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Abbreviations
"Religion" column
| B.C.: |
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Bible Church |
| C. (of) E.: |
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Church of England |
| C. (of) S.: |
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Church of Scotland |
| E.M.C.: |
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Episcopal Methodist Church |
| F.C.: |
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Free Church (Presbyterian) |
| M.E.C.: |
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Methodist Episcopal Church |
| P.C.L.P.: |
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Presbyterian-Canada and Lower Provinces |
| P.F.C.: |
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Presbyterian Free Church |
| R.P.: |
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Reformed Presbyterian |
| U.P.: |
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United Presbyterian |
| W.M.: |
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Wesleyan Methodist |
"Country or Province of Birth" column
| B.C.: |
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Bas-Canada (Lower Canada, Quebec) and British Columbia in 1881 and 1891 |
| C.B. : |
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Colombie-Britannique |
| C.E. : |
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Canada East (Canada-Est, Quebec) |
| C.W.: |
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Canada West (Canada-Ouest, Ontario) |
| H.C.: |
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Haut-Canada (Upper Canada, Ontario) |
| I.P.: |
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Île-du-Prince-Edouard |
| L.C.: |
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Lower Canada (Bas-Canada, Quebec) |
| Man.: |
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Manitoba |
| N.B.: |
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New Brunswick |
| N.B.: |
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(uncommon usage - North Britain, i.e. Scotland) |
| N.E.: |
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Nouvelle-Écosse |
| N.O.: |
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Territoires du Nord-Ouest |
| N.S.: |
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Nova Scotia |
| N.W.: |
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Northwest Territories |
| N.W.T.: |
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Northwest Territories |
| O: |
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Ontario |
| Ont.: |
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Ontario |
| P.E.I.: |
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Prince Edward Island |
| Que.: |
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Quebec |
| Q: |
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Quebec (the Q sometimes look like an L) |
| U.C.: |
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Upper Canada (Haut-Canada, Ontario) |
1851 Census
The abbreviation F indicated that the individual was born of Canadian parents.
Marital status:
| W: |
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widow |
| Wr: |
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widower |
| X: |
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married |
1891 Census
Residential dwellings were described using letters and numbers. For example, S2/6 indicates a stone house, two stories, six rooms. W ½ indates a wooden house, one story, two rooms.
Under relationship to the head of the household:
1901 census
Please note that the following terms were used by the enumerators in 1901 and do not reflect current usage when describing a person's background.
"Race" column:
| w: |
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white (Caucasian) |
| r: |
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red (Native) |
| b: |
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black (African) |
| y: |
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yellow (Asian) |
"Racial/tribal origin" column:
The use of "breed" and "half-breed" indicated a person of mixed Native and other background as noted in the following examples that were used at that time:
| Fb: |
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French breed |
| Eb: |
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English breed |
| Sb: |
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Scottish breed |
| Ib: |
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Irish breed |
| Ob: |
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other breed |
| Cree fb: |
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Cree and French breed |
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