The Canadian Peoples 1871-1921 census data

The Canadian Peoples (TCP) data infrastructure encompasses 40 million coded and georeferenced census records from 1852-1921 including personal, family and household characteristics for every individual in each enumeration. The Canadian Foundation for Innovation, provincial research funds in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta, nine Canadian universities and Ancestry.com have funded the project. The owner of these data, Ancestry.com, has agreed to license their use for academic research and educational purposes only, with no right to publish, transfer, share, sub-license or distribute any portion of the data. Access to data for research and educational purposes may occur upon approval of a completed application by the TCP approvals committee. Any research institution or research seeking access to any of the data within this collection will need to complete the application form and send it to the TCP project director Kris Inwood at: kinwood@uoguelph.ca The first census year for distribution is 1871; the data for other years will follow as soon as they can be made ready.