PLEASE PRINT AND SAVE -- Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 5:47 PM Subject: 1911 Census - Column 18 Greetings All Those, like myself, who have been trying to puzzle out the number codes overwritten in Column 18 of the 1911 Census will be happy to know that the Library and Archives website has today been updated with information relating to those codes. A fuller explanation of the three parts of the codes is now included in the Help files relating to the 1911 Census, and a link is provided to a PDF file detailing the occupation codes. The following information was extracted from the updated Help section of the 1911 Census at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/006003-100.04-e.html#b ==================== For the first time in 1911, information taken for the census was compiled by mechanical appliances. Perforated cards were used to record more accurately information on occupations, using codes. However, it seems that it was not a great success and the system was changed in 1921. The use of this code is reflected in column 18. Genealogists will see numbers separated by hyphens. Example: 6-0-32, 6-6-32 or 6-9-32. The numbers are from the Index to Occupations based on the results of the Fourth census of Canada (1901). (Index to Occupations. Ottawa, Census and Statistics Office, 1911, 230 p. AMICUS : 7693172). This publication gives a list of the codes; only a few copies are available in libraries throughout Canada. The following explanations were taken from this publication. The first part of the code refers to one of the general main divisions of occupations or industries as follows: 0 Agriculture 1 Building trades 2 Domestic and personal service 3 Civil and municipal service 4 Fisheries and hunting 5 Forestry and lumbering 6 Manufactures - mechanical and textiles 7 Manufactures - Food and clothing 8 Mining 9 Professional pursuits 10 Trade and Merchandising 11 Transportation The second part of the code refers to the class of worker 0 Self-employed or owner of the business 1 Managers, assistant managers 2 Superintendents, assistant superintendents, supervisors 3 Foremen, bosses, gang bosses, paymasters, treasurers 4 Agents, brokers, commission men 5 Inspectors, weighers, graders 6 Employees, workers, operators, skilled workers 7 Clerks, companions, timekeepers 8 Apprentices, helpers, learners, assistants 9 Laborers, unskilled, messengers, teamsters Note that a special code was created for the third category, Civil and municipal government, to include military ranks. 0 -- 1 Admirals, generals, surveyors etc. 2 Captains, colonels, postmasters, teachers, deputies, assessors, sheriffs, librarians, assistants, chief clerks, supervisors 3 Lieutenants, police inspectors, paymasters, collectors, treasurers, auditors, marshals etc. 4 Sergeants, corporals, bandsmen, quartermasters etc. 5 Inspectors, scalers, gaugers, measurers, roundsmen, keepers, appraisers etc. 6 Employees, operators, privates, marines, sailors, policemen, letter carriers etc. 7 Bookkeepers, clerks, stenographers, secretaries, court stenographers etc. 8 Helpers, assistants, attendants etc. 9 Laborers, messengers, watchmen etc. The third part of the code refers to the trade. For each category, a list of trades was created using the numbers 00 to 99. On the original census returns, take note of the first and third parts of the code then consult the chart (PDF format 34 Kb) to obtain the meaning of the code. ====================== The chart referred to is available at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/006003/f2/006003-1911-e.pdf Enjoy the Census! Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC Read my e-newsletter 'Gordon Watts Reports" at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted