Canada demographic data

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Compusearch data estimates and projections

Categories and notes

Population

The total number of people living in a specific area.

Available data: Census 1991, 1996, 2000 estimate, 2005 estimate

Population by gender

The number of people grouped by gender: male or female.

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Population by age

Age data groupings are:

0–14 years old

15–24 years old

25–44 years old

45–54 years old

55 years or older

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Households

This is the total number of private households in a specified area. A private household is defined as a person or group of persons, other than foreign residents, who occupy a private dwelling and who do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Dwellings, average number of rooms

A dwelling is defined as a set of living quarters in which a person or group of persons reside or could reside.

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Average income

Average household income of all private households; income is in Canadian dollars.

Available data: Census 1991, 1996, 2000 estimate, 2005 estimate

Population by ethnicity

The number of people who classified themselves in the following ethnic origin categories:

Chinese

Italian

East European

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Families

Family data is available in the following groupings:

Total number of economic families

Total number of census families, 2 persons

Total number of census families, 5 or more persons

Total number of families with children

Multiple-family households

An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law, or adoption.

A census family is defined as a now-married couple (with or without never-married son or daughter), a couple living common law (with or without children) or a lone parent of any marital status, with at least one never-married son or daughter.

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Households by size

The total number of households in each of the following groupings:

1 person

5 or more persons

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Population by home language

Total population by home language (20% sample data): English or French

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Population by immigration date

Immigration data is separated into two immigration periods:

Before 1961

1971–1980

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Population in labor force

Total population older than 15 years and in labor force (20% sample data)

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Population by occupation

Management occupations

Business, finance, and administrative occupations

Available data: Census 1991, 1996

Note  The Canadian postal service significantly changed the Forward Sortation Area (FSA) boundaries between 1997 and 1998. MapPoint 2001 included the 1997 FSA boundaries; MapPoint 2004 includes the 1998 FSA boundaries. Because the boundaries changed, the 1996 census data for individual Forward Sortation Areas has changed in MapPoint 2004, even though the FSA ID code, the year (1996 census), and the variable are the same as they were in MapPoint 2001.