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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Language occupation stated in (CA1871A_OCLANGCA)

Data file: CAN1871_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 294

End: 294

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CA71A412 CA71A414 CA71A415 CA71A432 CA71A436">____ Occupation</svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	English
2	French
3	English and French
4	French and English

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 indicates the language used to respond to the occupation question. English and French are the primary languages respondents used in answering the census question on occupations.

Universe

Canada 1871: All persons

concept

Concept

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