Alberta Census: Difference between revisions

[[Canada Census|Censuses]] The first census of Canada was taken in 1871 following confederation. Federal censuses have been take every ten years since. Alberta was not included in the 1871 nor 1881 censuses, but [[Portal:Alberta|Alberta does]] appear in the 1891 and 1901 censuses as part of the Northwest Territories.  Alberta was not included in censuses made before confederation. Agricultural Censuses of the Prairie Provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) have been taken every ten years since 1906. These agricultural censuses were made country wide and combined with the population census in 1956. The censuses from 1921 to the present are confidential and are kept at Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa. Indexing is ongoing for various censuses by various groups (see websites below). The last released census, the 1916 census, is available on Ancestry.ca, and (free) at Family History Centers on AncestryInstitution.com.