1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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Reference ID

CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Province of residence 5 years ago, Canada; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_5_CA)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 192

End: 197

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
124010	Newfoundland and Labrador
124011	Prince Edward Island, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
124012	Nova Scotia
124013	New Brunswick
124024	Quebec
124035	Ontario
124046	Manitoba
124047	Saskatchewan
124048	Alberta
124059	British Columbia
124099	NIU (not in universe)

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

MIG1_5_CA indicates the person's province of residence five years ago in Canada.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Migration: A-E Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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