Beginning in 1906, the Prairie provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan began to take separate censuses of population and agriculture every five years to monitor growth in the West. After becoming part of Canada in 1949, Newfoundland (including Labrador) has been included in the Canadian census since 1951."History of the Census of Canada ". Statistics Canada. 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2010. Since 1956, the Census of Agriculture and the Census of Population have been taken together every five years across the entire country.Statistics Canada. “History of the Census of Canada.” 2011 Census – About the Census, December 30, 2015, www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/about-apropos/history-histoire-eng.cfm?wbdisable=true.
