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 occupation recoded to 1871 codes (CA1871A_HDOCCGRP)

Data file: CAN1871_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 317

End: 319

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

Categories

Value	Category
001	Property owning: Merchants, manufacturers, agents, dealers
002	Professionals, managers and supervisors
003	White collar employees
004	Artisanal occupations
005	Semi-skilled and unskilled
006	Labourer
007	Servants
008	Farmers
999	Unknown and NIU

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 is the occupation of the household head using the 1871 Canadian census occupation codes.

Universe

Canada 1871: Universe unknown

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Concept

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