To all:- Questions asked on census enumerations up to and including 1901 are posted at the following site -- "Questions Asked, etc." http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm These vary greatly, are very interesting, and one category stands out, but is not on the 1911 census list of questions. 4. Colour ================ 1911 CENSUS QUESTIONS [Comments, if any, are personal] 1. Name 2. Address 3. Sex 4. Relationship to head of household 5. Marital Status 6. Month of Birth 7. Year of Birth [may not always be correct - if wife was older] 8. Age on last birthday [if born July, 1908, would be listed as 2 years] 9. Country or Place of Birth 10. Year of immigration to Canada if an immigrant [My mother's family moved from Maine in 1909] 11. Year of naturalization [many did not if married to Canadians] 12. Racial or tribal origin 13. Nationality 14. Religion 15. Chief occupation 16. Other occupations 17. Employer, Employee, or working on own account 18. Place of employment 19. # weeks employed in 1910 in chief occupation 20. # weeks employed in 1910 in secondary occupation if any [Lists states 1919 -- must be a misprint] 21. # hours per week at chief occupation 22. # hours per week at secondary occupation 23. Total earnings in 1910 from chief occupation 24. Total earnings in 1910 from secondary occupation 25. Hourly wage 26. $ Life insurance held [not on 1901 or 1921] 27. $ Accident insurance held [not on 1901 or 1921] 28. $Cost of insurance [not on 1901 or 1921] 29. # months at school in 1910 30. can read? 31. can write? 32. language commonly spoken [1901 stated English and French] 33. cost of education for people over 16 in 1910 34. Blind? 35. Deaf or Dumb? 36. Crazy or Lunatic? 37. Idiotic or Silly? ===== The last four questions could seem to be an invasion of privacy, but how many have heard that So & So were "a bit odd", or that one family member had to reside in a County Home [Dementia?] These are very important questions as any answers could tell us of genetically inherited diseases, for example, my brother who has had MS for 40 years. [First discovered in 1824, then 1909] There would have been schedules in addition to the questions, on farms one would have had to give bushels of wheat, etc. Hint: The 1901 will Copy and Paste from the given URL. Muriel M. Davidson [email protected] Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, ON --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.483 / Virus Database: 279 - Release Date: 5/20/03