General documentation
- Manual Containing the "Census Act" and the Instructions to Officers Employed in the Taking of the Second Census in Canada
- Information about this census is avaialble from Library and Archives Canada
Data files
- Microdata file covering the entire enumerated Canadian population, available in odesi (East, Quebec, Ontario, West and Territories) and in SDA.
- Note: MDL holds an archived copy of the data on CD-ROM: #1161
- Searchable database of census returns available on the Library and Archives Canada website (only scanned images can be downloaded)
Geospatial Files
- Census Districts (Scholars GeoPortal)
Published statistics
- Table of contents of all census volumes
- Census of Canada, 1880-81, vol I (Early Canadiana Online)
- Census of Canada, 1880-81, vol II (Early Canadiana Online)
- Census of Canada, 1880-81, vol III (Early Canadiana Online)
- Census of Canada, 1880-81, vol. IV (Internet Archive)
- The Dominion of Canada : with particulars as to its extent, climate, agricultural resources, fisheries, mines, manufacturing and other industries : also details of home and foreign commerce : including a summary of the census of 1881 (Internet Archive)