Third Census of Canada 1891 - IPUMS Subset
Canada, 1891
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Reference ID
CAN_1891_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS
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- CAN1891_PHC-H-H
- CAN1891_PHC-P-H
Secondary industry, 1950 US basis (CA1891A_IND1950B)
Data file: CAN1891_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
588
End:
590
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 |
| 126 | Fisheries |
| 136 | Hunting |
| 216 | Coal Mining |
| 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 |
| 318 | Structural Clay 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 |
| 358 | Misc. Machinery |
| 376 | Wagons and Carriages |
| 378 | Ship and Boat Building and repair |
| 379 | Railroad and Misc. Transport equipment |
| 388 | Watches, clocks and clockwork-operated devices |
| 399 | Misc. Manufacturing Industries |
| 407 | Dairy Products |
| 409 | Grain-mill Products |
| 416 | Bakery Products |
| 418 | Beverages Industry |
| 439 | Yarn, thread and Fabric mills |
| 448 | Apparel and Accessories |
| 449 | Misc. Fabricated Textile Products |
| 458 | Misc. Paper and Pulp Products |
| 459 | Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries |
| 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 |
| 536 | Taxicab Services |
| 546 | Water Transportation |
| 568 | Services incidental to transportation |
| 579 | Telegraph (wire and radio) |
| 608 | Dry Goods and Apparel |
| 609 | Food and Related Products |
| 619 | Farm Products - raw materials |
| 627 | Not specified or illegible Wholesale |
| 636 | Food stores, except Dairy |
| 637 | Dairy Products, stores and milk retailing |
| 646 | General Merchandise Stores |
| 656 | Apparel and Accessories Store, (not shoes) |
| 658 | Furniture and House furnishings stores |
| 669 | Drug Stores |
| 686 | Hardware and Farm Implement Stores |
| 687 | Lumber and Building Material |
| 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 |
| 808 | Misc. Business Services |
| 817 | Misc. Repair Services |
| 826 | Private Households |
| 836 | Hotel and Lodging Places |
| 846 | Laundering, cleaning, dyeing services |
| 847 | Dressmaking shops |
| 849 | Misc. Personal Services |
| 868 | Medical and other health services, (not hospitals) |
| 869 | Hospitals |
| 888 | Educations Services |
| 896 | Welfare and Religious Services |
| 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 |
| 995 | Other non-industry response |
| 997 | Occupation missing/unknown |
| 998 | Illegible |
| 999 | None |
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 Census industry coding scheme.
Universe
Canada 1891: All persons
concept
Concept