Census local area profiles 2001 attributes

• 2001 population based on 100% data
  Statistics Canada is taking additional measures to protect the privacy of all Canadians and the confidentiality of the data they provide to us. Starting with the 2001 Census, some population counts are adjusted in order to ensure confidentiality.
• 1996 population based on 100% data
  These figures have not been subjected to random rounding. For more details, see " About the Data ".
• Age - based on 100% data
  Refers to the age at last birthday (as of the census reference date, May 15, 2001).
• Common-law status
  Refers to two people of the opposite sex or of the same sex who live together as a couple, but who are not legally married to each other.
• Legal marital status
  Refers to the legal conjugal status of a person.
• Never legally married (single)
  Persons who have never married (including all persons less than 15 years of age) and persons whose marriage has been annulled and who have not remarried.
• Legally married (and not separated)
  Persons whose husband or wife is living, unless the couple is separated or a divorce has been obtained.
• Separated, but still legally married
  Persons currently married, but who are no longer living with their spouse (for any reason other than illness or work) and have not obtained a divorce.
• Divorced
  Persons who have obtained a legal divorce and who have not remarried.
• Widowed
  Persons who have lost their spouse through death and who have not remarried.
• Language(s) first learned and still understood - 20% sample data
  Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census. Sometimes referred to as mother tongue. Please note that in the 1996 Community Profiles, "first language learned in childhood and still understood" was based on 100% data.
• Other languages
  Includes responses indicating single responses of a non-official language and multiple responses. Multiple responses include cases where one of the languages is either English or French, in combination with one non-official language.
• Catholic
  Includes Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Polish National Catholic Church, Old Catholic.
• Christian not included elsewhere
  Includes mostly answers of "Christian", not otherwise stated.
• Eastern religions
  Includes Baha'i, Eckankar, Jains, Shinto, Taoist, Zoroastrian and Eastern religions, not identified elsewhere.
• Other religions
  Includes Aboriginal spirituality, Pagan, Wicca, Unity - New Thought - Pantheist, Scientology, Rastafarian, New Age, Gnostic, Satanist, etc.
• No religious affiliation
  Includes Agnostic, Atheist, Humanist, and No religion, and other responses, such as Darwinism, etc.
• Mobility status - place of residence 1 year ago
  Information indicating whether the person lived in the same residence on Census Day (May 15, 2001), as he or she did one year before (May 15, 2000).
  
  Special Note: Migration Data for Small Geographic Areas Estimates of internal migration may be less accurate for small geographic areas, areas with a place name which is duplicated elsewhere, and for some Census Subdivisions (CSD) where previous residents may have provided the name of the Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration instead of the specific name of the component CSD from which they migrated. For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary , Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE.

• Mobility status - place of residence 5 years ago
  Information indicating whether the person lived in the same residence on Census Day (May 15, 2001), as he or she did five years before (May 15, 1996).
  
  Special Note: Migration Data for Small Geographic Areas Estimates of internal migration may be less accurate for small geographic areas, areas with a place name which is duplicated elsewhere, and for some Census Subdivisions (CSD) where previous residents may have provided the name of the Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration instead of the specific name of the component CSD from which they migrated. For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary , Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE.

• Canadian-born population
  Includes persons born in Canada as well as a small number of persons born outside Canada who are Canadian citizens by birth.
• Foreign-born population
  This population is also referred to as the "immigrant population", which is defined as persons who are, or have ever been, landed immigrants in Canada.
• Immigrated between 1991 and 2001
  Includes data up to May 15, 2001.
• Non-permanent residents
  Refers to persons who, at the time of the census, held a student or employment authorization, Minister's permit or who were refugee claimants, as well as family members living with them.
• Aboriginal identity population
  This is a grouping of the total population into non-Aboriginal or Aboriginal population, with Aboriginal persons further divided into Aboriginal groups, based on their responses to three questions on the 2001 Census form. Included in the Aboriginal population are those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, that is, "North American Indian", "Métis" or "Inuit (Eskimo)", and/or who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian, as defined by the Indian Act of Canada, and/or who reported they were members of an Indian Band or First Nation.
• Visible minority population
  According to the Employment Equity Act (1986), visible minorities are persons (other than Aboriginal persons) who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.
• Visible minority, n.i.e.
  Includes respondents who reported a write-in response classified as a visible minority such as "Polynesian", "Guyanese", "Mauritian", etc.
• Multiple visible minorities
  Includes respondents who reported more than one visible minority group by checking two or more mark-in circles, e.g. "Black" and "South Asian".
• All others
  Includes respondents who reported "Yes" to Question 18 (Aboriginal self-reporting) as well as respondents who were not considered to be members of a visible minority group.
• School attendance for the age group 15 to 19
  The overall quality of the education variables from the 2001 Census is acceptable. However, users of the 2001 Census data on school attendance are cautioned that the counts for the 15 to 19 year olds not attending school category may be too high. The proportion of persons aged 15 to 19 who indicated they had not attended school in the school year prior to the census increased from 18% in 1996 to 23% in 2001. This variable requires further research.
• High school graduation certificate and/or some postsecondary
  Includes persons who have attended courses at postsecondary institutions and who may or may not have a high school graduation certificate. Excludes persons with a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree. Since 1981, "postsecondary" refers to years of schooling completed at university or at institutions other than a university, a secondary (high) school or an elementary school. Examples of postsecondary institutions include community colleges, institutes of technology, CEGEPs, private trade schools, private business colleges and schools of nursing.
• College certificate or diploma
  Referred to as "Other non-university certificate or diploma" in previous censuses, this sector includes non-degree-granting institutions such as community colleges, CEGEPs, private business colleges and technical institutes.
• All persons with earnings (counts)
  Refers to total income received by a persons 15 years of age and over who received wages and salaries, net income from a non-farm unincorporated business and/or professional practice, and/or net farm self-employment income during calendar year 2000, who reported non-zero earnings.
• Worked full year, full time (counts)
  The term full-year full-time workers refers to persons 15 years of age and over (excluding institutional residents) who worked 49-52 weeks (mostly full time) in 2000 for pay or in self-employment.
• Language used most often at work
  Refers to the language used most often at work by the individual at the time of the census. Other languages used at work on a regular basis are also collected.
• Employed labour force 15 years and over
  Persons who, during the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 15, 2001): (a) did any work at all for pay or in self-employment or without pay in a family farm, business or professional practice; (b) were absent from their job or business, with or without pay, for the entire week because of a vacation, an illness, a labour dispute at their place of work, or any other reasons.
• Mode of transportation to work
  Refers to the mode of transportation to work of non-institutional residents 15 years of age and over who worked at some time since January 1, 2000. Persons who indicate in the place of work question that they either had no fixed workplace address, or specified a usual workplace address, are asked to identify the mode of transportation they most frequently use to commute from home to work.
• Persons reporting hours of unpaid work
  Includes all persons reporting hours of unpaid housework; hours looking after children, without pay; and hours of unpaid care or assistance to seniors.
• Persons reporting hours of unpaid housework
  Refers to the number of persons reporting hours of unpaid housework, yard work or home maintenance in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 15, 2001). Unpaid housework includes work for one's own household or for the household of others. Data are available for persons 15 years of age and over, excluding institutional residents.
• Persons reporting hours looking after children, without pay
  Refers to the number of persons reporting hours spent looking after their own or someone else's children, without pay, in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 15, 2001). Data are available for persons 15 years of age and over, excluding institutional residents.
• Persons reporting hours of unpaid care or assistance to seniors
  Refers to the number of persons reporting hours spent providing unpaid care or assistance to seniors in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 15, 2001). Data are available for persons 15 years of age and over, excluding institutional residents.
• Experienced labour force
  Refers to persons 15 years and over, excluding institutional residents, who were employed or unemployed during the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day, and who had last worked for pay or in self-employment in either 2000 or 2001.
• Participation rate
  Refers to the labour force in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 15, 2001), expressed as a percentage of the population 15 years of age and over.
• Employment rate
  Refers to the number of persons employed in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 15, 2001), expressed as a percentage of the total population 15 years of age and over.
• Unemployment rate
  Refers to the unemployed expressed as a percentage of the labour force in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 15, 2001).
• Persons 15 years of age and over with income
  Refers to the total money income received during calendar year 2000 by persons 15 years of age and over.
• Median total income of persons 15 years of age and over ($)
  Refers to the median total income of persons 15 years of age and over reported for persons with income.
• Composition of total income (100%)
  The percentages shown in tables providing the composition of total income are based upon aggregate source amounts (for example, employment income, government transfer payments or other income) that are generated, rounded and subjected to independent suppression for confidentiality reasons prior to calculation. Due to this calculation method, the sum of the percentages may not add to 100.0%.
• Common-law couple families
  In 2001, the category includes both opposite-sex and same-sex common-law couples.
• Lone-parent families
  For the 2001 Census, a change in the concept of census family has resulted in a higher number of lone-parent families compared to the number established by the 1996 Census. There is an apparent increase of approximately 10% in the number of lone-parent families between 1996 and 2001 due solely to the change in concept. For example, at the Canada level, figures show a 15.3% increase in lone-parent families from 1996 to 2001. The conceptual change has resulted in an increase of 10.1 percentage points, leaving a real increase of 5.2%. For information on the new census family concept, see the Special Note " Changes to family concepts for the 2001 Census ."
• Median family income ($) - All census families
  The median income of census families and non-family persons is calculated for all units in the specified group, whether or not they reported income.
• Median family income ($) - Couple families
  The median family income of couple families includes married, opposite-sex and same-sex common-law couple families.
• Households containing a couple (married or common-law) with children
  Refers to couple family households with at least one child under 25 years of age.
• Households containing a couple (married or common-law) without children
  Includes couple family households with all children 25 years of age and over.
• Other household types
  Includes multiple-family households, lone-parent family households and non-family households other than one-person households.
• Number of rented dwellings
  Refers to a non-reserve private dwelling, other than one situated on a farm and occupied by a farm operator, which is not owned by some member of the household.
  
  Note: Other products may show the number of rented dwellings for households with household income greater than $0 in 2000.

• Number of owner-occupied dwellings
  Refers to a non-reserve private dwelling, other than one situated on a farm and occupied by a farm operator, which is owned or being bought by some member of the household.
  
  Note: Other products may show the number of owner-occupied dwellings for households with household income greater than $0 in 2000.

• Occupied private dwelling
  Refers to a private dwelling in which a person or a group of persons are permanently residing. Also included are private dwellings whose usual residents are temporarily absent on Census Day.
• Owned occupied private dwelling
  Refers to a private dwelling which is owned or being purchased by some member of the household.
• Rented occupied private dwelling
  Included are all occupied private dwellings that are rented for cash, without cash rent or at a reduced rent and dwellings that are part of a cooperative.

Note: Refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary for full definitions of each attribute