First Census of Canada 1871 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1871

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Reference ID

CAN_1871_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS

Metadata

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Sep 03, 2025

Last modified

Sep 03, 2025

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Weight for both urban-rural and inter-province comparison (CA1871A_PRURBWGT)

Data file: CAN1871_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 91

End: 93

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

This variable provides weight information. Use this variable to get comparisons between both rural - urban population as well as comparisons between provinces.

Universe

Canada 1871: All households

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 3-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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