Census of Canada, 1880-1881. Recensement of Canada

Ottawa: MacLean, Roger & Co., 1882, 1884, 1883, 1885. Hardcover. Good. 4 vols. Vol. I: xv, 443p.; Vol. II: ix, 467p.; Vol. III: xi, 537p.; Vol. IV: xxxi, 181p. 25 cm. Green hardcover bindings with gold lettering on spines. Facing page English-French language versions of the report. Soiling and scuffing to binding with wear at corners and extremes of spines. Discolouration to bindings. Pages clean.

Vol. I (1882): Presentation of the Report to the Governor General; Letters to the Minister of Agriculture; Introduction to First Volume. Tables I-VI. 3 Indexes of Districts and Sub-districts; Analytical Table of Subjects. Vol. II (1884): Introduction to the Second Volume; Tables VII-XX; Table A; 2 Indexes of Districts; Alphabetical Table of Subject. Vol. III (1883): Introduction to the Third Volume; Tables XXI-LVI; 2 Indexes of Districts; Alphabetical Table of Subjects. Vol. IV (1885): Introduction to the Fourth Volume; Tables A-S; Tables I, II, and III. The 1881 Census was the second time national statistics were gathered in Canada. The report was complied by 205 Commissioners with 3183 Enumerators visiting 192 census districts and 2139 sub-districts, collecting information on 4,278,327 citizens (Government of Canada).