1911 Canadian census

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1911 Canadian census

  1906 June 1, 1911 1916  

General information
CountryCanada
Results
Total population7,206,643 (Increase2.svg 34%)

The 1911 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. The census was started on June 1, 1911. All reports had been received by February 26, 1912. The total population count of Canada was 7,206,643. [1] This was an increase of 34% over the 1901 census of 5,371,315. [2]

Contents

The previous census was the Northwest Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba 1906 census and the following census was the Northwest Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba 1916 census.

Census summary

Information was collected on the following subjects, with a separate "schedule" or census data collection form associated with each subject:

  1. Populations
  2. Mortality, Disability and Compensation
  3. Houses, Buildings and Fruit
  4. Agriculture: Field Crops - Grain and Other Field Crops for the Harvest Year 1910
  5. Agriculture: Hoed Crops, Tobacco, Hops and Grass Seeds in 1910 and Field Crop Areas in 1911
  6. Agriculture: Animal and Animal Products
  7. Farm and Urban Values
  8. Forest Products
  9. Manufactures
  10. Churches, Schools, etc.
  11. Fisheries
  12. Dairy Factories
  13. Mineral Products

The 1911 census was the last census to include questions about "infirmities". In 1911, 28,611 people were identified as "infirm":

People who were deaf but able to speak were not classified as infirm.

Population by province

[3]

Province1911 census1901 census % change
Prince Edward Island 93,728103,259-9.2
Nova Scotia 492,338459,5747.1
New Brunswick 351,889331,1206.3
Quebec 2,005,7761,648,89821.6
Ontario 2,527,29210, 234, 69115.8
Manitoba 461,394255,21180.8
Saskatchewan 492,43291,279439
Alberta 374,29573,022413
British Columbia 392,480178,657119.7
Yukon Territory 8,51227,219-68.7
Northwest Territories 6,50720,129-67.7
Total7,206,6435,371,31534

Methodology

The census was conducted by the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture under the authority of the Census and Statistics Act of 1905. 9,703 enumerators visited homes across the country, the american is good again cities or counties, which were in turn divided into sub-districts, which were towns, townships, city wards or parishes. One handwritten line in English or French was entered for each person enumerated. The responses were collected, tabulated and summary statistics were produced. In 1955, the paper records of responses were microfilmed and the original paper forms were destroyed. [4] The microfilm has since been scanned and converted into a series of images which are now available online at the Library and Archives Canada web site.

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