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</column>
</section>
</form>
<form id='CA1931' type='Census' title='1931 Canadian Census' date='1931-06-01'>
<heading>
<_attribute>Province</_attribute>
</heading>
<heading>
<_attribute>Electoral District</_attribute>
</heading>
<heading>
<_attribute>Enumeration Sub-district</_attribute>
</heading>
<heading>
<_attribute>Municipality</_attribute>
</heading>
<heading>
<_attribute>Page</_attribute>
</heading>
<heading>
<_attribute>Enumerator</_attribute>
</heading>
<section role='Primary' type='multi'>
<column>
<_attribute>Line</_attribute>
<size>2</size>
<_longname>Line</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>House</_attribute>
<size>3</size>
<_longname>1. Dwelling House</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Family</_attribute>
<size>3</size>
<_longname>2. Family, Household or Institution</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Name</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>3. Name of each person in family, household or institution</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Section</_attribute>
<size>3</size>
<_longname>4. Place of Abode: Section</_longname>
</column>
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THis section varies by province. e.g. in Ontario there are two options:
Rural: township and or parish
Urban: Street Number
And the numbering of the sections is different

but then in Alberta is is as coded here. Range, Meridian etc.

Not sure how to code this up in this xml

<column>
<_attribute>Township</_attribute>
<size>3</size>
<_longname>4a. Place of Abode: Township</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Range</_attribute>
<size>3</size>
<_longname>4b. Place of Abode: Range</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Meridian</_attribute>
<size>3</size>
<_longname>4c. Place of Abode: Meridian</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>HomeOwned</_attribute>
<size>3</size>
<_longname>5. Home Owned or rented</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>HomeValue</_attribute>
<size>10</size>
<_longname>6. If owned give value. If rented give rent paid per month</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>ClassOfHouse</_attribute>
<size>10</size>
<_longname>7. Class of Home</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Construction</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>8. Materials of Construction</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Rooms</_attribute>
<size>5</size>
<_longname>9. Rooms occupied by this family</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Radio</_attribute>
<size>3</size>
<_longname>10. Has this family a radio?</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Relation</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>11. Relationship to head of family or household</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Sex</_attribute>
<size>1</size>
<_longname>12. Sex</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>MaritalStatus</_attribute>
<size>1</size>
<_longname>13. Single, married, widowed, divorced</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Age</_attribute>
<size>3</size>
<_longname>14. Age at last birthday</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>BirthPlace</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>15. Country or place of birth</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>FatherBirthPlace</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>16. Fathers Country or place of birth</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>MotherBirthPlace</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>17. Monther Country or place of birth</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Immigration</_attribute>
<size>6</size>
<_longname>18. Year of immigraion to Canada</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Naturalization</_attribute>
<size>6</size>
<_longname>19. Year of Naturalization</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Nationality</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>20. Nationality</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Race</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>21. Racial Origins</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>SpeakEnglish</_attribute>
<size>1</size>
<_longname>22. Can speak English</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>SpeakFrench</_attribute>
<size>1</size>
<_longname>23. Can speak French</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>OtherLanguage</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>24. Other language spoken as mother tongue</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Religion</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>25. Religious body, Denomination or Community</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>CanRead</_attribute>
<size>1</size>
<_longname>26. Can Read and write</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>MonthsAtSchool</_attribute>
<size>6</size>
<_longname>27. Months at school since Sept. 1, 1930</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Occupation</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>28. Trade, profession or particular kind of work</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Industry</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>29. Industry or business in which engaged</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>ClassOfWorker</_attribute>
<size>3</size>
<_longname>30. Class of worker</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Earning</_attribute>
<size>10</size>
<_longname>31. Total earning in the last 12 months</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Working</_attribute>
<size>1</size>
<_longname>32. If an employee, were you at work Monday June 1st. 1931</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Absent</_attribute>
<size>20</size>
<_longname>33. If not at work, why were you not at work on Monday 1st. 1931</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Unemployed</_attribute>
<size>5</size>
<_longname>34. Total number of weeks unemployed in last 12 months</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>NoJob</_attribute>
<size>5</size>
<_longname>35. Weeks unemploted: No job</_longname>
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spelling error. "unemploted" should be "unemployed" . sections 35-40

</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Illbess</_attribute>
<size>5</size>
<_longname>36. Weeks unemploted: Illness</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Accident</_attribute>
<size>5</size>
<_longname>37. Weeks unemploted: Accident</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Strike</_attribute>
<size>5</size>
<_longname>38. Weeks unemploted: Strike or Lock-out</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Lay-off</_attribute>
<size>5</size>
<_longname>39. Weeks unemploted: Lay-off</_longname>
</column>
<column>
<_attribute>Other</_attribute>
<size>5</size>
<_longname>40. Weeks unemploted: Other causes</_longname>
</column>
</section>
</form>
</forms>