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British Columbia in the Canada Censuses[edit | edit source]

British Columbia became a part of Canada in 1871 and the first Canadian census to include British Columbia was in 1881.

1881	1891	1901
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1911	1921	1931 - Images only
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Victoria 1891 Check Census
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Canada Censuses and Information
Abbreviations and Acronyms in Canadian censuses at Statistics Canada
Canadian Censuses at Library and Archives of Canada.
In Canada, some censuses were enumerated in French, English or both languages. French Genealogical Word List