Statistical data and metadata standards are a set of rules that enable consistent and repeatable description, representation, structuring, and sharing of data and metadata. Statistics Canada has many statistical standards, data sources and methods used for collecting and publishing statistical data. This page contains standard variables of interest relating to the concepts of gender, diversity and inclusion.
Disability
Ethnocultural diversity
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit
- Enrollment under an Inuit land claims agreement of person
- Indigenous ancestry of person
- Indigenous group of person
- Indigenous identity of person
- Membership in a First Nation or Indian band of person
- Membership in a Métis organization or Settlement of person
- Registered or Treaty Indian status of person
- Residence inside or outside Inuit Nunangat of person
- Residence on or off reserve of person
Gender, sex at birth, sexual orientation and couple relationships
Immigration
- All languages spoken at home of person
- All languages used at work of person 15 years or over
- First official language spoken of person
- Knowledge of official languages of person
- Knowledge of non-official languages of person
- Language spoken most often at home of person
- Language used most often at work of person 15 years or over
- Mother tongue of person
- Other language(s) spoken regularly at home of person
- Other language(s) used regularly at work of person 15 years or over