1971 Census of Population [Canada] Public Use Microdata File (PUMF): Family File (Province Level)

The Family File gives detailed information on the head and spouse of the census family as well as grouped data on other members of the family. A record, when dealing with the family File, refers to data on one family unit. A family consists of a husband and wife (with or without children who have nevered married, regardless of age) or a parent with one or more children with one or more children never married, living in the same dwelling. A family may also consist of a man or woman living with a gaurdianship or ward under 21 years for whom no pay was received. The \"Head of the Family\" is the husband in a husband-wife family, or the parent in a one-parent family. This file contains data on the provinces; for data on the CMAs of Montreal and Toronto, see the CMA level file.