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History of Manitoba Censuses

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. Manitoba first appeared in the 1881 Canada census. Starting in 1830, it was included in the Manitoba census, Red River census and northwest provinces census.

Online Manitoba Censuses

Population Schedules

Official Canada Censuses

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

Year	Type of Census	Links	About the census
1830-1870	Manitoba census	FamilySearch - images	Contains Manitoba censuses (Red River) for 1870 (vol. 3), 1831-1847 (vol. 1), 1849, 1832-1833 (vol. 2) and 1856 (incomplete, vol. 3)
1831-1847	Red River census	FamilySearch - images Canadiana Heritage - images	Library of Canada
1832-1870	Red River and Manitoba census	FamilySearch - images Ancestry - index and images ($)	typed card index
1833	Red River census	Canadiana Heritage - images	Library of Canada
1832	Red River census	Canadiana Heritage - images	Library of Canada
1849	Red River census	Canadiana Heritage - images	Library of Canada
1906	Northwest Provinces	FamilySearch - images Ancestry - index and images ($) Library and Archives of Canada - index and images MyHeritage - index and images ($)	Library of Canada
1916	Northwest Provinces	FamilySearch Ancestry index and images ($) Library and Archives of Canada - index and images MyHeritage - index and images($)	Library and Archives of Canada
1926	Northwest Provinces	FamilySearch - index and images Library and Archives of Canada index and images	Library and Archives of Canada

Non-population Schedules

Year	Type of Census	Links	About the census
1871	Mortality	Familysearch - index and images Ancestry.com - index ($)

Additional Resources

• In Canada, some censuses were enumerated in French, English or both languages. French Genealogical Word List