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

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Sep 03, 2025

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Head birthplace group (CA1871A_HDBPLGRP)

Data file: CAN1871_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 320

End: 322

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CA71A413">____ Birth Place</svar>

Categories

Value	Category
004	Ontario
005	Quebec
006	Eastern Canada
007	Other Canada
017	United States
018	England
019	Ireland
020	Scotland
021	Austria, Germany
022	Other Europe
999	Unknown

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

This variable gives the birthplace of a household head in 24 possible birthplace groups.

Universe

Canada 1871: All persons

concept

Concept

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