A variable is a characteristic of a statistical unit being observed that may assume more than one of a set of values to which a numerical measure or a category from a classification can be assigned. More about variables
Variables starting with the letter A
- Absences from work of employed person
- Accommodation type of collective dwelling
- Adjusted after-tax income of economic family
- Adjusted after-tax income of person not in economic family
- Adjusted after-tax income of private household
- Adjusted total income of private household
- Admission category of immigrant
- After-tax income of census family
- After-tax income of economic family
- After-tax income of person
- After-tax income of private household
- Age at immigration of immigrant
- Age of person
- Age-specific fertility rate of females
- All languages spoken at home of person
- All languages used at work of person 15 years or over
- Applicant type of immigrant
Variables starting with the letter B
Variables starting with the letter C
- Census family status of person
- Census family structure (for census family)
- Child presence in census family
- Child presence in economic family
- Children ever born of female
- Citizenship of person
- Class of worker of employed person
- Class of worker of experienced labour force person
- Class of worker of person with recent work experience
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificates or diplomas of person
- Commuting destination of employed person
- Commuting duration of employed person
- Commuting vehicle occupancy of employed person
- Components of migration (in and out), five years, of geographic area
- Components of migration (in and out), one year, of geographic area
- Condominium status of private dwelling
- Core housing need of private household
Variables starting with the letter D
Variables starting with the letter E
Variables starting with the letter F
Variables starting with the letter G
Variables starting with the letter H
Variables starting with the letter I
Variables starting with the letter J
Variables starting with the letter K
Variables starting with the letter L
- Labour force status of person
- Language spoken most often at home of person
- Language used most often at work of person 15 years or over
- Legal marital status of person
- Living in a family household (for person)
- Location of residence five years ago of person
- Location of residence one year ago of person
- Location of study of person
- Location of workplace of employed person
- Low-income status of economic family
- Low-income status of person
- Low-income status of private household
Variables starting with the letter M
- Main mode of commuting of employed person
- Main reason for not working the full year of person 15 years or over
- Main reason for working mostly part time of person 15 years or over
- Marital status of person
- Membership in a First Nation or Indian band of person
- Membership in a Métis organization or Settlement of person
- Military service status of person
- Mobility status, five years, of person
- Mobility status, one year, of person
- Mother tongue of person
- Multiple modes of commuting of employed person
Variables starting with the letter N
Variables starting with the letter O
- Occupation of employed person
- Occupation of experienced labour force person
- Occupation of person with recent work experience
- Opposite- or same-sex married spouse or common-law partner of person
- Opposite- or same-sex status of couple family
- Other language(s) spoken regularly at home of person
- Other language(s) used regularly at work of person 15 years or over
Variables starting with the letter P
- Participation in religious activities of person
- Perceived health of person
- Period of construction of private dwelling
- Persons per room of private household
- Place of birth of parent of person
- Place of birth of person
- Place of origin of person
- Place of work status of employed person
- Population group of person
- Presence of mortgage payments of owner household
- Pre-admission experience of immigrant
- Province or territory of intended destination of immigrant
Variables starting with the letter Q
Variables starting with the letter R
Variables starting with the letter S
- School attendance of person
- Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate of person
- Sex at birth of person
- Sex of reference person of economic family
- Sex of reference person of lone-parent family
- Sexual orientation of person
- Shelter cost of private household
- Shelter-cost-to-income ratio of private household
- Stepfamily status of couple family with children
- Structural type of private dwelling
- Subsidized housing of renter household
Variables starting with the letter T
- Tenure of private household
- Time arriving at work of employed person
- Time leaving for work of employed person
- Total fertility rate of females
- Total income of census family
- Total income of economic family
- Total income of person
- Total income of private household
- Trades certificates and diplomas of person
- Type of census family
- Type of economic family
- Type of union of couple