Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1916
This census includes returns from the three prairie provinces: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
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Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains the 1916 census of the prairie provinces which include Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Censuses for these provinces were also taken in 1906 and 1926. The national government of Canada has taken censuses every ten years since 1871 and every five years since 1971. The 1871 census covers the four original provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario. The first coast-to-coast census was taken in 1881. Newfoundland was not part of Canada until 1949. For Newfoundland, there are few, found 19th-century censuses that list names. They mostly contain statistical summaries. These censuses list a large quantity of the population in the areas surveyed. However, portions of some have been lost, and some areas within the provinces were missed by the census takers.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Canada Census. 1916. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Full name of resident
- Gender
- Age
- Marital Status
- Ethnicity
- Relationship to head of household
- Place of birth
- Approximate year of birth
- Immigration Year
- Military Service
Collection Details
Language
English
Location of Original Records
Public Archives, Ontario
"Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1916." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 19 December 2025. Citing Department of Agriculture. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
