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History of Manitoba 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] 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[edit | edit source]

Population Schedules[edit | edit source]

Official Canada Censuses[edit | edit source]

1881	1891	1901	1911	1921
FamilySearch Ancestry.com FindMyPast.com	FamilySearch; index and images Ancestry.com FindMyPast.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com FindMyPast.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com FindMyPast.com	Ancestry.com MyHeritage.com

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

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

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[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]

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

References[edit | edit source]

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

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

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