Census Information for High Country

Census reels

Censuses online

Where to find census information in Canada

Census Reels

1881 to 1901

Place	District / County	Year	Microfilm
Albert Canyon District	See Kootenay West, Revelstoke Riding	1901	---
Ashcroft	Yale	1891	T6292
Ashcroft (Town)	See Yale West	1901	---
Cache Creek	Yale	1881	C13285
Cache Creek	Yale	1891	T6292
Chase	Vancouver	1891	T6292
Douglas Lake	Yale	1891	T6292
Golden	See Kootenay East, North Riding	1901	---
Institutions	Yale	1891	T6427
Kamloops	Yale	1881	C13285
Kamloops	Yale	1891	T6292
Kamloops(City)	See Yale North	1901	---
Kootenay East, North Riding	Yale and Cariboo	1901	T6430; T6436
Kootenay West, Revelstoke Riding	Yale and Cariboo	1901	T6430; T6436
Lytton	Yale	1881	C13285
Lytton	Yale	1891	T6292
Lytton	See Spences Bridge	---	---
Lytton	See Yale West	1901	---
Mara	See Yale East	1901	1901
Merritt	Yale	1891	T6292
Nicola	Yale	1881	C13285
Nicola	Yale	1891	T6292
Nicola	See Okanagan	---	---
North Bend	See Yale West	1901	---
Okanagan	Yale	1881	C13285
Revelstoke (City)	See Kootenay West, Revelstoke Riding	1901	---
Savona	See Yale West	1901	---
Spences Bridge	Yale	1881	C13285
Spences Bridge	Yale	1891	T6292
Spences Bridge	See Lytton	---	---
Spences Bridge	See Yale West	1901	---
Yale	---	1881	C13285
Yale	---	1891	T6292;T6427
Yale and Cariboo	---	1901	T6430; T6431; T6436; T6437; T6554
Yale East	Yale and Cariboo	1901>	T6431; T6437
Yale West	Yale and Cariboo	1901	T6431; T6437

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Censuses online

1877 - 1891 Censuses

You can check out the Living Landscapes' census data for several censuses posted by Living Landscapes.
This is an online query page.

1881 Census

You can search the complete 1881 Canadian census online. Or you can purchase it on CD from the Mormons for a nominal amount.

1901 census

The 1901 census has been put into a prototype online database. One can view the pages of the census but cannot search by family. This is not a transcribed database. More details about the 1901 census are given in the Introduction.

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Where to find census records in Canada

Microfilmed census returns are held at the National Archives of Canada on Wellington Street in Ottawa. You can borrow these census reels from the National Archives through their inter-institutional loan service.

You can also find microfilm copies of census returns at the following locations. They might also be found in other locations, such as university libraries or archives and your local Family History Centre. (Please send the name of the organization, the location, and information on what jurisdictions are held to this web site's host.)

Single jurisdiction records held

Institution / Organization	Location	Jurisdiction
British Columbia Archives and Records Office	Victoria	B.C.
Provincial Archives of Manitoba	Winnipeg	Manitoba
Archives of Ontario	Toronto	Ontario
Hamilton Public Library	Hamilton	Ontario
St. Catharines Public Library, Special Collections Department	St. Catharines, Ontario	Ontario
Archives nationales du Québec	Montréal	Quebec
Archives nationales du Québec	Québec	Quebec
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick	Fredericton	N.B.
Saint John Public Library	Saint John	N.B.
Public Archives of Nova Scotia	Halifax	N.S.
Public Archives and Records Office	Charlottetown	P.E.I.

Multiple jurisdiction records held

Institution / Organization	Location	Jurisdictions
Surrey Public Library, Cloverdale Branch	Cloverdale, B.C.	all
Greater Victoria Public Library	Victoria, B.C.	most
Calgary Public Library	Calgary	all
Provincial Archives of Alberta	Edmonton	all
Regina Public Library, Prairie History Room	Regina	all
Saskatchewan Archives Board	Regina and Saskatoon	western provinces
Saskatoon Public Library	Saskatoon	most
Winnipeg Public Library	Winnipeg	Manitoba and Ontario
London Public Library	London, Ontario	Ontario and some Maritime
Queen's University Library, Government Documents Department	Kingston, Ontario	all
Toronto Public Library, North York Central Branch	Toronto	all
Windsor Public Library	Windsor, Ontario	Ontario and Quebec
Montreal Municipal Library, Central Branch, Salle Gagnon	Montréal	all

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