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
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