General Social Survey - Social Identity

The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well-being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest.
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  • Stats in brief: 11-001-X201435710783
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2014-12-23

  • Table: 45-10-0020-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of close relatives, population aged 15 years and older, by sex, number and percentage, 2013.
    Release date: 2014-12-23

  • Table: 45-10-0021-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of close friends, population aged 15 years and older, by sex, number and percentage, 2013.
    Release date: 2014-12-23

  • Table: 45-10-0022-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of acquaintances, population aged 15 years and older, by sex, number and percentage, 2013.
    Release date: 2014-12-23

  • Table: 45-10-0023-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Frequency of in-person contact with relatives, population aged 15 years and older, sex, number and percentage, 2013.
    Release date: 2014-12-23

  • Table: 45-10-0024-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Frequency of in-person contact with friends, population aged 15 years and older, by sex, number and percentage, 2013.
    Release date: 2014-12-23

  • Articles and reports: 12-002-X201400111901
    Description:

    This document is for analysts/researchers who are considering doing research with data from a survey where both survey weights and bootstrap weights are provided in the data files. This document gives directions, for some selected software packages, about how to get started in using survey weights and bootstrap weights for an analysis of survey data. We give brief directions for obtaining survey-weighted estimates, bootstrap variance estimates (and other desired error quantities) and some typical test statistics for each software package in turn. While these directions are provided just for the chosen examples, there will be information about the range of weighted and bootstrapped analyses that can be carried out by each software package.

    Release date: 2014-08-07

  • Articles and reports: 11-008-X201100211591
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article compares the personal networks of adults aged 25 to 64 living alone with those of adults living in a couple. It provides data on size of networks, frequency of contact and feelings of social loneliness. It also examines the extent to which people living alone are more likely to have personal networks of lower or higher quality than those living in a couple when various factors are taken into account. Data are from the 2008 General Social Survey.

    Release date: 2011-11-30

  • Articles and reports: 11-008-X201100211592
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Recent immigrants are having more difficulty adjusting to the Canadian economy than did their predecessors. It is taking newcomers longer to achieve employment and income levels similar to those of the Canadian-born. Using the General Social Survey conducted in 2008, this article examines whether personal networks, along with more typically-used measures of human capital, might explain differences in employment and income levels between immigrants and other Canadians. Are more limited personal networks associated with lower employment rates and incomes among Canada's more recent immigrants?

    Release date: 2011-11-30

  • 89C0039
    Description:

    This service provides custom tabulations from the General Survey (GSS). As with the first GSS cycle conducted in 1985, the survey is carried out each year and has subject matter that repeats every 5 years. GSS cycles will collect information on social characteristics of the population including social engagement, retirement, family, time use and victimization.

    Release date: 2011-11-30
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  • Public use microdata: 45-25-0001
    Description: These public use microdata files (PUMF) from the General Social Survey provide data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well-being of Canadians over time.
    Release date: 2023-09-29

  • Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023006
    Description: This interactive data visualization tool uses graphs to present social inclusion indicators under the theme of Civic engagement and political participation. The indicators (member or participant of at least one group, organization or association, member or participant by type of groups, organizations or associations [11], engaged in political activities and voting in federal, provincial and municipal elections) 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: 2023-03-29

  • 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: 2023-03-29

  • Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023014
    Description: This interactive data visualization tool uses graphs to present social inclusion indicators under the theme Discrimination and victimization. The indicators (satisfied with personal safety from crime, experience(s) of discrimination, reason(s) of discrimination and context(s) of discrimination and police-reported hate crimes motivated by race or ethnicity and religion) 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: 2023-03-29

  • Table: 43-10-0063-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of persons in different types of personal networks (local, close relatives, close friends and acquaintances) and ethnic diversity in friends and acquaintance networks in proportion, by visible minority and other characteristics (age group, gender, immigrant status, generation status, first official language spoken and highest certificate, diploma or degree), for the population aged 15 and over.
    Release date: 2023-01-23

  • Data Visualization: 71-607-X2022020
    Description:

    In order to examine how Canadian youth are doing, this data visualization tool brings together a wide range of data sources. The tool allows users to customize the data to obtain more detailed information on various important aspects of their lives, including their mental and physical health, labour market participation, education, social participation, the environment and demographic issues. Links to other relevant documents and publications are included.

    Release date: 2022-10-17

  • Table: 43-10-0061-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Global rate of discrimination, reason(s) and context(s) of discrimination, 5 years before the COVID-19 pandemic and since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics (age group, gender, immigrant status, generation status, first official language spoken and highest certificate, diploma or degree).

    Release date: 2022-05-17

  • Table: 43-10-0062-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of persons who expressed confidence in Canadian institutions, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics (age group, gender, immigrant status, generation status, first official language spoken and highest certificate, diploma or degree).

    Release date: 2022-05-17

  • Table: 43-10-0064-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of persons who described a strong sense of belonging to their local community, their town, their province and Canada and percentage of persons who reported that most people can be trusted in general, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics (age group, gender, immigrant status, generation status, first official language spoken and highest certificate, diploma or degree).

    Release date: 2022-05-17

  • Table: 43-10-0065-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Global civic engagement rate, civic engagement rate among different groups, organizations and associations and global rate of engagement in political activities, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics: age group; gender; immigrant status; generation status; first official language spoken and; highest certificate, diploma or degree.

    Release date: 2022-05-17
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  • Stats in brief: 11-001-X202408637504
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-03-26

  • Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100016
    Description: As the sixteenth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels by 2030. This 2024 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the sixteenth Sustainable Development Goal in support of peace, justice and strong institutions, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-01-25

  • Articles and reports: 41-20-00022023004
    Description: This is a custom report produced in collaboration between the Assembly of First Nations and Statistics Canada. It includes a variety of social and economic statistics for Status First Nations people living on and off reserve and includes comparisons with the non-Indigenous population.
    Release date: 2023-10-18

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202300100005
    Description: This Juristat article examines experiences of discrimination in daily life among the Chinese population in Canada. In addition, perceptions of and experiences with the police and the justice system, and the types of serious legal problems that Chinese people experience, are also discussed.
    Release date: 2023-08-28

  • Articles and reports: 89-654-X2023001
    Description: This fact sheet uses data from the 2020 General Social Survey to explore social connections among persons with and without mental health-related disabilities.
    Release date: 2023-05-31

  • Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100005
    Description: Using data from the General Social Survey –Social Identity– this study examines Canadians’ agreement with values that are often seen as shared by the Canadian population such as human rights, respect for the law, gender equality, English and French as Canada’s official languages, ethnic and cultural diversity, and respect for Indigenous cultures. Specific attention is given to gender differences in personal beliefs.
    Release date: 2023-05-30

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023037
    Description: This infographic uses data from the 2020 General Social Survey - Social Identity to provide insights into personal agreement with values related to social identity. It presents the proportion of the Canadian population, aged 15 and older, who greatly agreed with specific social and democratic values. The infographic explores how people with different socio-demographic characteristics place varying importance on these values.
    Release date: 2023-05-30

  • Stats in brief: 11-001-X202308836266
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-03-29

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022055
    Description: Following the news is an activity that more than half of Canadians engage in on a daily basis. This infographic, using data from the General Social Survey on Social Identity (2020), explores the use of five different news sources: newspapers, magazines, television, radio and the internet. It also looks at media consumption for different groups of Canadians.
    Release date: 2023-03-28

  • Stats in brief: 11-001-X202302336448
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-01-23
Reference (3)

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  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-657-X2024002
    Description: This document presents a complete list of the social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada that are available on the homepage of our Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub. The information provided for each indicator includes a short description of the corresponding derivation, available data sources, reference years and accessible levels of geographical and disaggregation. Each indicator has a corresponding products number (data tables, visualization tools and analytical documents). This document has been updated to reflect the social inclusion indicators and associated products that are available in 2024.
    Release date: 2024-03-26

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-657-X2023001
    Description: This document presents a complete list of the social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada that are available on the homepage of our Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub. The information provided for each indicator includes a short description of the corresponding derivation, available data sources and reference years, and accessible levels of geographical disaggregation. Each indicator has various corresponding products (data tables, visualization tools and analytical documents).
    Release date: 2023-03-29

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-631-X
    Description:

    This report highlights the latest developments and rationale behind recent cycles of the General Social Survey (GSS). Starting with an overview of the GSS mandate and historic cycle topics, we then focus on two recent cycles related to families in Canada: Family Transitions (2006) and Family, Social Support and Retirement (2007). Finally, we give a summary of what is to come in the 2008 GSS on Social Networks, and describe a special project to mark 'Twenty Years of GSS'.

    The survey collects data over a twelve month period from the population living in private households in the 10 provinces. For all cycles except Cycles 16 and 21, the population aged 15 and older has been sampled. Cycles 16 and 21 sampled persons aged 45 and older.

    Cycle 20 (GSS 2006) is the fourth cycle of the GSS to collect data on families (the first three cycles on the family were in 1990, 1995 and 2001). Cycle 20 covers much the same content as previous cycles on families with some sections revised and expanded. The data enable analysts to measure conjugal and fertility history (chronology of marriages, common-law unions, and children), family origins, children's home leaving, fertility intentions, child custody as well as work history and other socioeconomic characteristics. Questions on financial support agreements or arrangements (for children and the ex-spouse or ex-partner) for separated and divorced families have been modified. Also, sections on social networks, well-being and housing characteristics have been added.

    Release date: 2008-05-27
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