Fifth Census of Canada 1911 - IPUMS Subset
Canada, 2011
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Reference ID
CAN_1911_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS
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- CAN1911_PHC-H-H.dat
- CAN1911_PHC-P-H.dat
Place of employment (industry) (CA1911A_IND1950)
Data file: CAN1911_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
476
End:
478
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
22. State where person is employed, as 'on farm', 'in woolen mill', 'at foundry shop', 'in drug store', etc.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | Not applicable |
| 105 | Agriculture |
| 106 | Own farm |
| 116 | Forestry |
| 126 | Fisheries |
| 127 | Hunting/trapping |
| 206 | Metal mining |
| 216 | Coal mining |
| 226 | Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction |
| 236 | Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, not fuel |
| 239 | Mining, not specified (1880) |
| 246 | Construction |
| 247 | Bridge and road construction/work |
| 306 | Logging |
| 307 | Sawmills, planing mills, and mill work |
| 308 | Misc. wood products |
| 309 | Furniture and fixtures |
| 316 | Glass and glass products |
| 317 | Cement,concrete, gypsum, and plaster products |
| 318 | Structural clay products |
| 319 | Pottery and related products |
| 326 | Misc. nonmetallic mineral and stone |
| 336 | Blast furnaces, steel works, rolling mills |
| 337 | Other primary iron/steel industry |
| 338 | Primary nonferrous industries |
| 346 | Fabricated steel products |
| 347 | Fabricated nonferrous metal products |
| 348 | Not specified metal industries |
| 356 | Agricultural machinery and tractors |
| 357 | Office and store machines and devices |
| 358 | Misc. machinery |
| 367 | Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies |
| 376 | Motor vehicles and equipment |
| 377 | Aircraft and parts |
| 378 | Ship and boat building and repairing |
| 379 | Railroad and misc transportation equipment |
| 386 | Professional equipment and supplies |
| 387 | Photographic equipment and supplies |
| 388 | Watches, clocks, clockwork devices |
| 399 | Misc. manufacturing industries |
| 406 | Meat products |
| 407 | Dairy products |
| 408 | Canning/preserving fruits, vegetables, and seafoods |
| 409 | Grain-mill products |
| 416 | Bakery products |
| 417 | Confectionery and related products |
| 418 | Beverage industries |
| 419 | Misc. food preparations and kindred goods |
| 429 | Tobacco manufactures |
| 436 | Knitting mills |
| 437 | Dyeing and finishing textiles, except knit goods |
| 438 | Carpets, rugs, and other floor coverings |
| 439 | Yarn, thread, and fabric mills |
| 446 | Misc. textile mill products |
| 448 | Apparel and accessories |
| 449 | Misc. fabricated textile products |
| 456 | Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills |
| 457 | Paperboard containers and boxes |
| 458 | Miscellaneous paper and pulp products |
| 459 | Printing, publishing, and allied industries |
| 467 | Drugs and medicines |
| 468 | Paints, varnishes, and related products |
| 469 | Misc. chemicals and allied products |
| 476 | Petroleum refining |
| 477 | Misc. petroleum and coal products |
| 478 | Rubber products |
| 487 | Leather: tanned, curried, and finished |
| 488 | Footwear, except rubber |
| 489 | Leather products, except footwear |
| 499 | Not specified manufacturing industries |
| 506 | Railroads and railway express service |
| 516 | Street railways and bus lines |
| 526 | Trucking service |
| 527 | Warehousing and storage |
| 536 | Taxicab service |
| 546 | Water transportation |
| 567 | Petroleum and gasoline pipe lines |
| 568 | Services incidental to transportation |
| 569 | wharf, dock, harbour, etc |
| 578 | Telephone |
| 579 | Telegraph |
| 586 | Electric light and power |
| 587 | Gas and steam supply systems |
| 588 | Electric-gas utilities |
| 596 | Water supply |
| 597 | Sanitary services |
| 598 | Other and not specified utilities |
| 606 | Motor vehicles and equipment |
| 607 | Drugs, chemicals, and allied products |
| 608 | Dry goods apparel |
| 609 | Food and related products |
| 616 | Electrical goods, hardware, and plumbing equipment |
| 617 | Machinery, equipment, and supplies |
| 618 | Petroleum products |
| 619 | Farm products--raw materials |
| 626 | Misc. wholesale trade |
| 627 | Not specified wholesale trade |
| 628 | Hudson's Bay company |
| 636 | Food stores, except dairy products |
| 637 | Dairy products stores and milk retailing |
| 646 | General merchandise stores |
| 656 | Apparel and accessories stores, except shoe |
| 657 | Shoe stores |
| 658 | Furniture and house furnishing stores |
| 659 | Household appliance and radio stores |
| 667 | Motor vehicles and accessories retailing |
| 669 | Drug stores |
| 679 | Eating and drinking places |
| 686 | Hardware and farm implement stores |
| 687 | Lumber and building material retailing |
| 688 | Liquor stores |
| 689 | Retail florists |
| 696 | Jewelry stores |
| 697 | Fuel and ice retailing |
| 698 | Misc. retail stores |
| 699 | Not specified retail trade |
| 716 | Banking and credit agencies |
| 726 | Security and commodity brokerage and investment companies |
| 736 | Insurance |
| 746 | Real estate |
| 756 | Real estate-insurance-law offices |
| 806 | Advertising |
| 807 | Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping service |
| 808 | Misc. business services |
| 816 | Auto repair services and garages |
| 817 | Misc. repair services |
| 826 | Private households |
| 836 | Hotels and lodging places |
| 846 | Laundering, cleaning, and dyeing services |
| 847 | Dressmaking shops |
| 848 | Shoe repair shops |
| 849 | Misc. personal services |
| 856 | Radio broadcasting and television |
| 857 | Theaters and motion pictures |
| 858 | Bowling alleys, and billiard and pool parlors |
| 859 | Misc. entertainment and recreation services |
| 868 | Medical and other health, not hospitals |
| 869 | Hospitals |
| 879 | Legal services |
| 888 | Educational services |
| 896 | Welfare and religious services |
| 897 | Nonprofit membership organizations |
| 898 | Engineering and architectural services |
| 899 | Misc. professional and related services |
| 900 | Library, museum, and other related Institutions |
| 906 | Postal service |
| 916 | Federal public administration |
| 926 | State public administration |
| 936 | Local public administration |
| 946 | Public administration, level not specified |
| 947 | Indian reserve |
| 976 | Common or general laborer |
| 979 | With family member |
| 980 | Housewife |
| 981 | At home (not housework) |
| 982 | Housework at home |
| 983 | School response (students, etc.) |
| 984 | Retired |
| 986 | Invalid |
| 987 | Institutional response |
| 988 | Jail/penitentiary |
| 991 | Lady/man of leisure |
| 995 | Non-industrial response |
| 997 | Unclassifiable industry |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
123. <span class="em">Place or occupation</span>. Column 22 asks where the person whose occupation or trade is denoted in column 17 is employed. For example, if the person named in column 3 is described in column 17 as a labourer, then in this column the class or kind of work he does must be given, as 'odd jobs,' 'street work,' 'garden,' 'railway,' 'sawmill,' 'stone quarry,' etc., and similarly for every person whose occupation or trade is specified in column 17.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates a person's place of employment or industry.
Universe
Canada 1911: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |