Canadian Census

Canadian demographics
(local, regional and national)

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Full Census Profiles are now available for local markets.

The principle source for demographic information in Canada is the Census. It is a wealth of information based in many cases on sample sizes of nearly 98% of households. The Census provides you with statistics on age and gender, marital status, income, occupation, household characteristics, ethnic origin, home language, housing characteristics, religion, and immigration dates among many other variables.

The table below provides the original release dates and the topics covered by the 2006 Census data. Click on live links to view available highlights. Most of the highlights are only available for Canada, provinces and metropolitan areas.

If you are interested in local community and neighbourhood data click here.

2006 Census Release Schedule & Data Links

Release no. 1: Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Population and dwelling counts

Release no. 2: Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Age and sex

Release no. 3: Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Marital status (including common-law status)

Families and households

Housing and shelter costs (including dwelling characteristics)

Release no. 4: Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Language

Mobility and migration

Immigration and citizenship

Release no. 5: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Aboriginal peoples

Release no. 6: Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Labour (including labour market activity, industry and occupation)

Place of work and commuting to work (including mode of transportation)

Education

Language (including language of work)

Release no. 7: Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Ethnic origin and visible minorities

Release no. 8: Thursday, May 1, 2008

Income and earnings

Housing and shelter costs

Source Lists subscribers can keyword search all free Census data by using our Census search page.

For other demographic sources see our research guide:
Market Research - Demographics

� John White, GDSourcing - Research & Retrieval 2008