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Quick Guide: Canadian Censuses Online

By Rick Crume Premium

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Researchers with Canadian roots have a bounty of censuses to tap—going back to the 1666 enumeration of New France (what’s now Quebec; see a transcription at <www.afhs.ab.ca/data/census/1666>). More head counts followed erratically until 1851, when the provinces began taking censuses every 10 years. After the 1867 establishment of the Dominion of Canada, the national government View Website VIP Subscription

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A contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine, Rick Crume specializes in online research, genealogy software, DNA testing and British genealogy.

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