Hi Bonnie. Your mother would first appear in the 1931 Census and each Census up to 1996. National Censuses were conducted every ten years on years ending in '1' and Censuses for the Prairie provinces were held every ten years on years ending in '6'. From 1956 the National Census was conducted every five years on years ending in '1' and '6'. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Read my column, 'Gordon Watts Reports' at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bonniebbyb@aol.com> To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Meeting with Statistics Canada I have a question for you . How many years is it usually before people who were born in 1927 to be in the ceesus records and on the computer.? My mom was born August 10, 1927 and passed away August 27, 1999. I am just curious Thank you in advance. Bonnie