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This page contains links to extracts of Canadian Legislation from 1870 to the present time that have to do with Census and Statistics. Files are in PDF format and require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Files range from 7 Kbits to 39 Kbits in size and may take a few minutes to download on slower dial-up Internet connections.

Other than possible spelling errors due to problems with the OCR software, extracts of the legislation are true to the original documents.

CAP. XXI	An Act respecting the First Census	Assented to 12th May 1870
CAP. XVIII	An Act to amend the Census Act	Assented to 14th April 1871
CHAP. 13	An Act to make provision for the Collection and Registration of the Criminal Statistics of Canada	Assented to 12th April 1876
CHAP. 14	An Act to amend "The Railway Statistics Act."	Assented to 12th April 1876
CHAP. 21	An Act Respecting Census and Statistics	Assented to 15th May 1879
CHAPTER 3	An Act to provide for the taking of a Census in the Province of Manitoba, the North-West Territories and the District of Keewatin.	Assented to 1st may 1885
CHAPTER 58	An Act respecting the Census	R.S.C. 1886
CHAPTER 59	An Act respecting Statistics	R.S.C. 1886
CHAPTER 60	An Act respecting Criminal Statistics	R.S.C. 1886
CHAPTER 5	An Act respecting the Census and Statistics	Assented to 16th May 1905
CHAPTER 6	An Act to amend the Census and Statistics Act	Assented to 20th July 1905
CHAPTER 68	An Act respecting the Census and Statistics	R.S.C. 1906
CHAPTER 43	An Act respecting the Dominion Bureau of Statistics	Assented to 24th May 1918
CHAPTER 190	An Act respecting the Dominion Bureau of Statistics	R.S.C. 1927
CHAPTER 45	An Act respecting the Dominion Bureau of Statistics	Assented to 30th June 1948
CHAPTER 257	An Act respecting the Dominion Bureau of Statistics	R.S.C. 1952
CHAPTER 18	An Act to amend The Statistics Act	Assented to 31st March 1953
CHAPTER S-16	An Act respecting the Dominion Bureau of Statistics	C.S. 1970
CHAPTER S-19	An Act respecting Statistics of Canada	1999

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Canadian Census and Statistics Legislation