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1852 Census of Canada West and Canada East - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1852
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CAN_1852_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Office of Registration, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Aug 01, 2025
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Data file: CAN1852_PHC-P-H

Person records

Cases: 248543
Variables: 81

Variables

PERNUM
Person number
PERWT
Person weight
RESIDENT
Residence status: de facto, de jure
AGE
Age
SEX
Sex
MARST
Marital status [general version]
MARSTD
Marital status [detailed version]
BPLCOUNTRY
Country of birth
BPLCA1
Province of birth, Canada
BPLCA2
District of birth, Canada
RELIGION
Religion [general version]
RELIGIOND
Religion [detailed version]
RELIGION2
Religion, historical
SCHOOL
School attendance
DISBLND
Blind or vision-impaired
DISDEAF
Deaf or hearing-impaired
DISMNTL
Mental disability
SURSIM
Surname similarity
NAMELAST
Last name
NAMEFRST
First name
CA1852A_PERNUM
Person number (within household)
CA1852A_LINENO
Person line number
CA1852A_NAMEFRST
First name (string)
CA1852A_NAMELAST
Last name (string)
CA1852A_SURSIM
Surname similarity
CA1852A_QOCC
Flag for occupation
CA1852A_OCCSTRNG
Occupation (string)
CA1852A_BPLSTRNG
Birthplace string
CA1852A_BPLCA
Birthplace
CA1852A_BPL2
Second birthplace
CA1852A_QRELIG
Flag for religion
CA1852A_RELIGSTR
Religion (string)
CA1852A_RELIG
Religion
CA1852A_RELIG2
Second religion
CA1852A_RESID
Residence outside district (string)
CA1852A_AGE
Age next birthday in years
CA1852A_QAGE
Flag for age
CA1852A_AGEMONTH
Age in months
CA1852A_SEX
Sex
CA1852A_QSEX
Flag for sex
CA1852A_MARST
Marital status
CA1852A_QMARST
Flag for marital status
CA1852A_QMARSING
Flag for married person alone
CA1852A_COLOR
Person of color
CA1852A_QINDIAN
Flag for aboriginal status
CA1852A_INDIAN
Aboriginal status
CA1852A_MEMB
Member of family present on census night (inferred)
CA1852A_MEMBM
Male member of family present on census night
CA1852A_MEMBF
Female member of family present on census night
CA1852A_NOMEMBM
Male non-member of family present on census night
CA1852A_NOMEMBF
Female non-member of family present on census night
CA1852A_QABSENT
Flag for absent member of family
CA1852A_ABSENT
Absent member of the family
CA1852A_DEAF
Deaf
CA1852A_BLIND
Blind
CA1852A_IDIOT
Idiot
CA1852A_QSCHOOL
Flag for school attendance
CA1852A_SCHOOL
School attendance
CA1852A_QBIRTH
Flag for birth of a child
CA1852A_BIRTH1
Birth of a child in household but no child under 1 year actually enumerated
CA1852A_BRTH1851
Born in 1851
CA1852A_DTHOTHR
Death of a different person from that record
CA1852A_QDEATH
Flag for death
CA1852A_DTH1851
Death in 1851
CA1852A_QDTHAGE
Flag for age at death
CA1852A_DEATHYR
Age at death in years
CA1852A_DEATHMO
Age at death in months
CA1852A_DEATHWK
Age at death in weeks
CA1852A_DEATHDAY
Age at death in days
CA1852A_QCAUSDTH
Flag for cause of death
CA1852A_CAUSEDTH
Cause of death (string)
CA1852A_DWPOS
Dwelling position
CA1852A_SEXD1
Sex of first death
CA1852A_COD1
Cause of first death (string)
CA1852A_AGED1
Age of first death
CA1852A_SEXD2
Sex of second death
CA1852A_COD2
Cause of second death (string)
CA1852A_AGED2
Age of second death
CA1852A_SEXD3
Sex of third death
CA1852A_COD3
Cause of third death (string)
CA1852A_AGED3
Age of third death
Total: 81
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