The Canadian government has just agreed Friday after a 5 year court battle to release the "1906 Census of Canada." This is a major breakthrough for genealogists as these records and all records subsequent to these had been sealed and were to be sealed forever. *************** Subsequent to the announcement of Ministers Rock and Copps regarding the immediate release of the 1906 Census of the Western Provinces, Ian Wilson - National Archivist, has announced that those records are now accessible online. They can be viewed at: English http://www.archives.ca/02/020153_e.html French http://www.archives.ca/02/020153_f.html *************** For those interested, News Releases relating to this issue from Ministers Allan Rock and Sheila Copps, Senator Lorna Milne, MP Murray Calder, and National Archivist Ian Wilson have been posted on the Post 1901 Census Project website at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census Further information is available in a recent e-column at: http://globalgazette.net/gazce/gazce89.htm .