1931 Canada Census - released on 1st June

[Lisa in California]

I don't think it's complete.  I can find my maternal grandparents but none of my paternal family.  Will keep checking.

Susan

I can’t find my mum’s uncle (he was like a grandfather to me). [One grandparent passed away prior to my birth, three passed away shortly after.]  Using the 1931 Toronto Directory, I can’t find any of his neighbours so it appears those pages have not yet been added.

I’m very pleased with relatives I have found, though. 

[EdCan]

Of the names that I have looked for I am having about 50% success

[melba_schmelba]

Hi,

I received an email from Ancestry today saying that the 1931 census is now searchable by name.    That certainly was fast!    I found a few people by name, but it is a bit hit and miss at the moment. 

I am still extremely happy about the finding aids posted by Melba...I have bookmarked those and will be using them to find the "hard to find" people.   Unclear handwriting, mistranscriptions etc happen!!   Nobody's fault.   Wonderful to have tools to help!   Thanks again Melba

RK

You're welcome . Judging by the above comments, it looks like they might still be useful .

[genealogyem]

Couple of tips:

1. You can use this pdf to try and find the district you need to look in, comparing to the where the address shows on a modern digital map like Google Maps
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/31-80_5744023_1931Census_MAPS_DivisionsLinkedTo1924RedistributionMaps_open.pdf

2. Here, under finding aids
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5744023

are pdf files with street indexes for the major cities of Canada. The first number corresponds to a district number, which you should be able to guess from the maps in the first link, the numbers then refer to the sub district numbers where that street occurs, as you can find in the link below

https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census2/index1931

When you select a province, then district and a sub-district, it will confirm what that district's number is in the details recorded underneath 'Record Information – Details'

In addition to these tips I have found that when searching major cities, such as Toronto, it helps to have a map from a similar era to cross reference. Toronto had very dense sub districts which usually only spanned a block or two. I found that using the following strategies helped me to find people when I knew their potential address:

1. Reference the streets section of a city directory to get the ward number. This allows you to instantly know if your in the right area of the census or not.

2. For each subdistrict that I skimmed, I would record the street names and reference them against a map. This would tell me if I was in the right area or not and allowed me to get a better idea of how the subdistricts were arranged.

[dbree]

Hi,

In 1931 the population of Canada was 10,300,000 some odd, today according to our real time population clock we have reached just over 40,000,000.

[eileenwilson]

Ancestry now has the index online for the 1931 Census.  Not sure if it's on the Library & Archives' site yet, but it should be soon.

[Romilly]

I don’t have Ancestry Worldwide, just UK.

Is the 1931 Canadian Census available on Family Search, does anyone know?

Romilly.

[*Sandra*]

https://www.familysearch.org/en/info/1931-census-of-canada

Found your James John and Ada Glass on the 1931 on this link from 2018

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=803622.msg7456848

Sandra

[eileenwilson]

I don’t have Ancestry Worldwide, just UK.

Is the 1931 Canadian Census available on Family Search, does anyone know?

Romilly.

Not yet.  Browseable on Libraary & Archives Canada site:

https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/corporate/website-updates/Pages/census-1931.aspx