The Canadian census taken in 1901 has surprising things to say
about the family as a social grouping and cultural construct at the
turn of the twentieth century. Although the nuclear-family
household was the most frequent type of household, family was not a
singular form or structure at all; rather, it was a fluid
micro-social community through which people lived and moved. There
was no one -traditional- family, but rather many types of families
and households, each with its own history.
In Household Counts, editors Eric W. Sager and Peter Baskerville
bring together an impressive array of scholars to explore the
demographic context of families in Canada using the 1901 census.
Split into five sections, the collection covers such topics as
family demography, urban families, the young and old, family and
social history, and smaller groups as well. The remarkable
plasticity of family and household that Household Counts reveals is
of critical importance to our understanding of nation-building in
Canada. This collection not only makes an important contribution to
family history, but also to the widening intellectual exploration
of historical censuses.
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