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:
Column | Question |
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Number in the order of visitation (1 - 2) | |
1 | Dwelling house |
2 | Family, household or institution |
3 | Name of each person in family, household or institution |
Place of abode (4 - 8) In rural localities, give parish or section, township, range and meridian. In cities, towns and villages, use space in columns 4, 5, 6 and 7 to write name of street and number of dwelling |
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4 | Section |
5 | Township |
6 | Range |
7 | Meridian |
8 | Municipality (This may be urban or rural.) |
9 | Relationship to head of family or household |
10 | Sex |
11 | Single, married, widowed, divorced or legally separated |
12 | Age at last birthday |
Place of birth (13 - 15) | |
13 | Person |
14 | Father |
15 | Mother |
16 | Racial or tribal origin |
17 | Year of immigration to Canada |
18 | Year of naturalization |
19 | Citizenship |
20 | Can speak English |
21 | Can speak French |
22 | Mother tongue |
23 | Can read |
24 | Can write |
25 | Months at school since September 1, 1925 |
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