Canada, Census, 1851

Index provided by Ancestry.ca as part of the FamilySearch Records Access Program. Contains the 1851 census for Québec and Ontario (united as the "Province of Canada") and the independent provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Returns for many counties are incomplete. Returns are missing for the following counties: Shefford and Stanstead counties (Québec); Russell and Simcoe counties (Ontario); Gloucester, Kent and Queens counties (New Brunswick) as well as the City of Saint John (New Brunswick); all counties of Nova Scotia except Halifax and Kings.

Cite This Collection

"Canada, Census, 1851." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 30 January 2026. Citing Board of Registration and Statistics. Public Archives, Ontario.

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