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11 June 2009
As anticipated the 1861 and 1871 censuses are now online! Check out our handy chart for the details.
19 May 2009
New transcripts available! See the right menu.
Volunteers still needed to help us reach our goal to transcribe the entire 1851/2 census.
6 Mar 2009
The 1st of this month marked our 10th Anniversary! It's amazing how much has changed in just a decade! Over the years we've been blessed with the help and dedication of hundreds of volunteers. It's only because of their hard work that we've been able to make more than 800 census transcripts (over 1.3 million people) available. Thank you to volunteers & visitors for all your help and support!!
Our goal to transcribe the entire 1851/2 census is now at 84%! Only 67 census sub-districts need a transcriber (would you volunteer for one of these?). Will 2009 be the year we reach 100%? Volunteers Needed!
Our Feb 3rd message created some questions, three in particular that are important to clear up:
1. Why continue transcribing the 1851/2 census?
It seemed a shame to quit when we're just 16% from the finish line. It was difficult enough to come to the decision to stop seeking volunteers for 1861-1911 so we kept the one we were so close to finishing (the other census years were all less than 20% complete).
2. What happens to transcripts of the 1861-1911 census years that are not yet completed?
That is up to each volunteer currently working on a transcript. The census project will welcome and post any Ontario census transcript for any census year, even a census from 1861-1911. Our original goal was to transcribe all Ontario census records and it's still a not-so-secret desire, so all transcripts are most welcome.
3. Can I still volunteer to transcribe a census from 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 or 1911?
Yes, unless that census year/area is designated as 'Being Transcribed' or 'Online'. We no longer have 'Transcriber Needed' links available for these census years, but if you really want to transcribe a census from one of these census years, we will accept & post the transcript. Just send a message to the volunteer co-ordinator with the census year, area & county you'd like to transcribe.
3 Feb 2009
Library & Archives Canada has now made the 1891 census available on their website! It includes an index as well as the original census images.
As this resource is now freely available we will no longer solicit volunteers for 1891.
The debut of the 1891 census is the first (this year) of more to come. According to the LAC website they plan on adding the 1861 and 1871 census years within the next year.
In preparation of this we will also no longer solicit volunteers for 1861 and 1871 census years.
Instead we are returning our focus to the 1851/2 and early Ontario census years (those enumerated prior to 1851). Volunteers needed! :)
15 Nov 2008
Apologies to volunteers and visitors for the long delay between updates! And thank you to volunteers who had a very busy & productive few months. This update brings over 70 new transcripts online!
In 2008 this project has seen a few changes, first with our collaboration with the Université de Montréal and the University of Guelph and now with the decision not to continue soliciting volunteers to transcribe the 1881, 1901 or 1911 census years.
Ten years ago when this project was first inspired there were no organized efforts to bring free Ontario census records online. Within the past few years several other websites have joined the effort to bring census records online. Our stance remained that we would stick with our original goal to transcribe all Ontario census records regardless of what was being done elsewhere. Perhaps that was a bit foolish but at the time, and until recently, it seemed the best choice for our project. We made a promise to visitors and we intended to keep it.
However it has become obvious that we could best serve the genealogical public by not contributing to the duplication of volunteer efforts. So we will no longer seek volunteers for 1881, 1901 or 1911. It's been a decision long mulled over as our original goal was to transcribe every Ontario census, but it's glaringly obvious that by continuing with these census years we are misusing the gift being offered by volunteers.
We have been granted permission by Library & Archives Canada and Automated Genealogy to link to their free online indexes for these census years (1881, 1901, 1911), and the website now reflects these changes.
Any transcripts for these census years already completed by our volunteers will remain on this website. And we’ll add transcripts that are currently in progress for these census years. The only difference is we will no longer ask for volunteers to transcribe or proofread these census years. Instead we ask for the help of volunteers to tackle other census years that have not yet been digitized.
And we’re still asking for help to complete our goal to transcribe the entire 1851/2 Upper Canada census. While it has also been indexed by Automated Genealogy we’re at 86% completion and would like to see at least one census year fully transcribed on this website.
Interested in the progress of this project? Check out our About Us blurb.
 
Since our debut in 1999 we have strived to reach the goal to transcribe every Ontario census and place the transcripts online for free viewing.With the help of numerous volunteers we have been steadily progressing towards this goal BUT help is still needed!
The goal for 2008 is to transcribe the 1861 Ontario census. Please help us reach this goal!
Check out our progress
Volunteer! All that's needed is a few hours of your time and the willingness to volunteer. No experience required!
Founded in 1999 by Sherri Pettit, Suzanne Schaller, Kimberly St. Louis and Joan Hapeman-Somers as an effort to transcribe all Ontario census records from all census years (which we will continue to do!)
This project is part of OntarioGenWeb which specializes in the how and where - how to research Ontario and where to find research resources. Stop by if climbing your Ontario family tree.
As of 19 May 2009:
Number of years this site has been online: 10!!
Number of volunteers involved: 238
Number of transcripts currently online: 841
Number of persons within these transcripts: 1,342,423
Number of transcripts in progress: 465
Percentage of Completion: 17.4%
Cost to visitors: Priceless (FREE!!)
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1851 Brant, Paris (Village)
1851 Bruce, Kinloss Twp
1861 Dundas, Iroquois (Village)
1861 Essex, Mersea Twp
1891 Lambton, Warwick Twp
1881 Lennox and Addington, Barrie Twp
1861 Ontario, Mara Twp
1861 Ontario, Oshawa (Village)
1861 Ontario, Rama Twp
1861 Ontario, Whitby (Town)
1901 Peel, Chinguacousy Twp
1861 Peel, Streetsville (Village)
1861 Peel, Toronto Gore Twp
1851 Perth, Ellice Twp
1851 Perth, Fullarton Twp
1861 Stormont, Cornwall (Town)
1861 Stormont, Cornwall Twp
| 1851 Wentworth, Flamborough West Twp
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1861 Bruce, Brant Twp
1851 Dundas, Matilda Twp
1851 Dundas, Mountain Twp
1851 Dundas, Williamsburg Twp
1851 Elgin, Yarmouth Twp
1861 Essex, Gosfield Twp
1851 Frontenac, Wolfe Island
1861 Grey, Derby Twp
1851 Grey, Glenelg Twp
1851 Haldimand, Dunn Twp
1842 Halton, Nassagaweya Twp
1851 Halton, Trafalgar Twp
1911 Hastings, Monteagle
1813 Leeds, Bastard & Crosby South Twps
1830 Leeds, Bastard Twp
1832 Leeds, Bastard Twp
1833 Leeds, Bastard Twp
1834 Leeds, Bastard Twp
1861 Leeds, Yonge Twp
1851 Lincoln, Niagara (Town)
1861 Middlesex, Adelaide Twp
1881 Muskoka, Foley Twp
1861 Ontario, Reach Twp
1861 Ontario, Scott Twp
1861 Ontario, Scugog Twp
1861 Ontario, Thorah Twp
1861 Ontario, Uxbridge Twp
1861 Ontario, Whitby East Twp
1861 Ontario, Whitby West Twp
1911 Peel, Chinguacousy Twp
1891 Perth, Blanshard Twp
1891 Perth, Downie Twp
1891 Perth, Ellice Twp
1891 Perth, Fullarton Twp
1851 Perth, Hibbert Twp
1891 Perth, Hibbert Twp
1851 Perth, Logan Twp
1891 Perth, Logan Twp
1891 Perth, Mitchell (Town)
1891 Perth, Mornington Twp
1891 Perth, St Marys (Town)
1891 Perth, Usborne Twp
1851 Prince Edward, Athol Twp (Agricultural)
1851 Prince Edward, Hallowell Twp
1851 Prince Edward, Picton (Town) Agricultural
1834 Russell, Cumberland Twp
1835 Russell, Cumberland Twp
1836 Russell, Cumberland Twp
1837 Russell, Cumberland Twp
1832 Russell, Russell Twp
1911 Thunder Bay and Rainy River, Atwood Twp
1911 Thunder Bay and Rainy River, Fort William (Town)
1911 Thunder Bay and Rainy River, Oliver Twp
1830 Waterloo, Guelph Twp
1832 Waterloo, Guelph Twp
1840 Waterloo, Guelph Twp
1901 Welland, Port Colborne (Village)
1828 Wellington, Eramosa Twp
1832 Wellington, Eramosa Twp
1833 Wellington, Eramosa Twp
1837-1838 Wellington, Eramosa Twp
1833 Wellington, Erin & Garafraxa Twps
1834 Wellington, Garafraxa Twp
1816 Wentworth, Beverley Twp
1818 Wentworth, Beverley Twp
1825 Wentworth, Beverley Twp
1851 Wentworth, Binbrook Twp (Agricultural)
1851 Wentworth, Dundas (Town) Agricultural
1851 Wentworth, Flamborough East Twp (Agricultural)
1825 Wentworth, Glanford Twp
1911 Wentworth, Waterdown (Village)
| 1911 York, Gwillimbury East
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1851 Brant, Onondaga Twp
1851 Bruce, Kincardine Twp
1881 Bruce, Walkerton (Town)
1851 Dundas, Winchester Twp
1851 Elgin, Dorchester South Twp
1851 Essex, Tilbury West Twp
1851 Frontenac, Portland Twp
1851 Grenville, Oxford (Oxford-on-the-Rideau) Twp
1851 Grey, Euphrasia Twp
1851 Kent, Howard Twp
1871 Lambton, Warwick Twp
1851 Lanark, Darling Twp
1851 Lanark, Perth (Town)
1826 Leeds, Bastard Twp
1827 Leeds, Bastard Twp
1828 Leeds, Bastard Twp
1851 Leeds, Elmsley Twp
1851 Leeds, Escott Twp
1851 Lennox and Addington, Amherst Island
1911 Ontario, Alnwick Indian Reserve
1851 Ontario, Uxbridge Twp
1851 Peterborough, Peterborough (Town)
1851 Renfrew, Grattan Twp
1911 Renfrew, Indian Reserve, Golden Lake, South Algona, Indian Reserve Beaver Lake
1881 Renfrew, Westmeath Twp
1851 Renfrew, Wilberforce Twp
1881 Stormont, Cornwall (City) East Ward
1871 Stormont, Cornwall Twp
1851 Stormont, Osnabruck Twp
1851 Waterloo, Waterloo Twp
1851 Wentworth, Hamilton (City)
1851 York, Etobicoke Twp
| 1851 York, Gwillimbury East Twp
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