Thanks to John Reid, author of the Anglo-Celtic Connections blog, for alerting us to the new availability of the 1916 census of the prairie provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta) of Canada. The census is currently only available on microfilm at Library and Archives Canada on microfilm reels T-21925 to T-21956. Digitization and indexing are being undertaken as part of an agreement with The Generations Network.
In his article, John gives researchers an insight into what is included in the census:
- family and first name
- military service
- locality information
- relation to head of household
- gender
- marital status
- age
- place of birth
- religion
- year of immigration
- year of naturalization
- nationality
- race or national origin
- whether can speak English
- whether can speak French
- mother tongue
- whether can read/write
- occupation
- employment
I’m particularly interested in this new census because my wife’s family and ancestors are from Canada. I’ve been trying to identify when her family came from England to Canada. First, I ordered a copy of the 1940 National Registration for Jane Hague with the hopes that in the Immigration Year box I would learn when she came. Unfortunately, instead of a year, the phrase "N.G." was listed. If anyone knows what this stands for, I’d love to hear from you!
It’s always so exciting when a major new resource like this becomes available. Congratulations western Canada!
Use a genealogy site…our forum has a Canada board where they’ll be happy to help if they can!
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,375.0.html