canada Census, 1911], index, ($).
===Alberta GenWeb Digital Archives===
*[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~abarchiv/alberta-census-1891institutions.html 1891 Index Alberta Institutions]
*[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~abarchiv/edmonton-census-1891.html 1891 Alberta - Northwest Territories Index Edmonton District]
*[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~abarchiv/sturgeon-census-1891.html 1891 Alberta - Northwest Territories Index Edmonton-St. Albert Sub-district]
*[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~abarchiv/lakeland-census-1891.html 1891 Alberta - Northwest Territories Index Lac La Biche District]
*[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~abarchiv/strathcona-census-1891.html 1891 Alberta - Northwest Territories Index-Fort Saskatchewan District]
*[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~abarchiv/alberta-census-1901BC.html1901 Alberta - Northwest Territories entries]
===Hudson's Bay Company Census Records===
The Hudson’s Bay Company Archives has census returns&nbsp;for the years 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1835, 1838, 1840, and 1843 which are indexed.
*[http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/ Hudson's Bay Company Archives]
**[https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/search_hbca.html Resources]
**[https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/name_indexes/index.html Name Indexes]


===Additional Indexes===
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113022756/http://www.afhs.ab.ca/data/census/1891/index.html 1891 Census of Canada for Districts 197 (Southern Alberta) & 199 (Assiniboia West)] (archived Web pages - may be unavailable, incomplete or slow to respond))
|-
*[http://www.daveobee.com/resources/lethmain.html 1891 Index to the 1891 Dominion Census Lethbridge Sub-District, Alberta, Northwest Territories-Davie Obee]
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
*[http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/District.jsp?id=202 ALBERTA District 1901 Census Index - Automated Genealogy] An every name index to over 60,000 individuals enumerated in the 1901 Census of Canada for the Alberta District of the Northwest Territories.
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
*[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~abarchiv/alberta-census-1901BC.html 1901 Victoria, British Columbia Census: Alberta and Northwest Territories Entries]
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
*[http://automatedgenealogy.com/census06/ Index to the 1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces (Canada.)]
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" |About the census
*[http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/Province.jsp?province=Alberta Index to the 1911 Census of Canada : Alberta]
|-
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10458/1916-canada-census-of-alberta-saskatchewan-manitoba 1916 Canada Census of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba] at My Heritage, index and images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1881
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Population
|style="background:whitesmoke"|{{RecordSearch|1804541|FamilySearch}}; index and images
---- [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1577/ Ancestry.com]; index and images ($)
----[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1881 FindMyPast] - index ($)
----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/1881.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]; index and images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/about-census.aspx Library and Archives of Canada - 1881 Census]
|-
|style="background:white"|1891
|style="background:white"|Population
|style="background:white"|{{RecordSearch|1583536|FamilySearch}}; index
----[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/484467?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]; images
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1274/ Ancestry.com]; index and images
----[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1891 FindMyPast] - index ($)
----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/1891.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]; index and images
|style="background:white"|[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/about-census.aspx Library and Archives of Canada - 1891 Census]
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1901
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Population
|style="background:whitesmoke"|{{RecordSearch|1584557|FamilySearch}}; index and images
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8826/ Ancestry.com]; index and images ($)
----[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1901 FindMyPast] - index ($)
----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/1901.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]; index and images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/about-census.aspx Library and Archives of Canada - 1901 Census]
|-
|style="background:white"|1911
|style="background:white"|Population
|style="background:white"|{{RecordSearch|2143998|FamilySearch}}; index and images
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8947/ Ancestry.com]; index and images ($)
----[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada-census-1911 FindMyPast] - index ($)
----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/1911.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]; index and images
|style="background:white"|[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/about-census.aspx Library and Archives of Canada - 1911 Census]
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1921
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Population
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8991/ Ancestry.com]; index and images ($)
----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/search.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]; index and images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/introduction.aspx Library and Archives of Canada - 1921 Census]
|}


==History==
====Local, Territory, and Province Censuses====
A census is a count and description of the population. Censuses have been taken by the colonial, provincial, and national governments of Canada for a variety of reasons, including taxation and levying for militia service.


Census records can provide family relationships, age, year of birth, description of property, religion, and place of birth. Microfilm copies are available at many repositories and through interlibrary loan. Generally, more recent censuses are more complete. They can provide information missing in other records. Use census information with caution because information (which may have been given by any family member) may be incorrect or deliberately falsified.
{| class="wikitable" width= flexible style"
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" |About the census
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1916
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Prairie Provinces
|style="background:whitesmoke"|{{RecordSearch|1584925|FamilySearch}} - index and images
----[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1556/ Ancestry] - index and images
----[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10458/1916-canada-census-of-alberta-saskatchewan-manitoba MyHeritage] - index and images ($)
----[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1916/Pages/1916.aspx Library and Archives of Canada] - index and images
|style="background:whitesmoke"|[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]
|-
|style="background:white"|1926
|style="background:white"|Prairie Provinces
|style="background:white"|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3029966?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch] - index and images
----
[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1926/Pages/search.aspx Library and Archives of Canada]
|style="background:white"|[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx Library of Canada]
|-
|}


The national government of Canada has taken censuses every ten years since 1871 and every five years since 1971. The 1871 census covers the four original provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario. The first coast-to-coast census was taken in 1881.
===Non-population Schedules===
{| class="wikitable" width= flexible style"
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" |About the census
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke"|1871
|style="background:whitesmoke"|Mortality
|style="background:whitesmoke"|{{RecordSearch|1554429|Familysearch}}; index and images
----
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61498/ Ancestry.com]; index ($)
|style="background:whitesmoke"|
|}


Additional censuses were taken in the Prairie Provinces in 1906, 1916, 1926, and so on.
==Additional Resources==


==Contents==
==References==
These censuses list a large proportion of the population. Unfortunately, portions of some have been lost, and some geographical areas within the provinces were missed by the census takers.
[[Category:Canada Census]]
 
[[Category:Alberta, Canada]]
The 1871 and later censuses list for each member of the household:
 
*Name.
*Age.
*Occupation.
*Religious affiliation.
*Birthplace (country or province).
 
The 1871 and 1881 censuses list for each person:
 
*Father’s origin or ethnic background.
*The 1891 census, in addition, asks:
*If persons are French Canadian.
*For parents’ birthplaces.
 
The 1891 and later censuses ask for a person’s:
 
*Relationship to head of household.
 
The 1901 census asks for:
 
*A complete birth date, not just the year.
*The year the person immigrated to Canada.
*The year of naturalization.
 
The father’s racial or tribal origin, not whether the person was of French Canadian descent.
 
The 1901 and 1911 census also contains a buildings and lands schedule for each locality. This schedule gives a city street address or a farm land description—such as township and range, or township, concession, and lot number—for most families.
 
The 1921 Canadian Census was released to the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) on June 1st, 2013 from Statistics Canada. According to the legislation, 92 calendar years must have elapsed before the census is released to the LAC.
===Prairie Censuses===
The 1906 and later censuses ask for:
*Surname
*Given Name(s)
*Gender
*Age
*Marital Status
*Place of Birth
*Relationship
<br>
 
The 1916 and 1926 added ethnic origin.
The 1926 and census added year of immigration.
[[Category:Alberta, Canada]] [[Category:Canada Census]]

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History of Alberta Censuses[edit | edit source]

In 1851, Canada begin keeping censuses every 10 years. However, these censuses were often taken in different years, and it was not until 1871, after the Dominion of Canada was created, that censuses were taken regularly.[1] Alberta was first included in the Canada census in 1881.

Online Alberta Censuses[edit | edit source]

Population Schedules[edit | edit source]

Official Canada Censuses[edit | edit source]

Year Type of Census Links About the census
1881 Population FamilySearch; index and images
Ancestry.com; index and images ($)
FindMyPast - index ($)
Library and Archives of Canada; index and images 		Library and Archives of Canada - 1881 Census
1891 Population FamilySearch; index
FamilySearch; images
Ancestry.com; index and images
FindMyPast - index ($)
Library and Archives of Canada; index and images 		Library and Archives of Canada - 1891 Census
1901 Population FamilySearch; index and images
Ancestry.com; index and images ($)
FindMyPast - index ($)
Library and Archives of Canada; index and images 		Library and Archives of Canada - 1901 Census
1911 Population FamilySearch; index and images
Ancestry.com; index and images ($)
FindMyPast - index ($)
Library and Archives of Canada; index and images 		Library and Archives of Canada - 1911 Census
1921 Population Ancestry.com; index and images ($)
Library and Archives of Canada; index and images 		Library and Archives of Canada - 1921 Census

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

Year Type of Census Links About the census
1916 Prairie Provinces FamilySearch - index and images
Ancestry - index and images
MyHeritage - index and images ($)
Library and Archives of Canada - index and images 		Library and Archives of Canada
1926 Prairie Provinces FamilySearch - index and images

Library and Archives of Canada

Library of Canada

Non-population Schedules[edit | edit source]

Year Type of Census Links About the census
1871 Mortality Familysearch; index and images

Ancestry.com; index ($)

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, “Censuses,” February 4, 2021, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx.

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