I have located most of my ancestors in the following censuses but at times I searched under another family member (wife, child, or sibling) or even searched with the name of a neighbor. From my earlier articles and examples, the full name can be so badly misspelled that it is difficult to locate and really takes rolling up one’s sleeves!
- 1901 Census of Canada
- 1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
- 1911 Census of Canada
- 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
- 1921 Census of Canada
- 1931 Census of Canada (just was released)
Another trick is to look at another Ancestry member’s profile on Ancestry.ca of the same ancestor and see if they located this ancestor on a certain census that you are looking for. How you do this is to click on “Hints” on the index just before their name or do a search under your ancestor’s name. My Elko ‘Alex’ Kalynchuk is found in 27 trees.
Just to give you an idea of how Elko Kalynchuk was spelt on the censuses.
- 1901 was Elko Kalanczuk and birth 1869 Austria
- 1911 was Ealke Kelenlyuk and birth June 1866 Galicia
- 1916 was Alek Kalynchuk and birth 1864 Galicia
- 1921 was Abx Kalynchuk and birth abt 1864 Galicia
The Provincial Archives of Alberta lists under Census of Canada, “Copies of this federal document (up to 1916) are on microfilm and can be viewed in the Sandra Thomson Reading Room. The 1921 federal census is online through the Ancestry website and the 1926 prairie census is online through the Family Search website” in their brochure, “Genealogical Research at the Provincial Archives of Alberta.”
Online the Provincial Archives of Alberta, “Are you looking for census records?
The Provincial Archives holds microfilm copies of the Federal census for what is now Alberta for 1881, 1891, 1901, 1906, 1911 and 1916. There are indices available for most of these censuses. These, along with the 1921 Census (which was not made available on microfilm), can be searched at Library and Archives Canada's website.”
https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/search-your-genealogy
Resources
Censuses – Library and Archives Canada
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx
Census Records - Library and Archives Canada
https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/research-help/genealogy-family-history/censuses/Pages/censuses.aspx
Prairie Provinces Census, 1870-1926 - Library and Archives Canada
https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/research-help/genealogy-family-history/censuses/pages/prairie-provinces.aspx
355 years and Counting - Statistics Canada
A wonderful outline on the history of Canadian censuses.
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/census/census-engagement/about/355-years
Canadian Census Collection - Ancestry.ca
https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/canadiancensus/
Family Search
Search/Canada Census then the year https://www.familysearch.org/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Alberta,_Canada_Genealogy
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Alberta_Census
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Canada_Census
Finding Your Ukrainian Ancestors…, 4th Edition, Muryl Andrejciw Geary
Census Records, pages 71-72
Ukrainian Genealogy, John D. Pihach
Census Returns, pages 73-76
Canada Voters Lists
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
I have used this to confirm where someone lived at and who was in the same household.
https://www.ancestry.ca/search/collections/2983/
An example is Mike/Michael Kalynchuk. This name is in Edmonton, rural Alberta and in British Columbia, with some being my cousins and others from another Kalynchuk family branch. When I typed Mike Kalynchuk under the search engine on Ancestry.ca, I got 24 results.
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| 1901 Census of Canada for Elko Kalanczuk, Courtesy of Ancestry.ca, Image, Public Domain |
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| 1911 Census of Canada for Ealke Kelenlyuk, Courtesy of Ancestry.ca, Image, Public Domain |
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