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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- CAN1881_PHC-H-H
- CAN1881_PHC-P-H
Ethnic origin, historical (ORIGIN)
Data file: CAN1881_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
73
End:
76
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1000 | French, Canadien, French-Canadian or Acadian |
| 1100 | French |
| 2000 | British (including Irish and British Isles) |
| 2100 | English |
| 2200 | Irish |
| 2300 | Manx |
| 2400 | Scottish |
| 2500 | Welsh |
| 2600 | British Isles |
| 2700 | British, n.e.c. |
| 3000 | German |
| 4000 | Norwegian |
| 4050 | Norwegian |
| 4100 | Sami (lapp) |
| 4110 | Sami, nomads |
| 4120 | Sami, resident |
| 4200 | Mixed |
| 4210 | Norwegian-Sami |
| 4220 | Norwegian-Finnish (kvaen) |
| 4230 | Sami-Finnish (kvaen) |
| 5000 | Other Scandinavian |
| 5100 | Scandinavian |
| 5200 | Swedish |
| 5210 | Sami (Swedish) |
| 5300 | Finnish |
| 5400 | Danish |
| 5500 | Icelander |
| 5999 | Scandanavian, n.e.c. |
| 6000 | Other European |
| 6210 | Belgian |
| 6230 | Flemish |
| 6240 | Dutch |
| 6250 | Swiss |
| 6310 | Austrian |
| 6330 | Prussian |
| 6410 | Bohemian or Czech |
| 6420 | Hungarian |
| 6430 | Polish or Mazurian |
| 6450 | Galician or Galatian |
| 6460 | Rumanian or Romanian |
| 6510 | Russian |
| 6530 | Little Russian or Lru |
| 6540 | Slav |
| 6550 | Doukhobor |
| 6560 | Jewish |
| 6610 | Portuguese |
| 6620 | Spanish |
| 6710 | Greek |
| 6720 | Phoenician |
| 6730 | Italian |
| 6740 | Hibernian |
| 6810 | Slovak |
| 6820 | Balkan Origins |
| 6821 | Slovenian |
| 6822 | Serbian |
| 6823 | Croat |
| 6824 | Montenegrian |
| 6825 | Macedonian |
| 6830 | Ukrainian |
| 6840 | Luxembourgian |
| 6850 | Alsatian |
| 6860 | Austro-Hungarian |
| 6870 | Silesian |
| 6880 | Ruthenian |
| 6890 | Bukovinian |
| 6900 | Bulgarian |
| 6910 | Pennsylvania Dutch |
| 6920 | Mennonite |
| 6930 | Russian Galician |
| 6940 | Lithuanian |
| 7000 | North American (unspecified) |
| 7100 | American (unspecified) |
| 7150 | United States |
| 7200 | Canadian |
| 7250 | Loyalist or U.E.L. |
| 7300 | Indigenous |
| 7301 | Sauvage |
| 7310 | Nuxalk/Bella Coola |
| 7320 | Beaver/Dunne-za |
| 7330 | Blackfoot/Blood Origins |
| 7340 | Carrier/Dakelh Origins |
| 7350 | Chilcotin |
| 7360 | Cree Origins |
| 7370 | Dakota and Sioux Origins |
| 7380 | Dene/Chipewyan Origins |
| 7390 | Ditidaht/Nitinat |
| 7400 | Dogrib |
| 7410 | Gwich'in Origins |
| 7420 | Haida |
| 7430 | Haisla-Henaksiala Origins |
| 7440 | Bella Bella |
| 7450 | Huron-Wendat |
| 7460 | Iroquois Confederacy/Six Nations Origins |
| 7470 | Innu Origins |
| 7480 | Innuktitut-speaking Origins |
| 7490 | Loucheux |
| 7500 | Ktunaxa/Kutenai |
| 7510 | Lillooet / Sta'at'imcets Origins |
| 7520 | Malecite-Passamaquoddy Origins |
| 7530 | Mi'kmaq |
| 7540 | Munsee Delaware Origins |
| 7550 | Nass-Gitksan Origins |
| 7560 | Nisga'a |
| 7570 | Potawotomi/Neshnabémwen Origins |
| 7580 | Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)Origins |
| 7590 | Ojibwe Origins |
| 7600 | Okanagan/Nsilxcin Origins |
| 7610 | Sarcee/Tsuut'ina |
| 7620 | Shuswap / Secwepemc(tsin) |
| 7630 | Slavey Origins |
| 7640 | Squamish |
| 7650 | Tahltan |
| 7660 | Thompson / Nlaka'pamux Origins |
| 7670 | Tlingit Origins |
| 7680 | Tsimshian Origins |
| 7690 | Western Abenaki Origins |
| 7700 | Other Tribal Origins |
| 7710 | Metis |
| 7999 | Tribal response, n.e.c. |
| 8000 | Central, South America, Asian, African and Other |
| 8110 | Jamaican |
| 8120 | British West Indian |
| 8130 | Mexican |
| 8140 | Chilean |
| 8150 | Cuban |
| 8210 | Persian |
| 8220 | Syrian |
| 8230 | Armenian |
| 8235 | Assyrian |
| 8240 | Arab |
| 8250 | Turk |
| 8300 | African |
| 8410 | Chinese |
| 8420 | Mongolian |
| 8430 | Japanese |
| 8440 | Malay |
| 8450 | Indian |
| 8500 | Australian |
| 8600 | Hawaiian |
| 8700 | Roma (Romani) |
| 9000 | Other origins, n.e.c. |
| 9999 | 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.
Description
Definition
ORIGIN records the respondent's self-reported ethnic origin. This variable is the only way to identify black persons (usually "African") or indigenous persons ("Indian", or the specific tribe name) in Canada in 1881.
Researchers interested in comparisons with the United States and Canada should examine the codes for this variable in conjunction with the RACE variable.
In Norway, information about ethnicity in the censuses is only included in the most ethnically diverse areas of Norway, mainly the three northernmost provinces: Nordland, Troms and Finnmark. In addition to these three provinces, the Norway 1910 census also included information about ethnicity from some southern ethnically diverse municipalities.
Researchers interested in comparisons with the United States and Canada should examine the codes for this variable in conjunction with the RACE variable.
In Norway, information about ethnicity in the censuses is only included in the most ethnically diverse areas of Norway, mainly the three northernmost provinces: Nordland, Troms and Finnmark. In addition to these three provinces, the Norway 1910 census also included information about ethnicity from some southern ethnically diverse municipalities.
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