Sorry, I seem to be missing the URL. Can you post it again? Thank you so much for the heads up though.
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 9:01 AM Brian Kelly <exma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was just on the Library and Archives Canada website for a search of > the 1871 Canada Census for a relative. I discovered that the 1931 Canada > Census is now available for searching by name. > > Here is the URL of the new Multi-census search tool. You can search for > your Canadian relatives in any or all of the Canadian censuses list on > the search page. The 1931 Census is now included in that list and I am > doing a genealogy happy dance because I am looking at the census page > for my father! > > Here is the description of the 1931 census from Library and Archives Canada: > "The seventh national census was taken on June 1, 1931. Information was > further condensed into four schedules: > > Schedule 1: Population > Schedule 2: Agriculture > Schedule 3: Institutions > Schedule 4: Merchandising and service establishments > > Only Schedule 1 was preserved and it had 40 questions. In the 1931 > Census three different forms of the population scheduled were used: > > Form 1A for the Maritimes and Québec and Ontario > Form 1B for the Western provinces > Form 1 - N.W.T. for the Northwest Territories > > In one instance a rather resourceful enumerator, used an accountant’s > ledger book to record information. > > The 1931 Census was the first to ask if the family owned a radio. Since > this Census was taken during the Depression, there are also several > questions related to unemployment, including periods of unemployment and > causes. > > The sub-district names or boundaries in 1931 are not the same as those > for 1921, particularly for large cities." > > Brian Kelly > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
