Census of Canada, 1981: EA Short Form Basic Summary Tabulations
EAC81A10: Record Layout

Principal investigator: Statistics Canada
DDMS dictionary by Sushil Kumar, UT/DLS 09/2003
Based on documentation prepared by Statistics Canada
DAIS ddims software provided by Health Canada

Field Name Position Format Description
V1 RP1 - 2numeric-2 Region and province
0    Canada
10    Newfoundland
11    Prince Edward Island
12    Nova Scotia
13    New Brunswick
24    Quebec
35    Ontario
46    Manitoba
47    Saskatchewan
48    Alberta
59    British Columbia
60    Yukon
61    Northwest Territories

V2 FED3 - 5numeric-3 Federal electoral district

V3 EA6 - 8numeric-3 Enumeration area

V4 CD9 - 10numeric-2 Census division

V5 CSDGC11 - 13numeric-3 Census subdivision geographical classification

V6 CSDS14 - 14numeric-1 CSD population size group
1    over
2    100,000 - 499,999
3    30,000 - 99,999
4    10,000 - 29,999
5    5,000 - 9,999
6    2,500 - 4,999
7    1,000 - 2,499
8    0 - 999

V7 CSDTN15 - 17numeric-3 CSD type name

V8 CSDT18 - 19numeric-2 CSD type code

V9 CCSGC20 - 22numeric-3 Census consolidated subdivision geographical classification

V10 CA23 - 25numeric-3 Census metropolitan area/Census agglomeration

V11 CAP26 - 26numeric-1 CMA/CA part
1    Urbanized core
2    Urban fringe
3    Rural fringe

V12 CASL27 - 27numeric-1 CMA/CA selector
0    Not a CMA/CA
1    CMA
2    CA

V13 CASZ28 - 28numeric-1 CMA/CA population size group
0    Not a CMA/CA
1    over
2    500,000 - 999,999
3    250,000 - 499,999
4    100,000 - 249,999
5    50,000 - 99,999
6    25,000 - 49,999
7    10,000 - 24,999

V14 CTPN29 - 35numeric-7 Census tract/Provincial census tract name

V15 CT36 - 39numeric-4 Census tract/Provincial census tract code

V16 SPR40 - 41numeric-2 Subprovincial region

V17 UAC42 - 45numeric-4 Urban area code/Rural indicator

V18 URS46 - 46numeric-1 Urabn area population size group
0    Rural
1    over
2    100,000 - 499,999
3    30,000 - 99,999
4    10,000 - 29,999
5    5,000 - 9,999
6    2,500 - 4,999
7    1 - 2,499

V19 BLANK147 - 47numeric-1 Blank

V20 BLANK248 - 48numeric-1 Blank

V21 BLANK349 - 49numeric-1 Blank

V22 HGIMPIND50 - 50numeric-1 Indian Reserve: High imputation area indicator
1    Includes IR or part of IR

V23 RECTYPE51 - 52numeric-2 Record type
1    Canada
2    Provinces
3    Remainder
10    CMA/CA
12    Prov. CT subtotal
13    Census tracts
15    Prov. census tracts
16    Census divisions
17    Census subdivisions
18    Federal electoral districts
19    Enumeration areas

V24 F253 - 61numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - English

V25 F362 - 70numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - English

V26 F471 - 79numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - English

V27 F580 - 88numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - French

V28 F689 - 97numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - French

V29 F798 - 106numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - French

V30 F8107 - 115numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - German

V31 F9116 - 124numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - German

V32 F10125 - 133numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - German

V33 F11134 - 142numeric-9 Inuktituk

V34 F12143 - 151numeric-9 Inuktituk

V35 F13152 - 160numeric-9 Inuktituk

V36 F14161 - 169numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - Italian

V37 F15170 - 178numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - Italian

V38 F16179 - 187numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - Italian

V39 F17188 - 196numeric-9 gue - Netherlandic

V40 F18197 - 205numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - Netherlandic

V41 F19206 - 214numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - Netherlandic

V42 F20215 - 223numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - Polish

V43 F21224 - 232numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - Polish

V44 F22233 - 241numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - Polish

V45 F23242 - 250numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - Ukranian

V46 F24251 - 259numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - Ukranian

V47 F25260 - 268numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - Ukranian

V48 F26269 - 277numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - Others

V49 F27278 - 286numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - Others

V50 F28287 - 295numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - Others