Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1838

The database presented here brings together an assortment of early census, property assessment, and poll tax records, providing a total of 69,807 personal names. None of the census, assessment or poll tax records presented here is complete for the province - even if they claimed to be so at the time. None of the individual returns is complete internally either; people and households were overlooked, and sections of communities were undoubtedly missed.

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Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 18:02 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 18:02 (UTC)
contact_person	{"en": "Service Nova Scotia", "fr": "Service Nova Scotia"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["society"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	federated
open_canada_date_published	2016-01-11 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["census", "names", "demographics"], "fr-t-en": ["recensement", "noms", "démographie"]}
open_canada_subject	["arts_music_literature"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency	not_planned