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  • 1. Experimental Estimates of Potential Artificial Intelligence Occupational Exposure in Canada
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2024005
    Description: This study provides experimental estimates of the number and percentage of workers in Canada potentially susceptible to AI-related job transformation based on the complementarity-adjusted AI occupational exposure index.
    Release date: 2024-09-03
  • 2. Most prevalent jobs of young master’s degree graduates by detailed field of study
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400800001
    Description: Investing in a postsecondary education is an important decision in the lives of young people, because it may lead to significantly higher lifetime earnings, which may vary substantially across different disciplines. The purpose of this short article is to present results for master’s degree graduates aged 25 to 34 collected on the 2021 Census of Population. Only individuals who worked during the census reference week (May 2 to 8, 2021) and who completed a Canadian master’s degree program are included.
    Release date: 2024-08-28
  • 3. First Nations children living off reserve, Métis children, and Inuit children and their families: Selected findings from the 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey
    Articles and reports: 89-653-X2024001
    Description: This analytical report presents selected findings from the 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey (formerly called the Aboriginal Peoples Survey). The 2022 IPS represents the sixth cycle of the survey and focuses on Indigenous children and their families. This report covers First Nations children living off reserve, Métis children and Inuit children aged 1 to 14, and includes topics such as sociodemographic characteristics, food security and basic needs, Indigenous languages and culture, child care and a number of health indicators. Disaggregated data by gender, age groups, and geography (provinces and territories, inside and ouside Inuit Nunangat, urban and rural) are presented when possible. The report also includes comparisons to the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey, the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, and the 2019 Canadian Health Survey of Children and Youth.
    Release date: 2024-08-14
  • 4. Study: Measuring the language-related characteristics of occupations using the Occupational and Skills Information System
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202422037988
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-08-07
  • 5. Measuring the language-related characteristics of occupations using the Occupational and Skills Information System
    Articles and reports: 89-657-X2024004
    Description: This report explores the statistical and analytical potential of information on the language-related characteristics of occupations provided by the Occupational and Skills Information System (OaSIS). OaSIS is an information system developed by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) which provides detailed information on occupations. The report identifies and explores a series of descriptors of occupations related to skills, work activities and work contexts that have a language- or communication-related aspect. These descriptors of occupations are used to enrich data from the 2021 Census.
    Release date: 2024-08-07
  • 6. Most prevalent jobs of young college and CEGEP certificate and diploma graduates by detailed field of study
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400700001
    Description: One of the main investments individuals can make throughout their lives is the decision to pursue a postsecondary education. The purpose of this article is to present results from the 2021 Census of Population on the most prevalent occupations held by graduates of various college and CEGEP certificate and diploma programs who were aged 25 to 34.
    Release date: 2024-07-24
  • 7. COVID-19 mortality among First Nations people and Métis in private dwellings in Canada: An analysis of social determinants of health and health inequalities
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202400100001
    Description: This article provides insights into the rates of COVID-19 mortality among First Nations peoples and Métis living in private dwellings and the social determinants of COVID-19 mortality among these populations using data from the 2016 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts linked to the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database from 2016 to 2021.
    Release date: 2024-07-16
  • 8. Study: COVID-19 mortality among First Nations people and Métis in Canada 2020 and 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202419838484
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-07-16
  • 9. Census of Population web pages: Introduction
    Stats in brief: 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
  • 10. Census of Population web pages: Profile Part 1, How to find and filter data
    Stats in brief: 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
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  • 31. Rural Canada Housing Profiles, residential property characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0077-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census subdivision
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table provides data on counts of residential properties, owner-assessed values, and total living area.
    Release date: 2024-03-01
  • 32. Population by first official language spoken, immigrant status, period of immigration and geography, 1971 to 2021
    Table: 15-10-0036-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: First official language spoken by immigrant status and period of immigration for the population of Canada and Canada outside Quebec, and of all provinces and territories, for Census years 1971 to 2021.
    Release date: 2024-01-23
  • 33. Population by knowledge of official languages, immigrant status, period of immigration and geography, 1951 to 2021
    Table: 15-10-0037-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Knowledge of official languages by immigrant status and period of immigration for the population of Canada and Canada outside Quebec, and of all provinces and territories, for Census years 1951 to 2021.
    Release date: 2024-01-23
  • 34. Number of children in Canada
    Table: 42-10-0012-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of children in census families, Canada, provinces, territories.
    Release date: 2023-12-19
  • 35. Number of persons employed in the child care sector
    Table: 42-10-0055-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of persons employed as child care workers, early childhood educators and assistants, or home child care providers, Canada, provinces, territories.
    Release date: 2023-12-19
  • 36. Five-year mortality, by income quintile and sex
    Table: 13-10-0759-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: All-cause age standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person years at risk from 5 years of follow-up from the Census of Population by household income quintile and sex for the household population aged 25 years or older for Canada and provinces.
    Release date: 2023-11-23
  • 37. Five-year mortality by educational attainment and sex
    Table: 13-10-0760-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: All-cause age standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person years at risk from 5 years of follow-up from the Census of Population by educational attainment and sex for the household population aged 25 years or older for Canada, provinces, and the territories combined.
    Release date: 2023-11-23
  • 38. Interprovincial migration by language group in Canada from 1976 to 2021
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023031
    Description: This product offers a visual overview of interprovincial migration by language group in Canada from 1976 to 2021. The language variables showcased in this product are the first official language spoken and mother tongue. It provides information on the number and rate of in-migrants, out-migrants and the net migration of each province and territory from 1976 to 2021. Data can be filtered by province or territory, language variable, language group, and group of migrants.
    Release date: 2023-11-15
  • 39. Census Profile, 2021: Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)
    Table: 98-401-X2021029
    Description: This product presents information from the Census of Population for various levels of geography. Data are from the 2021 Census of Population and are available according to the major releases of the 2021 Census release dates: February 9, 2022 – Population and dwelling counts; April 27, 2022 – Age, Sex at birth and gender, Type of dwelling; July 13, 2022 – Families, households and marital status, Canadian military experience, Income; August 17, 2022 – Language; September 21, 2022 – Indigenous peoples, Housing; October 26, 2022 – Immigration, place of birth, and citizenship, Ethnocultural and religious diversity, Mobility and migration; November 30, 2022 – Education, Labour, Language of work, Commuting, Instruction in the official minority language.
    Release date: 2023-11-15
  • 40. Census Profile Downloads
    Table: 98-401-X
    Description: This product presents information from the Census of Population for various levels of geography. Data include characteristics for: population, age, sex, dwellings, families, marital status, language, income, education and labour as examples.

    Starting with the age and sex major day of release and on major days of release thereafter, profile component data are available at the Canada, province and territory, economic region, census division, census subdivision, census metropolitan area, census agglomeration, population centre, census tract, designated place, federal electoral district and dissemination area. This product may be downloaded in various formats, they include CSV, TAB, IVT or XML.

    Release date: 2023-11-15
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  • 81. A profile of workers in the homelessness support sector, 2021
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2023006
    Description: This study aims to profile workers in the homelessness support sector using data from the 2021 and 2016 censuses. The homelessness support sector is defined by combining specific occupations and industry of employment to identify individuals who work in jobs that provide services to families and individuals who face homelessness. The study profiles these individuals by geography, age, sex, family status, educational attainment, indigenous identity and visible minority status. The study also addresses their earnings and poverty status.
    Release date: 2023-05-10
  • 82. Study: Childhood factors associated with high school completion or higher education among off-reserve First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202309636547
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-04-06
  • 83. Childhood factors associated with the completion of a high school diploma or equivalency certificate or higher among First Nations children living off reserve, Métis and Inuit children
    Articles and reports: 41-20-00022023002
    Description: Using a longitudinal dataset created through the linkage of the 2006 Indigenous Peoples Survey (IPS; formerly called the Aboriginal Peoples Survey) and the 2016 long-form Census, this study examines childhood factors that are associated with the completion of a high school or greater education by young adulthood, among off-reserve First Nations, Métis and Inuit children. Bivariate results examining the likelihood of having completed high school or greater education by different childhood characteristics including socioeconomic and demographic ones are presented for First Nations children living off reserve, and Métis and Inuit children separately. These characteristics were chosen based on previous literature. Using a pooled sample, it examines the association between childhood factors and the outcome using multivariate analysis to account for confounding factors.
    Release date: 2023-04-06
  • 84. Indigenous languages across Canada
    Stats in brief: 98-200-X2021012
    Description: This Census in Brief article focuses on First Nations people, Métis and Inuit who reported being able to conduct a conversation in an Indigenous language in the 2021 Census of Population. This article examines changes in the number of speakers by language and region. It also examines trends in mother tongue speakers of Indigenous languages and those who learned an Indigenous language as a second language.
    Release date: 2023-03-29
  • 85. Social inclusion statistics for Canada’s ethnocultural groups: New Products!
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202308836266
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-03-29
  • 86. Indigenous languages in Canada, 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023029
    Description: Using data from the 2021 Census of Population, this infographic shows the relative number of Indigenous people who can speak an Indigenous language well enough to conduct a conversation by language. It also shows the percent growth or decline in number of Indigenous people who can speak each Indigenous language since the 2016 Census of Population.
    Release date: 2023-03-29
  • 87. Aggregated and derived income concepts and income statistics, 2021 Census of Population
    Stats in brief: 98-20-00032021011
    Description: This video explains the key concepts of different levels of aggregation of income data such as household and family income; income concepts derived from key income variables such as adjusted income and equivalence scale; and statistics used for income data such as median and average income, quartiles, quintiles, deciles and percentiles.
    Release date: 2023-03-29
  • 88. Low-income concepts and statistics, 2021 Census of Population
    Stats in brief: 98-20-00032021012
    Description: This video builds on concepts introduced in the other videos on income. It explains key low-income concepts - Market Basket Measure (MBM), Low income measure (LIM) and Low-income cut-offs (LICO) and the indicators associated with these concepts such as the low-income gap and the low-income ratio. These concepts are used in analysis of the economic well-being of the population.
    Release date: 2023-03-29
  • 89. First official language spoken, 2021 Census of Population
    Stats in brief: 98-20-00032021017
    Description: This video will help you understand the concept of first official language spoken. It explores the usefulness and relevance of the first official language spoken and how it is developed, disseminated and analyzed. You will also learn how the concept of first official language spoken takes into account knowledge of both official languages, mother tongue and language spoken most often at home.
    Release date: 2023-03-29
  • 90. Languages spoken at home, 2021 Census of Population
    Stats in brief: 98-20-00032021018
    Description: This video will help you understand the question about languages spoken at home and the main concepts and variables that flow from them. You will also learn to understand the differences between the concepts of all languages spoken regularly at home, languages spoken most often at home and other languages spoken regularly at home. It will also help you understand the changes that have been made to the question of languages spoken at home since the last census.
    Release date: 2023-03-29
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  • 21. Guide to the Census of Population, 2021
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-304-X2021001
    Description: The Guide to the Census of Population is a reference document that describes the various phases of the 2021 Census of Population. The guide provides an overview of content determination, sampling design, collection, data processing, data quality assessment, confidentiality guidelines and dissemination. It also includes response rates and other data quality information. This product may be useful to both new and experienced users who wish to familiarize themselves with and find specific information about the 2021 Census of Population.
    Release date: 2022-11-30
  • 22. Census Dictionary
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-301-X
    Description: The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, variables and geographic terms, as well as historical information.

    By referring to the Census Dictionary, both beginner and intermediate data users will gain a better understanding of the data and how to compare variables between census years.

    The Census Dictionary will be released iteratively starting with geography and non-data dependent topic definitions, tables, figures and appendices with additional content made available based on subsequent topic releases.

    Release date: 2022-11-30
  • 23. Guide to the Census of Population
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-304-X
    Description:

    The Guide to the Census of Population is a reference document that describes the various phases of the 2021 Census of Population. The guide provides an overview of content determination, sampling design, collection, data processing, data quality assessment, confidentiality guidelines and dissemination. It also includes response rates and other data quality information. This product may be useful to both new and experienced users who wish to familiarize themselves with and find specific information about the 2021 Census of Population.

    The Guide to the Census of Population combines information previously available in the Overview of the Census, National Household Survey User Guide and the Data Quality and Confidentiality Standards and Guidelines from 2011. 

    Release date: 2022-11-30
  • 24. Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-500-X2016013
    Description:

    This guide focuses on the following topic: education. This reference guide provides information that enables users to effectively use, apply and interpret data from the 2016 Census. This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, classifications, data quality and comparability to other sources. Additional information is included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the census.

    Release date: 2022-11-30
  • 25. Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-500-X2021003
    Description:

    This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret language 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: 2022-11-30
  • 26. Commuting Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-500-X2021011
    Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret commuting 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: 2022-11-30
  • 27. Labour Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-500-X2021012
    Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret labour 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: 2022-11-30
  • 28. Instruction in the Minority Official Language Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-500-X2021017
    Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret instruction in the minority official language 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: 2022-11-30
  • 29. Children eligible for instruction in the minority official language: A data ecosystem
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00012022001
    Description: This fact sheet presents a data ecosystem comprised of a set of data sources that, together, provide information on children eligible for instruction in the minority official language.
    Release date: 2022-11-09
  • 30. 2021 Census Fact Sheets
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-0001
    Description:

    This is a series of fact sheets offering an overview of changes in content for the 2021 Census questionnaire. These include 19 fact sheets focusing on new and modified content and one fact sheet providing information about the design and methodology of the 2019 Census Content Test.

    Release date: 2022-11-09
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Census Profile

This profile presents information from the 2011 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities, census tracts and health regions. The profile includes characteristics such as population, age, sex, dwellings, families, marital status and language.

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Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights for each of the major releases of the 2011 Census. These data highlights are presented through text, tables and figures. The geographic levels presented in this product include Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, and census subdivisions with a 2011 Census population greater than or equal to 5,000.

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The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, universes, variables, and geographic terms, as well as historical information.