1911 Canadian Census Access Granted
Many Canadian genealogists have been fighting to get access to censuses after 1901. The Canadian S-18 bill passed in the House of Commons on June 28, 2005 and received Royal Assent on June 29th. This bill allows access to census records, beginning 92 years after the census was taken, opening the 1911 census to the public for the first time. (The United States allows access to records 72 years after the census was taken, thus already allowing 1910, 1920, and 1930 Census access).
There is a great writeup about the passing of this bill at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. Mr. Eastman includes a letter from Gordon A. Watts, Co-chair of the Canada Census Committee, who gives most of the credit to the Honorable Senator Lorna Milne.
The Library and Archives of Canada Website says that they hope to have online access to the 1911 Census in early August. Great news for genealogists with Canadian relatives.