Canada, Northwest Provinces, Census, 1906

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains the Census of the Northwest Provinces of Canada, 1906. This includes the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Other Census years of the Northwest/Prairie Provinces include the 1916 and 1926.

There are some printed forms that were written in English and French. The responses that the people gave to the enumerator, were either in English or French. The census day for Canada was June 24th, 1906. National census records are arranged by province and within provinces by census districts and sub-districts. Census districts are voting districts, not counties. Although a voting district may have the same name as a county, it may not include the same townships. In some provinces, townships are equivalent to census sub-districts. A number was assigned to a district, a letter to a sub-district and a number to a subdivision of a sub-district. Some sub-districts also have a number, i.e. "a(1)" means sub-district "a1" and "a1" means sub-district "a", subdivision "1".

The national government of Canada has taken censuses every ten years since 1871 and every five years since 1971. Newfoundland was not part of Canada until 1949 and most 19th-century censuses for this area contain statistical summaries and very few names.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

The map below shows the Provinces and Territories of Canada between the years of 1905 & 1912. This census covers the Northwest provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Manitoba is smaller than current day Manitoba.

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  Canada provinces 1905 - 1912