1901 Canadian Census

The Census is searchable by geographic location (name of village, city, town, district and so on). It is not searchable by family name. 

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Indexing the 1901 Census 
Please take note that a good part of the 1901 Canadian census has already been indexed by names by different groups such as local genealogical and/or historical societies, regional archival repositories or university research centres. To facilitate your research on your family origins, the Canadian Genealogy Centre has made an inventory of such indexes by districts. 

To know if the district, division, or sub-division of interest to you has already been indexed, contact the Canadian Genealogy Centre at : cgc-ccg@archives.ca. 

If the district, division or sub-division of interest to you has not been indexed, it may be of interest to you to know that the Canadian Genealogy Centre is conducting a project of indexing the 1901 Canadian census throughout the country based on volunteers.

2. If you can't find the name of your city or village in the Census records, check to see if your city or village existed in 1901 - or if it had a different name. 

3. Do not hesitate to consult old city directories (available at local libraries or at the National Library of Canada). It will facilitate your search in the schedule 2 (buildings and dwellings) of the Census. 

4. Warning! The records were scanned from poor quality microfilm. Some documents may be hard to read.

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