[Original note, unaltered:] Accession consists of an estimated 79,000 maps identified by electoral district and enumeration area number for the 1956, 1966 and 1971 census. (The maps are arranged by electoral district, and the sheets relating to each electoral district are numbered consecutively.) Accession includes an estimated 3200 compilation sheets identified by district and enumeration area number for the 1971 census; an estimated 5500 maps of electoral districts for the 1956 through 1971 census; an estimated 100 land maps identified by electoral district and enumeration area for the 1941 and 1946 census. Also includes 29 maps of the 1977 census test sites in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan.[//]
Pre-1950 land maps : Accession includes approximately 100 printed land maps, dating anywhere from 1909 - 1948. This small collection appears to have been assembled as "scrap" place maps available for copying or cutting for various statistical projects. The printed land maps are housed in approximately 50 envelopes that are organized by map sheet number (with location also noted). Most envelopes contain multiple copies of the same map; some envelopes contain some maps with annotations or that have been cut to shape, and may or may not bear an additional signature. A few annotations appear to indicate enumeration area, whereas a few others seem to indicate radius from a city, or even health authority boundary. This small collection of maps was originally described as being used for the 1941 Census and 1946 Census.
1956 : The collection of 1956 maps consists of an estimated 500 maps representing enumeration areas from the 1956 census. The maps for each electoral district generally consist of oversize map conglomerates: taped-together pieces of printed maps, sometimes with pieces of multiple map types of same scale, cut out in the shape of electoral districts, with hand annotations indicating the enumeration areas. Many electoral districts are depicted in several map assemblage parts (e.g., part I, part II, and an enlarged area). The map assemblages are often folded, but appear to be in sufficiently stable condition for occasional careful consultation. The maps are containerized by province, and folders within each container is organized by electoral district number.
1961 : There are two collections of maps used for the 1961 census. First, there are an estimated 750 maps indicating enumeration areas used in the 1961 census; this collection is similar to that from 1956. Second, there is a collection of enumerator maps: approximately 24,000 - 30,000 portable map books/cards, one for each enumeration area in the 1961 census. These portable map books/cards appear to be the maps that the census representatives (enumerators) would have taken out to the field, used to note changes or corrections, and then returned to the offices of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The collection of map book/cards is organized sequentially, by electoral district number. The maps in the books/cards are mostly topographic maps, although there are a variety of map types (many with hand written notations), that have been cut into sections that represent enumeration areas. Many of these sections are in more than one piece. The pieces have been glued onto a secondary support of heavy, calendared paper (8.5" x 14").
1966 : The collection of 1966 maps consists of an estimated 625 maps indicating the enumeration areas used in the 1966 census; this collection is similar to the collection of oversize enumeration area maps from 1956.
1971 : Several groups of material related to mapping for the 1971 census are included in this accession. First, there is a collection of an estimated 3,625 maps representing enumeration areas for the 1971 census; this collection is similar to the collection of oversize enumeration area maps from 1956. Second, there is a collection of an estimated 49,000 Representative Maps (enumerator maps: the maps enumerators took out to the field), similar to those those from 1961.
Included in the accession are also an estimated 3200 compilation sheets used for the 1971 census. Each compilation sheet indicates, within each area of an enumeration area, the number of households and/or population and any adjustments.
The (narrative) Description of Enumeration Areas booklets used for the 1961, 1966 and 1971 census have been removed from the accession, and can now be ordered as R233 vols. 1814 -- 1821.
1977 : Accession also consists of 29 oversize maps related to the 1977 Test Sites: in Saskatchewan, 8 maps in electoral district 47103 Yorkton-Melville; in Nova Scotia, 21 maps in electoral district numbers 12011 Annapolis Valley and 12009 Halifax-East Hants.
The ca. 100 land maps, ca. 75000 enumerator maps (portable map books/cards), and ca. 3200 textual compilation sheets will be reviewed for archival value.
