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In 1842 parts of Ontario had no European population or so few that it was not practical to take a census. Not all returns have survived. What is extant is usually readable. Be careful and keep track of the page numbers. The form is six pages long and it is easy to record the details on the last five pages from another first page. HOUSING Number of Concession (Written in by some enumerators) Number of Lot (Written in by some enumerators) 1. Houses Inhabited 2. Houses Vacant 3. Houses Building PERSONAL 4. Name of the head of each family 5. Proprietor of Real Property 6. Non-proprietor of Real Property 7. Tenant Entitled to Vote at any Election in City,Town etc. 8. TRADE or PROFESSION 9. Total number of Inmates of each family, Male & Female, not resident 10. Number of persons belonging to the family, Male & Female, now tempororarily absent 11. Number of natives of England belonging to each family 12. Number of natives of Ireland belonging to each family 13. Number of natives of Scotland belonging to each family 14. Number of natives of Canada of French origin 15. Number of natives of Canada of British origin 16. Number of natives of the Continent of Europe, or otherwise, specifying the same separtately 17. Number of natives of United States of America 18. Number of years each person has been in the Province when not natives thereof 19. Number of Aliens not naturalized AGE Number of persons in the family: 20. Five years of age & under - Male 21. Five years of age & under - Female 22. Above five & under fourteen years of age - Male 23. Above five & under fourteen years of age - Female 24. Males - 14 & under 18 - Married 25. Males - 14 & under 18 - Single 26. Males - 18 & not 21 - Married 27. Males - 18 & not 21 - Single 28. Males - 21 & not 30 - Married 29. Males - 21 & not 30 - Single 30. Males - 30 & not 60 - Married 31. Males - 30 & not 60 - Single 32. Males - 60 & upwards - Married 33. Males - 60 & upwards - Single 34. Females - 14 & not 45 - Married 35. Females - 14 & not 45 - Single 36. Females - 45 & upwards - Married 37. Females - 45 & upwards - Single INFIRMATIES 38. Number of Deaf & Dumb persons in each family, and the occupation for which they shew the greatest aptitude - Male 39. as above - Female 40. Number of Blind persons in each family - Male 41. Number of Blind persons in each family - Female 42. Number of Idiots in each family - Male 43. Number of in each family - Female 44. Number of Lunatics in each family - Male 45. Number of in each family - Female RELIGION Number of persons in each family belonging to the: 46. Church of England 47. Church of Scotland 48. Church of Rome 49. Number of British Wesleyans Methodists in each family 50. Number of Canadian Wesleyans Methodists in each family 51. Number of Episcopal Methodists Methodists in each family 52. Number of other Methodists in each family 53. Number of Presbyterians not in connection with the Church of Scotland in each family 54. Number of Congregationalists or Independants in each family 55. Number of Baptists and Anabaptists in each family 56. Number of Lutherans in each family 57. Number of Quackers in each family 58. Number of Moravians and Tunkers in each family 59. Number of Dutch Reform Church in each family 60. Number of Jews in each family 61. Number of persons of all other Religious Denominations not herein enumerated in each family MISCELLANEOUS PERSONAL 62. Number of male coloured persons in each family 63. Number of female coloured persons in each family 64. Number of male farm servants employed in each family 65. Number of other male servants in private families 66. Number of other female servants in private families 67. Number of persons engaged in trade or commerce 68. Number of persons in each family subsisting on alms or paupers LAND 69. Number of acres or arpents of land occupied by each family 70. Number of acres or arpents of improved land occupied by each family PRODUCE Produce raised by each family during the year, and estimated in Winchester bushels: 71. Wheat 72. Barley 73. Rye 74. Oats 75. Peas 76. Indian corn 77. Buckwheat 78. Potatoes 79. Numbers of Hives of Bees kept by each family last season 80. Number of Pounds of Maple Sugar made by each family last season LIVE STOCK Live stock owned by each family: 81. Neat cattle 82. Horses 83. Sheep 84. Hogs 85. Number of yards of Fulled Cloth manufactured in the domestic way in each family 86. Number of yards of Linen, Cotton, or other thin Cloth, manufactured in the domestic way in the same family 87. Number of Flannel or other Woolen Cloth, not Fulled, manufactured in the domestic way in the same family 88. Number of Pounds of Wool procured during the last year in each family 89. Under what tenure such land is held by each family 90. Rate of Seignorial Rent paid for land held 'titre de cens' 91. Average money rent of farm, farmed by each family 92. Proportion of produce allowed to the Proprietor for land held on lease or cultivated on shares by each family SCHOOLING 93. Number Colleges, Academies and Convents, in each Parish, Township, extra-parochial place, Ward or Division of the Town, etc. 94. Number of Elementary Schools in each place 95. Number of Scholars at each such College, Academy, Convent or Elementary School - Male 96. Number of Scholars at each such College, Academy, Convent or Elementary School - Female INDUSTRAL 97. Number of Taverns or Houses of Public Entertainment in every such place 98. Number of Stores where Spiritous Liquors are sold in every such place 99. Number of Grist Mills in every such place 100. Number of Pairs of Mill Stones used in every such Mill 101. Number of Oatmeal Mills in every such place 102. Number of Barley Mills in every such place 103. Number of Saw Mills in every such place 104. Number of Oil Mills in every such place 105. Number of Fulling Mills in every such place 106. Number of Carding Mills in every such place 107. Number of Thrashing Mills in every such place 108. Number of Paper Mills in every such place 109. Number of Iron Works in every such place 110. Number of Trip Hammers in every such place 111. Number of Nail Factories in every such place 112. The weight of Nails so manufactured in such place 113. Number of Distilleries in every such place 114. Number of Breweries in every such place 115. Number of Tanneries in every such place 116. Number of Pot & Pearl Ash Manufactories in every such place 117. Number of Manufactories of any other sort in every such place, containing any Machinery moved by Wind, Water, Steam or Animal power, specifing the purposes to which such Machinery is applied, and by what power it is moved 118. Average price of wheat in every such place since last harvest 119. Average price of Agricultural Labour per day throughout the year 120. ADDITIONAL INQUIRY, with reference to the distriburion of school Money - Number of Children between 5 and 16 in each family |
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