Directory: dli/agriculture/agcensus/1971

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SUMMARY:

The 1971 Census of Agriculture was taken as of June 1, 1971.
Statistics for agricultural holdings include - operators, areas, 
capital values, livestock and poultry numbers, crops, machinery
and equipment, mortgages or agreements for sale, number of year
round paid agricultural workers and type of organization. 

Statistics are gathered for census farms. In 1971 a census farm
was defined as a farm, ranch or other agricultural holding of one
acre or more with sales of agricultural products, during the 12-month
period prior to the census, of $50.00 or more. Figures are available 
at the national, provincial, and enumeration area levels. 

FREQUENCY: Quinquennial

DATA COLLECTION: Questionnaire

SAMPLE SIZE: 365,068 Census farms

GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE: Canada


Note     : Type B is Binary; Type A is Ascii

FILENAME           TYPE   DESCRIPTION
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agr71.data1         B    data file - provided by U of Guelph   
agr71.label         A    label file - provided by U of Guelph
agr71.sas           A    sas command file - provided by U of Guelph
agr71.sps           B    spss data file - provided by U of Guelph
			 (spss commands and data, probably a SPSS
			 portable file) 15.7 MB


Print Codebook: Not available

Data:
08/26/99
WL

Documentation:
11/30/00
12/01/00
WL