Census of Canada, 1981: CSD Short Form Basic Summary Tabulations
SDC81A10: Record Layout

Principal investigator: Statistics Canada
DDMS dictionary by Sushil Kumar, UT/DLS 11/2003
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 CD3 - 4numeric-2 Census division

V3 CSDGC5 - 7numeric-3 Census subdivision geographical classification

V4 CSDS8 - 8numeric-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

V5 CSDT9 - 10numeric-2 CSD type code

V6 CCSGC11 - 13numeric-3 Census consolidated subdivision geographical classification

V7 CA14 - 16numeric-3 Census metropolitan area/Census agglomeration

V8 CASL17 - 17numeric-1 CMA/CA selector
0    Not a CMA/CA
1    CMA
2    CA

V9 CSDN18 - 49string-32 Name of the geographic area

V10 HGIMPIND50 - 50numeric-1 Indian Reserve: High imputation area indicator
1    Includes IR or part of IR

V11 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

V12 F253 - 61numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - English

V13 F362 - 70numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - English

V14 F471 - 79numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - English

V15 F580 - 88numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - French

V16 F689 - 97numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - French

V17 F798 - 106numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - French

V18 F8107 - 115numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - German

V19 F9116 - 124numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - German

V20 F10125 - 133numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - German

V21 F11134 - 142numeric-9 Inuktituk

V22 F12143 - 151numeric-9 Inuktituk

V23 F13152 - 160numeric-9 Inuktituk

V24 F14161 - 169numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - Italian

V25 F15170 - 178numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - Italian

V26 F16179 - 187numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - Italian

V27 F17188 - 196numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - Netherlandic

V28 F18197 - 205numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - Netherlandic

V29 F19206 - 214numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - Netherlandic

V30 F20215 - 223numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - Polish

V31 F21224 - 232numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - Polish

V32 F22233 - 241numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - Polish

V33 F23242 - 250numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - Ukranian

V34 F24251 - 259numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - Ukranian

V35 F25260 - 268numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - Ukranian

V36 F26269 - 277numeric-9 Tot pop: Mother tongue - Others

V37 F27278 - 286numeric-9 Male pop: Mother tongue - Others

V38 F28287 - 295numeric-9 Female pop: Mother tongue - Others