Second Census of Canada 1881 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1881

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CAN_1881_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS

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Province of birth, Canada (BPLCA1)

Data file: CAN1881_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 57

End: 58

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
01	Newfoundland
02	Prince Edward Island
03	Nova Scotia
04	New Brunswick
05	Quebec
06	Ontario
07	Manitoba
08	Saskatchewan
09	Alberta
10	British Columbia
11	Yukon and Northwest Territories, 1971-1981
12	Yukon, NW Terr., Prince Edward Is.
13	Northern Canada, 2011
14	Territories, 1881-1901
15	Northwest Territories, 1911
16	Yukon, 1911
19	Canada, unspecified
90	Foreign country
99	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.

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Definition

BPLCA1 indicates the person's place of birth at the province level for Canada.

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