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| Sample page 1842 Census Canada West |
Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce that Canadians can now access the Census of Canada West, 1842 as well as the Census of Canada East, 1842 online. In 1841, Upper Canada was renamed Canada West, and Lower Canada became Canada East. These two jurisdictions are now known as the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
Each census is partly nominal and contains the names of heads of
family, their occupation and the number of residents for each family.Users can search these new databases by the names of heads of family, as
well as by geographical information such as district and sub-district names.
Enumerators visited 17 census districts, divided into sub-districts.
These units were made up of cities, towns, parishes, villages and
townships. Not all returns have survived. The returns for
eight districts and 51 sub-districts have been preserved and are searchable online.
You can see the list of
Districts covered at Districts and Sub-districts: 1842 Census (Canada West) and Districts and Sub-districts: 1842 Census (Canada East)
