{"id":886,"date":"2018-07-31T01:30:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T01:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=886"},"modified":"2018-08-30T20:07:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T20:07:50","slug":"document-1-colonial-censuses","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/chapter\/document-1-colonial-censuses\/","title":{"raw":"Document 1: Colonial Censuses","rendered":"Document 1: Colonial Censuses"},"content":{"raw":"<center><iframe src='https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/censusofcana1800cana?ui=embed#mode\/2up' width='360px' height='247px' frameborder='0' ><\/iframe><\/center>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/censusofcana1800cana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Censuses of Canada, 1665-1871,<\/em> vol. IV (Ottawa: I.B. Taylor, 1876)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nBelow are three tables of the populations around Hants County, Nova Scotia; Montreal, Quebec; and London, Ontario. Look carefully at these figures. What do they tell us about colonial societies in the mid-nineteenth century? Visit the published version of these censuses, how might you critique the way that we compiled this data?\r\n<h3>Hants County<\/h3>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">Year<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">Population<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">Land Occupied<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">Animals<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">Industries<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1827<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">8,627<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">37,531<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">32,751<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">N\/A<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1838<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">11,421<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">N\/A<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">N\/A<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">N\/A<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1851<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">14,330<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">65,454<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">36,852<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">91<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1861<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">17,460<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">64,818<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">39,137<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">109<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h3><\/h3>\r\n<h3>Montreal<\/h3>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">Year<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">Population<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">Land Occupied<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">Animals<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">Industries<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1827<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">268,581<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">1,661,692<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">922,870<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">889<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1844<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">84,697<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">92,161<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">43,743<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">200<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1851<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">77,381<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">123,839<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">40,466<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">91<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1861<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">90,323<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">N\/A<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">7,787<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">146<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h3><\/h3>\r\n<h3>London (Middlesex, Oxford and Norfolk)<\/h3>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">Year<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">Population<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">Land Occupied<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">Animals<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">Industries<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1826<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">18,077<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">450,995<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">16,660<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">85<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1836<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">47,305<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">973,920<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">36,602<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">186<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1851<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">94,367<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">1,011,266<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">292,852<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">346<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1861<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">135,107<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">1,198,552<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">374,536<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">365<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/censusofcana1800cana?ui=embed#mode\/2up\" width=\"360px\" height=\"247px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/censusofcana1800cana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Censuses of Canada, 1665-1871,<\/em> vol. IV (Ottawa: I.B. Taylor, 1876)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Below are three tables of the populations around Hants County, Nova Scotia; Montreal, Quebec; and London, Ontario. Look carefully at these figures. What do they tell us about colonial societies in the mid-nineteenth century? Visit the published version of these censuses, how might you critique the way that we compiled this data?<\/p>\n<h3>Hants County<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">Year<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">Population<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">Land Occupied<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">Animals<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">Industries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1827<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">8,627<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">37,531<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">32,751<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1838<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">11,421<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1851<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">14,330<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">65,454<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">36,852<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1861<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">17,460<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">64,818<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">39,137<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Montreal<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">Year<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">Population<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">Land Occupied<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">Animals<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">Industries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1827<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">268,581<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">1,661,692<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">922,870<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">889<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1844<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">84,697<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">92,161<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">43,743<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1851<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">77,381<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">123,839<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">40,466<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1861<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">90,323<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">7,787<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">146<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>London (Middlesex, Oxford and Norfolk)<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">Year<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">Population<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">Land Occupied<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 84px;\">Animals<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 101px;\">Industries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 94px;\">1826<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 66px;\">18,077<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 142px;\">450,995<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; 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