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Selected geographical area: Canada
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85.6%
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Percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 with a college or university credential - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)57.5%
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Selected geographical area: Canada
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24.3%
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22.8
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Percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 with a bachelor’s degree or higher - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)32.9% -
Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)27.7% -
Percentage point change in adults aged 25 to 64 with a bachelor’s degree or higher - Canada
(2016 to 2021)4.3
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11.7%
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1,000,505-49.2%
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Overqualification rate of immigrants aged 25 to 64 with a degree completed outside Canada - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)25.8% -
811,430-26.2%
(period-to-period change)
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1,807,2509.4%
(period-to-period change)
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66.5%
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1,048,4059.7%
(period-to-period change)
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21.5%
(period-to-period change)
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624,2206.3%
(period-to-period change)
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70,5458.5%
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18.0%
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50.0%
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$73,000
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9.8%
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22.7%
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-0.040
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11.1%
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-3.3
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19.0%2.1%
(period-to-period change)
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16.3%-0.3%
(period-to-period change)
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64.8%-1.7%
(period-to-period change)
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52.6%-1.0%
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10.7%0.8%
(period-to-period change)
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36,991,9815.2%
(period-to-period change)
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100.0
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16,284,235
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- Table: 98-10-0653-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 and 2016 censuses — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Occupation - (NOC) 2016 - Three-digit level (141), Mobility status (4), Highest certificate, diploma or degree (11), Statistics (3A)Description: Data on interprovincial labour mobility based on place of residence 1 year ago, place of residence 5 years ago, occupation and education for the population aged 15 years and over in private households of Canada, provinces and territories.Release date: 2024-11-19
- Table: 98-10-0652-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 and 2016 censuses — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Occupation - (NOC) 2016 - Three-digit level (141), Mobility status (4), Gender (3a), Age (6B), Statistics (3A)Description: Data on interprovincial labour mobility based on place of residence 1 year ago, place of residence 5 years ago, occupation, age and gender for the population aged 15 years and over in private households of Canada, provinces and territories, 2021 and 2016 censuses.Release date: 2024-07-10
- 3. Age pyramidsData Visualization: 98-504-X2021001Description: Age pyramids are dynamic applications that allow users to see the evolution of the age structure of the Canadian population over a given time period and for selected geographies.Release date: 2024-06-26
- Data Visualization: 98-504-XDescription: Age pyramids are dynamic applications that allow users to see the evolution of the age structure of the Canadian population over a given time period and for selected geographies.Release date: 2024-06-26
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600006Description: This study presents an updated sociodemographic profile of children aged 0 to 14 years with affirmative responses largely based on parent reports to the questions on the 2021 Census long-form questionnaire about difficulties with activities of daily living.Release date: 2024-06-26
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024012Description: This dashboard features tables and a map designed for users to explore the number and the size of communities by different definitions of rural, including that of rural and small town (census subdivisions outside census metropolitan areas or census agglomerations) and that of rural areas (non-population centres) according to the Census of Population Program. This web-based application undergoes updates every five years with the census.Release date: 2024-05-30
- Data Visualization: 98-505-X2021002Description:
This interactive chart is comprised of two visualizations to show statistics of selected income sources by various characteristics and geographies.
Release date: 2024-04-17 - Data Visualization: 98-505-XDescription: These interactive charts display various census data or indicators for selected geographies. Clicking a particular area of a chart allows users to customize their view and display different data or indicators.Release date: 2024-04-17
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202410838012Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2024-04-17
- Public use microdata: 98M0001XDescription: Census Public Use Microdata Files (PUMFs) provide access to non-aggregated data covering a sample of the Canadian population. It is a comprehensive social, demographic and economic database about Canada, its people, and contains a wealth of characteristics on the population. These files enable the study of individuals, families and households. Geographic identifiers have been restricted to ensure respondents’ anonymity. This comprehensive file is an excellent tool for policy analysts, pollsters, social researchers and anyone interested in modeling and performing statistical regression analysis using Census microdata. These products contain the data file, user documentation and license agreements. It is important to note that users will require knowledge of data manipulation packages (or software) such as SAS, SPSS or Stata to use this product.Release date: 2024-03-20
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- Table: 98-10-0653-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 and 2016 censuses — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Occupation - (NOC) 2016 - Three-digit level (141), Mobility status (4), Highest certificate, diploma or degree (11), Statistics (3A)Description: Data on interprovincial labour mobility based on place of residence 1 year ago, place of residence 5 years ago, occupation and education for the population aged 15 years and over in private households of Canada, provinces and territories.Release date: 2024-11-19
- Table: 98-10-0652-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 and 2016 censuses — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Occupation - (NOC) 2016 - Three-digit level (141), Mobility status (4), Gender (3a), Age (6B), Statistics (3A)Description: Data on interprovincial labour mobility based on place of residence 1 year ago, place of residence 5 years ago, occupation, age and gender for the population aged 15 years and over in private households of Canada, provinces and territories, 2021 and 2016 censuses.Release date: 2024-07-10
- 3. Age pyramidsData Visualization: 98-504-X2021001Description: Age pyramids are dynamic applications that allow users to see the evolution of the age structure of the Canadian population over a given time period and for selected geographies.Release date: 2024-06-26
- Data Visualization: 98-504-XDescription: Age pyramids are dynamic applications that allow users to see the evolution of the age structure of the Canadian population over a given time period and for selected geographies.Release date: 2024-06-26
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024012Description: This dashboard features tables and a map designed for users to explore the number and the size of communities by different definitions of rural, including that of rural and small town (census subdivisions outside census metropolitan areas or census agglomerations) and that of rural areas (non-population centres) according to the Census of Population Program. This web-based application undergoes updates every five years with the census.Release date: 2024-05-30
- Data Visualization: 98-505-X2021002Description:
This interactive chart is comprised of two visualizations to show statistics of selected income sources by various characteristics and geographies.
Release date: 2024-04-17 - Data Visualization: 98-505-XDescription: These interactive charts display various census data or indicators for selected geographies. Clicking a particular area of a chart allows users to customize their view and display different data or indicators.Release date: 2024-04-17
- Public use microdata: 98M0001XDescription: Census Public Use Microdata Files (PUMFs) provide access to non-aggregated data covering a sample of the Canadian population. It is a comprehensive social, demographic and economic database about Canada, its people, and contains a wealth of characteristics on the population. These files enable the study of individuals, families and households. Geographic identifiers have been restricted to ensure respondents’ anonymity. This comprehensive file is an excellent tool for policy analysts, pollsters, social researchers and anyone interested in modeling and performing statistical regression analysis using Census microdata. These products contain the data file, user documentation and license agreements. It is important to note that users will require knowledge of data manipulation packages (or software) such as SAS, SPSS or Stata to use this product.Release date: 2024-03-20
- Table: 98-26-0009Description: This product presents 2021 Census of Population characteristic data for nine separate profiles of interest, including: age; ethnic origin; first official language; immigration; income distribution by income source; mother tongue; poverty, COVID-19 benefits and high income; religion; and visible minority. Data are available for various levels of geography, including Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, and communities with a 2021 population of 10,000 or greater.Release date: 2024-03-20
- Table: 42-10-0012-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Number of children in census families, Canada, provinces, territories.Release date: 2023-12-19
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- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600006Description: This study presents an updated sociodemographic profile of children aged 0 to 14 years with affirmative responses largely based on parent reports to the questions on the 2021 Census long-form questionnaire about difficulties with activities of daily living.Release date: 2024-06-26
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202410838012Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2024-04-17
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202325637430Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2023-09-13
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300800001Description: In the past few decades, the number of racialized people in Canada has increased at a much faster rate than the population as a whole. This article uses data from the 2001 and 2021 censuses of population to examine population growth and changing demographics of racialized people. The study presents new data for 11 subgroups of the racialized population, their generational composition and changes in their share of people with a mixed racialized–White identity.Release date: 2023-08-23
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202323537544Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2023-08-23
- Articles and reports: 91F0015M2023001Description: Using record linkage, this article compares marital status as identified in the 2015 T1 tax data to what was provided in the 2016 Census using record linkage.Release date: 2023-07-11
- Articles and reports: 18-001-X2023001Description: This study proposes a classification of Canadian communities into two discrete remoteness classes based on a continuous index of remoteness.Release date: 2023-06-30
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202233432994Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2022-11-30
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202233432995Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2022-11-30
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202233432997Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2022-11-30
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-500-X2021010Description:
This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret mobility and migration data from the 2021 Census. This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, questions, classifications, data quality and comparability with other sources for this topic.
Release date: 2022-10-26 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021013Description: This video is designed to give you a basic understanding of the demographic variable "marital status" and how this variable is created and used. The concepts legal marital status, common-law status and de-facto marital status, are explained to allow you to better understand, analyze and build census data tables using the marital status variable.Release date: 2022-07-13
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021014Description: The objective of this video is to explain the different types of families i.e. census families and economic families. It presents the concepts and variables related to families such as household type, family structure and the living arrangements of individuals. Family-related characteristics and concepts can apply to families, individuals (those in families or not) or households.Release date: 2022-07-13
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00012021002Description: This fact sheet provides a concise description of the context and definitions related to a new concept, the gender diversity status of couples. Data and analysis on gender diversity status of couples will be available in the July 13, 2022 census release as part of the theme of families, households and marital status.Release date: 2022-06-14
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021006Description: This video will provide viewers with a basic understanding of the differences between a private dwelling and a collective dwelling, the classification of private dwellings into regular and marginal dwellings and the classification of collective dwellings into institutional and non-institutional collective dwellings. Viewers will also learn about the method of enumeration of these dwellings.Release date: 2022-04-27
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021007Description: The census counts dwellings to associate people with a spatial unit and to publish counts of the dwellings themselves, along with information about dwelling characteristics. This video provides information about the different variables associated with dwellings such as Structural types of dwellings, Dwelling condition, Condominium status, Period of construction, Rooms and Bedrooms in a dwelling.Release date: 2022-04-27
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021008Description: The objective of this video is to provide an overview of a key indicator of the most basic demographic characteristics of the population - Age. This video explains the main concepts relating to age, the quantitative and qualitative aspect of the age variable and how age is used by the public and private sector to assess and meet social and business needs.Release date: 2022-04-27
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00012021001Description: This fact sheet provides the context for the addition of the gender question on the 2021 Census, as well as the definitions related to gender and sex at birth. It also explains what gender-related information will be available in the April 27th, 2022 Census release.Release date: 2022-04-06
- Geographic files and documentation: 92-151-XDescription:
The Geographic Attribute File contains information at the dissemination block level, based Census standard geographic areas. The data available include population counts, dwelling counts, and land area. In addition, the Geographic Attribute File contains higher level standard geographic codes, names and, where applicable, types and classes. Data for higher level standard geographic areas can be derived by aggregating dissemination block level data. The dissemination area representative point coordinates are also included in the Geographic Attribute File.
Release date: 2022-02-09 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021001Description: This video is the first one of a series of videos related to census geography, concepts and products in the context of the activities of the 2021 Census and previous censuses. The objective of this first video is to describe the role of geography. The remaining videos from this series, that will be released at later dates, will aim to provide an overview on the geographic regions of Canada, some of the products offered by Statistics Canada, and the census data visualization tools.Release date: 2021-11-17
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