1926 Canada Census Questions

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba

The 1926 census was the eleventh census for Manitoba and the fifth census for the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. The census officially began as of June 1, 1926.

A total of 55 commissioners were appointed to coordinate the census effort across 54 districts divided into 3661 sub-districts or enumeration areas. As a rule, each district was under the supervision of one commissioner except for the Peace River District, which had two commissioners, one for the North and one for the South. The district was split into two sections owing to its size, widely dispersed population and difficulties in traveling through the district.

In all, 2693 enumerators, including 58 Indian agents and 22 members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, visited each of the districts and enumeration units.

The enumerators collected information for 2,067,393 individuals distributed across three provinces as follows:

• Manitoba (639,056)
• Saskatchewan, (820,738)
• Alberta (607,599)

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