Facts in Canadian Census, 1851-1901

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Facts Contained in Population Schedules: Canadian Federal Census, 1851-1901
Name and Address	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Name of individual Age Dwelling number	* * ~	* * ~	* * ~	* * ~	* * ~	* * ***
Family Origins	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Relationship to head of household Month, day, and year of birth County or province of birth If born within the last 12 months Deaths in last year; age; cause Sex Color Marital status Whether married within last 12 months Birthplace of father and mother French Canadian Racial or tribal origin Nationality Religion	~ ~ * * * * ~ * ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *	~ ~ * * * * ~ * * ~ ~ ~ ~ ***	~ ~ * * ~ * ~ * * ~ ~ ~ ~ *	~ ~ * * ~ * ~ * * ~ ~ ~ ~ *	* ~ * ~ ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ ~ ***	* * * ~ ~ * * * ~ ~ ~ * * ***
Education & Health	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Mother tongue Whether able to speak English Whether able to speak French Whether able to read and write Months at school	~ ~ ~ ~ ~	~ ~ ~ ~ ~	~ ~ ~ ~ ~	~ ~ ~ ~ ~	~ ~ ~ ~ ~	* * * * ***
Welfare & Occupation	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Profession/Occupation/Industry Living on own means Months employed Working in factory Wages Employer Employee Working on own account	*** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~	*** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~	*** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~	*** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~	*** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~	* * * * * * * *
Residency and Citizenship	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Year of immigration to Canada Year of naturalization	~ ~	~ ~	~ ~	~ ~	~ ~	* *

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