Previous standard - census family

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on October 22, 2007.

Census family marital structure
Census family parental structure

Census family marital structure

Definition

Census family marital structure is defined as the classification of census families by marital arrangements of the spouses or parents. This facilitates analysis where the prime interest is in spousal marital arrangements.

Detailed classification:

Total census families

-- --

Husband-wife families

-- -- --

Now-married couple families

-- -- -- --

Without child(ren) at home

-- -- -- --

With child(ren) at home

-- -- -- -- --

Intact families

-- -- -- -- --

Step-families

-- -- -- -- -- --

With Child(ren) of female spouse only

-- -- -- -- -- --

With Child(ren) of male spouse only

-- -- -- -- -- --

Blended families

-- -- --

Common-law couple families

-- -- -- --

Without child(ren) at home

-- -- -- --

With child(ren) at home

-- -- -- -- --

Intact families

-- -- -- -- --

Step-families

-- -- -- -- -- --

With Child(ren) of female spouse only

-- -- -- -- -- --

With Child(ren) of male spouse only

-- -- -- -- -- --

Blended families

-- --

Lone-parent families

-- -- --

With female parent

-- -- --

With male parent

Collapsed classification:

Total census families

-- --

Husband-wife families

-- -- --

Now-married couple families

-- -- --

Common-law couple families

-- --

Lone-parent families

Census family parental structure

Definition

Census family parental structure is defined as the classification of census families by the presence of children. This facilitates analysis where the prime interest is in the presence or absence of children

Detailed classification:

Total census families

-- --

Families with children at home

-- -- --

Husband-wife families

-- -- -- --

Intact families

-- -- -- --

Step families

-- -- -- -- --

With child(ren) of female spouse only

-- -- -- -- --

With child(ren) of male spouse only

-- -- -- -- --

Blended families

-- -- --

Lone-parent families

-- -- -- --

With male parent

-- -- -- --

With female parent

-- --

Families with no children at home (husband-wife families)

Collapsed classification:

Total census families

-- --

Families with children at home

-- -- --

Husband-wife families

-- -- --

Lone-parent families

-- -- -- --

With male parent

-- -- -- --

With female parent

-- --

Families with no children at home (husband-wife families)

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Previous standard - Place of birth

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on September 20, 2010.

Definition

Place of birth applies to the province or territory of a person if born in Canada or the country if born outside Canada. Respondents are to report their place of birth according to provincial or international boundaries in effect at the time of enumeration not at the time of birth. Countries should be coded according to the most recent ISO codes and it is recommended that they be aggregated into regions according to the most recent United Nations' standards for the reporting of demographic and social data.

Place of birth, Canada

Place of birth, refers to whether a person was born in Canada, and if so, which province or territory.

Classification(s)

Place of birth, Canada 1996
Place of birth, Canada 2001

Place of birth, in Canada 1996

Place of birth, in Canada 1996
1	Born in Canada
1.1	Newfoundland
1.2	Prince Edward Island
1.3	Nova Scotia
1.4	New Brunswick
1.5	Quebec
1.6	Ontario
1.7	Manitoba
1.8	Saskatchewan
1.9	Alberta
1.10	British Columbia
1.11	Yukon Territory
1.12	Northwest Territories
1.12.1	Western Territory (from 1999)
1.12.2	Nunavut Territory (from 1999)
2	Not Born in Canada

Place of birth, in Canada 2001

Place of birth, in Canada 2001
1	Born in Canada
1.1	Newfoundland and Labrador
1.2	Prince Edward Island
1.3	Nova Scotia
1.4	New Brunswick
1.5	Quebec
1.6	Ontario
1.7	Manitoba
1.8	Saskatchewan
1.9	Alberta
1.10	British Columbia
1.11	Yukon Territory
1.12	Northwest Territories
1.13	Nunavut
2	Not Born in Canada

Place of birth, outside Canada

Place of birth, outside Canada refers to the country outside Canada in which a person was born.

Classification(s)

Place of birth, outside Canada 1996
Place of birth, outside Canada 2001

Place of birth, outside Canada 1996

America
- North America
  - Greenland
  - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  - United States
- Central America
  - Belize
  - Costa Rica
  - El Salvador
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
  - Mexico
  - Nicaragua
  - Panama
- Caribbean and Bermuda
  - Anguilla
  - Antigua and Barbuda
  - Aruba
  - Bahamas
  - Barbados
  - Bermuda
  - Cayman Islands
  - Cuba
  - Dominica
  - Dominican Republic
  - Grenada
  - Guadeloupe
  - Haiti
  - Jamaica
  - Martinique
  - Montserrat
  - Netherlands Antilles
  - Puerto Rico
  - Saint Kitts and Nevis
  - Saint Lucia
  - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  - Trinidad and Tobago
  - Turks and Caicos Islands
  - Virgin Islands, British
  - Virgin Islands, United States
- South America
  - Argentina
  - Bolivia
  - Brazil
  - Chile
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  - French Guiana
  - Guyana
  - Paraguay
  - Peru
  - Suriname
  - Uruguay
  - Venezuela
Europe
- Western Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - France
  - Germany
  - Liechtenstein
  - Luxembourg
  - Monaco
  - Netherlands
  - Switzerland
- Eastern Europe
  - Bulgaria
  - Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Former
    - Czech Republic
    - Slovakia.
    - Czechoslovakia, n.i.e.
  - Hungary
  - Poland
  - Romania
  - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Former (European component)
    - Baltic Republics, Former Soviet
    - Estonia
    - Latvia
    - Lithuania
    - Eastern Europe Republics, Former Soviet
      - Belarus
      - Moldova, Republic of
      - Russian Federation
      - Ukraine
    - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, n.i.e.
- Northern Europe
  - Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
  - Scandinavia
    - Denmark
    - Finland
    - Iceland
    - Norway
    - Sweden
  - United Kingdom
- Southern Europe
  - Albania
  - Andorra
  - Gibraltar
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Malta
  - Portugal
  - San Marino
  - Spain
  - Vatican City State
  - Yugoslavia, Former
    - Bosnia and Herzegovina
    - Croatia
    - Macedonia (see endnote 1)
    - Slovenia
    - Yugoslavia (see endnote 2)
Africa
- Western Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina Faso
  - Cape Verde
  - Côte d'Ivoire
  - Gambia
  - Ghana
  - Guinea
  - Guinea-Bissau
  - Liberia
  - Mali
  - Mauritania
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Saint Helena
  - Senegal
  - Sierre Leone
  - Togo
- Eastern Africa
  - Burundi
  - Comoros
  - Djibouti
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Kenya
  - Madagascar
  - Malawi
  - Mauritius
  - Mayotte
  - Mozambique
  - Réunion
  - Rwanda
  - Seychelles
  - Somalia
  - Tanzania, United Republic of
  - Uganda
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Egypt
  - Libya
  - Morocco
  - Sudan
  - Tunisia
  - Western Sahara
- Central Africa
  - Angola
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Chad
  - Congo
  - Equitorial Guinea
  - Gabon
  - Sao Tome and Principe
  - Zaire
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana
  - Lesotho
  - Namibia
  - South Africa, Republic of
  - Swaziland
Asia
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
  - Afghanistan
  - Cyprus
  - Iran
  - Middle East
    - Bahrain
    - Iraq
    - Israel
    - Jordan
    - Kuwait
    - Lebanon
    - Oman
    - Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip (see endnote 3)
    - Qatar
    - Saudi Arabia
    - Syria
    - United Arab Emirates
    - Yemen
  - Turkey
  - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Former (Asian Component)
    - Central Asian Republics, Former Soviet
      - Kazakstan
      - Kyrgyzstan
      - Tajikistan
      - Turkmenistan
      - Uzebekistan
    - Transcaucasian Republics, Former Soviet
      - Armenia
      - Azerbaijan
      - Georgia
- Eastern Asia
  - China, People's Republic of
  - Hong Kong
  - Japan
  - Korea, North
  - Korea, South
  - Macau
  - Mongolia
  - Taiwan
- South-east Asia
  - Brunei Darussalam
  - Cambodia
  - Indonesia
  - Laos
  - Malaysia
  - Myanmar
  - Philippines
  - Singapore
  - Thailand
  - Viet Nam
- Southern Asia
  - Bangladesh
  - Bhutan
  - India
  - Maldives
  - Nepal
  - Pakistan
  - Sri Lanka
Oceania
- - American Samoa
  - Australia
  - Cook Islands
  - Fiji
  - French Polynesia
  - Guam
  - Kiribati
  - Marshall Islands
  - Micronesia, Federated States of
  - Nauru
  - New Caledonia
  - New Zealand
  - Palau
  - Papua New Guinea
  - Pitcairn
  - Samo
  - Solomon Islands
  - Tonga
  - Tuvalu
  - Vanuata
  - Wallis and Futuna
Other, n.i.e. (see endnote 4)

Endnotes - Place of birth, outside Canada 1996

The official name is the Former Yugoslave Republic of Macedonia.
Includes persons who reported Yugoslavia, whether they referred to the former or the new republic of the same name.
Palestine refers to pre-1948 British-mandate Palestine. West Bank and Gaza Srip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. However, since responses in the census are self-reported, it is not clear that responses of Palestine, Gaza Strip or West Bank were in reference to these territories as defined.

Principally includes those born at sea. Due to the small number of persons reporting the following countries it is recommended that the following assignments be made:

Assignment made to specific countries
Country or region	Assignment
Antarctica	Other, n.i.e.
Bouvet Island	Other, n.i.e.
British Indian Ocean Territory	Other, n.i.e.
Christmas Island	Other, n.i.e.
Cocos (Keeling) Island	Other, n.i.e.
East Timor	Indonesia
Faroe Islands	Denmark
French Southern Territories	Other, n.i.e.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Other, n.i.e.
Niue	New Zealand
Norfolk Island	Australia
Northern Mariana Islands	Other, n.i.e.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Other, n.i.e.
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Norway
Tokelau	New Zealand
U.S. Minor Outlying Areas	Other, n.i.e.

Place of birth, outside Canada 2001

America
- North America
  - Greenland
  - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  - United States
- Central America
  - Belize
  - Costa Rica
  - El Salvador
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
  - Mexico
  - Nicaragua
  - Panama
- Caribbean and Bermuda
  - Anguilla
  - Antigua and Barbuda
  - Aruba
  - Bahamas
  - Barbados
  - Bermuda
  - Cayman Islands
  - Cuba
  - Dominica
  - Dominican Republic
  - Grenada
  - Guadeloupe
  - Haiti
  - Jamaica
  - Martinique
  - Montserrat
  - Netherlands Antilles
  - Puerto Rico
  - Saint Kitts and Nevis
  - Saint Lucia
  - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  - Trinidad and Tobago
  - Turks and Caicos Islands
  - Virgin Islands, British
  - Virgin Islands, United States
- South America
  - Argentina
  - Bolivia
  - Brazil
  - Chile
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  - French Guiana
  - Guyana
  - Paraguay
  - Peru
  - Suriname
  - Uruguay
  - Venezuela
Europe
- Western Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - France
  - Germany
  - Liechtenstein
  - Luxembourg
  - Monaco
  - Netherlands
  - Switzerland
- Eastern Europe
  - Bulgaria
  - Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Former
    - Czech Republic
    - Slovakia.
    - Czechoslovakia, n.i.e.
  - Hungary
  - Poland
  - Romania
  - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Former (European component)
    - Baltic Republics, Former Soviet
    - Estonia
    - Latvia
    - Lithuania
    - Eastern Europe Republics, Former Soviet
      - Belarus
      - Moldova, Republic of
      - Russian Federation
      - Ukraine
    - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, n.i.e.
- Northern Europe
  - Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
  - Scandinavia
    - Denmark
    - Finland
    - Iceland
    - Norway
    - Sweden
  - United Kingdom
- Southern Europe
  - Albania
  - Andorra
  - Gibraltar
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Malta
  - Portugal
  - San Marino
  - Spain
  - Vatican City State
  - Yugoslavia, Former
    - Bosnia and Herzegovina
    - Croatia
    - Macedonia (see endnote 1)
    - Slovenia
    - Yugoslavia (see endnote 2)
Africa
- Western Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina Faso
  - Cape Verde
  - Côte d'Ivoire
  - Gambia
  - Ghana
  - Guinea
  - Guinea-Bissau
  - Liberia
  - Mali
  - Mauritania
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Saint Helena
  - Senegal
  - Sierre Leone
  - Togo
- Eastern Africa
  - Burundi
  - Comoros
  - Djibouti
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Kenya
  - Madagascar
  - Malawi
  - Mauritius
  - Mayotte
  - Mozambique
  - Réunion
  - Rwanda
  - Seychelles
  - Somalia
  - Tanzania, United Republic of
  - Uganda
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Egypt
  - Libya
  - Morocco
  - Sudan
  - Tunisia
  - Western Sahara
- Central Africa
  - Angola
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Chad
  - Congo
  - Equitorial Guinea
  - Gabon
  - Sao Tome and Principe
  - Zaire
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana
  - Lesotho
  - Namibia
  - South Africa, Republic of
  - Swaziland
Asia
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
  - Afghanistan
  - Cyprus
  - Iran
  - Middle East
    - Bahrain
    - Iraq
    - Israel
    - Jordan
    - Kuwait
    - Lebanon
    - Oman
    - Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip (see endnote 3)
    - Qatar
    - Saudi Arabia
    - Syria
    - United Arab Emirates
    - Yemen
  - Turkey
  - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Former (Asian Component)
    - Central Asian Republics, Former Soviet
      - Kazakstan
      - Kyrgyzstan
      - Tajikistan
      - Turkmenistan
      - Uzebekistan
    - Transcaucasian Republics, Former Soviet
      - Armenia
      - Azerbaijan
      - Georgia
- Eastern Asia
  - China, People's Republic of
  - Hong Kong
  - Japan
  - Korea, North
  - Korea, South
  - Macau
  - Mongolia
  - Taiwan
- South-east Asia
  - Brunei Darussalam
  - Cambodia
  - Indonesia
  - Laos
  - Malaysia
  - Myanmar
  - Philippines
  - Singapore
  - Thailand
  - Viet Nam
- Southern Asia
  - Bangladesh
  - Bhutan
  - India
  - Maldives
  - Nepal
  - Pakistan
  - Sri Lanka
Oceania
- - American Samoa
  - Australia
  - Cook Islands
  - Fiji
  - French Polynesia
  - Guam
  - Kiribati
  - Marshall Islands
  - Micronesia, Federated States of
  - Nauru
  - New Caledonia
  - New Zealand
  - Palau
  - Papua New Guinea
  - Pitcairn
  - Samo
  - Solomon Islands
  - Tonga
  - Tuvalu
  - Vanuata
  - Wallis and Futuna
- Other, n.i.e. (see endnote 4)

Endnotes - Place of birth, outside Canada 2001

The official name is the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Includes persons who reported Yugoslavia, whether they referred to the former or the new republic of the same name.
Palestine refers to pre-1948 British-mandate Palestine. West Bank and Gaza Srip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. However, since responses to the census are self-reported, it is not clear that responses of Palestine, Gaza Strip or West Bank were in reference to these territories as defined.

Principally includes those born at sea. Due to the small number of persons reporting the following countries it is recommended that the following assignments be made:

Assignment made to specific countries
Country or region	Assignment
Antarctica	Other, n.i.e.
Bouvet Island	Other, n.i.e.
British Indian Ocean Territory	Other, n.i.e.
Christmas Island	Other, n.i.e.
Cocos (Keeling) Island	Other, n.i.e.
Faroe Islands	Denmark
French Southern Territories	Other, n.i.e.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Other, n.i.e.
Niue	New Zealand
Norfolk Island	Australia
Northern Mariana Islands	Other, n.i.e.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Other, n.i.e.
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Norway
Tokelau	New Zealand
U.S. Minor Outlying Areas	Other, n.i.e.

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Date modified:: 2017-05-19

Previous standard - Citizenship

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on April 18, 2011.

Definition

Citizenship refers to the legal citizenship status of a person.

Citizenship stems from the Citizenship Act. Although the Act does not provide a definition of citizenship it does note that both Canadian-born and naturalized citizens are entitled to the same rights, powers and privileges and are subject to the same obligations, duties and liabilities. Most persons have a single citizenship but some have more than one. Persons may be Canadian by birth (this includes persons born in Canada and persons born outside Canada to Canadian parents) or Canadian by naturalization (landed immigrants who have applied for and been granted, citizenship). Persons may be Canadian by birth and yet hold the citizenship of another country. Persons may also be Canadian by naturalization and also hold citizenship of their country of birth or some other country.

Classification(s)

Citizenship 1996
Citizenship 2001

Citizenship 1996

Code

Title

Note

Citizenship Canadian

1.1

Canada by birth

1.1.1

Canada by birth only

1.1.2

Canada by birth and citizen of other country

1.2

Canada by naturalization

1.2.1

Canada only

1.2.2

Canada and citizen of country of birth

1.2.3

Canada and citizen of other country

Citizenship of country other than Canada

2.1

Citizen of country of birth

2.2

Citizen of other country

2.2.01

Afghanistan

2.2.02

Albania

2.2.03

Algeria

2.2.04

Andorra

2.2.05

Angola

2.2.06

Antigua and Barbuda

2.2.07

Argentina

2.2.08

Armenia

2.2.09

Australia

2.2.10

Austria

2.2.11

Azerbaijan

2.2.12

Bahamas

2.2.13

Bahrain

2.2.14

Bangladesh

2.2.15

Barbados

2.2.16

Belarus

2.2.17

Belgium

2.2.18

Belize

2.2.19

Benin

2.2.20

Bhutan

2.2.21

Bolivia

2.2.22

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2.2.23

Botswana

2.2.24

Brazil

2.2.25

Brunei Darussalam

2.2.26

Bulgaria

2.2.27

Burkina Faso

2.2.28

Burundi

2.2.29

Cambodia

2.2.30

Cameroon

2.2.31

Cape Verde

2.2.32

Central African Republic

2.2.33

Chad

2.2.34

Chile

2.2.35

China, People's Republic of

2.2.36

Colombia

2.2.37

Comoros

2.2.38

Congo

2.2.39

Costa Rica

2.2.40

Côte d'Ivoire

2.2.41

Croatia

2.2.42

Cuba

2.2.43

Cyprus

2.2.44

Czech Republic

2.2.45

Czechoslovakia, n.i.e.

Includes persons who reported "Czechoslovakia".

2.2.46

Denmark

Includes Faroe Islands and Greenland, a dependency of Denmark.

2.2.47

Djibouti

2.2.48

Dominica

2.2.49

Dominican Republic

2.2.50

Ecuador

2.2.51

Egypt

2.2.52

El Salvador

2.2.53

Equatorial Guinea

2.2.54

Eritrea

2.2.55

Estonia

2.2.56

Ethiopia

2.2.57

Fiji

2.2.58

Finland

2.2.59

France and Dependencies

Includes France as well as the following dependencies of France: French Polynesia, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Wallis and Futuna, as well as responses of "French Dependencies".

2.2.60

French Responses

Includes persons who reported "French" only.

2.2.61

Gabon

2.2.62

Gambia

2.2.63

Georgia

2.2.64

Germany

2.2.65

Ghana

2.2.66

Greece

2.2.67

Grenada

2.2.68

Guatemala

2.2.69

Guinea

2.2.70

Guinea-Bissau

2.2.71

Guyana

2.2.72

Haiti

2.2.73

Honduras

2.2.74

Hong Kong

Includes all persons who reported "Hong Kong", whether or not they provided specific details of the type of documentation they held. Includes responses of "British National Overseas", or "British Dependent Territories Citizen", or "Stateless", or "British" for citizenship and "Hong Kong" for place of birth.

2.2.75

Hungary

2.2.76

Iceland

2.2.77

India

2.2.78

Indonesia

2.2.79

Iran

2.2.80

Iraq

2.2.81

Ireland, Republic of (EIRE)

2.2.82

Israel

2.2.83

Italy

2.2.84

Jamaica

2.2.85

Japan

2.2.86

Jordan

2.2.87

Kazakhstan

2.2.88

Kenya

2.2.89

Kiribati

2.2.90

Korea, North

2.2.91

Korea, South

2.2.92

Kuwait

2.2.93

Kyrgyzstan

2.2.94

Laos

2.2.95

Latvia

2.2.96

Lebanon

2.2.97

Lesotho

2.2.98

Liberia

2.2.99

Libya

2.2.100

Liechtenstein

2.2.101

Lithuania

2.2.102

Luxembourg

2.2.103

Macedonia

2.2.104

Madagascar

2.2.105

Malawi

2.2.106

Malaysia

2.2.107

Maldives

2.2.108

Mali

2.2.109

Malta

2.2.110

Marshall Islands

2.2.111

Mauritania

2.2.112

Mauritius

2.2.113

Mexico

2.2.114

Micronesia, Federated States of

2.2.115

Moldova, Republic of

2.2.116

Monaco

2.2.117

Mongolia

2.2.118

Morocco

2.2.119

Mozambique

2.2.120

Myanmar

2.2.121

Namibia

2.2.122

Nauru

2.2.123

Nepal

2.2.124

Netherlands and Dependencies

Includes Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, as well as responses of "Netherlands Dependencies".

2.2.125

New Zealand and Dependencies

Includes New Zealand, Niue, Tokelau, and Cook Islands, as well as responses of "New Zealand Dependencies".

2.2.126

Nicaragua

2.2.127

Niger

2.2.128

Nigeria

2.2.129

Norway

2.2.130

Oman

2.2.131

Pakistan

2.2.132

Palau

2.2.133

Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip

Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine. West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the PLO in 1993. However, since responses to the census are self-reported, it is not clear that responses of "Palestine", "Gaza Strip" or "West Bank" were in reference to these territories as defined.

2.2.134

Panama

2.2.135

Papua New Guinea

2.2.136

Paraguay

2.2.137

Peru

2.2.138

Philippines

2.2.139

Poland

2.2.140

Portugal

2.2.141

Portugal-Macau

Includes persons who reported "Macau", the dependency of Portugal.

2.2.142

Qatar

2.2.143

Romania

2.2.144

Russian Federation

2.2.145

Rwanda

2.2.146

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2.2.147

Saint Lucia

2.2.148

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

2.2.149

Samoa

2.2.150

San Marino

2.2.151

Sao Tome and Principe

2.2.152

Saudi Arabia

2.2.153

Senegal

2.2.154

Seychelles

2.2.155

Sierra Leone

2.2.156

Singapore

2.2.157

Slovakia

2.2.158

Slovenia

2.2.159

Solomon Islands

2.2.160

Somalia

2.2.161

South Africa, Republic of

2.2.162

Spain

2.2.163

Sri Lanka

2.2.164

Stateless

Persons who reported "Stateless" as their country of citizenship.

2.2.165

Sudan

2.2.166

Suriname

2.2.167

Swaziland

2.2.168

Sweden

2.2.169

Switzerland

2.2.170

Syria

2.2.171

Taiwan

2.2.172

Tajikistan

2.2.173

Tanzania, United Republic of

2.2.174

Thailand

2.2.175

Togo

2.2.176

Tonga

2.2.177

Trinidad and Tobago

2.2.178

Tunisia

2.2.179

Turkey

2.2.180

Turkmenistan

2.2.181

Tuvalu

2.2.182

U.S.S.R., n.i.e.

Includes persons who reported "U.S.S.R.".

2.2.183

Uganda

2.2.184

Ukraine

2.2.185

United Arab Emirates

2.2.186

United Kingdom

2.2.187

United Kingdom - British Citizens

Includes persons who reported "British Citizen" and "British National Overseas", excluding those who reported Hong Kong as their place of birth. Those who reported "Hong Kong" as their place of birth and who reported "British" as their citizenship are included in Hong Kong.

2.2.188

United Kingdom - Depend Territories

Includes the following dependencies of the United Kingdom: Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena (also known as St. Helena and Ascension), Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands, as well as responses of "British Dependencies".

2.2.189

United States

Includes United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa, as well as responses of "American Dependencies".

2.2.190

Uruguay

2.2.191

Uzbekistan

2.2.192

Vanuatu

2.2.193

Vatican City State

2.2.194

Venezuela

2.2.195

Viet Nam

2.2.196

Western Sahara

2.2.197

Yemen

2.2.198

Yugoslavia

Includes persons who reported "Yugoslavia", whether they referred to the former or the new republic of the same name.

2.2.199

Zaire

2.2.200

Zambia

2.2.201

Zimbabwe

Citizenship 2001

Code

Title

Note

Citizenship Canadian

1.1

Canada by birth

1.1.1

Canada by birth only

1.1.2

Canada by birth and citizen of other country

1.2

Canada by naturalization

1.2.1

Canada only

1.2.2

Canada and citizen of country of birth

1.2.3

Canada and citizen of other country

Citizenship of country other than Canada

2.1

Citizen of country of birth

2.2

Citizen of other country

2.2.1

Afghanistan

2.2.2

Albania

2.2.3

Algeria

2.2.4

Andorra

2.2.5

Angola

2.2.6

Antigua and Barbuda

2.2.7

Argentina

2.2.8

Armenia

2.2.9

Australia

2.2.10

Austria

2.2.11

Azerbaijan

2.2.12

Bahamas

2.2.13

Bahrain

2.2.14

Bangladesh

2.2.15

Barbados

2.2.16

Belarus

2.2.17

Belgium

2.2.18

Belize

2.2.19

Benin

2.2.20

Bhutan

2.2.21

Bolivia

2.2.22

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2.2.23

Botswana

2.2.24

Brazil

2.2.25

Brunei Darussalam

2.2.26

Bulgaria

2.2.27

Burkina Faso

2.2.28

Burundi

2.2.29

Cambodia

2.2.30

Cameroon

2.2.31

Cape Verde

2.2.32

Central African Republic

2.2.33

Chad

2.2.34

Chile

2.2.35

China, People's Republic of

Includes all persons who reported "Republic of China" as well as persons who reported "Macau", the former dependency of Portugal, and all persons who reported "Hong Kong". Macau and Hong Kong are now special administrative regions of China. Includes responses of "British National Overseas", or "British Dependent Territories Citizen", or "Stateless", or "British" for citizenship and "Hong Kong" for place of birth.

2.2.36

Colombia

2.2.37

Comoros

2.2.38

Congo

2.2.39

Costa Rica

2.2.40

Côte d'Ivoire

2.2.41

Croatia

2.2.42

Cuba

2.2.43

Cyprus

2.2.44

Czech Republic

2.2.45

Czechoslovakia, n.i.e.

Includes persons who reported "Czechoslovakia".

2.2.46

Denmark

Includes Faroe Islands and Greenland, a dependency of Denmark.

2.2.47

Djibouti

2.2.48

Dominica

2.2.49

Dominican Republic

2.2.50

Ecuador

2.2.51

Egypt

2.2.52

El Salvador

2.2.53

Equatorial Guinea

2.2.54

Eritrea

2.2.55

Estonia

2.2.56

Ethiopia

2.2.57

Fiji

2.2.58

Finland

2.2.59

France and Dependencies

2.2.60

French Responses

Includes persons who reported "French" only.

2.2.61

Gabon

2.2.62

Gambia

2.2.63

Georgia

2.2.64

Germany

2.2.65

Ghana

2.2.66

Greece

2.2.67

Grenada

2.2.68

Guatemala

2.2.69

Guinea

2.2.70

Guinea-Bissau

2.2.71

Guyana

2.2.72

Haiti

2.2.73

Honduras

2.2.74

Hong Kong

2.2.75

Hungary

2.2.76

Iceland

2.2.77

India

2.2.78

Indonesia

2.2.79

Iran

2.2.80

Iraq

2.2.81

Ireland, Republic of (EIRE)

2.2.82

Israel

2.2.83

Italy

2.2.84

Jamaica

2.2.85

Japan

2.2.86

Jordan

2.2.87

Kazakhstan

2.2.88

Kenya

2.2.89

Kiribati

2.2.90

Korea, North

2.2.91

Korea, South

2.2.92

Kuwait

2.2.93

Kyrgyzstan

2.2.94

Laos

2.2.95

Latvia

2.2.96

Lebanon

2.2.97

Lesotho

2.2.98

Liberia

2.2.99

Libya

2.2.100

Liechtenstein

2.2.101

Lithuania

2.2.102

Luxembourg

2.2.103

Macedonia

2.2.104

Madagascar

2.2.105

Malawi

2.2.106

Malaysia

2.2.107

Maldives

2.2.108

Mali

2.2.109

Malta

2.2.110

Marshall Islands

2.2.111

Mauritania

2.2.112

Mauritius

2.2.113

Mexico

2.2.114

Micronesia, Federated States of

2.2.115

Moldova, Republic of

2.2.116

Monaco

2.2.117

Mongolia

2.2.118

Morocco

2.2.119

Mozambique

2.2.120

Myanmar

2.2.121

Namibia

2.2.122

Nauru

2.2.123

Nepal

2.2.124

Netherlands and Dependencies

Includes Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, as well as responses of "Netherlands Dependencies".

2.2.125

New Zealand and Dependencies

Includes New Zealand, Niue, Tokelau, and Cook Islands, as well as responses of "New Zealand Dependencies".

2.2.126

Nicaragua

2.2.127

Niger

2.2.128

Nigeria

2.2.129

Norway

2.2.130

Oman

2.2.131

Pakistan

2.2.132

Palau

2.2.133

Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip

2.2.134

Panama

2.2.135

Papua New Guinea

2.2.136

Paraguay

2.2.137

Peru

2.2.138

Philippines

2.2.139

Poland

2.2.140

Portugal

2.2.141

Portugal-Macau

2.2.142

Qatar

2.2.143

Romania

2.2.144

Russian Federation

2.2.145

Rwanda

2.2.146

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2.2.147

Saint Lucia

2.2.148

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

2.2.149

Samoa

2.2.150

San Marino

2.2.151

Sao Tome and Principe

2.2.152

Saudi Arabia

2.2.153

Senegal

2.2.154

Seychelles

2.2.155

Sierra Leone

2.2.156

Singapore

2.2.157

Slovakia

2.2.158

Slovenia

2.2.159

Solomon Islands

2.2.160

Somalia

2.2.161

South Africa, Republic of

2.2.162

Spain

2.2.163

Sri Lanka

2.2.164

Stateless

Persons who reported "Stateless" as their country of citizenship excluding those who reported "Hong Kong" as their place of birth. Those who reported "Hong Kong" as their place of birth and who reported "stateless" as their citizenship are included in People's Republic of China.

2.2.165

Sudan

2.2.166

Suriname

2.2.167

Swaziland

2.2.168

Sweden

2.2.169

Switzerland

2.2.170

Syria

2.2.171

Taiwan

2.2.172

Tajikistan

2.2.173

Tanzania, United Republic of

2.2.174

Thailand

2.2.175

Togo

2.2.176

Tonga

2.2.177

Trinidad and Tobago

2.2.178

Tunisia

2.2.179

Turkey

2.2.180

Turkmenistan

2.2.181

Tuvalu

2.2.182

U.S.S.R., n.i.e.

Includes persons who reported "U.S.S.R.".

2.2.183

Uganda

2.2.184

Ukraine

2.2.185

United Arab Emirates

2.2.186

United Kingdom

2.2.187

United Kingdom - British Citizens

2.2.188

United Kingdom - Depend Territories

2.2.189

United States

Includes United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa, as well as responses of "American Dependencies".

2.2.190

Uruguay

2.2.191

Uzbekistan

2.2.192

Vanuatu

2.2.193

Vatican City State

2.2.194

Venezuela

2.2.195

Viet Nam

2.2.196

Western Sahara

2.2.197

Yemen

2.2.198

Yugoslavia

Includes persons who reported "Yugoslavia", whether they referred to the former or the new republic of the same name.

2.2.199

Zaire

2.2.200

Zambia

2.2.201

Zimbabwe

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Previous standard - Visible minority

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on June 15, 2009.

Definition

Visible minority applies to persons who are identified according to the Employment Equity Act as being non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour. Under the Act, Aboriginal persons are not considered to be members of visible minority groups.

Visible minority refers to whether or not a person, under criteria established by the Employment Equity Act, is non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour. Under the Act, an Aboriginal person is not considered to be a Visible Minority

Classification(s)

Visible minority

1.1

Chinese

1.2

South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Punjabi, Sri Lankan)

1.3

Black (e.g., African, Haitian, Jamaican, Somali)

1.4

Arab/West Asian (e.g., Armenian, Egyptian, Iranian, Lebanese, Moroccan)

1.5

Filipino

1.6

South East Asian (e.g., Cambodian, Indonesian, Laotian, Vietnamese)

1.7

Latin American

1.8

Japanese

1.9

Korean

1.10

Other

Non visible minority

2.1

Aboriginal

2.2

White

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Previous standard - Religion

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on April 18, 2011.

Definition

Religion applies to the systems of faith and worship through which a person experiences a sense of spirituality or the sacred and in which a community of believers share sacraments, rituals and moral codes.

Variables

Religious denomination
Frequency of attendance at religious services or meetings

Religious denomination

Religious denomination refers to whether or not a person is affiliated with a religious group, body, sect, cult or community of belief and, if so, the name of the group.

Classification(s)

Affiliated with a religious group

1.1

Catholic

1.1.1

Other Catholic

1.1.2

Polish National Catholic Church

1.1.3

Roman Catholic

1.1.4

Ukrainian Catholic

1.2

Protestant

1.2.1

Adventist

1.2.2

Anglican

1.2.3

Apostolic Christian

1.2.4

Associated Gospel

1.2.5

Baptist

1.2.6

Brethren in Christ

1.2.7

Canadian Reformed Church

1.2.8

Charismatic Renewal

1.2.9

Christadelphian

1.2.10

Christian and Missionary Alliance

1.2.11

Christian Assembly

1.2.12

Christian Congregation

1.2.13

Christian, n.o.s.

1.2.14

Christian Reformed

1.2.15

Church of God

1.2.16

Church of Latter Day Saints

1.2.17

Church of the Nazarene

1.2.18

Churches of Christ, Disciples

1.2.19

Dutch Reformed Church

1.2.20

Evangelical

1.2.21

Evangelical Free Church

1.2.22

Free Methodist

1.2.23

Hutterite

1.2.24

Interdenominational

1.2.25

Jehovah's Witnesses

1.2.26

Lutheran

1.2.27

Mennonite

1.2.28

Methodist Episcopal

1.2.29

Methodist, n.o.s.

1.2.30

Mission Convent

1.2.31

Mission de l'Esprit Saint

1.2.32

Missionary Church

1.2.33

Moravian

1.2.34

New Apostolic

1.2.35

New Church

1.2.36

Non-denominational

1.2.37

Orthodox Doukhobors

1.2.38

Other Christian

1.2.39

Other Reformed

1.2.40

Pentecostal

1.2.41

People's Church

1.2.42

Plymouth Brethren

1.2.43

Presbyterian

1.2.44

Protestant, n.o.s.

1.2.45

Quakers

1.2.46

Reformed Church of America

1.2.47

Reformed Doukhobors

1.2.48

Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints

1.2.49

Salvation Army

1.2.50

Spiritualist

1.2.51

Standard Church

1.2.52

Unitarian

1.2.53

United Church

1.2.54

Wesleyan

1.2.55

Worldwide Church of God

1.3

Orthodox

1.3.1

Antiochian Orthodox Christian

1.3.2

Armenian Orthodox

1.3.3

Coptic Orthodox

1.3.4

Greek Orthodox

1.3.5

Orthodox, n.o.s.

1.3.6

Romanian Orthodox

1.3.7

Russian Orthodox

1.3.8

Serbian Orthodox

1.3.9

Ukrainian Orthodox

1.4

Jewish

1.5

Eastern non-Christian

1.5.1

Baha'I

1.5.2

Buddhist

1.5.3

Confucian

1.5.4

Hindu

1.5.5

Islam

1.5.6

Jains

1.5.7

Other Eastern non-Christian

1.5.8

Shinto

1.5.9

Sikh

1.5.10

Taoist

Affiliated with a para-religious group

2.1

Aboriginal or First Nations spirituality

2.2

Fourth Way

2.3

Kabalarian

2.4

New Age

2.5

New Thought-Unity-Metaphysical

2.6

Pagan

2.7

Rastafarian

2.8

Satanism

2.9

Scientology

2.10

Theosophical groups

2.11

Other para-religious groups

Not affiliated with a religious or para-religious group

3.1

Agnostic

3.2

Atheist

3.3

Free Thinker

3.4

Humanist

3.5

No religion

3.6

Other, non-religious

3.7

Other, not elsewhere stated

Frequency of attendance at religious services or meetings

Frequency of attendance at religious services or meetings refers to whether or not a person attended, during the reference period (last twelve months), religious services or meetings and, if so, with what frequency.

It should be noted that the method of measurement using average attendance is preferable to using minimum attendance because the former categories are mutually exclusive. The latter, using responses such as at least once a week, at least once a month and at least once a year, are not mutually exclusive and therefore, ambiguous

Classification(s)

Attended during the reference year

1.1

On average more than once a week

1.2

On average once a week

1.3

On average two or three times a month

1.4

On average once a month

1.5

On average two to eleven times in the reference year

1.6

On average once in the reference year

Did not attend during the reference year

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Previous standard - Language

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on January 19, 2009.

Definition

Language applies to the linguistic skills of a person, particularly his or her ability to use different languages in different circumstances, such as at home, at school, at work or in social situations. It also applies to the ability of a person to use Canada's official languages and Canada's First Nations' languages.

The core language variables (most often used in classifying the population by linguistic skills) relate to mother tongue, language spoken at home and knowledge of official (and non-official) languages. From the point of view of linguistic studies it is desirable to collect information for all three but constraints of cost or respondent burden may limit inquiries to one. In such cases, the use of the mother tongue variable is preferable. This variable is used by the majority of clients and it is directly related to legislated requirements as set out in Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which makes direct reference to citizens of Canada "...whose first language learned and still understood is that of the English or French linguistic minority."

Variables

Mother tongue
Official language
Non-official language
Language spoken at home

Mother tongue

Mother tongue, refers to the first language a person learned at home in childhood and still understands. Some respondents may declare that they learned two or more languages simultaneously. This can be accommodated by providing for multiple reporting for official languages only.

Classification(s)

Note: Recommended groupings for aggregated outputs might be based upon English and French and the 10 to 15 languages reported with the highest incidence for any given geographic area.

Learned multiple languages simultaneously

1.1

English and French

1.2

English and Other

1.3

French and Other

1.4

Other multiples

Learned a single first language

2.1

Aboriginal languages

2.1.1

Algonquian

2.1.1.1

Algonquian

2.1.1.2

Attikamek

2.1.1.3

Blackfoot

2.1.1.4

Cree

2.1.1.5

Malecite

2.1.1.6

Micmac

2.1.1.7

Montagnais-Naskapi

2.1.1.8

Oji-Cree

2.1.1.9

Ojibway

2.1.1.10

Algonquian, n.i.e.

2.1.2

Athapaskan (Dene)

2.1.2.1

Carrier

2.1.2.2

Chilcotin

2.1.2.3

Chipewyan

2.1.2.4

Dene

2.1.2.5

Dogrib

2.1.2.6

Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)

2.1.2.7

North Slave (Hare)

2.1.2.8

South Slave

2.1.2.9

Athapaskan, n.i.e.

2.1.3

Haida

2.1.4

Iroquoian

2.1.4.1

Mohawk

2.1.4.2

Iroquoian, n.i.e.

2.1.5

Kutenai

2.1.6

Salish

2.1.6.1

Shuswap

2.1.6.2

Thompson (Ntlakapamux)

2.1.6.3

Salish, n.i.e.

2.1.7

Siouan

2.1.8

Tlingit

2.1.9

Tsimshian

2.1.9.1

Gitksan

2.1.9.2

Nishga

2.1.9.3

Tsimshian

2.1.10

Wakashan

2.1.10.1

Nootka

2.1.10.2

Wakashan, n.i.e.

2.1.11

Inuktitut

2.1.12

Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.

2.2

Romance languages

2.2.1

French

2.2.2

Italian

2.2.3

Portuguese

2.2.4

Romanian

2.2.5

Spanish

2.2.6

Romance languages, n.i.e.

2.3

Germanic languages

2.3.1

English

2.3.2

German

2.3.3

Yiddish

2.3.4

Netherlandic languages

2.3.4.1

Dutch

2.3.4.2

Flemish

2.3.4.3

Frisian

2.3.5

Scandinavian languages

2.3.5.1

Danish

2.3.5.2

Icelandic

2.3.5.3

Norwegian

2.3.5.4

Swedish

2.3.6

Germanic languages, n.i.e.

2.4

Celtic languages

2.4.1

Gaelic languages

2.4.2

Welsh

2.4.3

Celtic languages, n.i.e.

2.5

Slavic languages

2.5.1

Bulgarian

2.5.2

Byelorussian

2.5.3

Croatian

2.5.4

Czech

2.5.5

Macedonian

2.5.6

Polish

2.5.7

Russian

2.5.8

Serbian

2.5.9

Serbo-Croatian

2.5.10

Slovak

2.5.11

Slovenian

2.5.12

Ukrainian

2.5.13

Slavic languages, n.i.e.

2.6

Baltic languages

2.6.1

Latvian (Lettish)

2.6.2

Lithuanian

2.7

Finno-Ugric languages

2.7.1

Estonian

2.7.2

Finnish

2.7.3

Hungarian

2.8

Greek

2.9

Armenian

2.10

Turkic languages

2.10.1

Turkish

2.10.2

Turkic languages, n.i.e.

2.11

Semitic languages

2.11.1

Amharic

2.11.2

Arabic

2.11.3

Hebrew

2.11.4

Maltese

2.11.5

Somali

2.11.6

Tingringa

2.11.7

Semitic languages, n.i.e.

2.12

Indo-Iranian languages

2.12.1

Bengali

2.12.2

Gujarati

2.12.3

Hindi

2.12.4

Konkani

2.12.5

Kurdish

2.12.6

Marathi

2.12.7

Pashto

2.12.8

Persian (Farsi)

2.12.9

Punjabi

2.12.10

Sindhi

2.12.11

Sinhalese

2.12.12

Urdu

2.12.13

Indo-Iranian, n.i.e.

2.13

Dravidian languages

2.13.1

Kannada

2.13.2

Malayalam

2.13.3

Tamil

2.13.4

Telugu

2.13.5

Dravidian languages, n.i.e.

2.14

Japanese

2.15

Korean

2.16

Sino-Tibetan languages

2.16.1

Chinese

2.16.2

Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e

2.17

Tai languages

2.17.1

Lao

2.17.2

Thai

2.18

Austro-Asiatic languages

2.18.1

Khmer (Cambodian)

2.18.2

Vietnamese

2.18.3

Austro-Asiatic languages n.i.e.

2.19

Malayo-Polynesian languages

2.19.1

Malay-Bahasa

2.19.2

Tagalog (Filipino)

2.19.3

Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.

2.20

Asiatic languages n.i.e.

2.21

Niger-Congo languages

2.21.1

Bantu

2.21.1.1

Swahili

2.21.1.2

Bantu, n.i.e.

2.21.2

Twi

2.21.3

Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.

2.22

African languages, n.i.e.

2.23

Creoles

2.24

Non-verbal languages

2.25

Other languages

Non-official language

Non-official language refers to the language(s) spoken by a person (other than English or French) well enough to conduct a conversation.

Classification(s)

Note: Recommended groupings for aggregated outputs might be based upon English and French and the 10 to 15 languages reported with the highest incidence for any given geographic area.

Aboriginal languages

1.1

Algonquian

1.1.1

Algonquian

1.1.2

Attikamek

1.1.3

Blackfoot

1.1.4

Cree

1.1.5

Malecite

1.1.6

Micmac

1.1.7

Montagnais-Naskapi

1.1.8

Oji-Cree

1.1.9

Ojibway

1.1.10

Algonquian, n.i.e.

1.2

Athapaskan (Dene)

1.2.1

Carrier

1.2.2

Chilcotin

1.2.3

Chipewyan

1.2.4

Dene

1.2.5

Dogrib

1.2.6

Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)

1.2.7

North Slave (Hare)

1.2.8

South Slave

1.2.9

Athapaskan, n.i.e.

1.3

Haida

1.4

Iroquoian

1.4.1

Mohawk

1.4.2

Iroquoian, n.i.e.

1.5

Kutenai

1.6

Salish

1.6.1

Shuswap

1.6.2

Thompson (Ntlakapamux)

1.6.3

Salish, n.i.e.

1.7

Siouan

1.8

Tlingit

1.9

Tsimshian

1.9.1

Gitksan

1.9.2

Nishga

1.9.3

Tsimshian

1.10

Wakashan

1.10.1

Nootka

1.10.2

Wakashan, n.i.e.

1.11

Inuktitut

1.12

Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.

Romance languages

2.1

Italian

2.2

Portuguese

2.3

Romanian

2.4

Spanish

2.5

Romance languages, n.i.e.

Germanic languages

3.1

German

3.2

Yiddish

3.3

Netherlandic languages

3.3.1

Dutch

3.3.2

Flemish

3.3.3

Frisian

3.4

Scandinavian languages

3.4.1

Danish

3.4.2

Icelandic

3.4.3

Norwegian

3.4.4

Swedish

3.5

Germanic languages, n.i.e.

Celtic languages

4.1

Gaelic languages

4.2

Welsh

4.3

Celtic languages, n.i.e.

Slavic languages

5.1

Bulgarian

5.2

Byelorussian

5.3

Croatian

5.4

Czech

5.5

Macedonian

5.6

Polish

5.7

Russian

5.8

Serbian

5.9

Serbo-Croatian

5.10

Slovak

5.11

Slovenian

5.12

Ukrainian

5.13

Slavic languages, n.i.e.

Baltic languages

6.1

Latvian (Lettish)

6.2

Lithuanian

Finno-Ugric languages

7.1

Estonian

7.2

Finnish

7.3

Hungarian

Greek

Armenian

Turkic languages

10.1

Turkish

10.2

Turkic languages, n.i.e.

Semitic languages

11.1

Amharic

11.2

Arabic

11.3

Hebrew

11.4

Maltese

11.5

Somali

11.6

Tingringa

11.7

Semitic languages, n.i.e.

Indo-Iranian languages

12.1

Bengali

12.2

Gujarati

12.3

Hindi

12.4

Konkani

12.5

Kurdish

12.6

Marathi

12.7

Pashto

12.8

Persian (Farsi)

12.9

Punjabi

12.10

Sindhi

12.11

Sinhalese

12.12

Urdu

12.13

Indo-Iranian, n.i.e.

Dravidian languages

13.1

Kannada

13.2

Malayalam

13.3

Tamil

13.4

Telugu

13.5

Dravidian languages, n.i.e.

Japanese

Korean

Sino-Tibetan languages

16.1

Chinese

16.2

Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e

Tai languages

17.1

Lao

17.2

Thai

Austro-Asiatic languages

18.1

Khmer (Cambodian)

18.2

Vietnamese

18.3

Austro-Asiatic languages n.i.e.

Malayo-Polynesian languages

19.1

Malay-Bahasa

19.2

Tagalog (Filipino)

19.3

Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.

Asiatic languages n.i.e.

Niger-Congo languages

21.1

Bantu

21.1.1

Swahili

21.1.2

Bantu, n.i.e.

21.2

Twi

21.3

Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.

African languages, n.i.e.

Creoles

Non-verbal languages

Other languages

Language spoken at home

Language spoken at home refers to the language a person speaks most often at home.

Classification(s)

Note: Recommended groupings for aggregated outputs might be based upon English and French and the 10 to 15 languages reported with the highest incidence for any given geographic area.

Aboriginal languages

1.1

Algonquian

1.1.1

Algonquian

1.1.2

Attikamek

1.1.3

Blackfoot

1.1.4

Cree

1.1.5

Malecite

1.1.6

Micmac

1.1.7

Montagnais-Naskapi

1.1.8

Oji-Cree

1.1.9

Ojibway

1.1.10

Algonquian, n.i.e.

1.2

Athapaskan (Dene)

1.2.1

Carrier

1.2.2

Chilcotin

1.2.3

Chipewyan

1.2.4

Dene

1.2.5

Dogrib

1.2.6

Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)

1.2.7

North Slave (Hare)

1.2.8

South Slave

1.2.9

Athapaskan, n.i.e.

1.3

Haida

1.4

Iroquoian

1.4.1

Mohawk

1.4.2

Iroquoian, n.i.e.

1.5

Kutenai

1.6

Salish

1.6.1

Shuswap

1.6.2

Thompson (Ntlakapamux)

1.6.3

Salish, n.i.e.

1.7

Siouan

1.8

Tlingit

1.9

Tsimshian

1.9.1

Gitksan

1.9.2

Nishga

1.9.3

Tsimshian

1.10

Wakashan

1.10.1

Nootka

1.10.2

Wakashan, n.i.e.

1.11

Inuktitut

1.12

Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.

Romance languages

2.1

French

2.2

Italian

2.3

Portuguese

2.4

Romanian

2.5

Spanish

2.6

Romance languages, n.i.e.

Germanic languages

3.1

English

3.2

German

3.3

Yiddish

3.4

Netherlandic languages

3.4.1

Dutch

3.4.2

Flemish

3.4.3

Frisian

3.5

Scandinavian languages

3.5.1

Danish

3.5.2

Icelandic

3.5.3

Norwegian

3.5.4

Swedish

3.6

Germanic languages, n.i.e.

Celtic languages

4.1

Gaelic languages

4.2

Welsh

4.3

Celtic languages, n.i.e.

Slavic languages

5.1

Bulgarian

5.2

Byelorussian

5.3

Croatian

5.4

Czech

5.5

Macedonian

5.6

Polish

5.7

Russian

5.8

Serbian

5.9

Serbo-Croatian

5.10

Slovak

5.11

Slovenian

5.11.1

Ukrainian

5.11.2

Slavic languages, n.i.e.

Baltic languages

6.1

Latvian (Lettish)

6.2

Lithuanian

Finno-Ugric languages

7.1

Estonian

7.2

Finnish

7.3

Hungarian

Greek

Armenian

Turkic languages

10.1

Turkish

10.2

Turkic languages, n.i.e.

Semitic languages

11.1

Amharic

11.2

Arabic

11.3

Hebrew

11.4

Maltese

11.5

Somali

11.6

Tingringa

11.7

Semitic languages, n.i.e.

Indo-Iranian languages

12.1

Bengali

12.2

Gujarati

12.3

Hindi

12.4

Konkani

12.5

Kurdish

12.6

Marathi

12.7

Pashto

12.8

Persian (Farsi)

12.9

Punjabi

12.10

Sindhi

12.11

Sinhalese

12.12

Urdu

12.13

Indo-Iranian, n.i.e.

Dravidian languages

13.1

Kannada

13.2

Malayalam

13.3

Tamil

13.4

Telugu

13.5

Dravidian languages, n.i.e.

Japanese

Korean

Sino-Tibetan languages

16.1

Chinese

16.2

Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.

Tai languages

17.1

Lao

17.2

Thai

Austro-Asiatic languages

18.1

Khmer (Cambodian)

18.2

Vietnamese

18.3

Austro-Asiatic languages n.i.e.

Malayo-Polynesian languages

19.1

Malay-Bahasa

19.2

Tagalog (Filipino)

19.3

Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.

Asiatic languages n.i.e.

Niger-Congo languages

21.1

Bantu

21.1.1

Swahili

21.1.2

Bantu languages, n.i.e.

21.2

Twi

21.3

Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.

African languages, n.i.e.

Creoles

Non-verbal languages

Other languages

Official language

Definition

Official language refers to the ability of a person to conduct a conversation in English only, in French only, in both English and French or in neither English nor French.

Classification(s)

English

French

English and French

Neither English nor French

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Previous standard - Fertility

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on October 23, 2009.

Definition

Fertility, mortality and migration (internal and international) are the three essential components of change in the size of the population. Fertility refers to the actual reproductive performance of a person (usually a woman). It may refer to the number of children born alive during a specified period or over a person's life time.

Variables

Number of children ever born

Number of children ever born

Number of children ever born refers to the number of children born alive to a person (female usually aged 15 and over).

Classification(s)

Borne no child(ren)

Borne child(ren)

2.1

1 child

2.2

2 children

2.3

To maximum on file (usually 20)

Average number of children ever born

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Previous standard - age

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on May 22, 2007.

Definition

In its simplest form variables related to age refer to the respondent and/or other members of the household or family. Some sources also include data on related variables such as: age at time of divorce, age at which first child left home, etc. These are generally identified as age-related variables.

Age refers to the age at last birthday as of a specified, well-defined reference date. Where possible, it is recommended that age be derived from date of birth in which year, month and day is reported. In some cases, for operational reasons, day may not be included. In some cases, particularly in proxy reporting where birth date may not be known, age may be reported directly rather than derived.

Age may also be shown for a number of life events such as age at marriage, age at birth of child(ren), age at immigration or age at death.

Related variables and associated classifications:

Age
Age By Life Cycle Groupings

Age

Definition

Age refers to the age of a person at his or her last birthday.

Detailed classification:

Age Categories, Five-Year Age Groups

0-4 years

5-9 years

10-14 years

15-19 years

20-24 years

25-29 years

30-34 years

35-39 years

40-44 years

45-49 years

50-54 years

55-59 years

60-64 years

65-69 years

70-74 years

75-79 years

80-84 years

85-89 years

90-94 years

95-99 years

100-104 years

105-109 years

110-114 years

115-119 years

120-124 years

Age by Life Cycle Groupings

Definition

Age by life cycle groupings refers to the age of a person within general life cycle groupings, that is, whether he or she is a child, a youth, an adult or a senior. In this context, children are considered to be aged from 0 to 14, youth from 15 to 24, adults from 25 to 64 and seniors 65 and over.

Note: the terms child and children are used in two different ways. as noted above, on the basis of age, children are defined as being from 0 to 14 years. On the basis of relationship, however, children are defined as being related to a parent or parents in one of the following ways: they may be a birth (natural) child, an adopted child, a step child or a foster (guardianship) child.

Detailed classification:

Age Categories, Life Cycle Groupings

Children (00-14 years)

00-04 years

110

00-04 years

05-09 years

120

05-09 years

10-14 years

130

10-14 years

Youth (15-24 years)

15-19 years

211

15-17 years

212

18-19 years

20-24 years

221

20-21 years

222

22-24 years

Adults (25-64 years)

25-29 years

310

25-29 years

30-34 years

320

30-34 years

35-39 years

330

35-39 years

40-44 years

340

40-44 years

45-49 years

350

45-49 years

50-54 years

360

50-54 years

55-59 years

370

55-59 years

60-64 years

380

60-64 years

Seniors (65 years and over)

65-69 years

410

65-69 years

70-74 years

420

70-74 years

75-79 years

430

75-79 years

80-84 years

440

80-84 years

85-89 years

450

85-89 years

90 years and over

460

90 years and over

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Aboriginal persons

In the past "Aboriginal persons" generally applied to persons resident in Canada who could trace their origins to the native people or First Nations people who inhabited the area (of what is now Canada) when the first Europeans arrived. In addition, some persons have gained Aboriginal rights under legislation (e.g., the spouses of Aboriginal persons).

However, persons resident in Canada who can trace their origins to geographic regions contiguous to Canada might also be properly included. These would include persons of First Nations heritage whose linguistic families occupied traditional lands in Canada and that bordered on what is now Canada. This would include the following linguistic families: Algonquian, Northern Athapaskan, Cree-French Creole (Mitchif), Eskimo-Aleut, (Inuktitut), Haida, Iroquoian, Kutenai, Salishan, Siouan, Tlingit, Penutian (Tsimshian) and Wakashan. The boundaries of these families were such that they would approximate territory that is now in Greenland, Alaska, the easternmost point of Chukchi Peninsula (in Asia), Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, and the New England states. These are all areas where it can be assumed that there were considerable linguistic, cultural, economic and family ties across what are now international boundaries.

In effect, the counts of Aboriginal persons in Canada should include persons resident in Canada who could trace their origins to the native people or First Nations people who inhabited the area (of what is now Canada) and/or to the native people or First Nations people who were members of the above-specified linguistic families when the first Europeans arrived. In addition, some persons have gained Aboriginal rights under legislation (e.g., the spouses of Aboriginal persons).

(For more detailed discussion see: G. Priest, "Discussion Paper: Providing data on Aboriginal Persons in the context of the Constitution Act", unpublished paper, Statistics Canada, 97:01:30).

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Previous standard - Aboriginal persons

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on April 20, 2009.

Aboriginal ancestry
Aboriginal identity
Aboriginal, registered or treaty Indian
Aboriginal, member of Indian Band or First Nation

Aboriginal ancestry

Aboriginal ancestry refers to a person who can trace his or her ancestry to Aboriginal linguistic family whose traditional lands fell in total or in part in the geographic area that is now Canada. Aboriginal ancestry also refers to a person who has been accorded Aboriginal rights by legislation, for example, by marriage to an Aboriginal person.

Classification(s)

Single response

1.1

Indian/First Nation

1.1.1

Algonquian

1.1.1.1

Abenaki-Penobscot

1.1.1.2

Algonquian

1.1.1.3

Atikamekw

1.1.1.4

Blackfoot

1.1.1.5

Cree

1.1.1.6

Gros Ventre

1.1.1.7

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

1.1.1.8

Micmac

1.1.1.9

Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett

1.1.1.10

Montagnais

1.1.1.11

Munsee

1.1.1.12

Naskapi

1.1.1.13

Ojibwa

1.1.1.14

Potawatomi

1.1.1.15

Wampanoag

1.1.2

Athapaskan

1.1.2.1

Ahtena

1.1.2.2

Babine

1.1.2.3

Beaver

1.1.2.4

Carrier

1.1.2.5

Chilcotin

1.1.2.6

Chipewyan

1.1.2.7

Coquille

1.1.2.8

Degexit'an

1.1.2.9

Dogrib

1.1.2.10

Eyak

1.1.2.11

Gwich'in

1.1.2.12

Han

1.1.2.13

Holikachuk

1.1.2.14

Kaska

1.1.2.15

Koyukon

1.1.2.16

Kuskokwim

1.1.2.17

Sarcee/Sarsi

1.1.2.18

Sekani

1.1.2.19

Slavey

1.1.2.20

Tagish

1.1.2.21

Tahltan

1.1.2.22

Tanaina

1.1.2.23

Tanana

1.1.2.24

Tolowa

1.1.2.25

Tutchone

1.1.3

Chimakuan

1.1.3.1

Quileute

1.1.4

Haida

1.1.5

Iroquoian

1.1.5.1

Cayuga

1.1.5.2

Laurentian

1.1.5.3

Mohawk

1.1.5.4

Oneida

1.1.5.5

Onodaga

1.1.5.6

Seneca

1.1.5.7

Tuscarora

1.1.5.8

Wyandot/Huron

1.1.6

Kutenai

1.1.7

Penutian

1.1.7.1

Chinook

1.1.7.2

Kalapuya

1.1.7.3

Klamath-Modoc

1.1.7.4

Nez Perce

1.1.7.5

Siuslaw

1.1.7.6

Tenino

1.1.7.7

Tsimshian

1.1.7.8

Umatilla

1.1.7.9

Walla Walla

1.1.7.10

Wasco-Wishram

1.1.7.11

Yakima

1.1.8

Salishan

1.1.8.1

Bella Coola

1.1.8.2

Chehalis

1.1.8.3

Clallam

1.1.8.4

Coeur d'Alene

1.1.8.5

Columbia-Wenatchi

1.1.8.6

Comox

1.1.8.7

Cowlitz

1.1.8.8

Flathead-Kalispel

1.1.8.9

Halkomelem

1.1.8.10

Lillooet

1.1.8.11

Lushootseed

1.1.8.12

Nooksack

1.1.8.13

Okanagan

1.1.8.14

Pentlatch

1.1.8.15

Quinault

1.1.8.16

Salish

1.1.8.17

Sechelt

1.1.8.18

Shuswap

1.1.8.19

Skagit

1.1.8.20

Snohomish

1.1.8.21

Spokane

1.1.8.22

Squamish

1.1.8.23

Tillamook

1.1.8.24

Thompson

1.1.8.25

Twana

1.1.9

Siouan

1.1.9.1

Assiniboine

1.1.9.2

Crow

1.1.9.3

Dakota

1.1.9.4

Hidatsa

1.1.9.5

Lakota

1.1.9.6

Mandan

1.1.9.7

Stoney

1.1.10

Tlinglit

1.1.11

Wakashan

1.1.11.1

Haisla

1.1.11.2

Heiltsuk

1.1.11.3

Kwakiutl

1.1.11.4

Makah

1.1.11.5

Nootka

1.2

Inuit

1.2.1

Eskimo-Aleut

1.2.2

Inuit

1.2.3

Yupik

1.3

Métis

1.4

Other Aboriginal person, n.i.e.

Multiple response

2.1

Aboriginal only

2.2

Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal

Aboriginal identity

Aboriginal identity refers to a person who reports that he or she identifies with, or is a member of, an organic political or cultural entity that stems historically from the original persons of North America. The term includes the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.

Classification(s)

Indian/First Nation

1.1

Algonquian

1.1.1

Abenaki-Penobscot

1.1.2

Algonquian

1.1.3

Atikamekw

1.1.4

Blackfoot

1.1.5

Cree

1.1.6

Gros Ventre

1.1.7

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

1.1.8

Micmac

1.1.9

Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett

1.1.10

Montagnais

1.1.11

Munsee

1.1.12

Naskapi

1.1.13

Ojibwa

1.1.14

Potawatomi

1.1.15

Wampanoag

1.2

Athapaskan

1.2.1

Ahtena

1.2.2

Babine

1.2.3

Beaver

1.2.4

Carrier

1.2.5

Chilcotin

1.2.6

Chipewyan

1.2.7

Coquille

1.2.8

Degexit'an

1.2.9

Dogrib

1.2.10

Eyak

1.2.11

Gwich'in

1.2.12

Han

1.2.13

Holikachuk

1.2.14

Kaska

1.2.15

Koyukon

1.2.16

Kuskokwim

1.2.17

Sarcee/Sarsi

1.2.18

Sekani

1.2.19

Slavey

1.2.20

Tagish

1.2.21

Tahltan

1.2.22

Tanaina

1.2.23

Tanana

1.2.24

Tolowa

1.2.25

Tutchone

1.3

Chimakuan

1.3.1

Quileute

1.4

Haida

1.5

Iroquoian

1.5.1

Cayuga

1.5.2

Laurentian

1.5.3

Mohawk

1.5.4

Oneida

1.5.5

Onodaga

1.5.6

Seneca

1.5.7

Tuscarora

1.5.8

Wyandot/Huron

1.6

Kutenai

1.7

Penutian

1.7.1

Chinook

1.7.2

Kalapuya

1.7.3

Klamath-Modoc

1.7.4

Nez Perce

1.7.5

Siuslaw

1.7.6

Tenino

1.7.7

Tsimshian

1.7.8

Umatilla

1.7.9

Walla Walla

1.7.10

Wasco-Wishram

1.7.11

Yakima

1.8

Salishan

1.8.1

Bella Coola

1.8.2

Chehalis

1.8.3

Clallam

1.8.4

Coeur d'Alene

1.8.5

Columbia-Wenatchi

1.8.6

Comox

1.8.7

Cowlitz

1.8.8

Flathead-Kalispel

1.8.9

Halkomelem

1.8.10

Lillooet

1.8.11

Lushootseed

1.8.12

Nooksack

1.8.13

Okanagan

1.8.14

Pentlatch

1.8.15

Quinault

1.8.16

Salish

1.8.17

Sechelt

1.8.18

Shuswap

1.8.19

Skagit

1.8.20

Snohomish

1.8.21

Spokane

1.8.22

Squamish

1.8.23

Tillamook

1.8.24

Thompson

1.8.25

Twana

1.9

Siouan

1.9.1

Assiniboine

1.9.2

Crow

1.9.3

Dakota

1.9.4

Hidatsa

1.9.5

Lakota

1.9.6

Mandan

1.9.7

Stoney

1.10

Tlinglit

1.11

Wakashan

1.11.1

Haisla

1.11.2

Heiltsuk

1.11.3

Kwakiutl

1.11.4

Makah

1.11.5

Nootka

Inuit

2.1

Eskimo-Aleut

2.2

Inuit

2.3

Yupik

Métis

Other Aboriginal person, n.i.e.

Aboriginal, registered or treaty Indian

Aboriginal, registered Indian refers to a person who is registered under the Indian Act of Canada. Treaty Indian refers to a person who is registered under the Indian Act and can prove descent from an Indian Band that signed a treaty.

Classification(s)

Not a registered or treaty Indian

Registered or treaty Indian

2.1

Registered Indian under the Indian Act of Canada

2.2

Treaty Indian

2.3

Have become a registered Indian since June 1985 under Bill-C31

Aboriginal, member of Indian Band or First Nation

Aboriginal, member of Indian Band or First Nation refers to a person who is a member of an Indian Band or First Nation.

Classification(s)

Not a member of an Indian Band or First Nation

Member of an Indian Band or First Nation

2.1

(list as provided by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Additional documentation

Aboriginal persons

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