Census releases

General knowledge: 11-629-X20180003

Description: The high-quality data from the census allow our governments, businesses and community leaders to make informed decisions with confidence.

Release type: Training

Questionnaire

Description: The information gathered during the 2021 Census of Population Dissemination Consultation will help Statistics Canada measure user satisfaction and gather suggestions with a view to providing input into the 2021 Census of Population dissemination product and service line and release strategy.

Release type: Reference material

Public use microdata: 98M0001X

Description: This Individuals File provides data on the characteristics of the population and allow the study of relationship between different variables like education and labour market outcome.

Release type: Data product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X201900100001

Description: This study provides a profile of the Syrian refugee population living in Canada in 2016, using census data on immigration, socioeconomic characteristics and employment.

Release type: Analytical product

Supporting documentation

Description: There are many milestones along the road to the 2021 Census. Learn more about the journey and find out what's to come!

Release type: Reference material

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X201900100002

Description: Using data from the 2016 Census on place of work and commuting, this study examines the characteristics of those who spend at least 60 minutes travelling to work, with a focus on those who commute by car, truck or van (or 'car commuters').

Release type: Analytical product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X201900100003

Description: This study uses the Census of Population and the 2017 General Social Survey on Family to examine the characteristics of the population living alone in Canada. The demographic, socioeconomic and housing characteristics of persons who live alone are examined, as well as their conjugal history, family relationships, and well-being indicators.

Release type: Analytical product

Technical report: 98-307-X2016001

Description: The Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report aims to inform users of the conceptual framework and definitions used to gather the 2016 Census data on Aboriginal peoples, how the data were collected, the products used to disseminate the information, and the relevant data quality aspects.

Release type: Reference material

Consultation: 92-137-X

Description: The 2021 Census of Population Consultation Results: What we heard from Canadians report focuses on the findings of the 2021 Census data needs consultation and stakeholder discussions.

Release type: Consultation

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X201900100007

Description: This study uses data from the 2016 Census in order to examine the employment earnings of individuals with an immigrant background (i.e., immigrants and children of immigrants) who are part of official language minorities in Canada.

Release type: Analytical product

Table

Description: These historical data tables were previously available in a variety of formats including print, diskette and CD-ROM. The tables cover a range of topics, including age and sex, education, income, families and households.

Release type: Data product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X201900100008

Description: Using data from the 1996 and 2016 Census of Population, this study examines the geographic location of jobs, people's commute and how they have changed over time.

Release type: Analytical product

Public use microdata: 98M0002X

Description: The 2016 Census Hierarchical File PUMF provides access to non-aggregated data covering a sample of 1% of the Canadian households. It is a comprehensive social, demographic and economic database about Canada and its people, and contains a wealth of characteristics on the population.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: Using data from the 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada's Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics has released three new data tables on two gender-related topics. These statistics will be used by the Gender Results Framework, a whole-of-government tool designed to track gender equality in Canada.

Release type: Data product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X201900100011

Description: This study uses Census of Population and Labour Force Survey to examine the changing age composition of workers within the most prevalent occupations (with at least 10,000 workers), as well as the occupations that are increasing and decreasing in size most rapidly.

Release type: Analytical product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X201900100014

Description: This study used data from the 2006 and 2016 censuses of population, as well as integrated census data from 2006 and 2016, to examine the characteristics associated with English–French bilingualism among Canadian children and youth who were aged 5 to 17 in 2006. The study also examines the factors associated with the acquisition and retention of English–French bilingualism among children and youth in Quebec and in Canada outside Quebec.

Release type: Analytical product

Supporting documentation

Description: This topic presents data on the Aboriginal peoples of Canada and their demographic characteristics. Depending on the application, estimates using any of the following concepts may be appropriate for the Aboriginal population: (1) Aboriginal identity, (2) Aboriginal ancestry, (3) Registered or Treaty Indian status and (4) Membership in a First Nation or Indian band. Data from the 2011 National Household Survey are available for the geographical locations where these populations reside, including 'on reserve' census subdivisions and Inuit communities of Inuit Nunangat as well as other geographic areas such as the national (Canada), provincial and territorial levels.

Release type: Reference material

Technical report: 98-303-X2016001

Description: The report presents the error included in census data that results from either persons being missed (not enumerated) or from persons being enumerated more than once by the 2016 Census. The population coverage error is one of the most important types of errors because it affects not only the accuracy of population counts, but also the accuracy of all the census data results describing the characteristics of the population universe.

Release type: Reference material

Spatial information product: 92-162-X2020001

Description: The intercensal Census Subdivision Boundary File provides a framework for mapping and spatial analysis. The digital boundary file depicts the full extent of the geographic areas, including the coastal water area, and portrays the boundaries of all census subdivisions which combined cover all of Canada.

Release type: Geography product

Spatial information product: 92-500-X2020001

Description: Intercensal road network files are digital representations of Canada's national road network, containing information such as street names, types, directions and address ranges.

Release type: Geography product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X201900100016

Description: Based on integrated data from the 2006 and 2016 censuses, this study examines the educational outcomes of a cohort of children with an immigrant background who were aged 13 to 17 in 2006, and the employment earnings of young adults who had immigrant parents.

Release type: Analytical product

Infographic

Description: Using 2016 Census data, this infographic describes the commuting patterns of workers in Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver.

Release type: Data product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X201900100017

Description: Among immigrants who came to Canada recently, some are seniors over the age of 65. This study examines the factors associated with the low-income rate of senior immigrants, with a focus on access to Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) benefits.

Release type: Analytical product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X201900100018

Description: Residential dissimilarity describes the extent to which one population group lives apart from another in a shared urban space. This study uses data from the 2016 Census to examine the housing, income and residential dissimilarity of the Indigenous population living in private households in the 49 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs) that were large enough to be divided into census tracts, and provides a short description of neighbourhoods with a large concentration of Indigenous people.

Release type: Analytical product

Technical report

Description: The Coverage Technical Report will present the error included in census data that results from either persons being missed (not enumerated) or from persons being enumerated more than once by the 2016 Census. 

Release type: Reference material

Infographic

Description: This infographic uses census data from 2006 and 2016 to examine the trends associated with English-French bilingualism among Canadian children and youth who were aged 5 to 17.

Release type: Data product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X202000100002

Description: Using integrated 2006 and 2016 census data, this study examines the education and labour market integration outcomes of a recent cohort of young Black Canadians. Specifically, this study examines the link between the characteristics of the youth and their families when they were living with their parents (in 2006), and their education and labour market outcomes 10 years later (in 2016).

Release type: Analytical product

Table

Description: Explore key economic trends and social challenges that arise as the COVID-19 situation evolves.

Release type: Data product

Questionnaire

Description: Statistics Canada has published the 2021 Census of Population short-form (2A), long-form (2A-L, 2A-R) and Census of Agriculture questionnaires on its website.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation: 98-26-0001

Description: This document outlines Statistics Canada’s planned approach for the 2021 Census of Population.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation: 98-20-0001

Description: This series of fact sheets offers an overview of content changes for the 2021 Census. These concise documents explain why new and modified questions are asked and describe the changes considered along with the resulting approach for 2021.

Release type: Reference material

Technical report: 98-20-0002

Description: This series of technical reports provides an in-depth view of the changes in content for the 2021 Census of Population, as the census process is ever changing to reflect changes in the Canadian population and its demographic characteristics.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation: 11-631-X2020002

Description: This presentation gives an overview of the topics discussed during the virtual roundtables on the 2021 Census of Population questionnaire content. The five main topics are the following: family, demography and activity limitations; languages, ethnocultural diversity and immigration (including citizenship, religion, population groups, minority language education rights); Indigenous peoples; education, labour, commuting, and Veterans; and housing, income and expenditures.

Release type: Reference material

Spatial information product: 92-162-X2020001

Description: The intercensal Census Subdivision Boundary File provides a framework for mapping and spatial analysis. The digital boundary file depicts the full extent of the geographic areas, including the coastal water area, and portrays the boundaries of all census subdivisions which combined cover all of Canada.

Release type: Geography product

Spatial information product: 92-500-X2020001

Description: Intercensal road network files are digital representations of Canada's national road network, containing information such as street names, types, directions and address ranges.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92F0009X2020001

Description: The Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status and Names provides a summary of the changes to census subdivisions such as municipal boundary or name changes that were processed since the production of the previous Interim List and have an effective date on or before January 1, 2020.

Release type: Geography product

Supporting documentation

Description: A resource to help existing and aspiring small business owners and entrepreneurs plan and run their enterprises.

Release type: Reference material

Consultation

Description: Information regarding consultation activities conducted with respect to 2021 Census products and services line and Internet delivery.

Release type: Consultation

Supporting documentation

Description: Test how much of a #CensusGeek you are

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: As Canada’s statistical portrait, the census is a reflection of who we are and what makes us Canadian. Listen to our Spotify and YouTube playlists while you complete your 2021 Census questionnaire to experience the different facets of Canadian culture through the sounds of our celebrated musical talent.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: Learn about our planning and progress on the dissemination of 2021 Census of Population products and services.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: There will be seven major 'themed' release dates for the dissemination of data from the 2021 Census of Population. Each major release of data by theme will be highlighted in The Daily, Statistics Canada's official release bulletin, and each major release will offer data, analytical, and reference products for our users to access and consume.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: Access information on the product and service line for Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: 2021 Census of population collection response rates for Canada, provinces and territories. Includes overall response, long form, Internet and self-response rates. These preliminary rates are obtained directly from collection results before data processing and data quality verification.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: A list showing the differences between official geography names and those used in census products caused by technical system constraints.

Release type: Reference material

Dictionary: 98-301-X2021001

Description: The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, variables, and geographic terms, as well as historical information.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-304-X2021001

Description: This reference document provides an overview of the Census of Population content determination, collection, processing, data quality assessment and data dissemination.

Release type: Reference material

Spatial information product: 92-160-X2021001

Description: Cartographic boundary files portray the geographic areas using only the major land mass of Canada and its coastal islands. Digital boundary files portray the full extent of the geographic areas, including the coastal water area.

Release type: Geography product

Spatial information product: 92-500-X2021001

Description: Road network files are digital representations of Canada's national road network, containing information such as street names, types, directions and address ranges.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92F0009X2021001

Description: Provides a summary of changes to municipal boundaries, status and names.

Release type: Geography product

Attribute information products: 92-156-X2021001

Description: Contains unique identifiers for the current census geographic area and the corresponding unique identifier for the previous census geographic area.

Release type: Geography product

Spatial information product: 982600042021001

Description: The Dissemination Geographies Relationship File is a dataset at the dissemination block level that contains the links to all census geographic areas. This product, used in conjunction with the boundary files, serves to link geographic areas with higher geography levels using the Dissemination Geography Unique Identifiers (DGUIDs).

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 982600032021001

Description: This reference guide is intended for the users of the 2021 Census Dissemination Geographies Relationship File. The guide provides an overview of the file, the general methodology used to create it, and important technical information for users.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-156-G2021001

Description: This guide describes the content and applications of the product, as well as provides information on data quality, record layouts, and methodology.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-500-G2021001

Description: This guide describes the content and applications of the product, as well as providing information on data quality, record layouts, and methodology.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-160-G2021001

Description: This reference guide is intended for users of the census boundary files. The guide provides an overview of the files, the general methodology used to create them, and important technical information for users.

Release type: Geography product

Conceptual video: 982000032021001

Description: The objective of this video is to describe the role of geography in the census. It explains how the three stages of the census cycle define geographic areas to make it possible to locate them on the ground and link them to census data. It also covers the hierarchy of the standard geographic levels and the National Geographic Database.

Release type: Training

Data quality and confidentiality

Description: Information about administrative data used for the 2021 Census, during data processing, to impute (assign values to missing data) non-responding households.

Release type: Reference material

Webinar

Description: An introductory webinar which provides an overview of population and dwelling concepts; geography concepts; and data products and resources available from the first 2021 Census of Population release.

Release type: Training

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table: 98-402-X2021001

Description: These tables provide population and dwelling counts established by the 2021 Census of Population.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census. These data highlights are presented through text, tables and figures. A map image of the geographic area is also included in the product. The geographic levels presented in this product include Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, census divisions and census subdivisions.

Release type: Data product

Interactive chart: 98-505-X2021001

Description: The interactive ribbon chart is a data visualization product that shows the evolution of most populated municipalities over time. It depicts the top 10 municipalities (also called census subdivisions, or CSDs) ranked by population for each census year.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is an advanced web-based data visualization tool that will make statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. The CPDV makes it easy to find many places in Canada, see them on a map, and get basic geographic and sociodemographic data for those places. To find a specific place of interest, you can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or you can search by place name or postal code. The CPDV then displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. The CPDV will also enable users to easily compare indicator values for different places and help identify relationships between indicators.

Release type: Data product

Thematic map: 92-173-X2021001

Description: A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific census data themes for standard geographic areas. The map may be qualitative in nature (e.g., predominant mother tongue) or quantitative (e.g., percentage population change).

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021001

Description: This Census in Brief examines municipalities (census subdivisions) in Canada that were the largest in 2021, and fastest growing and decreasing in population from 2016 to 2021. It also presents some trends on urban spread in Canada.

Release type: Analytical product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021002

Description: This Census in Brief examines population growth of Canada's rural areas and their changing proportion within the country. It also presents international comparisons, a portrait of population growth according to the remoteness index and population changes in the three territories.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: Canada’s population grew at almost twice the pace of every other G7 country from 2016 to 2021. Approximately 1.8 million more people called Canada home in 2021 compared with five years earlier, with most of that growth attributable to new arrivals from around the world. Canada’s population growth was, however, halted with the onset of the pandemic.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: From 2016 to 2021, the downtown populations of Canada’s large urban centres grew at almost twice the pace than the urban centres as a whole, despite a pause during the pandemic. At the same time, urban spread continues, and is accelerating in many urban centres, particularly in suburbs located the farthest from downtown.

Release type: Analytical product

Dictionary: 98-301-X2021001

Description: The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, variables, and geographic terms, as well as historical information.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-304-X2021001

Description: This reference document provides an overview of the Census of Population content determination, collection, processing, data quality assessment and data dissemination.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: This webpage outlines the policy and guidelines to submit a request for a formal review.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: The symbols, abbreviations and acronyms found on this page may be found in 2021 Census products.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: This note explains the subdivisions defined as reserves and settlements that were incompletely enumerated in 2021.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: This reference document describes policy regarding the consent to release personal information after 92 years. It also provides information about the availability of historical census records.

Release type: Reference material

Attribute information products: 92-150-X2021001

Description: A powerful search tool based on census standard geographic areas. Users may retrieve and query data, explore the links between geographic areas, obtain information on those areas and output data in tabular format.

Release type: Geography product

Map: 92-142-X2021001

Description: This interactive mapping application makes it easy to find many places in Canada, see them on a map, and get basic geographic and demographic data for those places.

Release type: Geography product

Spatial information product: 92-160-X2021001

Description: Cartographic boundary files portray the geographic areas using only the major land mass of Canada and its coastal islands. Digital boundary files portray the full extent of the geographic areas, including the coastal water area.

Release type: Geography product

Attribute information products: 92-151-X2021001

Description: The file contains geographic data at the dissemination block level. The file includes population and dwelling counts, land area, geographic codes, names, unique identifiers and, where applicable, types.

Release type: Geography product

Map: 92-146-X2021001

Description: Reference maps illustrate the location of the census standard geographic areas for which census statistical data are tabulated and disseminated.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-196-X2021001

Description: Contains information found in the Statistics Canada Online Catalogue. In addition, it provides highlights of what is new about geographic products, illustration of several products, a glossary of geographic terms, a geographic hierarchy diagram and a table showing the number of geographic areas by province and territory.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-195-X2021001

Description: A tool that helps users take advantage of census statistical data by providing an understanding of terms related to geographic concepts.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 12-571-X2021001

Description: The 2021 standard classification version of the SGC provides names and codes for the standard geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions (counties, regional municipalities) and census subdivisions (municipalities).

Release type: Geography product

Map: 12-572-X2021001

Description: Volume II contains reference maps showing boundaries, names, codes and locations of the geographic areas in the 2021 standard geographical classification.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-150G2021001

Description: This reference guide is intended for users of the GeoSuite Data Package. It provides an overview of the files, the general methodology used to create them, and important technical information.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-159-G2021001

Description: This reference guide is intended for users of the Population Ecumene Boundary Files. It provides an overview of the files, the general methodology used to create them, and important technical information.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-143-G2021001

Description: This reference guide is intended for users of the reference and thematic maps. It describes the content, general methodology used to create them and data quality.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-151-G2021001

Description: This reference guide is intended for users of the Geographic Attribute File. It provides an overview of the file, the general methodology used to create it, and important technical information.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-160-G2021002

Description: This reference guide is intended for users of the census boundary files. The guide provides an overview of the files, the general methodology used to create them, and important technical information for users.

Release type: Geography product

Conceptual video: 98200003 - 2021005

Description: This video is designed to provide viewers with a basic understanding of how census concepts, e.g., focuses, population of interest and variables are logically structured to show different ways of looking at data. The knowledge of these concepts is used when analyzing or creating census data products.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 98200003 - 2021002

Description: The objective of this video is to describe the classification of geographic areas in Canada. Well-defined geographic areas provide the framework for data collection, dissemination and analysis. This video will provide an understanding of how geographic areas are organized, the coding standards and the differences between administrative and statistical areas.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 98200003 - 2021003

Description: The objective of this video is to present the various geographic products and services available to users. It will guide users through reference documents, attribute information products (such as correspondence files) and spatial information products, which can be found on the census website.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 98200003 - 2021004

Description: The objective of this video is to help users at all levels quickly understand key information derived from data with the help of powerful and dynamic tools like GeoSuite, GeoSearch and the Census Program Data Viewer.

Release type: Training

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video includes highlights from the first release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

Guide: 98-500-X2021014

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret age, sex at birth and gender data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021001

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret type of dwelling data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021004

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret income data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021002

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret family, household and marital status data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021009

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret Indigenous peoples data from the 2021 Census. The title of this product for the 2021 Census was renamed from ‘Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide’ to ‘Indigenous Peoples Reference Guide’ to reflect a change in terminology in the Census of Population. The term “Indigenous” replaced “Aboriginal” when referring to the collective term for people who identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit. Its usage aligns with the Government of Canada and is coherent with standard terminology used in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021005

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret housing characteristics data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021008

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret ethnic or cultural origin data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021006

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret visible minority and population group data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021007

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret place of birth, generation status, citizenship and immigration data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021010

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret mobility and migration data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021016

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret religion data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021013

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret education data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021011

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret commuting data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021012

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret labour data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021003

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret language data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021017

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret instruction in the official minority language data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Data quality and confidentiality: 98-26-0005-2021001

Description: This report helps users understand how we balance protecting confidentiality and meeting needs for data. It provides information at a high level for major variables such as those related to gender, Indigenous peoples, visible minority, ethnocultural diversity, instruction in the official minority language and religious groups.

Release type: Reference material

Map: 92-173-X2016002

Description: These maps show the population in poverty in 2015 based on the Market Basket Measure (2018-base), in percentage, for the census metropolitan areas, by 2016 census tract.

Release type: Geography product

Supporting documentation: 98-20-0001-2021001

Description: This fact sheet provides the context for the addition of the gender question on the 2021 Census, as well as the definitions related to gender and sex at birth. It also explains what gender-related information will be available in the April 27th, 2022 Census release.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video

Description: This video presents information on the new gender question in the 2021 Census and the added precision of ‘at birth’ to the sex question. It highlights the importance of these modifications for greater data inclusivity and the benefits for all individuals in Canada.

Release type: Training

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. It ranges in complexity and is available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. It ranges in complexity and is available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Interactive chart: 98-504-X2021001

Description: Age pyramids are dynamic applications that allow users to see the evolution of the age structure of the Canadian population over a given time period and for selected geographies.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX) or, the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Thematic map: 92-173-X2021001

Description: A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific census data themes for standard geographic areas. The map may be qualitative in nature (e.g., predominant mother tongue) or quantitative (e.g., percentage population change).

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021003

Description: This Census in Brief article examines recent trends in the age structure of the Canadian population in 2021 from the angle of generations. It provides some insights on the size and growth of the different generations. This article also provides information on the distribution of generations by provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, and downtown areas.

Release type: Analytical product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021004

Description: This Census in Brief article examines recent trends for the population aged 85 and over in 2021. It provides some insights on the size and growth of this group, as well as on those of centenarians. This article also provides information on the population aged 85 and over living in collective dwellings geared towards seniors.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: The working age population (15 to 64 years) has never been older. More than one in five individuals in this population is close to retirement (55 to 64 years), an all-time high in the history of Canadian censuses. From 2016 to 2021, the number of persons aged 65 or older rose 18% to 7.0 million. Today, they represent nearly one in five Canadians (19.0%), up from 16.9% in 2016.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: The 2021 Census includes for the first time a question on gender and the addition of the “at birth” precision to the sex question, making Canada the first country to collect and disseminate data on gender diversity from a national census. Approximately 1 out of every 300 people in Canada aged 15 and older in May 2021 were either transgender or non-binary.

Release type: Analytical product

Guide: 98-500-X2021014

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret age, sex at birth and gender data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Dictionary: 98-301-X2021001

Description: The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, variables, and geographic terms, as well as historical information.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-304-X2021001

Description: This reference document provides an overview of the Census of Population content determination, collection, processing, data quality assessment and data dissemination.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021001

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret type of dwelling data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Data quality and confidentiality

Description: To enable users to conduct a detailed evaluation of the data quality and to determine the relevance of the data to their needs, quality indicators accompany the 2021 Census of Population data outputs. The purpose of the data quality indicators is to present the risk of known and measurable potential errors at the time of dissemination.

Release type: Reference material

Data quality and confidentiality

Description: In order to ensure non-disclosure of individual respondent identity and characteristics and to limit the dissemination of data of unacceptable quality, some 2021 Census geographic areas are suppressed or removed from data and analytical products.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: An explanation of gender concepts used in 2021 Census of Population data products.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video: 98200003-X2021008

Description: The objective of this video is to provide an overview of a key indicator of the most basic demographic characteristics of the population – Age. This video explains the main concepts relating to age, the quantitative and qualitative aspect of the age variable and how age is used by the public and private sector to assess and meet social and business needs.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 98200003-X2021006

Description: This video will provide viewers with a basic understanding of the differences between a private dwelling and a collective dwelling, the classification of private dwellings into regular and marginal dwellings and the classification of collective dwellings into institutional and non-institutional collective dwellings. Viewers will also learn about the method of enumeration of these dwellings.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 98200003-X2021007

Description: The census counts dwellings to associate people with a spatial unit and to publish counts of the dwellings themselves, along with information about dwelling characteristics. This video provides information about the different variables associated with dwellings such as Structural types of dwellings, Dwelling condition, Condominium status, Period of construction, Rooms and Bedrooms in a dwelling.

Release type: Training

The Daily

Description: The 2021 Census of Population included for the first time a question on gender and the precision of "at birth" on the sex question, allowing all cisgender, transgender and non-binary individuals to report their gender. This American Sign Language video includes highlights from the second release of data from the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

Spatial information product: 92-162-X2022001

Description: The intercensal Census Subdivision Boundary File provides a framework for mapping and spatial analysis. The digital boundary file depicts the full extent of the geographic areas, including the coastal water area, and portrays the boundaries of all census subdivisions which combined cover all of Canada.

Release type: Geography product

Spatial information product: 92-500-X2022001

Description: Intercensal road network files are digital representations of Canada's national road network, containing information such as street names, types, directions and address ranges. They do not replace the census versions of road network files which are available as part of the suite of census geography products, and used in conjunction with products and services from the census.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92F0009X2022001

Description: The Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status and Names provides a summary of the changes to census subdivisions such as municipal boundary or name changes that were processed since the production of the previous Interim List and have an effective date on or before January 1, 2022.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-162-G2022001

Description: This reference guide is intended for users of the 2022 Census Subdivision Boundary File. The guide provides an overview of the file, the general methodology used in its creation, and important technical information.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-500-G2022001

Description: This reference guide is for users of the 2022 Road Network File. The guide provides an overview of the file, the general methodology used in its creation, and important technical information.

Release type: Geography product

Supporting documentation: 98-20-0001-2021002

Description: This fact sheet provides a concise description of the context and definitions related to a new concept, the gender diversity status of couples.

Release type: Reference material

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX), or the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Interactive chart: 98-505-X2021002

Description: This interactive chart is comprised of two visualizations showing statistics of selected income sources by various characteristics and geographies.

Release type: Data product

Thematic map: 92-173-X2021001

Description: A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific census data themes for standard geographic areas. The map may be qualitative in nature (e.g., predominant mother tongue) or quantitative (e.g., percentage population change).

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2022040

Description: Based on the data from the 2021 Census, the following infographic looks at income in Canada for 2020, including median household income, the prevalence of low-income and income inequality.

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2022039

Description: Based on 2021 Census data, the following infographic provides information on Canada’s families.

Release type: Data product

The Daily

Description: In Canada, 4.4 million people lived alone in 2021, representing 15% of adults aged 15 and older in private households. This is the highest share on record. Following a long period of growth, the share of young adults living with their parents was unchanged from 2016 to 2021 (35%).

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: Among Canada’s 8.6 million couples in 2021, 32,210 included at least one transgender or non-binary person, while 95,435 were same-gender (cisgender) couples. Population aging and decreasing fertility have resulted in fewer couples living with children. Among G7 countries, Canada had the highest share of couples that were living common law (23%).

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: Fewer Canadians received employment income during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, losses in employment income were offset by pandemic-related benefits. Median after-tax income of households was $73,000 in 2020, up 9.8% compared with five years earlier. Income inequality and the share of Canadians in a low-income situation also decreased.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: For the first time in 50 years, Statistics Canada asked Canadians about their military service on the 2021 Census of Population. According to new data from the census, there were 97,625 Canadians counted as serving in the Canadian Armed Forces and 461,240 Veterans in spring 2021.

Release type: Analytical product

Dictionary: 98-301-X2021001

Description: The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, variables, and geographic terms, as well as historical information.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021002

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret family, household and marital status data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021004

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret income data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021015

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret Canadian military experience data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Technical report: 98200002-X2021001

Description: The report Veterans Data in the 2021 Census of Population aims to inform users of the conceptual framework and definitions used to gather the 2021 Census data on Canadian military experience and the relevant data quality aspects.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: After the release of the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts, issues affecting the data are occasionally uncovered. This reference document provides original and revised population and dwelling counts for geographic areas with amendments to the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts.

Release type: Reference material

Data quality and confidentiality

Description: To enable users to conduct a detailed evaluation of the data quality and to determine the relevance of the data to their needs, quality indicators accompany the 2021 Census of Population data outputs. The purpose of the data quality indicators is to present the risk of known and measurable potential errors at the time of dissemination.

Release type: Reference material

Data quality and confidentiality

Description: In order to ensure non-disclosure of individual respondent identity and characteristics and to limit the dissemination of data of unacceptable quality, some 2021 Census geographic areas are suppressed or removed from data and analytical products.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video

Description: This video provides a general overview of the income data collection process and specifies the target population as well as the reference period for income data. It also points out important aspects to consider when looking at income data in conjunction with other demographic, social, ethnocultural, education and labour characteristics.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video

Description: This video provides an understanding of the sources and composition of income. It identifies what is considered income and what sources are excluded from income. It introduces viewers to the components of total income i.e., market income and government transfers. It also provides an insight into how other income concepts such as employment income and after-tax income are derived.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video

Description: This video is designed to give you a basic understanding of the demographic variable "marital status" and how this variable is created and used. The concepts legal marital status, common-law status and de-facto marital status, are explained to allow you to better understand, analyze and build census data tables using the marital status variable.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video

Description: The objective of this video is to explain the different types of families i.e., census families and economic families. It presents the concepts and variables related to families such as household type, family structure and the living arrangements of individuals. Family-related characteristics and concepts can apply to families, individuals (those in families or not) or households.

Release type: Training

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021005

Description: This Census in Brief article provides a profile of the population who received pandemic-related benefits in 2020, based on data from the 2021 Census of Population. Benefits examined include the newly-established federal emergency and recovery benefits, top-ups to existing federal programs, including the Old Age Security, the Guaranteed Income Supplement and the Canada Child Benefit, as well as pandemic-related benefits from provincial and territorial governments. The share of the population receiving benefits, the median amounts received and the contribution of these benefits to the incomes of recipients are examined by gender, age group, income level and geography.

Release type: Analytical product

Table

Description: These tables are the planned 2021 Census data tables that will be released on August 17, 2022, for the 'Language' topic. These tables are subject to change.

Release type: Data product

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights income data from the third release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights military experience data from the third release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights families data from the third release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX), or the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Interactive chart: 98-505-X2021003

Description: This interactive tree map shows the proportion of the population by mother tongue. You can search by one of two criteria: region or language.

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2022051

Description: Based on 2021 Census data, the following infographic is about the languages spoken at home in Canada.

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2022052

Description: Based on 2021 Census data, the following infographic is about English-French bilingualism in Canada.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: These tables present data quality indicators for the Census of Population. Data quality indicators are available for various levels of geography, most questions on the Census of Population questionnaires and other key variables of the Census of Population.

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

The Daily

Description: Immigration drove up the number of Canadians who spoke predominantly a language other than English or French at home, from 4.0 million in 2016 to 4.6 million in 2021. English was the first official language spoken by 75.5% of the country’s population, up from 74.8% in 2016, while French was the first official language spoken by 21.4% of Canadians in 2021, down from 22.2% in 2016.

Release type: Analytical product

Dictionary: 98-301-X2021001

Description: The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, variables, and geographic terms, as well as historical information.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-304-X2021001

Description: This reference document provides an overview of the Census of Population content determination, collection, processing, data quality assessment and data dissemination.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021003

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret language data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021017

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret instruction in the minority official language data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Data quality and confidentiality: 98-26-0006-X2021001

Description: These guidelines provide information to help people effectively use and interpret the data quality indicators for the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: After the release of the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts, issues affecting the data are occasionally uncovered. This reference document provides original and revised population and dwelling counts for geographic areas with amendments to the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video

Description: This video will explain why and how census collects data on language and its importance and relevance for governments, researchers and community groups. It provides an understanding of how data on mother tongue is collected, how mother tongue variables are created and how they are disseminated and analyzed. In addition the video explains the concept of single and multiple responses and the three ways of dealing with multiple responses that is separate treatment, inclusion and distribution.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video

Description: This video will allow you to identify the census questionnaire questions on knowledge of official and non-official languages. It will also allow you to understand how variables on knowledge of official and non-official languages are created and how they are disseminated and analyzed.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video

Description: For the first time, the 2021 Census of Population included a question on Enrollment under an Inuit land claims agreement and one on membership in a Métis organization or Settlement. These questions will help to fill data gaps on Indigenous peoples.

Release type: Training

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. It ranges in complexity and is available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Interactive chart: 98-505-X2021004

Description: This interactive chart is comprised of two visualizations which show statistics of housing outcomes for selected population groups. The chart displays one of four housing indicators: affordability, core housing need, suitability and adequacy. The data table describes the population group's tenure status of household. Housing outcomes can be produced by making selections from the age, gender, characteristic, household type and geography dropdown menus.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX), or the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX), or the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2022056

Description: This infographic shows core housing need rates in Canada from the 2021 Census of Population.

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2022057

Description: Based on 2021 Census data, the following infographic shows population statistics for First Nations people, Métis and Inuit in Canada.

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021007

Description: This Census in Brief article reports on housing conditions among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit in 2021. It describes the share of First Nations people, Métis and Inuit living in crowded dwellings and dwellings in need of major repair, and reports variation by provinces, territories, and the regions of Inuit Nunangat. This article also highlights the most common living arrangements among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit who were living in crowded dwellings and dwellings in need of major repair, and reports on how housing conditions have changed since 2016.

Release type: Analytical product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021006

Description: This Census in Brief article describes reported membership in a Métis organization or Settlement based on responses to the Census of Population, 2021. Counts and distributions are examined for reported membership to Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Alberta, the Metis Settlements of Alberta, Métis Nation – Saskatchewan, Manitoba Metis Federation and Métis Nation of Ontario as well as those reporting membership to other Métis organizations. Data are examined based on province or territory of residence and residence in a census metropolitan area and census agglomeration.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: Over multiple decades, census data have revealed that the Indigenous population has grown quickly—at a pace far surpassing that of the non-Indigenous population. The 2021 Census counted more than 1.8 million Indigenous people, accounting for 5.0% of the total population in Canada, up from 4.9% in 2016.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: Canadians were less likely to own their home in 2021 (66.5%) than they were a decade earlier, when a record high (69.0%) were homeowners. At the same time, temporary pandemic-related income support helped lower the share of households spending more than 30% of their income on housing from 24.1% in 2016 to 20.9% in 2021.

Release type: Analytical product

Dictionary: 98-301-X2021001

Description: The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, variables, and geographic terms, as well as historical information.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021005

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret housing characteristics data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021009

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret Indigenous peoples data from the 2021 Census. The title of this product for the 2021 Census was renamed from ‘Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide’ to ‘Indigenous Peoples Reference Guide’ to reflect a change in terminology in the Census of Population. The term “Indigenous” replaced “Aboriginal” when referring to the collective term for people who identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit. Its usage aligns with the Government of Canada and is coherent with standard terminology used in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Release type: Reference material

Data quality and confidentiality: 98-26-0006-X2021001

Description: These guidelines provide information to help people effectively use and interpret the data quality indicators for the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Data quality and confidentiality: 982000012021003

Description: This fact sheet provides a concise description of the context to the understanding of Confidence intervals. Confidence intervals are a useful data quality indicator. Confidence intervals will usually be available in data tables accessible through the Statistics Canada website.

Release type: Reference material

Spatial information product: 92-179-X

Description: The Forward Sortation Area Boundary File depicts the boundaries of forward sortation areas (FSAs) derived from postal codes^OM captured from census questionnaires. The Forward Sortation Area Boundary File is available in two types: digital and cartographic. The digital boundary file depicts the full extent of forward sortation areas, including the coastal water area. The cartographic boundary file depicts forward sortation areas with the shoreline of the major land mass of Canada and its coastal islands. The files provide a framework for mapping and spatial analysis.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-179-G2021001

Description: This guide describes the content of the product, as well as providing information on data quality, record layouts and methodology. This data includes information copied with permission from Canada Post Corporation.

Release type: Geography product

Conceptual video: 982000032021021

Description: The objective of this video is to offer insights into housing variables and key household indicators like housing adequacy, suitability and affordability. It explains where housing questions are found on the Census of Population questionnaire, the importance of housing data and how housing data are used by governments, businesses and social service agencies.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 982000032021022

Description: This video introduces household and dwelling characteristics and their use in dissemination and analysis. It also presents the housing variables that are commonly used in analyses such as household maintainer, tenure, total income of household, household size and household type. In addition, the video shows the dwelling characteristics that describe the physical attributes of the living quarters occupied by the household, such as number of rooms, number of bedrooms, period of construction, dwelling condition, condominium status and value (owner estimated).

Release type: Training

Infographic: 11-627-M2022059

Description: The infographic provides a high-level description of how the Census counts people, including Indigenous people, particularly those in urban areas. This includes efforts before and during data collection including communications and advertising, reminders, follow up calls and visits, and special outreach. It also outlines the practice of counting people based on usual place of residence on Census day. Finally, the infographic discusses studies that Statistics Canada undertakes to estimate undercoverage, that is, the net impact of some people being missed and others that are being counted more than once by the Census.

Release type: Data product

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights housing data from the fifth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights data on First Nations, Métis and Inuit people from the fifth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Interactive chart: 98-505-X2021005

Description: These interactive charts show the distribution of the immigrant population by selected places of birth and by various geographic regions in Canada. Two charts are presented: one is for places of birth and the second, geographic areas. Selecting the outer ring of a region expands the number of regions with corresponding distributions in the place of residence chart. Selecting a place of residence shows the distribution from the places of birth.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX), or the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2022070

Description: Based on the 2021 Census data, the following infographic provides information on Canadian citizenship.

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

The Daily

Description: Immigrants accounted for 23.0% of the population in 2021, the largest proportion in over 150 years. Among them, 1.3 million new immigrants were admitted from 2016 to 2021. Coming from many countries, immigrants settle throughout Canada and contribute to the growth of the population and the economy. They also help shape Canada’s linguistic, ethnocultural and religious landscape.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: The census has evolved over time to reflect the changes in Canada’s ethnocultural mosaic. Data on more than 450 ethnic and cultural origins from the 2021 Census are available. The country’s racialized groups are all experiencing population growth. In addition, the majority of the population reported being Christian (53.3%), while the populations with “no religion” and other religions are on the rise.

Release type: Analytical product

Dictionary: 98-301-X2021001

Description: The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, variables, and geographic terms, as well as historical information.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-304-X2021001

Description: This reference document provides an overview of the Census of Population content determination, collection, processing, data quality assessment and data dissemination.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021007

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret place of birth, generation status, citizenship and immigration data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021006

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret visible minority and population group data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021010

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret mobility and migration data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021008

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret ethnic or cultural origin data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021016

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret religion data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video: 982000032021024

Description: This video is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of ethnic or cultural origin, population group, visible minority and religion concepts. It defines each of these concepts and explains the importance of this data in painting a picture of Canada's multicultural communities.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 982000032021023

Description: Data collected by the Census of Population are used to create different household indicators to help governments and organizations assess housing needs in Canada. This video focuses on six key household indicators that help governments and organizations manage the state of housing in Canada, namely, shelter costs, shelter-cost-to-income ratio, housing adequacy, housing suitability, housing affordability and core housing need.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 982000032021019

Description: This video identifies the census questionnaires and questions that help provide a portrait of Indigenous peoples in Canada. It also explains why data on the Indigenous peoples is collected and its use and importance to Indigenous governments, organizations and service providers.

Release type: Training

Infographic: 11-627-M2021074

Description: Based on 2021 Census data, this infographic presents highlights of the diversity of the military and Veteran population in Canada.

Release type: Data product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021009

Description: This Census in Brief article focuses on the experiences of poverty in Canada based on data from the 2021 Census. It examines disaggregated poverty trends by age, gender, family situation, immigration status as well as by Indigenous identity and for racialized groups. When possible, comparisons are made to data from the 2016 Census.

Release type: Analytical product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021008

Description: This Census in Brief examines the citizenship status of Canada’s population. It presents some insights into the trends of Canadian citizenship, the naturalization rate of immigrants and those with multiple citizenships.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights data on immigration, place of birth and citizenship from the sixth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights data on ethnocultural and religious diversity from the sixth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

Supporting documentation: 982000012022001

Description: This fact sheet presents a data ecosystem comprised of a set of data sources that, together, provide information on children eligible for instruction in the minority official language.

Release type: Reference material

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: These tables present data quality indicators for the Census of Population. Data quality indicators are available for various levels of geography, most questions on the Census of Population questionnaires and other key variables of the Census of Population.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX), or the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX), or the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX), or the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX), or the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Thematic map: 92-173-X2021001

Description: A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific census data themes for standard geographic areas. The map may be qualitative in nature (e.g., predominant mother tongue) or quantitative (e.g., percentage population change).

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2022083

Description: This infographic shows the proportion of college students who had previously completed a bachelor’s degree or higher, including information by province, gender, and immigrant status.

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2022081

Description: Based on the 2021 Census data, the following infographic looks at changes in commuting in Canada since 2016.

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Key indicators

Description: The key indicators provide a quick snapshot of census data highlights by topic.

Release type: Data product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021010

Description: This Census in brief article presents 2021 Census results related to language of work, including analyses of trends over time and of differences between various groups of workers, for selected regions.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: The number of degree-holders in the working-age population rose by nearly one-fifth from 2016 to 2021, driven by recent immigrants and young adults, but the number of apprenticeship certificate holders in key trades fields declined.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: In recent years, employment growth has been strongest in health care and social assistance; construction; and professional, scientific and technical services. This is reflected in the jobs that Canadians do, and, at the time of the census in May 2021, there were 485,000 doctors and nurses, 948,000 technical tradespeople, and 614,000 IT professionals.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: In 2021, 304,000 children were eligible for instruction in English in Quebec and 593,000 children were eligible for instruction in French in Canada outside Quebec. Nearly half were living in the urban centres of Montréal, Toronto and Ottawa–Gatineau, while more than a third of children in New Brunswick were eligible. Two-thirds of children eligible for instruction in the minority official language received instruction in that language.

Release type: Analytical product

Dictionary: 98-301-X2021001

Description: The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, variables, and geographic terms, as well as historical information.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-304-X2021001

Description: This reference document provides an overview of the Census of Population content determination, collection, processing, data quality assessment and data dissemination.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021017

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret instruction in the minority official language data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021013

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret education data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021011

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret commuting data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021012

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret labour data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021003

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret language data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Data quality and confidentiality

Description: Coefficients of variation and confidence intervals of selected immigration, labour and income estimates for the 2016 Census long-form sample and the 2021 Census long-form sample, Canada, provinces and territories.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video: 982000032021025

Description: This video is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Place of birth, Citizenship and Immigration concepts as well as the importance of collecting data on these topics. You will also learn about other derived concepts such as generation status, immigration status, admissions category, applicant type, year of immigration, age at immigration, year of arrival, pre-admission experience and province or territory of intended destination. Data on these are used to evaluate policies and programs and compare social and economic conditions of immigrants over time.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 982000032021027

Description: This video provides basic information on the census questions on languages used at work and the main concepts and variables derived from them. It explains the concepts of languages used at work, language used most often at work and other languages used regularly at work. It will also help you understand the changes to the questions since the last census and the impact on historical comparability of this data.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 982000032021028

Description: This video will give you a basic understanding of four main education concepts - educational credentials, major field of study, location of study and school attendance – as well as information on the variables associated with these concepts. It will provide information about variables, such as highest certificate, diploma or degree, Classification of Instructional Programs CIP 2021, location of study and school attendance, as well as their usefulness to data users.

Release type: Training

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Interactive chart: 98-505-X2021006

Description: This interactive diagram shows the proportion of employed labour force in each occupation category, as well as the median employment income of the employed labour force who worked full year, full time and reported employment income in 2020.

Release type: Data product

Thematic map: 92-173-X2021001

Description: A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific census data themes for standard geographic areas. The map may be qualitative in nature (e.g., predominant mother tongue) or quantitative (e.g., percentage population change).

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2022084

Description: Based on 2021 Census data, this infographic provides information on children eligible for instruction in the minority official language in Canada.

Release type: Data product

Guide: 98-500-X2021004

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret income data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video: 982000032021026

Description: This video will explain the concept of minority official language. It provides information on the new census questions regarding instruction in the minority official language, eligibility for education in minority official language and the usefulness of data on language of instruction for planning purposes.

Release type: Training

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights education data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights commuting data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights labour data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

The Daily

Description: This American Sign Language video highlights minority official language data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

Release type: Analytical product

Consultation

Description: Consulting with census data users and the Canadian public allows Statistics Canada to identify whether or not the questions asked in the census are relevant, how census data are used, and how important the census is to Canadians. Statistics Canada invites data users, stakeholders, and the general public to provide feedback on what information they use, for what purpose and what, if any, data gaps Statistics Canada should consider addressing in the next census cycle.

Release type: Consultation

Consultation: 92-136-G2026001

Description: This guide explains the 2026 Census of Population content consultation process and provides information to help with your questionnaire submission.

Release type: Consultation

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021011

Description: This Census in Brief article focuses on the education of racialized groups based on data from the 2021 Census of Population. It examines differences in educational attainment between and within racialized groups. The article also provides information on whether racialized populations found jobs that correspond to their education.

Release type: Analytical product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: These tables present data quality indicators for the Census of Population. Data quality indicators are available for various levels of geography, most questions on the Census of Population questionnaires and other key variables of the Census of Population.

Release type: Data product

Thematic map: 92-173-X2021001

Description: A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific census data themes for standard geographic areas. The map may be qualitative in nature (e.g., predominant mother tongue) or quantitative (e.g., percentage population change).

Release type: Data product

Supporting documentation

Description: After the release of the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts, issues affecting the data are occasionally uncovered. This reference document provides original and revised population and dwelling counts for geographic areas with amendments to the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts.

Release type: Reference material

Data quality and confidentiality

Description: In order to ensure non-disclosure of individual respondent identity and characteristics and to limit the dissemination of data of unacceptable quality, some 2021 Census geographic areas are suppressed or removed from data and analytical products.

Release type: Reference material

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table: 98-402-X2021002

Description: These tables provide education data from the Census of Population for various geographic levels. The tables include data on highest level of education and major field of study.

Release type: Data product

Table: 98-402-X2021003

Description: These tables provide language data from the Census of Population for various geographic levels and census years. The tables include data on mother tongue, knowledge of official languages and language spoken most often at home.

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2023029

Description: Using data from the 2021 Census of Population, this infographic shows the relative number of Indigenous people who can speak an Indigenous language well enough to conduct a conversation by language. It also shows the percent growth or decline in number of Indigenous people who can speak each Indigenous language since the 2016 Census of Population.

Release type: Data product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021012

Description: This Census in Brief article focuses on First Nations people, Métis and Inuit who reported being able to conduct a conversation in an Indigenous language in the 2021 Census of Population. This article examines changes in the number of speakers by language and region. It also examines trends in mother tongue speakers of Indigenous languages and those who learned an Indigenous language as a second language.

Release type: Analytical product

Supporting documentation

Description: After the release of the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts, issues affecting the data are occasionally uncovered. This reference document provides original and revised population and dwelling counts for geographic areas with amendments to the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts.

Release type: Reference material

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Thematic map: 92-173-X2021001

Description: A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific census data themes for standard geographic areas. The map may be qualitative in nature (e.g., predominant mother tongue) or quantitative (e.g., percentage population change).

Release type: Data product

Supporting documentation

Description: After the release of the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts, issues affecting the data are occasionally uncovered. This reference document provides original and revised population and dwelling counts for geographic areas with amendments to the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts.

Release type: Reference material

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X202300100006

Description: Using data from the 2021 Census, this article provides a portrait of non-permanent residents living in Canada. More specifically, this article takes a closer look at the socio-demographic picture of non-permanent residents, such as age, place of residence, place of birth, living arrangements, education and occupation. The article also examines information on the non-permanent resident type and reports on those who came to Canada to work, study or seek refugee protection.

Release type: Analytical product

Profile of a community or region: 98-510-X2021001

Description: This product presents information from the Census of Population focusing on the Indigenous identity population and Indigenous households of various geographic areas. These geographic areas include: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, census divisions, census subdivisions, Métis settlements, Inuit regions, and First Nation or Indian band and Tribal Council areas. Data are available for the Indigenous identity population by age groups and gender for selected socio-demographic characteristics.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table: 98-402-X2021004

Description: These tables provide 2021 Census highlights on immigration, place of birth and citizenship. Counts and percentage distributions are available for various levels of geography, including Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, census divisions and census subdivisions with a 5,000-plus population.

Release type: Data product

Table: 98-402-X2021005

Description: These tables provide 2021 Census highlights on visible minorities and religious diversity. Counts and percentage distributions are available for various levels of geography, including Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, census divisions and census subdivisions with a 5,000-plus population.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 98-507-X2021001

Description: The Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) is a web-based data visualization tool that makes statistical information more interpretable by presenting key indicators in a statistical dashboard. Users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or the user can search by place name or postal code^OM. The CPDV displays the appropriate thematic map showing boundaries and other features. Results can be exported (CSV or XLSX), or the user can share their customized dashboard by a link.

Release type: Data product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021014

Description: This article sketches a portrait of multilingualism at home in 2021. It examines the situations where more than one language is spoken at home in private Canadian households, based on certain household characteristics.

Release type: Analytical product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021013

Description: This article in the Census in Brief series looks at the evolution of English–French bilingualism in Quebec, in Canada outside Quebec and across Canada in recent decades. It includes an analysis of how changes in the relative proportion and the rate of English–French bilingualism of different populations according to mother tongue have contributed to this evolution. Lastly, the article provides a glimpse into the link between schooling in the minority official language and English–French bilingualism.

Release type: Analytical product

Dictionary: 98-301-X2021001

Description: The Census Dictionary is a reference document which contains detailed definitions of Census of Population concepts, variables, and geographic terms, as well as historical information.

Release type: Reference material

Guide: 98-500-X2021007

Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret place of birth, generation status, citizenship and immigration data from the 2021 Census.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: After the release of the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts, issues affecting the data are occasionally uncovered. This reference document provides original and revised population and dwelling counts for geographic areas with amendments to the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video

Description: This video is designed to give you a basic understanding of the demographic variable "marital status" and how this variable is created and used. The concepts legal marital status, common-law status and de-facto marital status, are explained to allow you to better understand, analyze and build census data tables using the marital status variable.

Release type: Training

Conceptual video: 98200003 - 2021005

Description: This video is designed to provide viewers with a basic understanding of how census concepts, e.g., focuses, population of interest and variables are logically structured to show different ways of looking at data. The knowledge of these concepts is used when analyzing or creating census data products.

Release type: Training

Infographic: 11-627-M2023039

Description: This infographic uses data from the 2021 Census of Population to provide a profile on non-permanent residents (NPRs) living in Canada. It presents various demographic and socio-economic characteristics of NPRs, and disaggregates by type of non-permanent resident. It reports on the topics of age, country of origin, labour market outcomes, and housing.

Release type: Data product

Spatial information product: 92-162-X2023001

Description: The intercensal Census Subdivision Boundary File provides a framework for mapping and spatial analysis. The digital boundary file depicts the full extent of the geographic areas, including the coastal water area, and portrays the boundaries of all census subdivisions which combined cover all of Canada.

Release type: Geography product

Spatial information product: 92-500-X2023001

Description: Intercensal road network files are digital representations of Canada's national road network, containing information such as street names, types, directions and address ranges. They do not replace the census versions of road network files which are available as part of the suite of census geography products, and used in conjunction with products and services from the census.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92F0009X2023001

Description: The Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status and Names provides a summary of the changes to census subdivisions such as municipal boundary or name changes that were processed since the production of the previous Interim List and have an effective date on or before January 1, 2023.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-162-G2023001

Description: This reference guide is intended for users of the 2023 Census Subdivision Boundary File. The guide provides an overview of the file, the general methodology used in its creation, and important technical information.

Release type: Geography product

Reference document: 92-500-G2023001

Description: This reference guide is for users of the 2023 Road Network File. The guide provides an overview of the file, the general methodology used in its creation, and important technical information.

Release type: Geography product

Interactive dashboard: 71-607-X2023025

Description: This interactive dashboard presents selected quality of life indicators for Canadian municipalities. It presents the most recent data available from the Census of Population for census subdivisions.

Release type: Data product

Infographic: 11-627-M2023048

Description: This infographic analyzes three different Canadian-born Black populations: those with at least one parent born in Africa, those with at least one parent born in the Caribbean, and those with both parents born in Canada. It looks at how educational attainment differs between the three different Canadian-born Black populations, and how education along with other factors contributes to earnings differences between the different Black populations and between Black and non-Indigenous non-racialized populations.

Release type: Data product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X202300100009

Description: Using data from the 2021 Census, this study examines educational attainment and earnings of the Canadian-born Black population, focusing on three groups: i) those with at least one African-born parent (African-origin); ii) those with at least one Caribbean-born parent (Caribbean-origin); and iii) those whose parents were both born in Canada (Canadian-origin).

Release type: Analytical product

Supporting documentation

Description: After the release of the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts, issues affecting the data are occasionally uncovered. This reference document provides original and revised population and dwelling counts for geographic areas with amendments to the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video: 982000032021014

Description: The objective of this video is to explain the different types of families i.e., census families and economic families. It presents the concepts and variables related to families such as household type, family structure and the living arrangements of individuals. Family-related characteristics and concepts can apply to families, individuals (those in families or not) or households.

Release type: Training

Public use microdata: 98M0001X-2021001

Description: The 2021 Census Individuals File PUMF represents a sample of the Canadian population and provides access to individual records which have been anonymized. It is a comprehensive social, demographic and economic database about Canada and its people and includes a wealth of information on population characteristics.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Profile of a community or region: 98-404-X2021001

Description: Focusing on a selected geographic area, this product presents data highlights, through text, tables and figures, for each of the major releases of the 2021 Census.

Release type: Data product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021016

Description: Using data from the 2021 Census of Population, this Census in Brief article focuses on housing affordability for renters who have recently moved. It examines how monthly shelter costs and housing affordability compare between these recent renters and the rest of the renter population, disaggregated by age group, immigrant status, racialized group, poverty status and subsidized housing status.

Release type: Analytical product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021015

Description: This Census in Brief article examines how changes in income from 2019 to 2020, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, differed by level of education. It looks at changes in employment income, income-replacement benefits (COVID-19 benefits and employment insurance) and the combination of these two income types. It also examines how changes in income varied by major field of study and by province.

Release type: Analytical product

Technical report: 98-306-X2021001

Description: This report describes sampling, weighting and estimation procedures used in the 2021 Census of Population. The report also provides operational and theoretical justifications for them and presents the results of the evaluations of these procedures.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation: 98-26-00072021001

Description: The relationships between categories of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0 and those of the NOC 2016 Version 1.3—based on information from the 2021 Census—are presented in the NOC 2021–NOC 2016 and NOC 2016–NOC 2021 empirical concordances.

Release type: Reference material

Supporting documentation

Description: After the release of the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts, issues affecting the data are occasionally uncovered. This reference document provides original and revised population and dwelling counts for geographic areas with amendments to the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video: 982000032021030

Description: This video is designed to give you a basic understanding of the commuting concepts. It will help you understand the definition of commuting, the target population of commuting questions and why commuting questions are asked. It also describes the census questions that collect data on the three subtopics of commuting.

Release type: Training

Collaborative report: 41-20-00022023004

Description: This is an Indigenous Peoples Thematic Series custom report produced in collaboration between the Assembly of First Nations and Statistics Canada. It includes a variety of social and economic statistics for Status First Nations people living on and off reserve and includes comparisons with the non-Indigenous population.

Release type: Analytical product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X202300100012

Description: This study uses data from the 2021 Census to report on postsecondary educational attainment and labour market outcomes among Indigenous adults aged 25 to 64 years. As First Nations people, Métis and Inuit are more likely to live in certain regions, which can impact their participation in both education and the labour market, the article pays particular attention to patterns in educational attainment and employment among those residing in remote areas, on reserve, and communities across Inuit Nunangat.

Release type: Analytical product

Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X2021001

Description: This profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Interactive dashboard: 71-607-X2023031

Description: This product offers a visual overview of interprovincial migration by language group in Canada from 1976 to 2021. The language variables showcased in this product are the first official language spoken and mother tongue. It provides information on the number and rate of in-migrants, out-migrants and the net migration of each province and territory from 1976 to 2021. Data can be filtered by province or territory, language variable, language group, and group of migrants.

Release type: Data product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021017

Description: This Census in Brief article presents results on migration between provinces and regions by language, with special focus on the situation of official language minority populations. The analysis examines internal migration flows—in other words, people who moved within Canada—between two censuses, as well as the cumulative effects of these migrations in the long run, taking into account the province of birth.

Release type: Analytical product

Supporting documentation

Description: After the release of the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts, issues affecting the data are occasionally uncovered. This reference document provides original and revised population and dwelling counts for geographic areas with amendments to the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts.

Release type: Reference material

Conceptual video: 982000032021020

Description: This video is designed to provide a basic understanding of the Indigenous population concepts. In this video, you will learn about the various ways to define the Indigenous population, which questions or combination of questions are used to count each of these populations, and how to differentiate each of these populations.

Release type: Training

Supporting documentation

Description: After the release of the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts, issues affecting the data are occasionally uncovered. This reference document provides original and revised population and dwelling counts for geographic areas with amendments to the 2021 Census population and dwelling counts.

Release type: Reference material

Consultation

Description: The 2026 Census of Population Dissemination Consultation gives data users an opportunity to provide feedback regarding the dissemination strategies associated with the 2026 Census of Population product line (including geography products) within the Census Program at Statistics Canada.

Release type: Consultation

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X202400100002

Description: Using 2021 Census data, this article examines the link between working from home and the languages used at work. It focuses on three Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) of Moncton, Montréal and Ottawa–Gatineau—three regions where both English and French are used widely at work.

Release type: Analytical product

Insights on Canadian Society: 75-006-X202400100003

Description: This study examines enrolment in French-language elementary schools in the Maritime provinces—i.e., New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island—according to the distance between children’s homes and French- and English-language schools. The study is based on data from the 2021 Census of Population and on data from the 2022 Open Database on Educational Facilities.

Release type: Analytical product

Census in Brief: 98-200-X2021018

Description: This article offers an initial in-depth analysis of participation in French immersion programs in Canada outside Quebec, based on 2021 Census data. This analysis examines factors that may be related to availability of French immersion programs and choosing of these programs. In addition, it looks at the possible links between schooling in a French immersion program and English–French bilingualism as well as the use of French at home or at work in adulthood.

Release type: Analytical product

Profile of a community or region: 98-26-00092021001

Description: This product presents 2021 Census of Population characteristic data for nine separate profiles of interest, including: age; ethnic origin; first official language; immigration; income distribution by income source; mother tongue; poverty, COVID-19 benefits and high income; religion; and visible minority. Data are available for various levels of geography, including Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, and communities with a 2021 population of 10,000 or greater.

Release type: Data product

Public use microdata: 98M0001X2021002

Description: This Hierarchical File, 2021 Census Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) product provides access to non-aggregated data covering a sample of 1% of the Canadian households. It is a comprehensive social, demographic and economic database about Canada and its people, and contains a wealth of characteristics on the population.

Release type: Data product

Technical report: 98-307-X2021001

Description: This report deals with Indigenous identity, Indigenous group, Registered or Treaty Indian status, Membership in a First Nation or Indian band, Membership in a Métis organization or Settlement, Enrollment under an Inuit land claims agreement, and Indigenous ancestry, and contains explanations of concepts, data quality, historical comparability and comparability with other sources, as well as information on data collection, processing and dissemination. The title of this product for the 2021 Census was renamed from ‘Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report’ to ‘Indigenous Peoples Technical Report’ to reflect a change in terminology in the Census of Population. The term “Indigenous” replaced “Aboriginal” when referring to the collective term for people who identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit. Its usage aligns with the Government of Canada and is coherent with standard terminology used in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Release type: Reference material

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Table

Description: This series of cross-tabulations presents a portrait of Canada. They range in complexity and are available for various levels of geography.

Release type: Data product

Supporting documentation: 98-26-00082021001

Description: This report examines children eligible for instruction in the minority official language (i.e., French in Canada outside Quebec and English in Quebec) at the primary and secondary levels.

Release type: Reference material

Interactive chart: 98-505-X2021002

Description: This interactive chart is comprised of two visualizations showing statistics of selected income sources by various characteristics and geographies.

Release type: Data product

Consultation: 92-137-X2024001

Description: Data from the Census of Population are important for all communities and are vital to plan services that support education, employment, transportation, health care and housing. To maintain the relevance of the census, Statistics Canada evaluates and reviews the census questionnaire content for each census cycle. In preparation for the 2026 Census, Statistics Canada consulted Canadians from fall 2022 to spring 2023. Detailed responses were received from organizations and individuals representing federal, provincial, territorial and local government departments; First Nations people, Métis and Inuit; the general public; academia; special interest groups; and the private sector. This report focuses on the findings of the 2026 Census data needs consultation and stakeholder discussions.

Release type: Consultation