University of Toronto. Data Library Service

Title: Census of agriculture, 1961

Series title: Census of Canada, 1961

Principal investigator(s): Statistics Canada

Producer: Statistics Canada

Date of creation: 2005-05-15

Funding agency:

Collector:

Distributor: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative

Date of distribution: 2009-11-24

Access conditions/restrictions: University of Toronto faculty, students and staff, for academic research and teaching purposes only. See DLI licence.

Summary: Aggregate statistics from the 1961 census of agriculture. Tables include:

CAN61A Field Crops seeded or to be seeded for harvest in 1961, 1961

CAN61B Number of farms classified by size, tenure, total capital, improved land, length of residence, age, economic class, work off the farm, product type, 1961

CAN61C Land Tenure, Tree Fruits , Berries and Grapes, Vegetables, Nursery and Greenhouse Products and Mushroom, 1961

CAN61D Forage Seed Production in 1960 , Machinery, 1961

CAN61E Livestock and Poultry, Maple Products, Farm Capital, 1961

Keywords:

Geographic coverage: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census consolidated subdivisions

Time period: 1961

Periodicity:

Date(s) of collection: 1961-06-01

Universe: census farms. A census farm is defined in the 1961 Census of Agriculture as an agricultural holding of one acre or more with sales of agricultural products during the past 12 months of $50 or more.

Data type: aggregate statistics

Sample:

Unit of observation: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census consolidated subdivision

Mode of data collection: face-to-face interview

Citation: Statistics Canada. Census of agriculture, 1961: CAN61A field crops seeded or to be seeded for harvest in 1961, 1961 [computer file]. Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada [producer]; Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative [distributor], 2005

Extent of file: 5 data files (MS Excel format; number of logical records varies) & accompanying documentation (1 MS Excel file; 1 pdf & MS Word file)

Notes:

Many agricultural operations in Canada are composed of numerous parcels of land in a number of locations. These different locations are often situated in several geographic areas (such as townships or counties). In these situations, the headquarters rule” assigns all data collected for the agricultural operation to the geographic area where the farm headquarters is located.

The following factors are used in this publication to convert between different units of measurement:

1 acre = .404 685 6 hectares
1 hectare = 2.471 acres
1 arpent = 0.845 acres
1 square foot = 0.092 903 04 square metres
1 square metre = 10.763 91 square feet
1 kilogram = 2.204 622 6 pounds
1 pound = 0.453 592 4 kilograms

Due to confidentiality constraints, data for those geographic areas with very few agricultural operations are not released separately, but rather merged with a geographically adjacent area.

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Data: [Restricted]

CAN61A Field crops seeded or to be seeded for harvest in 1961, 1961

CAN61B Number of farms classified by size, tenure, total capital, improved land, length of residence, age, economic class, work off the farm, product type, 1961

CAN61C Land tenure, tree fruits , berries and grapes, vegetables, nursery and greenhouse products and mushroom, 1961

CAN61D Forage seed production in 1960 , Machinery, 1961

CAN61E Livestock and poultry, maple products, farm capital, 1961

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