Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) – Record linkage results per province and territory, 2023Tablenote 1

Record linkage results per province and territory - 2021
Province/Territory Linkage Linkage RateTablenote 2 False Discovery RateTablenote 3 False Negative error RateTablenote 4
%
Prince Edward Island Census (persons) 85.9% <2.0% <2.0%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 94.3% <1.5% <2.5%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 93.9% <0.5% <0.5%
Newfoundland and Labrador Census (persons) 86.4% <2.5% <2.0%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 94.7% <3.0% <2.5%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 96.8% <1.0% <2.0%
Nova Scotia Census (persons) 87.8% <2.0% <1.0%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 95.3% <1.5% <1.0%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 96.0% <0.5% < 2.0%
New Brunswick Census (persons) 87.0% <2.5% <1.5%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 95.5% <3.5% <1.5%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 97.2% <1.0% <1.5%
Ontario Census (persons) 93.2% < 0.5% < 0.5%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 98.6% < 0.5% < 0.5%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 98.6% < 1.0% <1.0%
Manitoba Census (persons) 91.0% <1.0% <2.0%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 96.9% <1.0% <2.0%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 97.3% <1.0% <0.5%
Alberta Census (persons) 88.7% <1.0% <3.0%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 94.5% <1.5% <4.0%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 97.9% <0.5% <2.5%
British Columbia Census (persons) 90.6% < 1.5% <1.0%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 96.5% < 1.5% <1.5%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 98.9% <0.5% <1.0%
Yukon Census (persons) 82.8% <2.5% <2.0%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 91.6% <2.5% <1.0%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 98.8% <0.5% <1.0%
Northwest Territories
 		 Census (persons) 91.7% <0.5% <0.5%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 97.2% <0.5% <1.0%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 97.7% <0.5% <0.5%
Nunavut Census (persons) 66.9% <3.0% <1.5%
Tax & Social Insurance Registry (persons) 92.7% <1.5% <1.5%
Business Register (businesses and governments) 99.7% <0.5% <0.5%
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Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) – Record linkage results per province and territory, 2022.

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Linkage Rate: The linkage rate is calculated as the percentage of owner records with accepted links to the database shown. It is the denominator for the false discovery rate (FDR). While it is not a data quality indicator alone, in addition to the FDR and the false negative error rate (FNR) it provides a complete picture of the overall linkage quality.

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False Discovery Rate (FDR): The FDR is calculated as the percentage of records with false links among records with accepted links (i.e., a record with a false link is a record that was linked incorrectly).

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False Negative error Rate (FNR): The FNR is calculated as the percentage of records with true links which were not found in the linkage process (i.e., records that were not linked when they should have been).

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