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The enumeration of southern Vancouver Island was split between two
enmeration districts. Some confusion may arise because the names of political
boundries and enumeration boundries are similar but do not share the exact
boundries. The area that this work covers includes all of the Victoria
enumeration district and part of the Vancouver enumeration district. Many of
the smaller Gulf Islands are also in these enumeraotion districts.
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The Victoria enumeration district includes the political districts
of Victoria City, Metchosin, part of the Esquimalt District and part of the
Victoria South District.
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The Vancouver enumeration district includes the political districts
of part of the Esquimalt District, part of the Victoria South District and
the Victoria North District. This enumeration district also includes the
remainder of Vancouver Island butthe transcription of that part will be left
to others to do. Note: the City of Vancouver is not in this enumeration
district; the Vancouver here stands for Vancouver Island.
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Each census enumeration district is divided into a number of smaller
areas. These divisions have between 5 and 52 pages of personal census. There
are 20 divisions in the Victoria City enumeration area. Metchsoin is all in
one division and the part of the Victoria South District that is in the
Victoria enumeration district has 3.
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Finally the bands of the Cowichan Indian Agency that are in southern
Vancouver Island, and were enumerated, will also be added.
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Two Schedules from this census are available on microfilm:
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1. Population (films 6429 & 6430), and
2. Buildings and Lands, Churches and Schools (film T-6436).
SCHEDULE No. 2.
The addresses were taken from Schedule No. 2. Most of these addresses
are the same as those found in the 1900 directory. Some will have a slightly
different number, while others are completely different. The time lag between
the directory information being collected and the enumeration left plenty of
time for people to move accounting for most of this discrepancy. Of course
some will be enumerator errors.
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SCHEDULE No. 1.
POPULATION
NUMBERED IN ORDER OF VISITATION
1. Dwelling house
2. Family or Household
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PERSONAL DESCRIPTION
3. Name of each person in family, or household on 31st March 1901
4. Sex
5. Colour (This questioned was not transcribed)
6. Relation to head of family or household
7. Single, married, widowed or divorced
8. Month and date of birth
9. Year of birth
10. Age at last birthday
(The date of birth should be accepted with caution because you
do not know who was the informant, if they were telling the
truth or if they knew the truth. Many inaccurate dates were given.)
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CITIZENSHIP, NATIONALITY AND RELIGION
11. Country or place of birth - a 'u' (for urban) or 'r' (for rural)
may be included in this box
12. Year of immigration to Canada
13. Year of naturalization
(Some people's year of naturalization was earlier than the year 'to
Canada'. Naturalization was not becoming a Canadian citizen but
was becoming a British Subject. For example: a Constantine Riga
migrated to England, becames a British Subject in 1866 and then
moved to Canada in 1895.)
14. Racial or Tribal origin (This questioned was not transcribed)
15. Nationality (This questioned was not transcribed)
16. Religion
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PRINCIPAL PROFESSION OR TRADE
17. Profession, occupation or trade or means of living of each person (If
person has retired from profession or trade, add "r" for retired)
The remaining questions were not transcribed.
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