Manitoba Census Records

Early census enumerations for Manitoba were specific to a place or area as noted in the table below. The first census for all of Manitoba was taken in 1870. The first Canada-wide census that included Manitoba was enumerated in 1881. 

Canada-wide census enumerations were done every ten years until 1951 when they became every five years. However the prairie provinces, which included Manitoba, were enumerated every five years starting in 1906.

Due to privacy laws census records are held by Statistics Canada for 92 years before being released to Library & Archives Canada (LAC). Once in the care of LAC it can take a year or more to process and ready the census for public viewing.