The 1827 Census was transcribed by Kim Stevens and is set up in the order in which it appears in the original document. The names of people listed have been plasced in Alphabetical order by Mr. Stevens. The columns on this website are labelled as follows:

[NOTE: columns 1-5; the names of these columns has been determined from book, "Census of Nova Scotia 1827," compiled by Allan C. Dunlop (Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Nov. 1979) (thanks to Phil Gerrard for sending this information to me)

Surname
Name
1. Male members of family
2. Female members of family
3. Male Servants
4. Female servants
5. Total in household
Occupation
Religion
6. Births in family in prior 12 months
7. Marriages of females in family in prior 12 months
8. Deaths in family in prior 12 months
County
Location

Any person with an [N] next to their name signifies that they are of colour.