BIOGRAPHY / HISTORY
Census taking in Canada was divided into enumeration districts which were usually located around cities and counties. The districts were divided in sub-districts which were usually located around towns, townships and city wards. Villages, small towns, parishes and seigneuries were generally enumerated as part of the township in which they were located. Census and county boundaries did not always coincide since boundaries and town names changed or disappeared. The first census in Canada was undertaken in 1666 by Intendant Jean Talon. Cenus taking was not required until it was put into the Constitution in 1867. Before 1867 census taking was sketchy and it was not until 1851 that it became established as a way of assessing population and colonial needs for the government. (Taken from: "Census Returns, 1666-1891." Public Archives, Canada, 1987.)
CUSTODIAL HISTORY
The microfilm were created by the National Archives of Canada and purchased by the Trent University Archives.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The 10 microfilm reels deal with the decennial manuscript census for 1901 of Peterborough County and Town, Victoria County, Northumberland County, Durham County and Hastings County. Genealogical resource.
NOTES
Title based on contents of microfilm.
The note from the National Archives of Canada which accompanies this census indicates tht only a microfilm copy of the 1901 census survived. This copy was made in the late 1930's. The microfilming is not of consistent quality and it may be difficult to decipher parts of this film.
The microfilm were purchased from the National Archives of Canada.
Originals located at the National Archives of Canada.
Restrictions: N
Finding aids: Y
Associated material located at the National Archives of Canada.
For related records see: 77-028, 77-029, 77-030, 79-004, 80-001, 80-002, 83-007, and 89-001.
Microfilm located in microforms reading room.
Microfilm. Set 45
DECENNIAL MANUSCRIPT CENSUS: 1901
(PETERBOROUGH COUNTY and TOWN, VICTORIA COUNTY,
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, DURHAM COUNTY, HASTINGS COUNTY)
Reel 1 (P.A.C. film #T06464): Durham County, 1901:
Cavan
Hope
Manvers
Millbrook Village
Port Hope
Bowmanville
Cartwright
Clarke
Darlington
Newcastle Village
plus miscellaneous townships in Elgin & Dundas Counties
Reel 2 (P.A.C. film #T06485): Northumberland County, 1901:
Brighton
Brighton Village
Campbellford
Colborne
Cramahe
Village of Hastings
Murray
Percy
Seymour
plus miscellaneous townships in Norfolk County
Reel 3 (P.A.C. film #T06486): Northumberland County, 1901:
(illegible)
Seymour
Alnwick
Cobourg
Haldimand
Hamilton
Beaverton
Bracebridge
plus miscellaneous townships & villages in Ontario County
Reel 4 (P.A.C. film #T06554): Indian Agencies..., 1901:
Indian Agencies in Canada, including Mud (Chemong) Lake,
Township of Smith, Peterborough County
Reel 5 (P.A.C. film #T06491):Peterborough County, 1901:
Ashburnham Village
Asphodel
Belmont
Chandos
Cardiff
Cavandish
Douro
Dummer
Guilford
Dysart
Harburn
Bruton
Havelock Village
Dudley
Harvey
Village of Lakefield
Methuen
Monmouth
Village of Norwood
Otonabee
plus miscellaneous townships in Perth County
Reel 6 (P.A.C. film #T06492): Peterborough County, 1901:
Otonabee
Ennismore
North Monaghan
South Monaghan
Township of Peterborough
Reel 7 (P.A.C. film #T06501): Victoria County, 1901:
Anson & Hindon
Bexley
Carden
Dalton
Digby & Longford
Eldon
Fenelon
Fenelon Falls
Galway
Laxton
Lutterworth
Minden
Snowden
Somerville
Sherborne & McClintock
Stanhope
Village of Woodville
Town of Lindsay -- (N.B. in 2 places on film - see also
after Emily Township section)
Bobcaygeon
Emily
Lindsay
Mariposa
Omemee Village
plus miscellaneous wards in City of Toronto
Reel 8 (P.A.C. film #T06502): Victoria County, 1901
Ops
Verulam
plus miscellaneous townships in Waterloo County
Reel 9 (P.A.C. film #T06472): Hastings County, 1901
Town of Deseronto
Hungerford
Thurlow
Village of Tweed
Lyendinaga
McClure
Carlow
Dungannon
Elzevir & Grimsthorpe
Faraday
Huntingdon
plus miscellaneous wards in City of Hamilton
Reel 10 (P.A.C. film #T06473): Hastings County, 1901
Huntingdon (cont'd)
Limerick
Madoc
Marmora & Lake
Marmora Village
Mayo
Monteagle & Herschell
Rawdon
Village of Stirling
Tudor
Wollaston
City of Belleville
Sidney
Town to Trenton
plus miscellaneous townships in Huron County