BCGS SPECIAL PROJECTS

PROJECTS

• Indexing the 1901 Federal Census for British Columbia
• TBA

We have finished indexing the 1901 Federal Census for British Columbia!

What we did:-

The project was divided into jobs which are put in packets (containing the forms required for extraction and a cover sheet indicating the section to be done). The jobs were various sizes. The size is determined by the amount of pages in the polling station. The vary from 1 page to 39. We are seeing that it takes roughly one hour of time for each census page (a page has 50 lines). The proofing should take about half of that time. There are 32,653 census pages.

The 1901 census is on 5 reels of film.

• Reel # T6428-------#1 Burrard District:--Bennett Atlin---Cassier Stikine--Cassier Skeena--Coast District--Lasquitti Island--Texada Island--Thurlow Island--Vancouver City--#2 New Westminster District--Chilliwack
• Reel # T6429-------#2 New Westminster District:--Delta--Dewdney--New Westminster City--Richmond--#3 Vancouver District: Alberni--Comox--Cowichan--Esquimalt--Nanaimo City--Nanaimo North--Nanaimo South--Victoria North--Victoria South--Esquimalt (part)--Metchosin--Victoria--Victoria City.
• Reel # T6430-------#4 Victoria--Victoria City--#5 Yale and Cariboo:--Cariboo--Lillooet East--Lillooet West--Kootney East (North Riding)--Kootney East (South Riding)--Kootney Nelson--Kootney (Revelstoke Riding)--Kootney (Rossland Riding)
• Reel # T6431--------#5 Yale and Cariboo--Kootney (Slocan)--Yale East--Yale North--Yale West.
• Reel # T6554--------Indian Reserves--Babine Indian Agency--#1 Burrard Cassier--#5 Yale and Cariboo, Quesnelle, Fort George etc.--Cowichan Indian Agency--#3 Vancouver--Comox--Cowichan--Esquimalt (part)--Nanaimo North--Nanaimo South--Victoria North--Victoria South--#4 Victoria--Esquimalt (part)--Victoria City--Fraser Indian Agency--#1 Burrard--Vancouver-- #2 New Westminster --Chilliwack-- Delta-- Dewdney-- #5 Yale and Cariboo--Lillooet West--Yale West--Kwawkewlth Indian Agency-- #3 Vancouver-- Alberni--#1 Burrard--Vancouver--Kootney Indian Agency-- #5 Yale and Cariboo--Kootney East--West Coast Indian Agency-- #3 Vancouver--Alberni.

The Database will be added to our Website ( it will be limited to searching "surname", "Given Name", "Birth Name", "Occupation", and "Religion" The complete searchable Database will be available at our Resource Centre in Surrey. CDROM's may be available in the future.

The BCGS would like to thank the following Individuals, Societies and Groups who volunteered their time and knowledge. Without their help the BCGS would not have finished the Federal 1901 Census for BC.

Special thanks to Iline Gronlund (1901 Co-ordinator) and Peter Claydon (he designed our 1901 Microsoft Access Database ).

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