Canada, Census Mortality Schedule, 1871

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Canada, Census Mortality Schedule, 1871 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2017.

Original data: Library and Archives of Canada, Ontario, Canada.

About Canada, Census Mortality Schedule, 1871

This collection includes mortality schedules for the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec from 1871.

Mortality schedules are registers of deaths that have been recorded at the national level, usually corresponding with a census. This collection covers deaths which occurred during the 12 months prior to the census enumeration. The age given in the census was rounded up to what would have been the deceased's age at his or her next birthday.

Records vary, but mortality schedule records may include:

Name of the deceased
Age of the deceased
Year of birth
Place of birth
Month of death
Place of death
Marital Status
Religion

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