Canada West : 1842.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LPR .O5C4C3
Category:
Ontario
Creator:
Upper Canada. Census Records.
Material Description:
2 microfilm textual records 35 mm
Background:

In Upper Canada, beginning in 1793, a series of statutes required the taking of a census on an annual basis. Both male and female residents were to be included, but most usually only the name of the head of the household was recorded. The returns which have survived are few and scattered. By 1851 the pattern of a census every ten years had become established.

Contents:

The Canada West census for 1842 is arranged by District and within each District by Township. The census returns for many townships have not survived. However, the microfilm indicates which townships are missing and which ones have been included on the microfilm.

This Census was the Ontario counterpart of the Quebec Census in the same year. It was taken on the same date (February 1, 1842) and had questions about:

  • individuals who came from different countries (England, Ireland, the United States)
  • how long they had been in the province
  • the number of bee hives
  • types of factories and their power sources

(Library and Archives Canada)

Originals:

The original records are held by Library and Archives Canada.

Archival Ref. No.:

NAC/LAC MG 9, D 8-1, reels C-1344 and C-1345.

Finding Aids:

Online: Digitized and searchable index through Library and Archives Canada.

Notes:

Incorrectly labeled microfilms

On microfilm C-1344, pages for North Dumfries and Galt, Gore District, were incorrectly labelled as St. David’s, Toronto. They are also indexed that way in this database. On microfilm C-1345, the names of the sub-district and district were not written on some pages. They are labelled on the microfilm as “Census Returns, 1842, Canada West, Unidentified Sheets”. If you can't find a person’s name in the database, try searching without a place. (Library and Archives Canada)

Several additional years of census returns for Augusta Township have been included on the second reel of the Canada West Census for 1842, and are shelved at MIC-Loyalist FC LPR .O5C4C3.