Appendix A
Population coverage comparison, 2005

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  SLID Census T1FF SNA
Population covered Sample survey of about 30,000 (two panels of 15,000) households. Certain exclusions (see below) estimated to represent less than 3% of population. Canadian citizens, landed immigrants living in Canada or temporarily abroad. Non-permanent residents living in Canada. Income questions asked of  20% of dwellings Persons who completed T1 tax return and families eligible for the Canada Child Tax Benefit plus non-filing partners and children. Covers about 95% of population. Covers the entire PUBS1, not specific individuals. Estimates derived from surveys and administrative data.
Person count 25,583,000
Aged 16+
31,516,000 all ages 		25,664,220
Aged 15+
31,240,030 all ages 		23,951,820 taxfilers 31,099,150 taxfilers and dependents not applicable
Sample size 56,320 Aged 16+
69,600 all ages 		5,270,000 Aged 15+
6,470,000 all ages 		As above not applicable
Geography variations
- Persons living on Indian Reserves Excluded Included2 Included3 Income included
- Residents of territories Excluded Included Included Income included
- Canadians living outside Canada Excluded Canadian government employees (and families) temporarily working/posted abroad. Excluded unless filed from address in Canada or spouse lives in Canada No
Dwelling type variations
- Residents of institutions Excluded Excluded4 Included Income included
- Residents of Hutterite colonies Included Income of this group set to $0 Included Income included
- Military living on barracks Excluded Included Included Income included
Personal characteristics variations
- Age exclusions (with respect to 2005 income data) Income of those under 16 as of Dec. 31, 2005 excluded Income of those under 15 as of May 16, 2006 excluded Taxfilers of all ages included. No exclusions
- Persons who died during year 2005 (with respect to 2005 income data) Deceased and income of deceased excluded Deceased and income of deceased excluded Deceased excluded, if surviving spouse, income of the deceased attributed to the survivor All 2005 income included
- Persons who died Jan. 1 to May 16, 2006 Persons and 2005 income included. Persons and 2005 income excluded. Persons and 2005 income included. All 2005 income included
- Recent immigrants Under-covered because of the longitudinal sampling method 2005 income excluded for those landed after Dec. 31, 2005 even if they were possibly in Canada Included only if they filed Income included
Response rate 73.3% 97% Not measured not applicable
Imputation rates for complete income non-response
 2.7% 9.3% 0.0% not applicable
Imputation rates for partial non-response 23.5% 29.3% 7.7% not applicable
Calibration / slippage Population estimates, Household and family estimates and T4 earner classes. 15.2% of person-level slippage is corrected Adjustment for non-response (3%) is performed and long form data are calibrated to the population counts but data are still subject to census net under-coverage of 2.8% No calibration Targets administrative data. Must balance with other elements of SNA
Geography Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas (CMA) Canada, provinces and territories and very detailed standard geographies Canada, provinces and territories and very detailed postal geographies Canada and provinces and territories in Provincial economic accounts (PEA)

Notes

  1. PUBS:Persons and Unincorporated Business Sector, includes: Personal sector: All persons, households and associations of individuals serving households. Associations of individuals are non-profit institutions serving households, such as churches, labour unions and charitable organizations, plus credit unions, trusteed pension plans, life insurance companies, fraternal societies and mutual non-life insurance companies. Unincorporated business sector: All business transactors whose legal form of organization is not the corporation. Includes independent business operators, self-employed farmers, fishermen and professionals and unincorporated landlords (including those renting to themselves).
  2. Census figures excludes data for incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
  3. As tax requirements are slightly different on Indian reserves, the filing behaviour and coverage could be different.
  4. Residents of institutions are all enumerated with the Census short form that contains no income questions.
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