By Diane Sagers

January 14, 2024

After 92 years, the 1931 Canadian Census was released to the public by the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) in June of 2023—but until just recently, the records were only available online as digital images. Thanks to a collaboration between FamilySearch, Ancestry, and the LAC, the millions of pages in the census are now highly searchable. The rich genealogy information in this census can now be searched and read—for free.

Take a look at the 1931 Canadian census now to learn about your relatives who lived in Canada in the 1930s! And be prepared for record hints to start showing up in your family tree on FamilySearch. You might find grandparents and their families and friends, or other relatives such as parents, uncles, or grand-uncles. Through the census, you can get acquainted with the neighborhoods they lived in and what they and their neighbors did for a living. Census records can tell a person a lot and hint about even more.