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Demography/Population Estimates

Description: Statistics Canada collects, produces, analyzes and publishes quarterly and annual demographic statistics and is also responsible for census demographic and demolinguistic characteristics. The estimates program is used in the calculation of demographic, social and economic indicators (fertility, mortality, nuptiality, divorce, unemployment, school enrolment rates, etc.) in which the population or a part thereof, serves as the denominator. These data are used in the calculation of weights for use in selected Statistics Canada surveys. They are also used in the determination of the annual level of immigration by the Government of Canada. In addition, the data helps in the preparation of population projections by Statistics Canada, where estimates of population by age and sex are used as the base population. Estimated population counts play a vital role under the "Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal-Post-Secondary Education and Health Contributions Act" and the "Canada Student Loans Act" in determining the amounts of federal-provincial/territorial transfers.

Geographic detail: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census metropolitan areas

Demographic detail: age, sex, marital status, total number of census families and census family characteristics

Information collected:

Current population counts derived from estimates and future population counts derived from projections are both available and include (among others):

1. total number of census families, estimates of total population, population by age and sex and age, sex and marital status for Canada, provinces and territories
2. population estimates for census metropolitan areas and census divisions
3. household, family and population projections for Canada, the provinces and the territories
4. population projections for census metropolitan areas
5. components of population growth (births, deaths, marriages, immigration, total emigration, interprovincial migration, and non-permanent residents)
6. type of family (husband-wife, lone-parent)
7. census family characteristics by size and by type for Canada and provinces.

Frequency: Quarterly and annual

Products and services:

 Internet products:

1. Quarterly Demographic Statistics (Catalogue no. 91-002-XIB)
2. Annual Demographic Statistics (Catalogue no. 91-213-XIB)

Print products:

3. Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada (Catalogue no. 91-209-XPE)
4. Projections of Households and Families for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1994-2016 (Catalogue no. 91-522-XPB)
5. Projections of Population for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1993-2016 (Catalogue no. 91-520-XPB)

6. CANSIM matrices: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 397, 5731, 5772 to 5777,5779, 6213 to 6224,6226, 6227, 6270 to 6281, 6283 to 6294, 6303 to 6314, 6316 to 6327, 6329 to 6340, 6343, 6365,6366,6380, 6396 to 6409, 6470, 6516, 6900 to 6913*, 6981, 8151, 9235 to 9296

* Revised projections for Canada, provinces and territories at July 1, 1999 to 2026 are only available in CANSIM, matrices 6900 to 6913.

7. Customized data products are available on a cost-recovery basis.

Responsible sections: Demographic Estimates and Demographic Projections


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