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Canada Census 1851 of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia



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  • Title Canada Census 1851 of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia 
    Short Title
    Canada Census 1851 of Canada East, Canada West, NB, and NS 
    Author Ancestry.com 
    Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc 
    Call Number
    RG31 
    Repository Ancestry 
    Source ID S1530114002 
    Text

    Ancestry provides further and possibly extensive explanation of this source material it purchased and privately indexed at a specific point in time with, potentially, periodic or irregular updates by Ancestry and the possibility of many updates and correction by members in the interim via Linked to (10)
    Cunliffe, William
    Duguay, Marie Phoébée
    Mallet, Joseph J "José"
    McLatchy, Henry Francis
    Mumford, Catherine
    Ouellette, Marie Rosalie
    Sowerby, Frances Elizabeth "Fanny"
    Family: McLatchy, Henry Francis / Sowerby, Frances Elizabeth "Fanny"
    Family: Cunliffe, William / Mumford, Catherine
    Family: Mallet, Joseph J "José" / Duguay, Marie Phoébée 

  •  Notes 


    • From: Library and Archives Canada

      Described as : Census of Canada, 1851
      Details : Only a microfilm copy of the census exists as an archival holding
      The parts of the schedules are not always consecutively ordered and in some cases may be non-existent.
      Their reference: Statistics Canada Fonds Series RG31
      Census of Nova Scotia, 1851. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM):
      Nova Scotia Board of Statistics, 1851.
      Location : Library and Archives Canada; 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0N4

      This research tool contains 2,312,919 records that are searchable by name.

      The 1851 Census marked the second collection of statistics for the Province of Canada. In 1841, the Act of Union created the Province of Canada, consisting of Canada West (present-day Ontario) and Canada East (present-day Quebec). Information on population was also collected for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

      While the census for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia was completed in 1851, Canada West and Canada East did not start their collection of data until the following year. Therefore, for Canada West and Canada East, what is known as the Census of 1851 offi