Term: Canadian Census Data

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2013-07-08

Definition:

Social data based on a population survey (census) that include aggregate demographic information such as age, sex, marital status, employment, and income for all persons and housing units within a dissemination area in Canada. Statistics Canada conducts a Census every five years. It takes account of all Canadian citizens (by birth and by naturalization), landed immigrants, and non-permanent residents together with family members living with them (Statistics Canada, 2009). Dissemination areas include between 400-700 persons and the data can be aggregated upward to various geographic levels.

Source: Statistics Canada. 2006 Census Dictionary: Overview of the Census. 2009. [Original hyperlink: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/reference/dictionary/ovtoc.cfm - Accessed on December 11, 2014. NOTE: Hyperlink updated to: https://census.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/overview-apercu/index-eng.cfm on April 26, 2023.

For more information on the Canadian Census data available from MCHP, see the:

• Canada Census Data Description that contains a brief summary of the content of the data set and information on the Source Agency, Purpose, Years, Type, Size, Data Level, Components, Scope, Data Collection Method, Data Highlights, Data Cautions, Access Requirements, More Information, and Last Updated date;
  
  
• MCHP Metadata Repository - Census - [Internal Access Only] - for technical and programming related information, including an Overview, Data Model, Data Quality, Data Dictionary, Documents and Reports, and Blog.
  
  
• Statistics Canada - Current Census Information web site.

Related concepts 

• Birth Cohort Registry - Methodology
• Construction of Census Income Quintiles
• Employment
• Grade 12 Language Arts (LA) Test Performance Outcomes by Socioeconomic Status (SES)
• Household Income from Census Information - Historical
• Household Income Value Ranges - 1984 to 1997
• Household Income: Individual versus Census Area
• Income Quintile Ranking Procedure
• Income Quintiles - Child Health Income Quintiles
• Income Quintiles Based on the 1996 Census
• Intra-Urban Areas
• MCHP Nine Winnipeg Sub-Regions
• Neighbourhood Clusters (NC)
• Population Estimates and Comparison of Data Sources
• Sex and Gender Related Data in the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository
• Social and Material Deprivation Indices
• Socio-Economic Risk Index (SERI)
• Socioeconomic Factor Index (SEFI) - Based on the 1986, 1991, and 1996 Census Data
• Socioeconomic Factor Index (SEFI) - Based on the 2001 Census Data
• Socioeconomic Factor Index (SEFI) - Version 2 (SEFI-2)
• Statistics Canada Linked Data: Notes from the Field
• Urban / Rural Definitions

Related terms 

• Average Household Income (Neighbourhood Income)
• Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD)
• Census Agglomeration (CA)
• Census Division (CD)
• Census Family
• Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)
• Census SubDivision (CSD)
• Census Tract (CT)
• Dissemination Area (DA)
• Enumeration Area (EA)
• Income Quintiles / Income Quintile
• Neighbourhood Clusters (NC)
• Statistics Canada
• Survey Data
• Survey Data Used at MCHP

Links 

• MCHP Data Repository - Canada Census Data Description
• Statistics Canada Web Site - Census

Term used in 

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