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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Microfilm reel number (REEL)

Data file: CAN1871_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 58

End: 63

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

REEL reports the microfilm reel number. For each sample, REEL can be used in conjunction with PAGENUM to locate the case on a microfilmed version of the original census form.

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

REEL is a 6-digit numeric variable.

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