Column 1 – Vessels (count of vessels, numbered in order visited by the enumerator)
Column 2 – Shanties (count of shanties, numbered in order visited by the enumerator)
Column 3 – Houses in construction (count of houses in construction, numbered in order visited by the enumerator)
Column 4 – Houses uninhabited (count of uninhabited houses, numbered in order visited by the enumerator)
Column 5 – Houses inhabited (count of inhabited houses, numbered in order visited by the enumerator)
Column 6 – Families (count of the family or household – two or more families occupying the same house were to be numbered separately)
Column 7 – Names, entered with last name first
Column 8 – Sex, m for male and f for female
Column 9 – Age, at last birthday (for those under one year of age, a fraction was used – 4/12 would mean four months old)
Column 10 – Born within last 12 months (month of birth for all infants born between 4 April 1880 and 4 April 1881)
Column 11 – Country or province of birth
Column 12 – Religion, occasionally abbreviations were used:
Column 13 – Origin, indicated by country name, which may differ from place of birth (Indian refers to those descended from the Aboriginal peoples of Canada)
Column 14 – Profession, occupation, or trade (multiple could be listed for an individual, those studying a profession were listed as students of that profession, those attending college were listed as students and school children were not listed as such, and for those with no occupation other than household work, a dash was recorded)
Column 15 – Married or widowed (a dash indicated the individual had never been married)
Column 16 – Going to school (a 1 indicated the individual was attending school)
Infirmities – The infirmity needed to have reached the stage of incapacity to be recorded.
Column 17 – Deaf and dumb
Column 18 – Blind
Column 19 – Unsound mind
Column 20 – Dates of operations and remarks