Census Records

1901 Moose Factory and New Post - Found here 1901 census.

Rest of District **** After an exhaustive search of the 1901 census records a few pages relating to the Cochrane District such as Moose Factory and James Bay has been found. Please note 1901 census records for the Cochrane District are extremely limited as for the most part this area was undeveloped and not settled until the decade following this census. Most of the towns in this area started showing up between 1901 - 1919.*****

The following census item does in part pertain to Quebec but several of the pages have Ontario written across them and do cover a small area in the Cochrane District

Province/Territory: Quebec
District Name: PONTIAC
District Number: 180
Sub-district Name: Unorganized Territory/Territoire non-organisé #09
Notes: Book/Livre 1 Algoma, Moose Factory, James Bay, Nipissing, Matagama
Reference: RG31 , Statistics Canada
Microfilm Reel Number: T-6554
Finding Aid Number: 31-40

If you are looking for an ancestor in the Cochrane District, there are currently limited census records available. Since this district is "young" as compared to Southern Ontario, the first major census taken was in 1911.  The 1911 censuses is being released for the public.  Although not all the areas have been transcribed.

If you are interested in helping transcribe the census contact the Ontario GenWeb site.

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If you are looking for the census for this area check out the Nipissing or Thunder Bay District sections for Cochrane

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