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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Sample weight (CA1871A_SAMPWGHT)

Data file: CAN1871_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 309

End: 316

Width: 8

Range: -

Format: character

Description

Definition

This variable provides the sample weight. In order to obtain the national estimates that yield number of observations close to those in the sample use the weight SAMPWGT.

Universe

Canada 1871: All persons

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 8-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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