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Base population

May 16, 2006 Census of Population adjusted for census net undercoverage and incompletely enumerated Indian reserves.

2006 Census: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2006, Catalogue no. 92-200-X.

Census net undercoverage: See The Daily, September 29, 2008.

Incompletely enumerated Indian reserves: See The Daily, September 29, 2008.

Births and deaths

Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.

Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Catalogue no. 91-002-X, Quarterly.

Births
Fertility rates for 2010 based on births by age of mother provided by Health Statistics Division applied to the female population estimates at the beginning of the quarter. Births for Quebec and British Columbia were provided by their respective agencies.
Deaths
Mortality rates for 2009 based on deaths by age group and sex provided by Health Statistics Division applied to the population estimates by age group and sex at the beginning of the quarter. Deaths for Quebec and British Columbia were provided by their respective agencies.

Immigration

Estimates are based on the immigrant files provided by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) according to information made available on November 19, 2012.

Emigration

The estimates are produced by Demography Division using:

  1. data from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Canada Child Tax Benefit files (CCTB). From 2010/2011 we used 2009/2010 data;
  2. tax data provided by the Income Statistics Division of Statistics Canada. From 2010/2011 we used 2009/2010 data;
  3. data provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics. From 2011/2012, we used 2010/2011 data;

Returning emigration

The estimates are produced by Demography Division using:

  1. data from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Canada Child Tax Benefit files (CCTB). From 2010/2011 we used 2009/2010 data;
  2. 2006 Census – 1 year mobility;

Net temporary emigration

The estimates are produced by Demography Division using:

  1. data from the Reverse Record Check (RRC) of the 2006 Census;
  2. 2006 Census – 1 year mobility;
  3. estimates of returning emigration for 2001/2006 intercensal period;

Non-permanent residents

The estimates are produced by Demography Division using Field Operational Support System files (FOSS) from CIC. These files, received on November 19, 2012, document the number of persons holding permits/authorizations or claiming refugee status.

Interprovincial migration

The estimates are produced by Demography Division using:

  1. CCTB-based adjusted migration data for children;
  2. factors corresponding to the ratio of the migration rate of all children to the migration rate of eligible children calculated using 2010/2011 tax file data;
  3. factors used to calculate adult migration and corresponding to the ratio of the adult to child migration rates, calculated on a three-year basis using tax file data for 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011;

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