Not a only Canada resource, so putting it on here...it may come in handy for some of you. Even misnomers are included on his listings...
Hello all, I thought I'd put this up here in case someone wants a backdoor into the I.G.I... ( U.K.) You can use it directly, by going to the town, click on a parish listing and putting in the surname... Database by Hugh Wallis: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/
Or you can just copy the batch numbers and paste them into the batch# box on the I.G.I., and put the surname (or whole name of course) and it will only search that parish/town...(within that certain year span & category, thus referring to above) http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?
There's always room for Resources of interest, so will add this.. It's from Chester, Eng. but probably covers a great deal of the economy type of business, as well as names of occupations for many areas within this period....at the very least you'll find it most interesting... Late Georgian and Victorian Chester 1762-1914: The economy, 1841-70 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=19210#s4