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Newfoundland - 1698

Census of Residents of Plaisance, on the Island, in 1698

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As a result of the discontinuation of E-STAT, some of the links to the tables available in the publication 98-187-X Introduction to Censuses of Canada, 1665-1871 were broken. The tables can be requested via the Statistics Canada’s Data Liberation Initiative (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/dli/dli). For the convenience of users, the tables are also available on the Queen’s University website: (http://library.queensu.ca/data/census-1665-1871). The website is in English as Queen’s University is not subject to the Official Languages Act.

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Grand Plaisance.            

Quartier du Fort

    2 7 7 14 1 1 2 1 4 5
    "    de la Gde. Grave     18 60 38 98 17 15 4 2 39 21
    "    de la Pte.-Verte     4 11 8 19 3 3 2 6 5
  52 1   23 2 12 182 163
Petit Plaisance.            

Quart. de la Gde. Grave

    8 16 20 36 7 7 1 1 8 12
    "    de la Marquise     1 2 2 4 2 2
    "    de la Pte. Grave     5 7 10 17 5 4 2 6
Total 52 1 38 103 85 188 33 30 11 4 59 51 23 2 12 182 163