CENSUSCOMMUNITIESACADEMIC librariesANTI-racismFinding data on race, racialized populations, and anti-racism in Canada can be a complex process when conducting research. One source of data is the Census of Canada which has been collecting sociodemographic data since 1871. However, the collecti...
Canada contains a mixture ofdiversenational and cultural groups. At the time of the country’s first census, in 1871, about half thepopulation was ofBritishancestry and nearly one-third was ofFrenchancestry. Since that time the proportion of Canadians of British and French ancestry has dropped ...
The first Indian census was taken in 1871. They then numbered 102,358, as follows: Eskimo 4028; Tinneh 42,000; Algonquins 46,000; Huron-Iroquois 10,330. Their division according to provinces is: Prince Edward Island 323; Nova Scotia 1666; New Brunswick 1403; Quebec 6988; Ontario 12,978...
With the first hit, I learn more about him. The census record confirms that he was born in 1864 and that he was seven at the time of the Census in 1871. Now, I can fill in the gaps with the district and sub-district names for Scots Bay. I also learn his religion. I can view ...
At the time of the country’s first census, in 1871, about half the population was of British ancestry and nearly one-third was of French ancestry. Since that time the proportion of Canadians of British and French ancestry has dropped to about one-fourth each, as fewer people have ...
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roughly 14% of the total British migration of this period. By the 1850s most of the newcomers were settling in the Province of Canada the rather than in the Maritime colonies. According to the 1871 census, 157 of every 1000 Canadians were of Scottish origin, ranging from 4.1% in Québec ...
My great-grandparents, Margaret and Norval Greenhorn, married in March 1864. Curiously, the 1871 Census of Scotland does not mention Norval in the entry for Margaret. She was working as a general servant and living with both of her parents, her brother, his wife and their infant son at 154...
of which there are seven dioceses, viz., the archdiocese of Quebec, and the dioceses of Montreal, Three Rivers, St Hyancinthe, Sherbrooke, Rimouski, and Chicoutimi. The Protestant dioceses are two in number-Quebec and Montreal. According to the census of 1881 the religious denominations in the...
A page for Joliette, Quebec, from the first Census of Canada, 1871 A page for Joliette, Quebec from the firstCensus of Canada, 1871. Can you find the entry for Adolphe Perrault? Times change: Perrault made his living as a voyageur! As time passed, census data would feed social policy...