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Nova Scotia census returns [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1767-1851

Reference:

R555-3-9-E, RG31-C-1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

142099

Context of this record:

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GARDD pre-confederation collection

Statistics Canada,

Nova Scotia census returns
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Date(s):

1767-1851

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

? m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of census records for Nova Scotia, 1767-1851. Most records prior to 1825 simply indicate heads of households. The 1825 census indicates the head of the household, the number of persons living in each household, age groups, and marital status. The census for 1842, 1851 answer essentially the same questions but in greater detail and give information pertaining to houses occupied, number of buildings, types of housing, property ownership, land occupied, place of birth, age, sex, marital status, infirmities, religion, occupation or profession, education, agricultural crops, farm animals and their products, taverns or houses of public entertainment, stores where spiritous liquors sold, mills, manufacturers, distilleries, and wages paid to individuals. From 1851 on, all persons, not just heads of households, were enumerated, and an agricultural census was compiled separately.

Finding aid:

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(Electronic) Finding aid 31-6 is a typed shelf-list to the microfilm for the census of Nova Scotia, 1767-1851. The list indicates the order of the census returns on the microfilm reel as well as any missing schedules. For specific place names please consult Finding Aid 31-1, the published Catalogue of census returns on microfilm, 1666-1891. The finding aid is available as a PDF attached to this record. 31-6 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/31-6_142099_open.pdf

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Availability of other formats note:

Reels M-3134 to M-3139 are reference copies originally filmed by the Public Archives of Nova Scotia.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Related material:

Researchers should also consult the related records Poll tax assessment rolls and census returns for Nova Scotia fonds in the custody of the Manuscript Division of the National Archives of Canada (MIKAN 102863, MG9-B10, reels M-874 to M-887, M-1165 to M-1171, M-3134 to M-3139, M-5219 to M-5220, M-5902-M-5903). This fonds description duplicates some of the information related to the 1851 census returns found in the GARDD description (see reels M-3134 to M-3139). The original records for all microfilm reels prefixed with an "M" do not exist at the National Archives of Canada but rather in other institutions. All "M" prefixed microfilmed records were iMicrofilmed in 1967-1968, 1971, 1979 and 1980 from the originals held by the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Copies were received by the National Archives of Canada in 1968, 1971, 1980 and 1983.

Container note(s):

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M-3134 : Microfilm copies
M-3135 : Microfilm copies
M-3136 : Microfilm copies
M-3137 : Microfilm copies
M-3138 : Microfilm copies
M-3139 : Microfilm copies

Source:

Private

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RG31-C-1
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Textual records

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Access to the census records in this sub-sub-series is available to the research public without restrictions.

Microfilm reel M-3134--M-3139

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