1916 Archives | Doukhobor Heritage

by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff

The following geographic finding aid may be used to locate Doukhobors in the 1916 Census of the Northwest Provinces. Search by province, district, sub-district and page number to find a comprehensive listing of Doukhobor settlements (villages, work camps, homesteads, households, etc.). Then consult the Library and Archives Canada microfilm copies or online images of the original census to find specific Doukhobor entries.

Index – Manitoba – Saskatchewan – Alberta

Manitoba

District No. and Name		Sub-District No. and Description		Doukhobor Entries	Pages	Microfilm
1	Brandon	3	City of Brandon	Independent Doukhobor households	17, 20, 24, 25, 30.	T-21925
1	Brandon	12	City of Brandon	Doukhobor workers	6.	T-21925
1	Brandon	13	City of Brandon	Doukhobor worker	24.	T-21925
5	Marquette	20	Russell RM	Doukhobor worker	10.	T-21927
7	Nelson	3	Swan River RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads; Doukhobor workers	9, 12, 18, 22.	T-21928
7	Nelson	4	Swan River RM	Independent Doukhobor homestead; Doukhobor workers	5, 10, 14.	T-21928

Saskatchewan

District No. and Name		Sub-District No. and Description		Doukhobor Entries	Pages	Microfilm
21	Mackenzie	02A	City of Yorkton	Independent Doukhobor households	24.	T-21938
21	Mackenzie	02B	City of Yorkton	Independent Doukhobor households	3, 9.	T-21938
21	Mackenzie	08	Wallace RM; Sliding Hills RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads Communal Doukhobor farm	1. 19.	T-21938
21	Mackenzie	09	Cote RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	8, 11, 15, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.	T-21938
				Vossianiye	17.
				Petrovo	21, 22.
21	Mackenzie	10	Cote RM; Town of Kamsack	Town of Kamsack	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24.	T-21938
				Independent Doukhobor homesteads	25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33.
				Efremovka	26, 27.
				Lyubovnoye	27.
				Voskriseniye	34, 35.
21	Mackenzie	11	Cote RM; St. Phillips RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22.	T-21938
				Trudolyubovoye	2, 3, 4.
				Tambovka	9, 10.
21	Mackenzie	12	St. Philips RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 23, 24.	T-21938
21	Mackenzie	13	Livingston RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20.	T-21938
21	Mackenzie	14	Livingston RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16.	T-21938
21	Mackenzie	14	Livingston RM	“Crazy” village (Khlebodarnoye)	2, 3, 4.	T-21938
21	Mackenzie	15	Livingston RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.	T-21938
21	Mackenzie	18	Keys RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15.	T-21938
				Nadezhda	16, 17.
				Smireniye	17, 18.
				Otradnoye	18, 19.
				Blagoveshcheniye	20.
				Kapustino	21, 22.
21	Mackenzie	19	Sliding Hills RM; Village of Veregin	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.	T-21938
				Blagodarnoye	9, 10.
				Lyubovnoye	13.
				Village of Veregin	15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.
21	Mackenzie	20	Sliding Hills RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	1, 10, 21, 22.	T-21938
				Rodionovo	5, 6.
				Sovetnoye	8, 9.
				Terpeniye	18, 19, 20, 21.
21	Mackenzie	21	Sliding Hills RM; Keys RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	13, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25.	T-21940
21	Mackenzie	21	Sliding Hills RM; Keys RM	Novoye	22, 23.	T-21940
21	Mackenzie	22	Keys RM; Village of Hyas	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	9, 10.	T-21940
21	Mackenzie	24	Good Lake RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.	T-21940
21	Mackenzie	25	Good Lake RM; Town of Canora	Town of Canora	2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.	T-21940
21	Mackenzie	25	Good Lake RM; Town of Canora	Independent Doukhobor homestead	24.	T-21940
21	Mackenzie	28	Insinger RM	Communal Doukhobor farm	20.	T-21940
21	Mackenzie	29	Buchanan RM; Village of Buchanan	Village of Buchanan	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.	T-21940
21	Mackenzie	29	Buchanan RM; Village of Buchanan	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.	T-21940
21	Mackenzie	30	Invermay RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads.	27, 30.	T-21940
24	North Battleford	01	Great Bend RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	20, 21, 25.	T-21941
24	North Battleford	03	Mayfield RM	Doukhobor worker	10.	T-21941
24	North Battleford	04	North Battleford RM	Saskatchewan Provincial Asylum	13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 23.	T-21941
24	North Battleford	07	Redberry RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	12, 13, 14, 15.	T-21941
24	North Battleford	09	Blaine Lake RM; Town of Blaine Lake	Town of Blaine Lake	1, 2, 4, 5.	T-21941
				Independent Doukhobor homesteads	7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33.
				Petrovka	30, 31.
24	North Battleford	10	Blaine Lake RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	28, 29, 30, 31, 32.	T-21941
29	Saskatoon	11	Eagle Creek RM	Doukhobor worker	16.	T-21944
29	Saskatoon	12	Park RM	Independent Doukhobor homesteads	2, 3, 4, 13, 19, 24, 27.	T-21944
				Pokrovka	19, 20, 21.
				Kirilovka	22, 23, 24.
				Bogdanovka	25, 26.
29	Saskatoon	14	Park RM; Town of Langham	Doukhobor worker	5.	T-21945
29	Saskatoon	14	Park RM; Town of Langham	Town of Langham	21.	T-21945

Alberta

District No. and Name		Sub-District No. and Description		Doukhobor Entries	Pages	Microfilm
32	Battle River	1	Township 35, Range 4, West of 4	Independent Doukhobor homestead	33.	T-21946
32	Battle River	9	Village of Provost	Doukhobor workers	9.	T-21947
38	Lethbridge	11	Town of Raymond	Doukhobor work party	15, 18.	T-21951
38	Lethbridge	13	Village of Warner	Doukhobor work party	8, 10, 11.	T-21951
38	Lethbridge	20f	City of Lethbridge	Doukhobor worker	31.	T-21952
39	Macleod	7	Village of Lundbreck	Communal Doukhobor settlement	14.	T-21952
39	Macleod	8	Village of Cowley	Communal Doukhobor settlement	5, 7, 14.	T-21952
40	Medicine Hat	19	Village of Bow Island	Doukhobor work party	11-12.	T-21953

Notes

This finding aid may be used to locate Doukhobor census enumerations both in the original census records and in census transcriptions such as those provided online by Ancestry.com. For a description of the 1916 Census of the Northwest Provinces, including its historical background, content, usefulness and reliability, availability and published indices, see the Guide to Doukhobor Census Records.

This article was reproduced by permission in the Bulletin Vol. 40 No. 4 (Regina: Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, December 2009).