Directory: 1996ascii/release2_1 License: Access restricted to University of Saskatchewan faculty, staff and students for non-commercial study and research by DLI license agreement. http://library.usask.ca/data/dli/dlilicense.html Summary: 1996 Census of Agriculture CD-ROM, Release 2.1 Catalogue no. 93F0031XCB 1996 Census of Agriculture, Statistics Canada Data Files: CEAGAS01 - contains CD-ROM tables 1-18 T1-Operating Arrangements, 1996 T2-Farms by Total Farm Area, 1996 T3-Farms by Area in Crops and Summerfallow, 1996 T4-Farms by Total Farm Capital, 1996 T5-Farms by Total Gross Farm Receipts, 1995 T6-Farms Reporting Gross Receipts>$2,499 by Farm Type, 1995 T7-Land Tenure, Land Use and Land Management Practices T8-Field Crops, 1996 T9-Tree Fruits and Nuts, 1996 T10-Berries and Grapes, 1996 T11-Vegetables (excluding Greenhouse Vegetables), 1996 T12-Nursery & Greenhouse Products, Sod and Mushrooms, 1996 T13-Christmas Trees, Maple Taps and Forest Products T14-Poultry, Livestock and Bee Colonies, 1996 T15-Farm Machinery and Personal Computers, 1996 T16-Farm Capital Value and Capital Expenditures T17-Operating Expenses and Paid Agricultural Labour, 1995 T18-Selected Farm Averages by Number of Operators, 1996 CEAGAS02 - contains CD-ROM tables 19-21 T19-Characteristics of Farm Operators T20-Operators by Sex and Number, 1996 T21-Operators by Age and Number, 1996 CEAGAS03 contains table T22-Farms by Characteristics & Number of Operators, 1996 CEAGAS04 contains table T23-Operators by Sex and Selected Variables CEAGAS05 contains table T24-Operators by Age and Selected Variables CEAGAS06 contains table T25-Operators by Non-Farm Work and Selected Variables CEAGAS26 contains table T26-Farms by Ag-Pop Variables, 1996 CEAGAS27 contains table T27-Farms by Sex & Ag-Pop Variables, 1996 CEAGAS28 contains table T28-Farms by Household Income & Ag-Pop Variables, 1996 CEAGAS29 contains table T29-Farms by Family Relationships & Ag-Pop Variables, 1996 CEAGAS30 contains table T30-Operators by Sex and Ag-Pop Variables, 1996 CEAGAS31 contains table T31-Operators by Age and Ag-Pop Variables, 1996 CEAGAS32 contains table T32-Operators by Education and Ag-Pop Variables, 1996 CEAGAS33 contains table T33-Census Families by Income Variables, 1996 CEAGAS34 contains table T34-Economic Families by Income Variables, 1996 CEAGAS35 contains table T35-Profile of Labour Force and Farm Operators, 1996 CEAGAS36 contains table T36-Profile of Rural and Urban Populations, 1996 CEAGAS37 contains table T37-Selected Agricultural Data, 1921-96 CEAGAS38 contains table T38-Farms by Size of Farm, 1976-96 CEAGAS39 contains table T39-Farms by Total Gross Farm Receipts, 1975-95 CEAGAS40 contains table T40-Farms with Gross Receipts>$2,499 by Farm Type, 1975-95 CEAGAS41 contains table T41-Farm Land Area by Tenure, 1976-96 CEAGAS42 contains table T42-Use of Farm Land, 1976-96 CEAGAS43 contains table T43-Grains, 1976-96 CEAGAS44 contains table T44-Tame Hay and Corn for Silage, 1976-96 CEAGAS45 contains table T45-Oilseeds, 1976-96 CEAGAS46 contains table T46-Other Field Crops, 1976-96 CEAGAS47 contains table T47-Horticulture and Greenhouse Products, 1976-96 CEAGAS48 contains table T48-Cattle and Calves, 1976-96 CEAGAS49 contains table T49-Poultry, 1976-96 CEAGAS50 contains table T50-Selected Land Management Practices, 1976-96 CEAGAS51 contains table T51-Selected Farm Machinery, 1976-96 CEAGAS52 contains table T52-Farm Capital, 1976-96 CEAGAS53 contains table T53-Selected Expenditures, 1975-95 CEAGAS54 contains table T54-Forest Products Sales, Number of Maple Taps CEAGAS55 contains table T55-Paid Agricultural Labour, 1976-96 CEAGAS56 contains table T56-Labour Force, Farm Operators by Sex, Marriage, 1971-96 CEAGAS57 contains table T57-Labour Force, Farm Operators by Sex, Education, 1971-96 CEAGAS58 contains table T58-Labour Force, Farm Operators by Age, Education, 1971-96 CEAGAS59 contains table T59-Sources of Operator Income by Farm Type, 1970-95 CEAGAS60 contains table T60-Farm and Non-Farm Population Counts, 1921-96 Variable Layout Files Each data file has two corresponding variables layout files: one French and one English. The French files have a .fre extension, and the English files have a .eng extension. The first section contains information about the data and the number of records. The remainder of the file contains the layout format of the data file. Each layout file has a consistent look as shown below i.e. the spacing is as seen below. xxxxxx yyyyyy zzzzz * mnemonic definition where xxxxxx is the position of the start of the field, yyyyyy is the position of the end of the field, zzzzz is the width of the field, * indicates if the variable is alphabetic (A) or numeric (N) mnemonic is a unique identifier for the variable definition is a definition of the variable. Reference material for understanding the data Open uid.pdf for access to essential documentation in Acrobat format (.pdf). 29 June 1999 Original download date: 02/18/2001 from DLI FTP site WL