by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
The following geographic finding aid may be used to locate Doukhobors in the 1901 Canada Census. 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 – Territories
Manitoba
| District No. and Name | Sub-District No. and Name | Doukhobor Entries | Pages | Microfilm | ||
| 6 | Brandon | b-1 | Brandon | Independent households | 15. | T-6431 |
| 6 | Brandon | b-4 | Brandon | Independent household | 5. | T-6431 |
| 6 | Brandon | b-6 | Brandon | Independent household | 5. | T-6431 |
| 7 | Lisgar | f-7 | Rhineland | Individual | 9. | T-6432 |
| 7 | Lisgar | h-10 | Stanley | Individual | 16. | T-6432 |
| 9 | Marquette | q-3 | Russell | Individual | 2. | T-6434 |
The Territories
| District No. and Name | Sub-District No. and Name | Doukhobor Entries | Pages | Microfilm | ||
| 203 | Assiniboia East | c-2 | Insinger | Novo-Goreloye | 13, 14, 15. | T-6552 |
| 203 | Assiniboia East | e(2)-1 | Kamsack | Truzhdeniye | 1, 2. | T-6552 |
| Petrovo | 2, 3, 4, 5. | |||||
| Novo-Petrovo (partial) | 5, 6, 12. | |||||
| Kamenka (partial) | 6, 7, 8, 9. | |||||
| Nikolayevka (partial) | 9, 10, 11, 12. | |||||
| Rodionovka (not enumerated) | 12. | |||||
| Smirenovka (S) (not enumerated) | 12. | |||||
| Voskreseniye (not enumerated) | 12. | |||||
| Vossianiye (not enumerated) | 12. | |||||
| Efremovka (not enumerated) | 13. | |||||
| Tambovka (S) (not enumerated) | 13. | |||||
| Terpeniye (S) (not enumerated) | 13. | |||||
| 203 | Assiniboia East | e(2)-2 | Kamsack | Pozirayevka (S) | 1, 2, 3. | T-6552 |
| Slavyanka Company No. 1 | 3, 4. | |||||
| Slavyanka Company No. 2 | 4, 5. | |||||
| Verovka | 5, 6, 7. | |||||
| Verovka No. 2 | 7, 8, 9. | |||||
| Blagodarnoye (not enumerated) | 17. | |||||
| 203 | Assiniboia East | e-4 | Yorkton | Independent homesteads | 12, 14. | T-6553 |
| 203 | Assiniboia East | t-3 | Wapella | Individual | 16. | T-6553 |
| 203 | Assiniboia East | x(2)-1 | Pelly | Terpeniye (Kars) (S) | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. | T-6552 |
| Smirenovka (Kars) (S) | 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. | |||||
| Poterpevshiye | 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. | |||||
| Slavyanka (S) | 14, 15. | |||||
| Pokrovka (S) | 15, 16, 17, 18. | |||||
| Sovetovka (not enumerated) | 20. | |||||
| Spasovka (S) (not enumerated) | 20. | |||||
| 203 | Assiniboia East | x(2)-2 | Pelly | Novo-Troitskoye (N) (partial) | 1, 4. | T-6552 |
| Vera (partial) | 1, 2, 4. | |||||
| Lubomirnoye (partial) | 2, 4. | |||||
| Bogdanovka (N) (not enumerated) | 4. | |||||
| Mikhailovka (not enumerated) | 4. | |||||
| Osvobozhdeniye (not enumerated) | 4. | |||||
| Pokrovka (N) (not enumerated) | 4. | |||||
| Spasovka (N) (not enumerated) | 4. | |||||
| Stradeyevka (not enumerated) | 4. | |||||
| Tikhomirnoye (not enumerated) | 4. | |||||
| 203 | Assiniboia East | y | Devils Lake | Besedovka | 1, 2, 3. | T-6552 |
| Blagovishcheniye | 3, 4, 5, 6. | |||||
| Individuals | 6, 11. | |||||
| Kirilovka (GS) | 7, 8. | |||||
| Moiseyevo | 8, 9, 10, 11. | |||||
| Blagosklonnoye | 13, 14, 15, 16. | |||||
| Goreloye | 16, 17. | |||||
| Novo-Spasskoye | 17, 18, 19. | |||||
| Utesheniye | 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. | |||||
| Novo-Troitskoye (GS) | 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. | |||||
| 205 | Saskatchewan | s-1 | Prince Albert East | Work party | 25. | T-6553 |
| 205 | Saskatchewan | z | Hague | Individual | 24. | T-6553 |
| 205 | Saskatchewan | m-1 | Muskeg Lake | Spasovka (SA) | 4, 5, 6, 7. | T-6553 |
| Pozirayevka (SA) | 7, 8. | |||||
| Uspeniye (SA) | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. | |||||
| Terpeniye (SA) | 13, 14, 15, 16. | |||||
| Petrovka | 16, 17, 18, 19. | |||||
| Tambovka (SA) | 19, 20. | |||||
| Troitskoye | 20, 21, 22, 23. | |||||
| Gorelovka | 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. | |||||
| 205 | Saskatchewan | n-2 | Tiefengrund | Uspeniye (SA) | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. | T-6554 |
| Pozirayevka (SA) | 7, 8. | |||||
| Troitskoye | 9, 10, 11, 12. | |||||
| Gorelovka | 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. | |||||
| Tambovka (SA) | 16, 17. | |||||
| 205 | Saskatchewan | n-1 | Nut Lake | Troitskoye (N) | 3, 4, 5. | T-6553 |
| Uspeniye (N) | 5, 6. | |||||
| 205 | Saskatchewan | o-2 | Waldheim | Petrovka (SA) | 10, 11, 12, 13. | T-6554 |
| 205 | Saskatchewan | p-1 | Osler | Kirilovka (SA) | 6, 7, 8. | T-6553 |
| Bogdanovka (SA) | 9, 10. | |||||
| Pokrovka (SA) | 11, 12, 13. | |||||
| 205 | Saskatchewan | t | Ebenfeld | Terpeniye (SA) | 9, 10, 11, 12. | T-6553 |
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 or Automated Genealogy. For an overview of the 1901 Canada Census, including its historical background, content, usefulness and reliability, availability and published indices, see the Guide to Doukhobor Census Records.
Where two or more villages share the same place name, it is denoted by the first letter of the reserve in which it is located: North Reserve (N); South Reserve (S); Good Spirit Annex (GS); and Saskatchewan Reserve (SA); and within the reserves by numbers (No. 1 or No. 2).
The 1901 Canada Census is incomplete as 2,811 Doukhobors in 23 villages refused to be enumerated by census takers. These include the villages of Novo-Petrovo, Kamenka, Nikolayevka, Rodionovka, Smirenovka, Voskreseniye, Vossianiye, Efremovka, Tambovka (S) and Terpeniye (S) in Kamsack Sub-District No. e(2)-1; Blagodarnoye in Kamsack Sub-District No. e(2)-2; Sovetovka and Spasovka (S) in Pelly Sub-District No. x(2)-1; and Novo-Troitskoye (N), Vera, Lyubomirnoye, Bogdanovka (S), Mikhailovka, Osvobozhdeniye, Pokrovka (N), Spasovka (N), Stradeyevka and Tikhomirnoye in Pelly Sub-District No. x(2)-2.
Also, the 1901 Canada Census contains duplicate entries as 1,021 Doukhobors in 7 villages were enumerated twice. These include the villages of Pozirayevka (SA), Uspeniye (SA), Troitskoye (SA), Gorelovka and Tambovka (SA) in Muskeg Lake Sub-District No. m-1 and Tiefengrund Sub-District No. n-1; Petrovka in Muskeg Lake Sub-District No. m-1 and Waldheim Sub-District No. o-2; and Terpeniye (SA) in Muskeg Lake Sub-District No. m-1 and Ebenfeld Sub-District No. t.
The handwritten village names listed in the original census records for Muskeg Lake Sub-District No. m-1 are disordered and incorrect, and consequently potentially quite confusing. Please refer to the above index for the correct listing of villages in this sub-district.
This article was reproduced by permission in the Bulletin Vol. 40 No. 4 (Regina: Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, December 2009).