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| Census records beginning in 1871 are national censuses taken by the federal government. Most national censuses have been indexed. Indexes and links to them are listed at the [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html Library and Archives Canada web site]. <br>   | Census records beginning in 1871 are national censuses taken by the federal government. Most national censuses have been indexed. Indexes and links to them are listed at the [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html Library and Archives Canada web site]. <br>   | ||
| === 1851-1921 Online Canadian Indexes and Images   === | |||
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| | bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="8" | <font size="+1">'''Online National and Provincial Population Schedules of Canada'''</font> | |||
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| | bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" rowspan="2" colspan="2" |  | |||
| | bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''  | |||
| | bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" width="46%" colspan="2" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with a library card)*  | |||
| | bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Pay''' | |||
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| | bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Family<br>Search<ref name="Family">[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp '''FamilySearch'''], a free online service of the [[Family History Library]].</ref>'''  | |||
| | bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Automated Genealogy<ref name="Internet">[http://automatedgenealogy.com/ '''Automated Genealogy'''], a free online service includes links to free images found at the [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911-e.html  Library and Archives Canada].</ref>'''  | |||
| | bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Library Archives Canada<ref name="Internet">[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911-e.html '''Library Archives Canada'''], a free online service includes links to free images and partial indexes found at the [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911-e.html  Library and Archives Canada].</ref>'''  | |||
| | bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''<ref name="ancest">'''Ancestry.com''', a subscription site that provides online indexes and images to all surviving national and many provincial census records, among other sources. They have three online editions: (1) an [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/ FHL edition] free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a [http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2009/03/23/WhatsNOTInAncestryLibraryEdition.aspx slightly smaller] [http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/ Library edition] free only at some public libraries, and (3) a [http://www.ancestry.com/ Home edition] subscription service for individuals.</ref>  | |||
| | bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''<ref name="ancest">'''Ancestry.com''', a subscription site that provides online indexes and images to all surviving national and many provincial census records, among other sources. They have three online editions: (1) an [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/ FHL edition] free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a [http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2009/03/23/WhatsNOTInAncestryLibraryEdition.aspx slightly smaller] [http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/ Library edition] free only at some public libraries, and (3) a [http://www.ancestry.com/ Home edition] subscription service for individuals.</ref>  | |||
| | bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''<ref name="ancest">'''Ancestry.com''', a subscription site that provides online indexes and images to all surviving federal and many state census records, among other sources. They have three online editions: (1) an [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/ FHL edition] free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a [http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2009/03/23/WhatsNOTInAncestryLibraryEdition.aspx slightly smaller] [http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/ Library edition] free only at some public libraries, and (3) a [http://www.ancestry.com/ Home edition] subscription service for individuals.</ref> | |||
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| | align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1921''' available after 1 Jun 2013  | |||
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| | bgcolor="#ccffff" | images  | |||
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| | align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1911'''  | |||
| | indexes  | |||
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| | align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/1911.aspx Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8947 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8947 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8947 Link] | |||
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| | bgcolor="#ccffff" | images  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | -  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/1911.aspxx Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8947 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8947 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8947 Link] | |||
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| | align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1901'''  | |||
| | indexes  | |||
| | align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1584557|Link}}  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link]  | |||
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| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8826 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8826 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8826 Link] | |||
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| | bgcolor="#ccffff" | images  | |||
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| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1901/index-e.html Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8826 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8826 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8826 Link] | |||
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| | align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1891'''  | |||
| | indexes  | |||
| | align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1583536|Link}}  | |||
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| | align="center" | [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1274 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1274 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1274 Link] | |||
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| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1274 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1274 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1274 Link] | |||
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| | align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1881'''  | |||
| | indexes  | |||
| | align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1804541|Link}}  | |||
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| | align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/1881.aspx Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1577 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1577 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1577 Link] | |||
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| | bgcolor="#ccffff" | images  | |||
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| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/1881.aspx Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1577 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1577 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1577 Link] | |||
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| | align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1871'''  | |||
| | indexes  | |||
| | align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1551612|Link}}  | |||
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| | align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/about-census.aspx Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1578 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1578 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1578 Link] | |||
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| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/about-census.aspx Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1578 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1578 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1578 Link] | |||
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| | align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1861''' Provincial  | |||
| | indexes  | |||
| | align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1460163|Link}} | |||
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| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1570 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1570 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1570 Link] | |||
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| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1570 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1570 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1570 Link] | |||
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| | align="center" rowspan="2" | '''1851/52'''  | |||
| | indexes  | |||
| | align="center" | {{RecordSearch|1325192|Link}}  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link]  | |||
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| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1061 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1061 Link]  | |||
| | align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1061 Link] | |||
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| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://automatedgenealogy.com/ Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1851/index-e.html Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1061 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1061 Link]  | |||
| | bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1061 Link] | |||
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| | bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Family Search'''  | |||
| | bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Automated Genealogy'''  | |||
| | bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" | '''Library Archives Canada'''  | |||
| | bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''  | |||
| | bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''  | |||
| | bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home''' | |||
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| | bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''  | |||
| | bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" width="46%" colspan="2" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with a library card)  | |||
| | bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" colspan="1" | '''Pay''' | |||
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| The more useful local censuses are listed below: <br>   | The more useful local censuses are listed below: <br>   | ||
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