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  • 1. Portrait of the Latin American Populations in Canada: Diversity and Socioeconomic Outcomes
    Articles and reports: 89-657-X2026006
    Description: This portrait focuses on the analysis of the sociodemographic and socioeconomic outcomes of Latin American populations in Canada. It uses data from the Census of Population (2001 to 2021), the 2011 National Household Survey, and the 2020 General Social Survey – Social Identity. An intersectional approach is applied to explore the relationships between multiple diversity factors, with the aim of providing a comprehensive overview of the diverse characteristics of Latin American populations living in Canada.
    Release date: 2026-06-29
  • 2. Study: Portrait of the Latin American populations in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202618041415
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-06-29
  • 3. Labour market outcome indicators of postsecondary graduates, 2010 to 2022
    Articles and reports: 37-20-00012026001
    Description: This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are derived from integrating Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data with other administrative data on earnings and data from the Census of Population long-form. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators on the labour market outcomes of public postsecondary graduates including median employment income by educational qualification, field of study, Indigenous identity, racialized group, age group and gender for Canada, the provinces and the territories combined. This document has been updated to reflect the 2026 methodology used to produce labour market outcome indicators.
    Release date: 2026-06-24
  • 4. Characteristics and median employment income of Canadian postsecondary graduates two years after graduation, by Indigenous identity, educational qualification and field of study (STEM and BHASE groupings)
    Table: 37-10-0299-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Characteristics and median employment income of Canadian postsecondary graduates two years after graduation, by Indigenous identity, educational qualification (Classification of programs and credentials - professional degree variant) and field of study (Classification of Instructional Programs [CIP] Canada 2021 – STEM and BHASE groupings).
    Release date: 2026-06-24
  • 5. Characteristics and median employment income of Canadian postsecondary graduates two years after graduation, by visible minority group, educational qualification and field of study (primary groupings)
    Table: 37-10-0300-01
    Geography: Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Characteristics and median employment income of Canadian postsecondary graduates two years after graduation, by visible minority group, educational qualification (Classification of programs and credentials - professional degree variant) and field of study (Classification of Instructional Programs [CIP] Canada 2021 – Primary groupings).
    Release date: 2026-06-24
  • 6. Characteristics and median employment income of Canadian postsecondary graduates two years after graduation, by visible minority group, educational qualification and field of study (STEM and BHASE groupings)
    Table: 37-10-0301-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Characteristics and median employment income of Canadian postsecondary graduates two years after graduation, by visible minority group, educational qualification (Classification of programs and credentials - professional degree variant) and field of study (Classification of Instructional Programs [CIP] Canada 2021 – STEM and BHASE groupings).
    Release date: 2026-06-24
  • 7. Silent speakers of Indigenous languages in Canada: A socio-demographic and geographic analysis
    Articles and reports: 41-20-00022026001
    Description: This report draws on data from the 2021 Census of Population, alongside previous census cycles to clarify the characteristics of the “silent speakers” of Indigenous languages in Canada. This term refers to those who have an Indigenous mother tongue that they still understand but can no longer speak well enough to conduct a conversation. Silent speakers thus represent a valuable reservoir of cultural and linguistic knowledge. By examining census data across multiple years, this study aims to illuminate the demographic makeup, geographic distribution, and long-term trends of this pivotal group.
    Release date: 2026-06-18
  • 8. The use of Indigenous languages in urban areas in Canada
    Articles and reports: 41-20-00022026002
    Description: This report draws on data from the 2021 Census of Population, alongside previous census cycles to identify changes over time in the linguistic profile of Indigenous language speakers living in a Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) or Census Agglomeration (CA). In addition, supplementary statistics using the 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey, which asks questions on the importance of Indigenous languages, were also included. Finally, 12 CMAs and CAs were selected for focused analysis, in order to highlight the specific linguistic communities in these areas.
    Release date: 2026-06-18
  • 9. New entrants to postsecondary education by Indigenous identity, educational qualification, field of study (STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings), gender and age
    Table: 37-10-0264-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of new entrants to postsecondary education by Indigenous identity, select educational qualifications (Classification of programs and credentials), field of study (Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and Business, humanities, health, arts, social science and education (BHASE) groupings), gender and age group.
    Release date: 2026-06-10
  • 10. Canadian postsecondary graduates by visible minority group, educational qualification, field of study (primary groupings), gender and age
    Table: 37-10-0265-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of Canadian postsecondary graduates by visible minority group, educational qualification (Classification of programs and credentials - professional degree variant), field of study (Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings), gender, and age group.
    Release date: 2026-06-10
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  • 31. Social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada: Social connections and personal networks
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023010
    Description: This interactive data visualization tool uses graphs to present social inclusion indicators under the theme of Social connections and personal networks. The indicators (trusting most people in general, strong sense of belonging, size and composition of personal networks, population living alone) can be disaggregated by visible minority and selected sociodemographic characteristics for the population in private households. Data are available for Canada. This data visualization tool is part of a broader conceptual framework on social inclusion and covers a total of 11 themes. Each theme has a similar interactive visualization tool.
    Release date: 2025-07-07
  • 32. Social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada: Education and skills development
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023011
    Description: This interactive data visualization tool uses graphs to present social inclusion indicators under the theme of Education and skills development. The indicators (highest certificate, diploma or degree [6] and knowledge of official languages [4]) can be disaggregated by visible minority and selected sociodemographic characteristics for the population in private households. Data are available for Canada, geographical regions of Canada, province or territory and census metropolitan area. This data visualization tool is part of a broader conceptual framework on social inclusion and covers a total of 11 themes. Each theme has a similar interactive visualization tool.
    Release date: 2025-07-07
  • 33. Number and Size of Communities in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024012
    Description: 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: 2025-06-10
  • 34. Life expectancy at birth of Indigenous populations in Canada
    Table: 17-10-0160-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Estimates of life expectancy at birth are provided at the national level (by sex), at the province or regional level, and based on residence within or outside of a census metropolitan area (CMA) for a series of three five-year reference periods beginning in 2006-2011.
    Release date: 2025-06-03
  • 35. Infant mortality rates of Indigenous populations in Canada
    Table: 17-10-0161-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Estimates of infant mortality rates are available at the national level (by sex) and based on residence within or outside of a census metropolitan area (CMA). Estimates are available for the whole country for the periods 2004-2006 and 2014-2016 and for Canada excluding Ontario for the periods 1994-1996, 2004-2006 and 2014-2016.
    Release date: 2025-06-03
  • 36. The Canadian Index of Social Resilience and the Canadian Index of Social Vulnerability: Datasets, 2021
    Table: 45-20-00012025001
    Description: The Canadian Index of Social Resilience (CISR) and the Canadian Index of Social Vulnerability (CISV) were created to provide area-based information on resilience and vulnerability to natural hazards and disasters across Canada. The CISR and the CISV consist of numerical scores that correspond to an area’s social resilience and social vulnerability. The indexes can be used to better understand areas which may experience the largest disproportional social impacts from natural hazards.
    Release date: 2025-05-27
  • 37. First names in Canada, 2021 Census of Population
    Data Visualization: 98-505-X2021007
    Description: The data table displays first names from the 2021 Census by gender for Canada. Searchable first names are displayed by frequency, percentage and rank.
    Release date: 2025-03-19
  • 38. Age and gender of healthcare professionals, by occupation and first official language spoken: Canada, Quebec, New Brunswick, Canada outside Quebec and New Brunswick, provinces and territories, economic regions
    Table: 98-10-0659-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic region
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Employed health professionals, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Age (5D), Health occupations (52), First official language spoken (5), Gender (3)
    Description: Data on age and gender of employed healthcare professionals living in private households, by occupation and first official language spoken.
    Release date: 2025-03-19
  • 39. Immigrant status and place of birth of healthcare professionals, by occupation and first official language spoken: Canada, Quebec, New Brunswick, Canada outside Quebec and New Brunswick, provinces and territories, economic regions
    Table: 98-10-0660-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic region
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Employed health professionals, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Place of birth (7), Immigrant status (4), Health occupations (52), First official language spoken (5)
    Description: Data on immigrant status and place of birth in Canada of employed healthcare professionals living in private households, by occupation and first official language spoken.
    Release date: 2025-03-19
  • 40. Field of studies and location of postsecondary studies of healthcare professionals, by occupation and first official language spoken: Canada, Quebec, New Brunswick, Canada outside Quebec and New Brunswick, provinces and territories, economic regions
    Table: 98-10-0661-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic region
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Employed health professionals, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Major field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021 (45), Location of study (4), Health occupations (52), First official language spoken (5)
    Description: Data on field and location of postsecondary studies of employed healthcare professionals living in private households, by first official language spoken.
    Release date: 2025-03-19
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  • 641. Languages in Canada: 2001 Census Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 96-326-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This work is an updated version of a study published under the same title following the population censuses of 1991 and 1996. The text and tables have been adapted to reflect the more complete data from the 2001 Census, in which the usual questions on knowledge of languages, mother tongue, and language spoken 'most often' at home are supplemented by a question on languages spoken 'regularly' at home , and a two-part question on language use at work, that is, the language used 'most often,' and other languages used 'regularly,' in the workplace. This enrichment of the content has allowed us to expand our analysis while remaining true to the initial goal of presenting in a straightfoward manner basic statistics on the country's demolinguistic reality.

    Release date: 2004-12-13
  • 642. Victim services in Canada, 2002/03 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X20040118410
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report, based on data from the 2002/03 Victim Services Survey, provides a profile of victim service agencies in Canada and the clients they served. Data are presented on the types of agencies in Canada, the services offered, staff and volunteers, criminal injuries compensation applications and awards, and client characteristics such as sex, age grouping and type of victimization.

    The report also contains some information on transition homes and shelters for abused women and their children that was collected by Statistics Canada's 2001/2002 Transition Home Survey.

    Release date: 2004-12-09
  • 643. Low-paid workers: How many live in low-income families? Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X200411013128
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Who were the low-wage earners in 2000, what proportion lived in low-income families, and how did the situation change between 1980 and 2000? Low wages need not mean economic hardship: for example young people living with their parents or spouses who are secondary earners may not be at risk. However, groups such as recent immigrants, lone mothers, and unattached individuals may well be at risk.

    Release date: 2004-10-26
  • 644. Immigrants: Settling for less? Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X200410613121
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper examines the problems new immigrants have when looking for a job in Canada, including non-recognition of their credentials, their education level, and their experience abroad.

    Release date: 2004-09-21
  • 645. Immigrants in Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-613-M2004003
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This report looks at the distribution of recent immigrants in census metropolitan areas (CMAs), implications on public services in urban areas and the employment characteristics of immigrants.
    Release date: 2004-08-18
  • 646. Health of Canadians Living in Census Metropolitan Areas Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-613-M2004002
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This report examines the health of residents of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) through measures such as life expectancy, self-rated health, smoking, heavy drinking, obesity, physical inactivity, high blood pressure, life stress, depression, self-perceived unmet health care needs and number of general physicians and family practitioners per 100,000 population.
    Release date: 2004-07-28
  • 647. Trends in Non-farm Self-employment Activity for Rural Women Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-601-M2004071
    Description:

    This paper looks at non-farm trends for rural women using data from the 1981 to 2001 Censuses of Population.

    Release date: 2004-07-23
  • 648. Immigrants in Rural Canada: 2001 Update Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2004004
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Immigrants make up a much smaller portion of the population in rural regions than in urban areas. Recent immigrants are even less likely to be found in rural regions. However, according to this bulletin, immigrants living in rural regions had higher levels of education in 1996, a higher rate of employment, and were more likely to work in professional services.

    Release date: 2004-06-15
  • 649. Low income in census metropolitan areas Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X200410513119
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper describes the income of Canadians from an urban perspective between 1980 and 2000, using census data.

    Release date: 2004-06-14
  • 650. Visible minorities in the labour force: 20 years of change Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X20040016874
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article (1) examines employment and unemployment rates of visible and non-visible minority groups, (2) compares Canadian-born and foreign-born visible minorities with their non-visible minority counterparts and (3) examines employment and unemployment rates separately by gender.

    Release date: 2004-06-08
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  • 31. Census of Population web pages: Data tables, part 1
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021042
    Description: This video is part of a series that is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Census of Population web pages. The purpose of this video is to explain where to find and how to extract census data tables on the 2021 Census of Population website.
    Release date: 2025-05-07
  • 32. Census of Population web pages: Indigenous population profile
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021038
    Description: This video is part of a series that is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Census of Population web pages. The purpose of this video is to explain where to find and how to extract a profile of selected socio-demographic characteristics related to the Indigenous peoples in the standard data products of the Census of Population website.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 33. Census of Population web pages: Special Interest Profile
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021039
    Description: This video is part of a series that is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Census of Population web pages. The purpose of this video is to explain where to find and how to extract the data related to the Special Interest Profile, a data product of the 2021 Census of Population.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 34. Census Technical Report: Coverage
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-303-X
    Description: The Coverage Technical Report will present the errors included in census data that result from persons who are either missed (not enumerated) or enumerated more than once. The population coverage error is one of the most important types of errors because it affects the accuracy of not only population counts, but also all the census data results that describe the characteristics of the population universe.
    Release date: 2024-10-23
  • 35. Census of Population web pages: Introduction
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021031
    Description: This video is part of a series that is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Census of Population web pages. This video will provide an overview of the major links and products on the main page that are available to all users.
    Release date: 2024-07-10
  • 36. Census of Population web pages: Profile Part 1, How to find and filter data
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021032
    Description: This video is part of a series that is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Census of Population web pages. The purpose of this video is to explain where to find the most popular standard data product of the Census of Population, the 2021 Census Profile, and how to filter the data.
    Release date: 2024-07-10
  • 37. Census of Population web pages: Profile Part 2, Adding geographies and downloading options
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021033
    Description: This video is part of a series that is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Census of Population web pages. The purpose of this video is to explain how to add geographies in the 2021 Census Profile and to present the various downloading options to see the data.
    Release date: 2024-07-10
  • 38. Regional discussion report: Review of First Nations, Métis and Inuit questions on the census
    Notices and consultations: 41-20-0001
    Description: Engagement on the questions used to identify First Nations people, Métis and Inuit that are included on the Census of Population and on other Statistics Canada surveys is an important part of ensuring high quality and meaningful data are collected. The feedback received during these discussions are presented in these reports.
    Release date: 2024-05-29
  • 39. Regional Discussion Report: Review of First Nations, Métis and Inuit questions for the 2026 Census of Population
    Notices and consultations: 41-20-00012024001
    Description: From November 2022 to March 2023 Statistics Canada undertook a series of discussions to obtain feedback on the questions used to identify First Nations people, Métis and Inuit on the Census of Population and on other Statistics Canada surveys. This report summarizes the feedback received during these discussions.
    Release date: 2024-05-29
  • 40. Census Program Content Consultation Report
    Notices and consultations: 92-137-X
    Description: User consultation is the first step in determining Census Program content. The findings of content consultations are presented in these reports.
    Release date: 2024-04-17

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