It only lists heads of household until the 1851 census
which is the first fully nominative census


Categories in the 1825 Census

Name of parish
Name of family head
Total inmates in each family
Number belonging to each family absent from the Province
Number of the family under 6 years of age
Number of the family aged 6 and under 14
Number of the family aged more than 14 years and under 18

 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
 



© Marlene Simmons. Last updated Nov. 8, 1996.