Seeking access to the 1911 National Census of Canada

Abstract

Since early 1998 concerned individuals from across Canada and elsewhere have campaigned to regain public access to Canada’s Historic Census records after 1901. 235 years of Census records up to 1901 had been, and currently are, publicly available for genealogical or historical research. Clauses in the Access to Information and Privacy Acts, and Privacy Regulations make specific provision for public access of information collected through Census or Survey to “any person or body” for purposes of research. The only restriction to that access is that 92 years must have passed since the information was collected.