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Year	Title	Transcript	Original Material	Region	Census type	Online
1781	Lists of tenants - Memramcook, Petitcodiac and Tatamagouche (Nova Scotia)	Not available	MG 23, F 1 series 5, volume 18, part 2 Microfilm C-1458, pages 3589 to 3592	New Brunswick	Names of heads of household	Yes
1824	Journal of the House of Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick	Not available	Not available	New Brunswick	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1781	Lists of tenants - Memramcook, Petitcodiac and Tatamagouche (Nova Scotia)	Not available	MG 23, F 1 series 5, volume 18, part 2 Microfilm C-1459, pages 3661 to 3668	New Brunswick	Names of heads of household	Yes
1693	Numéro 13. Estat des habitans de Port-Royal et leurs familles, Terre en valeurs et Bestiaux, fusils	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 60 to 79	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1698	Numéro 19. Recensement des habitans de Beaubassin pour l'année 1698, pillez et bruslez en 1696 par les Anglais	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 135 to 142	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1695	Numéro 17. Recensement des terres que les sieurs Damours possèdent sur la rivière Saint-Jean, à l'Acadie	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 103 to 105	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1693	Numéro 14. Estat des habitans des Mines. Leurs familles, Terre en valeurs Bestiaux et fusils	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 79 to 93	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1698	Numéro 18. Recensement des habitans de Port-Royal leurs familles, terre en valeur, Bestiaux, Arbres fruitiers et fusils pour l'année 1698	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 106 to 133	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1693	Numéro 16. Estat des habitants de Beaubassin, leurs familles, Terres en Valleur, Bestiaux et fusils	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 97 to 102	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1840	Journal of the House of Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick	Not available	Not available	New Brunswick	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1698	Numéro 20. Recensement des habitans de la rivière Saint-Jean	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 143 to 145	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1834	Journal of the House of Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick	Not available	Not available	New Brunswick	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1773	Return of settlers for Memramcook and Petitcodiac	Not available	MG 23, F 1 series 5, volume 17 Microfilm C-1458, pages 3280 to 3281	New Brunswick	Names of heads of household	Yes
1686	Numéro 10. Recensement fait par de Meulles, Intendant de la Nouvelle-France, de tous les peuples de Beaubassin, Rivière Saint-Jean, Port-Royal, Isle Percée et autres costes de l'Acadie, s'y étant luy même transporté dans chacune des habitations au commencement de l'année 1686	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 14 to 57	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1678	State of the inhabitants of Port Royal by [Michel] Le Neuf de la Vallière	MG 1, Série E, carton 277, partie 1 Microfilm C-9157	Not available	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1671	Numéro 9. Familles établies à l'Acadie. Abrégé envoyé de Québec à Colbert par le sieur Randin, 8 novembre 1671	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 1 to 13	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1820	Census of the colony of Madawaska	Not available	MG 30, C 5, volume 4 (identified as MG 30 H 12, Volume 3) Microfilm C-3110	New Brunswick	Names of heads of household	Yes
1693	Numéro 15. Recensement des habitans qui sont habitués au Cap de Sable. Familles, bestiaux, terres en valeur, fusils	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 93 to 97	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1843 and 1848	Harvey and Teetotal Settlements	Not available	MG 9, A 1, volume 123 Microfilm M-1670, pages 89 to 99	New Brunswick	Names of heads of household	No
1689	Numéro 12. Recensement des terres du pays d'Acadie apartenantes à Monsieur Le Borgne	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 58 and 59	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1689	Numéro 11. Recensement de la Colonie de l'Acadie	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 58 and 59	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1700	[Éstat des habitans du Port Royal leurs familles Bestiaux terres en valeur et fusils]	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 146 to 168	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1703	Numéro 25. Recensement des habitants de la province de l'Acadie pour 1703	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 207 to 214	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1708	Recensement nominatif des Français de Cap-Sable, Port-Razoir et La Have; recensement nominatif des Indiens en Acadie: Port Royal, Cap-Sable, La Have, Les Mines, Cap-Breton, Chignectou, Pentagouet, rivière Saint-Jean et autres lieux.	MG 18, F 18	Not available	Acadia	Nominal census	No
1710	Rolle des habitants de la banlieue du fort du Port Royal spéciffié famille par famille	MG 11, Nova Scotia A, volume 3 Microfilm C-9119, pages 45 to 48	Not available	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1715	[Louisbourg]	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 583 to 592	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1707	Numéros 26, a to g, Recensements nominaux pour l'année 1707: des Mines: a and b; Port Royal: c to e; Cobequid: f; Beaubassin: g	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 225 to 231	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1715	Inhabitants of Les Mines	MG 11, Nova Scotia A, volume 6 Microfilm C-9120, pages 88 and 89	Not available	Acadia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1701	Numéro 24, a to j. Recensements du Port-Royal, 1701: a to g. Recensements de Beaubassin: h. Recensements des Mines: i and j	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 169 to 206	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1714	Numéros 27, a-c. Recensements de Port Royal	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 232 to 237	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Names of heads of household	Yes
[1714]	Inhabitants of Les Mines, Pessequid River and Canards River	MG 11, Nova Scotia A, volume 5 Microfilm C-9120, pages 96 to 102	Not available	Acadia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1714	Recensement de toutes les familles de la paroisse de Beaubassin dans l'Acadie fait le vingt huitième du mois d'août de la présente année mil sept cent quatorze	MG 1, Dépôt des fortifications, carton 1, numéro d'ordre 29n Microfilm C-10216	MG 1, Dépôt des fortifications, carton 1, numéro d'ordre 29n Microfilm F-556	Acadia	Nominal list	Yes
1715 to 1757	[Ile Royale: Laurembec, La Baleine, Port aux Basques, Havre Saint-Esprit]	MG 1, G1, volume 410 Microfilm C-2573	MG 1, G1, volume 410 Microfilm F-594	Acadia	Civil registration	Yes
1715	Rôle des habitants de Beaubassin présents à la Proclamation du roi d'Angleterre à la Couronne	MG 11, Nova Scotia A, volume 6 Microfilm C-9120, pages 129 and 130	Not available	Acadia	Nominal list	Yes
1717	Numéro 57. Recensement des habitants de l'Acadie, établis dans l'Isle Royalle, auxquels il est fourni des vivres pour un an ... 1717	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Numéro 57 MicrofilmC-2574 (volume 467), pages 307 to 309	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Numéro 57 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1717	Numéro 58. Ressensement des habitans accadiens et autres raisidans au port Toulouse, 1717	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 641 to 644	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1717	Numéro 55. Rescensement des habitants qui resident à Louisbourg, La Ballaine et Scataris ... 1717	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 604 to 611	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1719	Numéro 60. Estat du nombre des familles qui composent l'établissement du Port Dauphin	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 655 to 659	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1716	Numéros 52-53. Recensement des habitants avec leurs familles qui restent à Louisbourg et ses dépendances, cette année 1716	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 594 to 603	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1716	Numéro 54. Ilse Royale. Recensement, 1716	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), page 305	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1720	Numéro 62. Ressensement des habitants avec leurs familles et domestiques à l'Isle Royale	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 321 to 330	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1721 to 1758	[Ile Saint-Jean: Port-Lajoie et Saint-Pierre du Nord Trois registres séparés]	MG 1, G1, volume 411 Microfilm C-1472	MG 1, G1, volume 411 Microfilm F-595	Acadia	Civil registration	Yes
1717	Numéro 56. Recensement des officiers, officiers mariniers, matelots et autres entretenus, soldats, habitants, femmes, enfants et domestiques qui composent cet hyver l'établissement du Port Dauphin	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 647 to 654	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1722	Numéro 64. Familles des Accadiens établis au port Toulouze	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 645 to 646	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1722 to 1758	Ile Royale: Louisbourg, 1754 to 1758	MG 1, G1, volumes 406 to 409 Microfilm C-2573	MG 1, G1, volumes 406 to 409 Microfilm F-593	Acadia	Civil registration; Nominal list	Yes
1722 to 1758	Ile Royale: Louisbourg, 1749 to 1754	MG 1, G1, volumes 406 to 409 Microfilm C-3112	MG 1, G1, volumes 406 to 409 Microfilm F-593	Acadia	Civil registration; Nominal list	Yes
1722 to 1758	Ile Royale: Louisbourg, 1722 to 1728	MG 1, G1, volumes 406 to 409 Microfim C-3111	MG 1, G1, volumes 406 to 409 Microfilm F-592	Acadia	Civil registration; Nominal list	Yes
1724	Numéro 67. Recensement général des habitants établis à l'Isle Royalle fait en l'année 1724	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 334 to 359	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1728	Numéro 37. Recensement de l'Isle Saint-Jean. Noms des chefs de familles et lieux d'origine	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 229 to 234	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1723	Numéros 65 et 66. Nombre d'habitans, femmes, enfens, chaloupes et hommes qu'il y a dans l'Isle Royale, l'année 1723	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 331 to 333	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1734	Numéro 69. Recensement de l'Isle Royalle, 1734	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 394 to 427	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1734	Numéro 41. Rolle des habitans de l'Isle Saint-Jean, divisé par havres et rivières, pour l'année 1734	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 253 to 259	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1726	Numéro 68. Recensement général des habitans établis à l'Isle Royalle fait en l'année 1726	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 360 to 393	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1734	Numéro 40. Rencensement de l'Isle Saint-Jean au mois de septembre 1734	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 242 to 252	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1730	Numéro 38. Recensement des habitants de l'Isle Saint-Jean, 1730. Le Présent est conforme aux nottes que m'en a donné le sieur Du Buisson	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 235 to 241	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1737	Census of the number of Micmac Indians bearing arms)	MG 1, C11D, volume 8, part 1 Microfilm C-11361, pages 125 and 126	Not available	Acadia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1735	Numéro 43. Recensement de l'Isle Saint-Jean, 1735 par comparaison à 1734	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 260 and 261	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1739	Numéro 29. Etat actuel de la nouvelle Collonie françoise de la Rivière Saint-Jean	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 264 to 266	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1751	Numéro 45. Recensement des habitants de l'Isle Saint-Jean et le nom des lieux qu'ils occupent	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 274 to 276	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1735	Numéro 42. Recensement de l'Isle Saint-Jean en 1735	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 262 to 273	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1752 to 1762	[List of Acadians leaving for France on British ships among other lists]	MG 13, W.O. 34, volume 8 Microfilm C-12838, pages 217 to 320	Not available	Acadia	Partially nominal list	Yes
1749 to 1750	Numéro 76. Dénombrement général des familles d'officiers et habitans existens dans la colonie de l'Isle Royale la présente année XVIIe quarante neuf	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 435 to 535	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Nominal census	Yes
1741	Numéro 74. Port et Havre de Louisbourg 1741. Estat des terrains actuellement occuper par diverses habitants pescheur	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 612 to 640	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3b Microfilm F-768	Acadia	State of lands, names of landowners	Yes
1752	Numéro 46. Tableau du nombre des anciens et nouveaux habitants de l'Isle Saint-Jean, de leurs familles, bestiaux, etc .... Au verso: jointe à la lettre de M. Bonnaventure du 4 novembre 1752	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 277 to 279	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1737	Numéro 28. Recensement de la Paroisse du Port-Royal,... Pigiguit,... des Minnes et de la Rivière aux Canards, ... Beaubassin	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm C-2572, pages 262 and 263	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1753	Numéro 47. Tableau du nombre des habitants de l'Isle Saint-Jean, tant enciens que nouveaux, leurs familles, bestiaux .... Au verso: Joint à la lettre de M. Denis de Bonnaventure, 12 octobre 1753	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 281 and 282	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 2 Microfilm F-768	Acadia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1752	Census taken by Sieur de la Roque	MG 1 G1, volume 466, parts 4a, 4b, and 4c Microfilm C-4582	MG 1 G1, volume 466, parts 4a, 4b, and 4c Microfilm F-769	Acadia	Nominal list	Yes
1753	Numéro 82. Recensement général des habitants des ports et havres de l'Isle Royale, de la quantité de bestiaux, bâtiments, chaloupes et chafaux ... fait en juillet et août 1753	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm C-2574 (volume 467), pages 537 to 582	MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 3a Microfilm F-769	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1761	List of Acadians inhabiting from Gaspay to Bay Verte not surrendered at Fort Cumberland, 8 Nov. 1761	MG 13, W.O. 34, volume 12, part 1 Microfilm C-12838, pages 343 to 344	Not available	Acadia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1759 to 1761	List of the inhabitants of Ile Royale, Île Saint-Jean and Acadia refugees at Cherbourg	MG 1, C11B, volume 38, folio 249 to 264 Microfilm C-9297, pages 360 to 382	MG 1, C11B, volume 38, folio 249 to 264 Microfilm F-167	Acadia	Partially nominal list	Yes
1759	General list of families, officers …, principal inhabitants and other particulars from Ile Royale to La Rochelle	MG 1, C11B, volume 38, folio 265 to 286 Microfilm C-9297, pages 383 to 460	MG 1, C11B, volume 38, folio 265 to 286 Microfilm F-167	Acadia	Partially nominal list	Yes
1756	Number of French inhabitants at various locations	MG 21, Add. MSS. 19071 ff. 131 Microfilm C-11964	Not available	Acadia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1761	Census of the Acadian families taking refuge along the Acadian coast	MG 13, W.O. 34, volume 1 Microfilm C-12387, pages 301 to 310	Not available	Acadia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1763	Acadians and prisoners of war	MG 18, F 14, volume 2 pages 427 to 429	Not available	Acadia	Various lists	No
1762 to 1780	General role of the inhabitants of Île Royale and Île Saint-Jean distributed by parishes. Refugees in France and the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon	MG 1, G1, volumes 482 to 494 Microfilm C-10208	MG 1, G1, volumes 482 to 494 Microfilm F-692 Microfilm F-693 Microfilm F-694 Microfilm F-695	Acadia	Nominal list	Yes
1762 to 1780	General role of the inhabitants of Île Royale and Île Saint-Jean distributed by parishes. Refugees in France and the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon	MG 1, G1, volumes 482 to 494 Microfilm C-10207	MG 1, G1, volumes 482 to 494 Microfilm F-692 Microfilm F-693 Microfilm F-694 Microfilm F-695	Acadia	Nominal list	Yes
1763	Acadians and prisoners of war	MG 18, F 14, volume 1 Transcript only available on-site, not on microfilm, pages 388 to 429	Not available	Acadia	Various lists	No
1763	Census of Acadians families in certain American colonies	MG 5, A 1, volume 450 Microfilm C-12547, pages 182 to 185 and 198 to 216	Not available	Acadia	Partially nominal list	Yes
1841	Not available	Not available	MG 9, C 6 Microfilm M-896	Prince Edward Island	Names of heads of household	No
1787	Loyalists settled in Prince Edward Island	MG 23, E 12	Not available	Prince Edward Island	List	No
1763	Census of Acadians families in certain American colonies	MG 5, A 1, volume 451 Microfilm C-12547, pages 24 to 37, 44 to 57, 84 and 85, 121 and 122	Not available	Acadia	Partially nominal census	Yes
1848	[Census Returns for the Province of Prince Edward Island]	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 229, volume 14 Microfilm B-1407	Prince Edward Island	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1798	1798 Island of St. John, Heads of households census	Not available	Not available	Prince Edward Island	Names of heads of household	No
1838	Not available	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 229, volume 10 Microfilm B-1406	Prince Edward Island	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1827	Prince Edward Island: Secretary of State	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 226, volume 45 Microfilm B-1256, pages 101 and 102	Prince Edward Island	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1855	Not available	Not available	Not available	Prince Edward Island	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1841	Not available	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 229, volume 10 Microfilm B-1406	Prince Edward Island	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1767	General return for Nova Scotia	Microfilm C-9130, page 168	Not available	Nova Scotia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1833	Not available	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 229, volume 8 Microfilm B-1405	Prince Edward Island	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1861	Not available	Not available	Not available	Prince Edward Island	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1767, 1770, 1773, 1787, 1791 to 1795	Poll tax assessment rolls for various places	Not available	MG 9, B 10 Microfilm M-5219	Nova Scotia	Names of heads of household	No
1871	Not available	Not available	Not available	Prince Edward Island	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1775	A list of families settled in Nova Scotia	Not available	Microfilm H-992, pages 349 to 352	Nova Scotia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1781	Lists of tenants in Memramcook, Petitocodiac (now New Brunswick) and Tatamagouche	Not available	Microfilm C-1458, pages 3589 to 3592	Nova Scotia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1811, 1817, 1818, 1827 and 1838	Returns	Not available	MG 9, B 10 Microfilm M-5219 and M-5220	Nova Scotia	Names of Heads of households, incomplete	No
1811 and 1818	Description of Cape Breton Island	Not available	Not available	Nova Scotia	Names of heads of household	No
1813 and 1814	Military census for Cape Breton Island	Not available	Only available on-site, not on microfilm	Nova Scotia	Census return	No
Not dated	List of settlers in the town of Digby	Not available	Microfilm H-1687, pages 95 to 106	Nova Scotia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1671	Numéro 1. Rôle des gens de l'habitation de Plaisance	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 1 to 5	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Nominal census	Yes
1782	Return of men, women and children arriving at Annapolis from New York	Not available	Microfilm C-1459, pages 3667 and 3668	Nova Scotia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1677	Trepassey to Cape Bonavista	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 199, volume 16 Microfilm B-204	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
Not dated	Returns of settlers at Annapolis, Digby, Clements, Wilmot, Bear River and Lisisboo	Not available	Microfilm H-1687, pages 93 to 94	Nova Scotia	Names of group leaders only	Yes
1673	Numéro 2. Rôle des habitants de Plaisance	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 6 to 10	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Nominal census	Yes
1675	Census for the area between Cape de Race and Bonavista	MG 11, C.O. 1, volume 35 Microfilm C-1446	Not available	Newfoundland and Labrador	Nominal census	Yes
1781	Lists of tenants in Memramcook, Petitocodiac (now New Brunswick) and Tatamagouche	Not available	Microfilm C-1459, pages 3667 and 3668	Nova Scotia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1677	Trepassey to Cape Bonavista	MG21, Add MSS 13972, ff 26v to 27v	Not available	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1687	Numéro 4. Recensement général de l'île de Terre-Neuve	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 80 to 85	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1691	Numéro 6. Recensement des habitants de l'île de Terre-Neuve	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 86 to 94	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1687	Numéro 5. Recensement général de l'île de Terre-Neuve	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 80 to 85	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1691	Numéro. 3 Recensement des habitants de l'île de Terre-Neuve	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 86 to 94	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1694	Numéro 11. Recensement de toute la colonie établie en l'île de Terre-Neuve	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 108 to 121	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1693	Numéro 9. Recensement de toute la colonie établie en l'île de Terre-Neuve	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 100 to 107	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Nominal census	Yes
1691	Numéro 8. Recensement de toute la colonie establie en l'île de Terre-Neuve pour l'année 1691	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 95 to 99	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Nominal census	Yes
1694	Numéro 10. Etat des remplacements et règlements des maisons et grèves des habitants de Plaisance en l'île de Terre-Neuve	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 108 to 121	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1706	Numéro 7. Recensement des pêcheurs qui sont au service des officiers de Plaisance	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages, 58 to 65	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Names of heads of household	Yes
1704	Numéro 14. Recensement des habitants et pêcheurs de Plaisance	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages, 122 to 128	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Names of heads of household	Yes
1711	Numéro 18. Recensement du nombre d'habitants et matelots pêcheurs hivernant à Plaisance en âge de porter les armes ou coureurs de bois	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 69 to 79	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Names of heads of household	Yes
1780 and 1781	Residents of St. John's together with various documents relating to its population	Not available	MG 9, I 2	Newfoundland and Labrador	Lists of residents	No
1711	Numéro 17. Recensement du nombre d'habitants et matelots pêcheurs hivernant à Plaisance, en âge de porter les armes ou coureurs de bois [de Plaisance]	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, 69 to 79	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Names of heads of household	Yes
1748	A General Scheme of the Fishery and Inhabitants of Newfoundland	Not available	MG 18, F 26	Newfoundland and Labrador	Population statistics table	No
1706	Numéro 15. Recensement des familles de la colonie de Plaisance en 1706	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages, 58 to 65	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Names of heads of household	Yes
1711	Numéro 19. Recensement des habitants de Plaisance, Pointe Verte et Petit Plaisance et île Saint-Pierre	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 69 to 79	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Names of heads of household	Yes
1714 to 1716, 1749 to 1751, 1764 to 1774, 1785 to 1792	Taken from the returns of admirals	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 325, volume 7 Microfilm B-1557	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1710	Numéro 16. Recensement des hommes, femmes, enfants, pêcheurs et domestiques [de Plaisance]	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 66 to 68	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1810	Return of the Fishery and Inhabitants of Bonavista Bay, Conception Bay, the District of St. John's and the District of Trinity	Not available	MG 24, A 45 Microfilm M-3717 and M-3718, pages 2599 to 3608	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1807	Return of the Fishery and Inhabitants of Newfoundland	Not available	MG 24, A 45 Microfilm M-3718, pages 3590 and 3591	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1698 to 1703 and 1705	Robert Walpole report	MG 21, Egerton MSS. 921 folios 3 to 5T	Not available	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1698	Numéro 12. Recensement général des habitants de Plaisance en l'île de Terre-Neuve	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm C-2574, pages 11 to 49	MG 1, G1, volume 467, part 1 Microfilm F-698	Newfoundland and Labrador	Names of heads of household	Yes
1811	Abstract of the Return of Winter Inhabitants, Town and District of St. John's	Not available	MG 24, A 45 Microfilm M-3718, pages 3503 and 3503	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1811	Return of the Inhabitants, Ferryland	Not available	MG 24, A 45 Microfilm M-3718, pages 3505 and 3506,	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1810	Abstract of the return of Winter Inhabitants, Town and District of St. John's	Not available	MG 24, A 45 Microfilm M-3718, pages 3501 and 3501	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1817 to 1823	Not available	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 194, volumes 61 to 66 Microfilm B-687 to B-689	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1811	Return of the Fishery and Inhabitants of Bay of Bulls, Bonavista, Burin, Ferryland, Fogo, Fortune Bay, Placentia, St. John's, Trepassey and Trinity	Not available	MG 24, A 45, pages 3610 to 3640 Microfilm M-3718, pages 3610 and 3639	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1824 to 1828	Not available	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 194, volumes 70, 72, 74 and 76 Microfilm B-692, B-693, B-695 and B-695	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1829 and 1830	Not available	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 194, volumes 80 and 81 Microfilm B-533 and B-533	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1921, 1935 and 1945	Not available	Not available	MG 9, I 3 Microfilm M-8028 to M-8078	Newfoundland and Labrador	Nominal census	No
1870	British Columbia	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 64, volume 11, pages 70 to 72 in Blue Boo Microfilm B-200	British Columbia	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1935	Hopedale and (Makkovik) Moravian Missions	Not available	MG 17, D 1 Microfilm M-509, pages 38523 to 38539 and 38540 to 38552	Newfoundland and Labrador	Nominal census	No
1845	Not available	Not available	MG 11, C.O. 194, volume 125 Microfilm B-557	Newfoundland and Labrador	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1891	1891 census return for the City of Victoria	Not available	MG 9, F 3 Microfilm H-1408	British Columbia	Names of heads of household	Yes
1832, 1833, 1849	Red River census	Not available	MG 9, E 3, volume 2, images 778 to 876 Microfilm C-2170	Manitoba	Names of heads of household	Yes
1827 to 1843	Census returns for various communities comprising the Red River Colony	Not available	MG 20, E 5 Microfilm HBC 4M5 and HBC 4M6	Manitoba	Names of heads of household	No
1856	Red River census (incomplete)	Not available	MG 9, E 3, volume 3, images 881 to 884 Microfilm C-2170	Manitoba	Names of heads of household	Yes
1666	Census of Canada	Microfilm C-2474	MG 1, G1, volume 460, partie 1, pages 1 à 155 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Nominal census	Yes
1640 to 1801	Notes on Montréal neighbourhoods	Not available	MG 18, H 28, volume 3	Quebec	Names of landowners	No
1667	Census of Canada	Microfilm C-2474	MG 1, G1, volume 460, part 2, pages 1 to 207 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Nominal census	Yes
1831 to 1847	Red River census	Not available	MG 9, E 3, volume 1, pages 1 to 323 Microfilm C-2170	Manitoba	Names of heads of household	Yes
1681	Census of Canada	Microfilm C-2474, pages 1 to 477	MG 1, G1, volume 460, partie 3 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Nominal census	Yes
1692	[Recensement de Canada]	Microfilm C-6815, pages 3 and 4	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1683	Summary: number of inhabitants, weapons, cattle, land in value, Indians	Not available	MG 1, G1, volume 460, partieie 4, page 4 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1668	Recensement du Canada. Etat de la population, familles, hommes capables de porter les armes, terres en valeur, récoltes	Not available	MG 1, G1, volume 460, partie 4, page 3 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1677	Testimony and enumeration of the seigneury of Bécancour	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Names of heads of household	No
1688	Census of Baie-des-Chaleurs	Not available	MG 1, I A 5, volume 1016 Microfilm F-178, pages 331 and 332	Quebec	Partially nominal census	No
1716	[Récapitulation du rencensement du Canada]	Not available	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1700	Recensement de la nouvelle habitation du Mont-Louis en Canada…	Microfilm C-6815, pages 12a to 12f	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Nominal census	Yes
1716 to 1724	[Recensement général de la colonie de la Nouvelle France]	Microfilm C-6815	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765, page 12 to 16, 19 to 21	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1678	Testimony and enumeration of the seigneury of Sillery	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Names of heads of household	No
1695 and 1698	[Recensement du Canada]	Mcrofilm C-6815, pages 5 and 6	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1685 and 1688	[Rencenesement général du gouvernement de Canada contenant le nombre d'hommes, femmes, garçons et filles celuy des armes, fonds de terre, bestiaux et moulins]	Microfilm C-6815	MG 1, G1, volume 461, pages 1 et 2 4 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1723	Testimony and enumeration of the fief of Varennes and du Tremblay	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Names of heads of household	No
1726, 1727 and 1730	[Recenesement général de la colonie du Canada]	Microfilm C-6815, pages 22 to 24	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1725	Testimony and enumeration of the Island of Orléans	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Names of heads of household	No
1707, 1712 to 1714	[Recenesement général de ce qui compose la colonie du Canada]	Microfilm C-6815, page 8 to 11	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1699	Recensement de l’habitation nouvelle du Mont-Louis dans le fleuve St. Laurent	Microfilm C-6815, pages 11a to 11d	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Nominal census	Yes
1734	[Exstrait du rencesement généreal fait en la Nouvelle France]	Microfilm C-6815, pages 28a to 28d	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1731	Testimony and enumeration of Island of Montréal	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Names of heads of household	No
1724	Testimony and enumeration of the fief of Vincelotte	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Names of heads of household	No
1732	State of the bourgeois	Not available	MG 1, G1, volume 460, part 4, pages 13 to 15 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Partially nominal census	No
1739	[Recensement général de la colonie de la Nouvelle France]	Microfilm C-6815, page 29	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1737	State of the bourgeois	Not available	MG 1, G 1, volume 460, part 4, pages 19 to 28 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Partially nominal census	No
1736	[Recensement général de la colonie de la Nouvelle France]	Microfilm C-6815, page 26	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1731	Testimony and enumeration of the seigneury of Saint-Sulpice	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Names of heads of household	No
1737	[Recensement général de la colonie de la Nouvelle France]	Microfilm C-6815, page 27	MG 1, G1, volume 461 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1735	State of the bourgeois	Not available	MG 1, G1, volume 460, part 4, pages 16 to 19 Microfilm F-765	Quebec	Partially nominal census	No
1740	Recensement sommaire de la seigneurie Dailleboust et de l'Ile Carillon	Not available	MG 24, L 3, volume 37, pages 23957 and 23958,	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1744	État ou recensement général de la paroisse de Québec	Microfilm C-2897	MG 8, G 24, volumes 3 to 8	Quebec	Partially nominal census	Yes
1741	State of the bourgeois	Not available	MG 1, G1, volume 460, part 4, pages 28 to 33 Microfilm F-765		Partially nominal census	No
1761	Return of the number of souls in the several parishes belonging to the government of Quebec	Microfilm C-11888, pages 14 à 15	MG 11, Q series , volume 1	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1741	Montreal census	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Partially nominal census	No
1760	Recensement des habitans de la ville et du gouvernement des Trois-Rivières	Microfilm C-13994	MG 8, D 3	Quebec	Partially nominal census	Yes
1762	Return of the Canadian inhabitants settled in the town & government of Trois Rivières in April 1762	Microfilm C-14020, page 16	MG 11, C.O. 323, volume 16, folio 23 Microfilm B-3498	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1762	Rencensement du gouvernement du Québec	Not on microfilm	MG 8, B 11	Quebec	Names of heads of household	No
1764	A list of Protestant house keepers in Montreal	Microfilm C-11888, pages 335 and 336	MG 11, series Q, volume 2	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1765	Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Champlain, Côte Bastican, Rivière Bastican, Ste-Anne, St-Pierre-les-Bequets, Gentilly and Bécancour	Microfilm C-2997, page 4496	RG 4, A 1, volume 11	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1763	Return of the Canadian inhabitants settled in the town & government of Trois Rivières in May 1763	Microfilm H-1429, page 81	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21667 Microfilm A-611	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1761	List of Acadians inhabiting from Gaspay to Bay Verte not surrendered at Fort Cumberland, 8 Nov. 1761	Microfilm C-12838, pages 343 and 344	MG 13, W.O. 34, volume 12	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1765	Return of protestant inhabitants in the district of Montreal	Microfilm C-3023, pages 5 to 15	MG 8, G 65, pages 5 à 15	Quebec	Nominal census	Yes
1766	List of English merchants and residents in Quebec	Microfilm C-3023, page 2	MG 8, G 65, page 2	Quebec	Nominal census	Yes
1765	Le recensement des gouvernements de Montréal et des Trois-Rivières	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Partially nominal census	No
1765	List of inhabitants of Baie-des-Chaleurs, Bonaventure and Gaspé	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Names of heads of household	No
1765	Bécancour, Gentilly, St-Pierre-les-Bequets, Ste-Anne, Rivière Bastican, Côte de Batiscan, Champlain, Cap-de-la-Madeleine	Microfilm C-2997, pages 4497 to 4522	RG 4, A 1, volume 11	Quebec	Partially nominal census	Yes
1766	List of merchants and inhabitants of Montreal	Microfilm C-3023, page 3	MG 8, G 65, page 3	Quebec	Nominal census	Yes
1766 to 1787	Annual alphabetical lists of persons married, baptized and buried in the parish of Montreal, with statistical summary	Microfilm C-3023, pages 16 to 166	MG 8, G 65, pages 16 à 166	Quebec	Nominal census	Yes
1778 to 1787	Lists of Loyalist families receiving provisions in the Province of Quebec, especially the Montreal district	Microfilm C-1475	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21826 Microfilm A-751	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1774 and 1777	Return of families residing at Bonaventure, Paspebiac, Gaspé, Percé and Malbay and Tracadigache or Tracadièche	Microfilm H-1741, pages 1, 6 to 8 and 16 to 17b	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21862, pages 1, 6 to 8 and 16 to 17b Microfilm A-773	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1769 to 1772	Householders in the town and suburbs of Quebec found within the accounts of the Inspector of Chimneys	Microfilm H-1758	RG 1 E 15A, selected volumes	Quebec	Nominal list	Yes
1781	Testimony and enumeration of the seigneury of Saint-Sulpice	Not available	Not available	Quebec	Names of heads of household	No
1784	Loyalists settled in the Province of Quebec and estimate of provisions	Microfilm H-1744, page 107	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21882 Microfilm A-779	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1781 and 1782	Districts of Montreal and Quebec	Microfilm H-1745	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21884 Microfilm A-779	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1783	Return of the Indians in the District of Quebec	Microfilm H-1745, page 393	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21885 Microfilm A-779	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1784	Roll of the Loyalists in the township of Paspebiac	Microfilm H-1741, pages 229 to 229d	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21862, folio 172 Microfilm A-773	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1784	List of inhabitants at Tracadièche and quantity of land each has improved	Microfilm H-1741, pages 189 to 191	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21862 Microfilm A-773	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1784	[Denombrement général de l'état écclisiastique et… un… réligieuses de la province de Québec]	Microfilm H-1745, pages 385 to 393 and 406	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21885, folios 257 to 265 Microfilm A-779	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1784	List of the inhabitants of Beauport	Not available	MG 24, L 3, volume 38, pages 24754 to 24756	Quebec	Not available	No
1785	A list of English inhabitants of the City of Montreal	Not available	RG 4, A 1, volume 27 Microfilm C-3000, pages 8962 à 8969	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1793	[Inhabitants of the parish of St-Vincent de Paul de Montréal]	Not available	RG 4, A 1, volume 55 Microfilm C-3008, pages 18017 et 18018	Quebec	Aggregate returns	Yes
1785	A list of English and French inhabitants of the City of Quebec	Not available	RG 4, A 1, volume 27 Microfilm C-3000, pages 8970 à 8976	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1785	List of the inhabitants of Quebec City and its Lower Town, of the village of St-Vallier and of Ancienne-Lorette	Not available	MG 24, L 3, volume 38, pages 24748 to 24752	Quebec	List	No
1792	Census of the parish of Quebec	Microfilm C-2897, page 1 to 74	Not available	Quebec	Partially nominal census	Yes
1795	Census of the parish of Quebec	Microfilm C-2897, pages 1 to 62	Not available	Quebec	Partially nominal census	Yes
1799	[Returns of] Frontenac County, Dorset Township	Not available	MG 24, B 6, volume 5, pages 148 to 187	Quebec	Partially nominal census	No
1786	Not available	Not available	RG 4, B 34	Quebec	Statistical returns	No
1805	Census of the parish of Quebec	Microfilm C-2897, pages 1 to 59	Not available	Quebec	Partially nominal census	Yes
1803 to 1805	Eastern townships	Microfilm C-3032, pages 26611 and 26612	Not available	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1798	Census of the parish of Quebec	Microfilm C-2897, pages 1 to 56	Not available	Quebec	Partially nominal census	Yes
1811	Persons liable to serve on juries residing in the town and banlieu of Montreal	Not available	RG 4 B 19, volume 1 Microfilm H-1758, pages 1 à 33	Quebec	Nominal list	Yes
1815 and 1816	Census of the parish of Quebec	Microfilm C-2897, pages 1 to 246	Not available	Quebec	Partially nominal census	Yes
1813	Assessments for the year 1813 [Montreal: Jury lists]	Not available	RG 4 B 19, volume 1 Microfilm H-1758, pages 34 à 82	Quebec	Nominal list	Yes
1815 or later, no date	Census of the City of Montreal	Not available	RG 4 B 19, volume 1A Microfilm H-1758, pages 1 à 79	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1817	Census of the Valcartier settlement	Not available	MG 24, B 1, volume 191 Microfilm C-15786, pages 5140 et 5141	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1819	Census of the Valcartier settlement	Not available	MG 24, B 1, volume 191 Microfilm C-15786, pages 5177 à 5181	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1825	[Census of Lower Canada]	Not available	RG 31 Microfilm C-717 and C-718 See Census of 1825, Lower Canada	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1825 and 1828	Names of persons receiving lands in the Eastern Townships, 10 Dec[ember]1825 to 8 Aug[ust] 1828	RG 4, A 1, volume 268	Not available	Quebec	Nominal list	No
1830	Census of the population of the Seigniories of Foucault, Noyan and Sabrevois, taken…by Samuel L. Welch…completed on the 4th Day of December 1830	Not available	RG 4, B 77 Microfilm H-1758	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1831	Census covering the Montreal area	Microfilm C-5941	Not available	Quebec	Partially nominal census	Yes
1831	Census covering the Montreal area	MG 24, L 5, volume 18, pages 4456 to 4847	Not available	Quebec	Partially nominal census	No
1831	Census covering the Montreal area	MG 24, L 5, volume 19, pages 4849 to 4911	Not available	Quebec	Partially nominal census	No
1832	[Statistics and population of Lower Canada]	Microfilm C-11948, pages 461 to 468	Not available	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1832 to 1835	City and banlieu of Montreal. List of persons qualified to serve as Grand Jurors…	Not available	RG 4 B 19, volume 2, Liber CC Microfilm H-1758, 51 pages	Quebec	Nominal list	Yes
1831	[Census of Lower Canada]	Not available	RG 31 Microfilm C-719 to C-724 See Census of 1831, Lower Canada	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1833	[Numerical lists of First Nations residing in and visiting Lower Canada]	Microfilm C-11952, page 192	Not available	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1833 and 1834	Montreal District. List of Jurors…	Not available	RG 4 B 19, volume 4, Liber BB Microfilm H-1758, 24 pages	Quebec	Nominal list	Yes
1840	[Population of Lower Canada]	Microfilm C-12634, pages 80 and 81	Not available	Quebec	Statistical returns	Yes
1832 to 1835	Montreal District. Liste des Petits Jurés pour les Sessions….	Not available	RG 4 B 19, volume 3 Microfilm H-1758, 37 pages	Quebec	Nominal list	Yes
1833 to 1835	Montreal District. General list of persons qualified to serve as Petit Jurors in the Courts…	Not available	RG 4 B 19, volume 6, Liber DD Microfilm H-1758, 48 pages	Quebec	Nominal list	Yes
1719 to 1785	Muster rolls, provisioning lists and returns of refugee Loyalists	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21826 to 21828 Transcript on microfilm C-1475, nominal index included	MG 21, Add. MSS. 21826 to 21828 Microfilm A-751 and A-752	Ontario	Names of heads of household	Yes
1880	State of the population of the Island of Montreal	Not available	MG 18, H 28, volume 3	Quebec	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1849 to 1853	Shareholders of the Association of the Counties of L'Islet and Kamouraska to colonize the Saguenay	Not available	MG 24, I 81	Quebec	Nominal list	No
1788	Charlottenburg, Protestant inhabitants	Not available	MG 23, J 5, pages 2 to 4	Ontario	List of inhabitants	No
1832 to 1835	Montreal District. List of persons qualified to serve as Grand Jurors…	Not available	RG 4 B 19, volume 5, Liber AA Microfilm H-1758, 48 pages	Quebec	Nominal list	Yes
1842	[Census of Canada East]	Not available	RG31 Microfilm C-725 to C-733 See Census of 1842, Canada East	Quebec	Names of heads of household	Yes
1796 to 1799 and 1853	Leeds and Grenville Counties	Not available	MG 24, B 7, pages 325 to 376	Ontario	Assessment rolls	No
1794 to 1808	Markham Township, German settlers	Not available	William Von Moll Berczy fonds, MG 23, H II 6, pages 65 to 72, 735 and 736, 858 to 861 Indexed in the Immigrants before 1865 database	Ontario	List of inhabitants	Yes
1796 to 1855	Upper Canada, population and assessment	Not available	RG 5, B 26, volumes 1 to 8 Microfilm H-1174	Ontario	Statistical returns	Yes
1796, 1806, 1813, 1823 and 1824	Augusta Township	Not available	MG 9 D8-1 Microfilm C-1345	Ontario	Names of heads of household	Yes
1796 to 1855	Upper Canada, population and assessment	Not available	RG 5, B 26, volumes 1 to 8 Microfilm H-1176	Ontario	Statistical returns	Yes
1796 to 1855	Upper Canada, population and assessment	Not available	RG 5, B 26, volumes 1 to 8 Microfilm H-1175	Ontario	Statistical returns	Yes
1801 to 1842	Census and related records from various fonds	Not available	MG 9 D 8 Microfilm H-1100	Ontario	Names of heads of household	Yes
1803 to 1850	Census, Assessment rolls	Not available	MG 9 D 9 Microfilm M-7735 to M-7752	Ontario	Assessment rolls; Names of heads of household	No
1824, 1825 and 1827	Not available	Not available	Journal of Assembly, Upper Canada, 1828	Ontario	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
1830 to 1836	Upper Canada	Not available	RG 10, volume 708 Microfilm C-13410	Ontario	Returns of [First Nations] indians; Names of heads of household	Yes
1822	Perth Military settlement (Alphabetical index included)	Not available	MG 9, D 8-27 Microfilm C-4651	Ontario	Nominal census; Names of heads of household	Yes
1832 to 1835	Not available	Printed in Journal of Assembly, Upper Canada, 1849, 1834, 1835 and 1836	Not available	Ontario	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1828	Seigneury of l'Orignal	Not available	MG 9, D 8-42, volume 1, 4 pages	Ontario	List	No
1836 to 1839	Not available	Printed in Journal of Assembly, Upper Canada, 1836-1837, 1838, 1839 and 1839-1841	Not available	Ontario	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1839	Lochiel, Kenyon, Charlottenburg and Lancaster Townships	Not available	MG 24, J 34	Ontario	Nominal census	No
1842	Townsend Township, Norfolk County	Not available	RG 31 Microfilm M-3200	Ontario	Names of heads of household	No
1828 to 1831	Not available	Printed in Journal of Assembly, Upper Canada, 1829, 1830, 1831 and 1832	Not available	Ontario	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1847	Malden Township, Essex County	Not available	RG 5 B 26, volume 4, pages 710 to 759 Microfilm H-1175	Ontario	Names of heads of household	Yes
1841	Toronto inhabitants entitled to vote, arranged by trade or professions	MG 24, B 101	Not available	Ontario	List	No
1853	Deep River, Renfrew County settlers	Not available	MG 24, I 83, pages 47 to 49	Ontario	List	No
1848 and 1850	Census	Not available	MG 9, D 9 Microfilm M-5909 to M-5915	Ontario	Returns of heads of households	No
1863	Census returns for the village of St. Mary's	Not available	RG 5, C 1, volume 750, file 1052 Microfilm H-2490, 110 pages	Ontario	Nominal census	Yes
1842	Census for Canada West	Not available	RG 31 Microfilm C-1344 and C-1345 See 1842 Census for Canada West	Ontario	Names of heads of household	Yes
1840 and 1841	Not available	Printed in Journal of Assembly, Province of Canada, 1841 and 1842	Not available	Ontario	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	Yes
1842	Census	Not available	RG 31 Microfilm M-5907 and M-5908	Ontario	Names of heads of household	No
1864	Census of the village of Mount Forest	Not available	RG 5, C 1, volume 800, file 442, document H Microfilm H-2502, 39 pages	Ontario	Nominal census	Yes
1854	Census of the town of London	Not available	RG 5, C 1, volume 417, file 1000 Microfilm H-2428, 62 pages	Ontario	Names of heads of household	Yes
1877 and circa 1903	St. John the Evangelist (Anglican) congregation, Thunder Bay	Not available	MG 9, D 7-37 Microfilm M-2820	Ontario	List	No
1848 and 1850	Not available	Not available	Not available	Ontario	Aggregate return(s) (no names)	No
Circa 1907	St. Ansgarius (Lutheran) Church, Port Arthur	Not available	MG 9, D 7-35 Microfilm M-2821	Ontario	List	No

Notes

Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) and Île St-Jean (Prince Edward Island)

Both were originally in volume 467.
Records were later transferred to volume 466.
Transcripts on microfilm C-2574, indicate the old volume number 467.

French Colonial period

There are often two versions of a record: originals and transcripts (copies).
The transcripts are often easier to read than the original records.

Acadia

When researching in Acadia, also try searching specific provinces

Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island

The years, descriptions and archival references are included in the above table, for example, Nova Scotia, 1817.
The full list of place names and microfilm numbers for each of those census years are found in this appendix.
These microfilm reels are not digitized.

Terminology

Aggregate returns: A type of census that only includes the number of individuals, rather than listing their names.
Civil registration: Local birth, marriage, and death records.
Military census: A census taken of military settlements that included discharged soldiers and civilian settlers. These can be aggregate or nominal.
Nominal census: A type of census that includes names of individuals.
Originals: An original archival document
Return: Another term for a census record or a list of people.
Transcripts: A handwritten or typed copy of original records

Access the records

For records that are digitized

This guide provides links to many digitized records:

Most references on C and H microfilm reels are linked to images on our partner website Héritage.
Some references are linked to images attached to the record descriptions in our Collection Search database.

You can search through the digitized records looking for the name of a particular person.

For records that are not digitized

For records that are not digitized, you will need to see them in person. If you cannot visit us in person, you may want to order copies or hire a researcher.

About these records

This page has been created from Finding Aid 300. It is a complete guide to early census and related documents found at Library and Archives Canada, including copies of material held at other archives. Most of the records date from 1640 to the 1800s. There are also a few records from the 1900s.

Locations and date ranges include:

Acadia, 1671 to 1763
British Columbia, 1870 to 1891
New Brunswick, 1773 to 1848
Newfoundland and Labrador, 1671 to 1945
Nova Scotia, 1767 to 1838
Ontario, 1719 to 1907
Prince Edward Island, 1787 to 1871
Quebec, 1640 to 1880

Here are the types of records you will find:

census returns
tax assessment rolls and poll tax lists
civil registration records from Acadia
lists of property owners, inhabitants, parishioners, fishermen, etc.
returns of settlers, including some Loyalists
population totals taken by civil or church officials
statistical or aggregate returns that do not contain names

Related resources

Some census transcripts for Quebec are found in these published sources at LAC:

Rapport de l'archiviste de la province de Québec
Histoire des Canadiens-français by Benjamin Sulte (volumes 4 and 5)

Digitized copies are available online. Do an Internet search with the publication title and try French and English keywords such as census, enumeration, inhabitants / recensement, dénombrement, habitants.

For Quebec and Acadia, there are some digitized census records in the New France Archives database. Enter a place name in the keyword box, then filter the results with the French word “recensement”.

The 1798 census of Prince Edward Island is found in Duncan Campbell’s History of Prince Edward Island. That book is digitized on our partner website Canadiana. The 1841 census is available at the PEI Public Archives and Records Office.

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