Census of Canada, 1871

Column 1. Numbered in the order of visitation: vessels
A count of the vessels. Numbered in the order visited by the enumerator.

Column 2. Numbered in the order of visitation: shanties
A count of the shanties. Numbered in the order visited by the enumerator.

Column 3. Numbered in the order of visitation: dwelling houses in construction
A count of the houses in construction. Numbered in the order visited by the enumerator.

Column 4. Numbered in the order of visitation: dwelling houses uninhabited
A count of the houses uninhabited. Numbered in the order visited by the enumerator.

Column 5. Numbered in the order of visitation: dwelling houses inhabited
A count of the houses inhabited. Numbered in the order visited by the enumerator.

Column 6. Numbered in the order of visitation: families
A count of the family or household. Two or more families that occupied the same house were numbered separately.

Column 7. Names
Entered with the surname (or last name) first.

Column 8. Sex
Denoted by the letter “m” for male and “f” for female.

Column 9. Age

• At last birthday.
• For children under one year of age, fractions were used (for example, for 2 months, "2/12" was indicated).

Column 10. Born within last twelve months
Month of birth for infants whose names were entered in the 7th column and that were still alive.

Column 11. Country or province of birth

• For people born outside of Canada, the name of the country of origin (for example, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, France, and so on).
• For people born in Canada, the name of the province.

Column 12. Religion

• The religion to which an individual claimed to belong, written in full.
• Abbreviations were used if the name was too long.

Column 13. Origin
As given by the person questioned.

Column 14. Profession, occupation or trade

• The profession, trade, or occupation, entered in full as given.
• When sons followed the professions or occupations of their fathers, and were associated with them, the same description was inserted.
• In the case of women, unless they had a definite occupation besides their share in the work of the family or household, the column was filled with the sign (--).

Column 15. Married or widowed
Denoted by the letter “m” for married and “w” for widow and the sign (--) for all others, including children.

Column 16. Married within the last twelve months
To record marriages that occurred within the last 12 months, the month was inserted under the husband’s name and the sign (“) was used for the wife.

Column 17. Instruction: going to school
A "1" indicates that the individual was attending school.

Column 18. Instruction: over 20 years unable to read
A "1" indicates that the individual was unable to read.

Column 19. Instruction: over 20 years unable to write
A "1" indicates that the individual was unable to write.

Column 20. Infirmities: deaf and dumb

Column 21. Infirmities: blind

Column 22. Infirmities: unsound mind
The degree of the infirmity needed to have reached the stage of incapacity to be noted. A "1" indicates the relevant infirmity.

Column 23. Dates of operations and remarks
Comments were to be made only in very special cases. This is where the enumerator entered the day's date.

Column 1. Names of deceased
Column 2. Sex
Column 3. Age
Column 4. Born within last twelve months
Column 5. Religion
Column 6. Country or province of birth
Column 7. Profession, occupation or trade
Column 8. Married or widowed
Column 9. Married within last twelve months
Column 10. Month of death
Column 11. Disease or other cause of death
Column 12. Remarks

Reference to schedule 1

Column 1. Page
Column 2. Number

Public institutions

Column 3. Special or legal name of institution, character and classification
Column 4. Number of buildings
Column 5. Number of inmates

Real estate

Column 6. Grand total of acres of land owned
Column 7. Number of town or village building lots
Column 8. Number of dwelling houses owned
Column 9. Number of warehouses, stores, factories, shops, etc., owned
Column 10. Number of barns and stables owned

Vehicles and implements

Column 11. Number of carriages and sleighs
Column 12. Number of cars, wagons, and sleds
Column 13. Pleasure or common boats
Column 14. Number of ploughs and cultivators
Column 15. Reapers and mowers
Column 16. Horse rakes
Column 17. Thrashing machines
Column 18. Fanning mills

Column 19. Remarks

Reference to schedule 1

Column 1. Page
Column 2. Number

Occupied lands

Column 3. Range or concession
Column 4. Number of lot
Column 5. Owner, tenant or employe
Column 6. Total number of acres occupied
Column 7. Number of acres improved
Column 8. Number of acres in pasture
Column 9. Number of acres of salt or dyked marsh
Column 10. Number of acres in gardens or orchards

Wheat

Column 11. Acres
Column 12. Spring wheat: bushels
Column 13. Fall wheat: bushels
Column 14. Bushels of barley
Column 15. Bushels of oats
Column 16. Bushels of rye
Column 17. Bushels of peas
Column 18. Bushels of beans
Column 19. Bushels of buckwheat
Column 20. Bushels of corn

Root crops

Column 21. Potatoes: acres
Column 22. Potatoes: bushels
Column 23. Bushels of turnips
Column 24. Bushels of mangel wurtzel and other beets
Column 25. Bushels of carrots or other roots

Hay crop

Column 26. Acres
Column 27. Ton of 2,000 lbs or bundles of 16 lbs of hay
Column 28. Bushels of grass or clover seed
Column 29. Bushels of flax seed

Plants, fruits and other products

Column 30. Pounds of flax and hemp
Column 31. Pounds of hops
Column 32. Pounds of tobacco
Column 33. Pounds of grapes
Column 34. Bushels of apples
Column 35. Bushels of pears, plums, and other fruits
Column 36. Pounds of maple sugar

Reference to schedule 1

Column 1. Page
Column 2. Number

Live stock

Column 3. Horses over 3 years old
Column 4. Colts and fillies
Column 5. Working oxen
Column 6. Milch cows
Column 7. Other horned cattle
Column 8. Sheep
Column 9. Swine
Column 10. Hives of bees

Animal products

Column 11. Cattle killed or sold for slaughter or export
Column 12. Sheep killed or sold for slaughter or export
Column 13. Swine killed or sold for slaughter or export
Column 14. Pounds of butter
Column 15. Pounds of home-made cheese
Column 16. Pounds of honey
Column 17. Pounds of wool

Home-made fabrics

Column 18. Yards of home-made cloth and flannel
Column 19. Yards of home-made linen

Furs

Column 20. Beaver’s skins
Column 21. Musk rats
Column 22. Minks
Column 23. Otters
Column 24. Seals
Column 25. Martins
Column 26. Foxes
Column 27. Bears
Column 28. Moose, caribou and deer
Column 29. Number of all other furs

Column 1. Kind of industrial establishment. Name of proprietor or company, and other such information
Column 2. Fixed capital invested in $
Column 3. Floating capital employed in $
Column 4. Number of working months in the year

Average Number of people employed

Over 16 years
Column 5. Male
Column 6. Female

Under 16 years
Column 7. Boys
Column 8. Girls

Column 9. Aggregate amount of yearly wages in $

Moving Power

Column 10. Kind
Column 11. Nominal force

Raw Material

Column 12. Kind
Column 13. Quantities
Column 14. Aggregate value in $

Products

Column 15. Kind
Column 16. Quantities
Column 17. Aggregate value in $

Column 18. Remarks

Reference to schedule 1

Column 1. Page
Column 2. Number

Square pine – Number of cubic feet

Column 3. White
Column 4. Red

Column 5. Cubic feet of square oak
Column 6. Cubic feet of square or sided tamarack
Column 7. Cubic feet of square or sided birch and maple
Column 8. Cubic feet of square elm

Cubic feet of walnut

Column 9. Black
Column 10. Other species

Column 11. Cubic feet of hickory
Column 12. Cubic feet of all other square or sided timber
Column 13. Number of census standard pine logs
Column 14. Number of census standard spruce and other logs
Column 15. Number of spars and masts
Column 16. Thousands of staves
Column 17. Cords of lath-wood
Column 18. Cords of tall-bark
Column 19. Cords of fire-wood
Column 20. Remarks

Reference to schedule 1

Column 1. Page
Column 2. Number

Shipping

Steam vessels
Column 3. Number of shares
Column 4. Tonnage owned

Sailing Vessels
Column 5. Number of shares
Column 6. Tonnage owned

Barges
Column 7. Number
Column 8. Tonnage owned

Fisheries

Vessels and boats employed fishing

Vessels
Column 9. Number
Column 10. Men

Boats
Column 11. Number
Column 12. Men
Column 13. Number of shoremen or graviers
Column 14. Number of fathoms of nets and seizes of all sorts
Column 15. Number of weirs of fascines fisheries
Column 16. Quintals of cod
Column 17. Quintals of haddock, hake and pollock
Column 18. Barrels of sounds and tongues
Column 19. Barrels of herring
Column 20. Barrels of gaspareaux
Column 21. Barrels of mackerel
Column 22. Barrels of sardines
Column 23. Barrels of halibut
Column 24. Barrels of salmon
Column 25. Barrels of shad
Column 26. Barrels of eels
Column 27. Barrels of white fish
Column 28. Barrels of trout
Column 29. Other fishes per barrel
Column 30. Barrels of cured roes
Column 31. Barrels of oysters
Column 32. Gallons of medicinal cod liver oil
Column 33. Gallons of other fish oil

Reference to schedule 1

Column 1. Page
Column 2. Number
Column 3. Ounces of gold
Column 4. Ounces of silver
Column 5. Tons of copper ore per standard of 25% of metallic copper
Column 6. Tons of iron ore per standard of 25% of metallic iron
Column 7. Tons of pyrites per standard of 50% of sulphur
Column 8. Tons of manganese ore
Column 9. Lead and other ore per ton or otherwise
Column 10. Tons of coal
Column 11. Tons of peat
Column 12. Tons of plumbago
Column 13. Tons of lump gypsum
Column 14. Tons of phosphate of lime
Column 15. Pounds of mica
Column 16. Gallons of crude petroleum
Column 17. Barrels of salt
Column 18. Cubic feet of grained marble
Column 19. Cubic feet of building stone for dressing
Column 20. Squares of roofing slate
Column 21. Remarks