Categories in the 1825 Census
Males
Aged 18 but not 25 divided by married
and
single
Aged 25 but not 40 divided by married and single
Aged 40 but not 60 divided by married and single
Aged 60 and over divided by married and single
Females
Under 14
Aged 14 but not 45 divided by married and single
Aged 45 and over divided by married and single
Categories in the 1831 Census
Name of parish, seigniory, township, ward or
division
of a town
Name of family head
Owns home
Trade or profession
Total number of family members
Number of family members temporarily out of the
province
Number aged 5 and under
Number greater than 5 and less than 14
Males
Married 14-17
Single 14-17
Married 18-20
Single 18-20
Married 21-29
Single 21-29
Married 30-59
Single 30-59
Married 60+
Single 60+
Females
Less than 14
Married 14-44
Single 14-44
Married 45+
Single 45+
Number of deaf and dumb persons and
the
occupation for which they show the greatest aptitude
Number of blind persons
Number of insane persons
Number of Anglicans
Number of Church of Scotland
Number of Roman Catholics
Number of Methodists
Number of Presbyterians and Congregationalists
not members of Church of Scotland
Number of Baptists
Numbers of Jews
Other denominations
Number of families earning their subsistance
by agricultural employment
Number of male farm servants employed in each
family
Number of families engaged in commerce and trade
Number of Persons in each family subsisting on
alms
Categories in 1842 Census
Houses with their local situations in any
range,
concession, street, etc. divided by houses inhabited, houses vacant,
and
houses under construction
Head of each family
Proprietor of real property
Non-proprietor of real property
Tenant entitled to vote at any election in
City,
Town etc.
Trade or profession
Total number of people in family
Number of family members temporarily absent
Natives of England in family
Natives of Ireland in family
Natives of Scotland in family
Natives of Canada of French origin in family
Natives of Canada of British origin in family
Natives of Continent of Europe or otherwise,
specifying country
Natives of the United States of America
Number of years each person has been in the
Province
if not native thereof
Number of aliens not naturalized
Number of family members aged 5 and under
divided
by gender
Number of family members aged 6 and less than
14 divided by gender
Males
Aged 14 and less than 18 divided by married and
single
Aged 18 and less than 21 divided by married and
single
Aged 21 and less than 30 divided by married and
single
Aged 30 and less than 60 divided by married and
single
Aged 60 and up divided by married and single
Females
Aged 14 and not 45 divided by married
and
single
Aged 45 and up divided by married and single
Number of children in family aged
between
5 and 16 in each family
Number of deaf and dumb people in each family
and the occupation for which they show the greatest aptitude, divided
by
gender
Number of blind people in family, divided by
gender
Number of idiots in family, divided by gender
Number of lunatics in family, divided by gender
Number of family members belonging to Church
of England
Number of family members belonging to Church
of Scotland
Number of family members belonging to Church
of Rome
Number of family members belonging to British
Wesleyan Methodists
Number of family members belonging to Canadian
Wesleyan Methodists
Number of family members belonging to other
Methodists
Number of family members belonging to
Presbyterians
not in connection with the Church of Scotland
Number of family members belonging to
Congregationalists
or Independents
Number of family members belonging to Baptists
and Anabaptists
Number of family members belonging to Lutherans
Number of family members belonging to Quakers
Number of family members belonging to Moraviana
and Tunkers
Number of family members belonging to Dutch
Reformed
Church
Number of family members who are Jews
Number of family members of other religious
denominations
Number of colored persons in family, divided
by gender
Number of male farm servants employed by family
Number of other servants employed by family,
divided by gender
Number of family members engaged in trade or
commerce
Number of family members existing on alms or
paupers
Number of acres or arpents of land occupied by
each family
Number of acres or arpents of improved land
occupied
by each family
Followed by detailed commercial and
agricultural
statistics
Categories in 1851 Census
Name of place, division
Names of inmates
Profession, trade or occupation
Place of birth
Religion
Residence if out of limits
Age next birth day
Sex (M/F)
Married or single
Colored persons--Negroes
Indians if any
Residents broken down into family members and
non-family members, again sorted by gender
Absent family members sorted by gender
Deaf and dumb sorted by gender
Blind sorted by gender
Lunatics sorted by gender
Attending school sorted by gender
Births during the year 1851 sorted by gender
Deaths during year 1851 sorted by gender, age
and cause of death
Brick, Stone, Frame, Log, Shanty or other kind
of residence
Number of stories
Number of families occupying
Vacant
Building
Shops, stores, inns, taverns, etc.
Public buildings
Places of Worship
Information as to Mills, Factories etc, etc
their
cost, power, produce, etc.
No. of persons usually employed therein
General remarks of the enumerator
Also includes agricultural census at the end
of each district which gives range and lot numbers for farms.
Categories in 1861 Census
Name of place, district
Names of inmates
Profession, trade or occupation
Place of birth
Married during the year
Religion
Residence if out of limits
Age next birth day
Sex (M/F)
Married or single
Widower, widow
Colored persons, Mulatto or Indians
Residents broken down into family members and
non-family members, again sorted by gender
Absent family members sorted by gender
Deaf and dumb
Blind
Lunatics or idiots
Children attending school sorted by gender
Persons over 20 who cannot read or write sorted
by gender
Births during the year 1860 sorted by gender
Deaths during year 1860 sorted by gender, age
and cause of death
Brick, Stone, Frame, Log, or other kind of
residence
Number of stories
Number of families occupying
Vacant
Being built
Livestock of townspeople and persons not farmers
Qunatity of land attached to tenement
Name of business or manufacture
Capital invested in business in real and
personal
estate
Raw material used, exclusive of fuel sorted by
quantity, kind and value
Motive power or machinery
Average number of hands employed, sorted by
gender
Average monthly cost of labour, sorted by gender
Annual product of business or manufacture
sorted
by quantity, kind and value
General remarks of the enumerator
(Agricultural census stored on separate reel)
Categories in 1871 Census
For living people:
Vessels
Shanties
Dwelling houses in construction
Dwelling houses uninhabited
Dwelling houses inhabited
Families
Names
Gender
Age
Born within last 12 months
Country or provinces of birth
Religion
Racial origin
Profession, occupation or trade
Married or widowed
Married within last 12 months
Instruction: sorted under going to school, over
20 unable to read, over 20 unable to read
Infirmities: sorted under deaf and dumb, blind,
unsound mind
For those who have died within the last 12 months:
Name
Gender
Age
Born within last 12 months (gives month)
Faith
Country or province of birth
Profession or occupation
Married or widowed
Married within last 12 months
Month of death
Cause of death
Categories in 1881 Census
Vessels
Shanties
Houses in construction
Houses uninhabited
Houses inhabitted
Families
Name
Sex
Age
Born within last 12 months
Country or province of birth
Religion
Racial origin
Profession, occupation or trade
Married or widowed
Going to school
Infirmities broken down under deaf and dumb,
blind, unsound mind
Categories in the 1891 Census
Vessels and Shanties
Houses in construction
Houses uninhabited
Houses inhabited
Families
Names
Sex
Age
Married or widowed
Relation to head of family
Country or province of birth
French Canadians
Place of birth of Father
Place of birth of Mother
Religion
Profession, occupation or trade
Employers
Wage earner
Unemployed during week preceding census
Employer to state average number of hands
employed
during year
Instruction divided under subtitles Read, Write
Infirmities divided under subtitles Deaf and
dumb, Blind, Unsound of mind
Categories in the 1901 Census
House number
Name of each person in family or household on
March 31, 1901
Sex
Colour
Relationship to head of family or household
Single, married, widowed or divorced
Month and date of birth
Year of birth
Age at last birthday
Country of place of birth (if in Canada specify
province or territory and add r or u to signify rural or urban)
Year of immigration to Canada
Year of naturalization
Racial or Tribal origin
Nationality
Religion
Profession, occupation, trade or means of
living
of each person (r means retired), subdivided by categories living on
own
means, employer, employee, working on own account
Wage earner divided under categories working
at trade in factory or in home, months employed at trade in factory,
months
employed at trade in home, months employed in other occupation than
trade
in factory or home, Earnings from occupation or trade, other earnings
from
other sources.
Education and language of each person aged 5
and over divided under months at school in year, can read, can write,
can
speak English, can speak French, mother tongue (if spoken).
Infirmities (with note that if infirmity dates
from childhood, specify) divided under deaf and dumb, blind, unsound
mind
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