Census Records

Canadian Census Online (some sites are searchable by surname)

• 1851 Digital Census of Canada (via the National Library and Archives of Canada)
• 1871 Census Surname Index (via the National Library and Archives of Canada)
• 1871 Census Surname Index (via Queen's University)
• 1881 Census of Canada Surname Index (via Family Search website)
• 1901 Census Surname Index (via automatedgenealogy.com) - for the purposes of this site, you will find Mono Township in the Cardwell District; Grey East holds Melancthon Township and Shelburne Village; Wellington Centre holds the Town of Orangeville and East Garafraxa Township; Wellington North holds East Luther Township and Simcoe South holds Mulmur Township **
• 1906 Census Surname Index (Western part of Canada - via automatedgenealogy.com)
• 1911 Digital Census of Canada (via the National Library and Archives of Canada)
• 1911 Census Surname Index (via automatedgenealogy.com) **

**Within each enumeration district there is a surname index

Census Reel numbers for Dufferin County

• A handy guide to finding reel numbers for each township from 1842 to 1901. Use these reel numbers to order your microfilm on Interlibrary Loans.

In-progress

Census transcriptions for Dufferin County:

The Ontario Genweb site is hosting a census transcription project. None of the townships and cities in Dufferin have been transcribed yet. Please check back to see if the place you are interested in has been completed. I will add the completed years and sites to this page. If you would like to join the census transcription project please follow this link to find out more information.

Here are some pages that I did manage to transcribe:

Amaranth Twp - 1851

East Garafraxa Twp - 1851

East Luther Twp - 1851 (deaths listed)

Melanchton Twp - 1851

Towns:

Orangeville - 1871 deaths