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Ottawa to
Release Genealogists' Delight |
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History buffs across the country are eagerly
anticipating the release of personal census records
kept secret for close to 100 years.
Recent changes to the Statistics Act mean that
census information will be made available to
researchers and genealogists on the 92nd anniversary
of each census.
The amendments cleared up a legal ambiguity that
kept secret census records taken between 1911 and
2001.
The all-party agreement in Ottawa means records
such as names, date-of-birth, occupation and religion
from the 1911 census will soon be available – on the
internet.
Also, starting in 2006, Canadians who take part in
a census can indicate whether they want their
information to be made public after 92 years. The
census is conducted every five years.
Ontario Senator Lorna Milne, a former census
commissioner, has lobbied for the bill for the past
seven years, saying the records contain information on
an important period in Canadian history.
There will not only be vital records on early
settlers in Alberta and Saskatchewan, but new
information on soldiers who later died in the First
World War.
"This is wonderful news. This is news that we've
been waiting and waiting for," said New Brunswick
genealogist Ruby Cusack.
Library and Archives Canada says on its website
that it has received the 1911 census data and hopes to
make it public by early August.
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