Third Census of Canada 1891 - IPUMS Subset
Canada, 1891
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Reference ID
CAN_1891_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS
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- CAN1891_PHC-H-H
- CAN1891_PHC-P-H
Primary industry, 1950 US basis (CA1891A_IND1950)
Data file: CAN1891_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
582
End:
584
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CA91A424 CA91A425 CA91A426 CA91A427 CA91A450 CA91A451 CA91A452 CA91A453 CA91A454 CA91A455">16. Profession, occupation or trade: _______________________________<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 105 | Agriculture |
| 116 | Forestry |
| 126 | Fisheries |
| 136 | Hunting |
| 206 | Metal Mining |
| 216 | Coal Mining |
| 226 | Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 236 | Non-metallic mining and quarrying, except fuel |
| 239 | Mining |
| 246 | Construction |
| 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 |
| 318 | Structural Clay Products |
| 319 | Pottery and Related Products |
| 326 | Miscellaneous Non-metallic Mineral Products |
| 336 | Blast Furnaces, Steel works, Rolling Mills |
| 337 | Other Primary Iron and Steel Industries |
| 338 | Primary non-ferrous Metal Products |
| 346 | Fabricated Steel Products |
| 347 | Fabricated non-ferrous 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 | Wagons and Carriages |
| 378 | Ship and Boat Building and repair |
| 379 | Railroad and Misc. Transport equipment |
| 386 | Professional Equipment and Supplies |
| 387 | Photographic Equipment and Supplies |
| 388 | Watches, clocks and clockwork-operated devices |
| 399 | Misc. Manufacturing Industries |
| 406 | Meat Products |
| 407 | Dairy Products |
| 408 | Canning and Preserving Fruits, Vegetables, and Sea |
| 409 | Grain-mill Products |
| 416 | Bakery Products |
| 417 | Confectionery |
| 418 | Beverages Industry |
| 419 | Misc. Food preparations |
| 429 | Tobacco Manufactures |
| 436 | Knitting Mills |
| 437 | Dyeing and Finishing Textiles, (not knit) |
| 438 | Carpet 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 | Misc. 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, Finished |
| 488 | Footwear, except Rubber |
| 489 | Leather Products, except footwear |
| 499 | Not Specified Manufacturing Industries (or illegible) |
| 506 | Railroads and Railway Express Services |
| 516 | Street Railways and Bus Lines |
| 526 | Trucking Services |
| 527 | Warehousing and Storage |
| 536 | Taxicab Services |
| 546 | Water Transportation |
| 568 | Services incidental to transportation |
| 578 | Telephone (wire and radio) |
| 579 | Telegraph (wire and radio) |
| 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 | Drug, Chemicals, and Allied Products |
| 608 | Dry Goods and Apparel |
| 609 | Food and Related Products |
| 616 | Electrical Goods, hardware, and plumbing |
| 617 | Machinery, equipment, and supplies |
| 618 | Petroleum Products |
| 619 | Farm Products -- raw materials |
| 626 | Misc. Wholesale trade |
| 627 | Not specified or illegible Wholesale |
| 636 | Food stores, except Dairy |
| 637 | Dairy Products, stores and milk retailing |
| 646 | General Merchandise Stores |
| 647 | Five and Ten Cent Stores |
| 656 | Apparel and Accessories Store, (not shoes) |
| 657 | Shoe Stores |
| 658 | Furniture and House furnishings stores |
| 659 | Household Appliance and Radio stores |
| 668 | Gasoline Service stations |
| 669 | Drug Stores |
| 679 | Eating and Drinking Places |
| 686 | Hardware and Farm Implement Stores |
| 687 | Lumber and Building Material |
| 688 | Liquor Stores |
| 689 | Retail Florists |
| 696 | Jewellery Stores |
| 697 | Fuel and Ice |
| 698 | Misc. Retail |
| 699 | Not Specified (or illegible) |
| 716 | Banking and Credit Agencies |
| 726 | Security and Commodity brokerage and Investment |
| 736 | Insurance |
| 746 | Real Estate |
| 756 | Real Estate-Insurance-Law Offices |
| 806 | Advertising |
| 807 | Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping |
| 808 | Misc. Business Services |
| 817 | Misc. Repair Services |
| 826 | Private Households |
| 836 | Hotel and Lodging Places |
| 846 | Laundering, cleaning, dyeing services |
| 847 | Dressmaking shops |
| 848 | Shoe Repair shops |
| 849 | Misc. Personal Services |
| 857 | Theatres and motion pictures |
| 858 | Bowling alleys, and billiard and pool parlours |
| 859 | Misc. entertainment and recreation |
| 868 | Medical and other health services, (not hospitals) |
| 869 | Hospitals |
| 879 | Legal Services |
| 888 | Educations Services |
| 896 | Welfare and Religious Services |
| 897 | Non-profit membership organizations |
| 898 | Engineering and Architectural |
| 899 | Misc. Professional services |
| 906 | Postal Service |
| 916 | Federal Public Administration |
| 926 | Provincial Public Admin |
| 936 | Local Public Admin |
| 946 | Government |
| 980 | Keeps house/house work/housewife |
| 983 | At school |
| 984 | Retired |
| 985 | Unemployed/ without occupation |
| 986 | Invalid/sick/disabled |
| 987 | Inmate/prisoner |
| 991 | Capitalist/gentleman |
| 995 | Other non-industry response |
| 997 | Occupation missing/unknown |
| 998 | Illegible |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the industry the person worked, using 1950 US Census industry coding scheme.
Universe
Canada 1891: All persons
concept
Concept