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1971 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1971
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CAN_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Canada, Province 1971 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_CA1971)

Data file: CAN1971_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 79
End: 81
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
000 Newfoundland
002 Nova Scotia
003 New Brunswick
004 Quebec
005 Ontario
006 Manitoba
007 Saskatchewan
008 Alberta
009 British Columbia
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
GEO1_CA1971 identifies the household's province within Canada in 1971. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_CA1971 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Canada can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

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