Canadian Population Census

1911 - 2021

Subjects

Census Families Families, households and marital status

Overview

Summary

Statistics Canada conducts the Census of Population in order to develop a statistical portrait of Canada and Canadians on one specific day. The census is designed to provide information about people and housing units in Canada by their demographic, social and economic characteristics. You can read a brief history of the Census on the Canadian encyclopedia.

Please note that additional documentation is available for this survey. Please contact your RDC analyst to request this documentation.

Available Cycles

Years	Name
1911,1921,1931,1941,1951,1971,1976,1981,1986,1991,1996,2001,2006,2011,2016,2021	Canadian Population Census

Documentation

StatsCan

Publication Note

All publications (e.g. scientific articles, reports, dissertations, theses) and presentations based on a dataset available in the RDCs should include an acknowledgement of the support provided by granting councils (SSHRC, CIHR, CFI), Statistics Canada and host university. See a sample

Related Publications

Casey Warman and Christopher Worswick (2015).

Technological change, occupational tasks and declining immigrant outcomes: Implications for earnings and income inequality in Canada

Canadian Journal of Economics , 736-772

Abigail Payne and Justin Smith (2015).

Does income inequality increase charitable giving?

Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network (CLSRN) Working Papers

David Alan Green and Benjamin M. Sand (2015).

Has the Canadian labour market polarized?

Canadian Journal of Economics , 612-646

Yigit Aydede and Ather Akbari (2015).

Economic benefits of studying economics in Canada: A comparison of wages of economics majors with those in other disciplines circa 2005

Canadian Journal of Higher Education / Revue canadienne d'enseignement supérieur , 143-165

Louis-Philippe Morin (2015).

Cohort size and youth earnings: Evidence from a quasi-experiment

Labour Economics , 99-111

Susumu Imai, Derek Stacey, and Casey Warman (2014).

From engineer to taxi driver? Language proficiency and the occupational skills of immigrants

Department of Economics Working Paper

Qing Li and Arthur Sweetman (2014).

The quality of immigrant source country educational outcomes: Do they matter in the receiving country?

Labour Economics , 81-93

David Alan Green and Benjamin M. Sand (2014).

Has the Canadian labour market polarized?

Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network (CLSRN) Working Papers

Kris Inwood, Mary MacKinnon, and Chris Minns (2014).

Labour market dynamics in Canada, 1891-1911: A first look from new census samples

Brahim Boudarbat and Thomas Lemieux (2014).

Why are the relative wages of immigrants declining? A distributional approach

Industrial and Labor Relations Review , 1127-1165

Serge Coulombe, Gilles Grenier, and Serge Nadeau (2014).

Quality of work experience and economic development - Estimates using Canadian immigrant data

Journal of Human Capital , 199-234

Serge Coulombe, Gilles Grenier, and Serge Nadeau (2014).

Human capital quality and the immigrant wage gap

IZA Journal of Migration , 1-22

Magali Girard and Michael R. Smith (2013).

Working in a regulated occupation in Canada: an immigrant-native-born comparison

Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l'integration et de la migration internationale , 219-244

Ana Ferrer and Alicia Adsera (2013).

Age at migration, language and fertility patterns among migrants to Canada

Population Studies , 65-79

Chao Wang (2013).

Three essays in health economics

Paul A. Peters and Michael Tjepkema (2012).

Plenary session: Health administrative data

James Ted McDonald and Christopher Worswick (2012).

The determinants of the migration decisions of immigrant and non-immigrant physicians in Canada

Social Science and Medicine , 1581-1588

Brahim Boudarbat, Thomas Lemieux, and W. Craig Riddell (2010).

The evolution of the returns to human capital in Canada, 1980-2005

Canadian Public Policy , 63-89

Rochelle Wijesigha (2010).

Social capital and labour market integration of immigrants

Peter Hall (2006).

The labour market situation of highly skilled immigrants in Canada's hi-tech clusters

Related Data

National Household Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

NHS

Canadian Household Panel Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

CHPS

Canadian Social Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

CSS

Household Facilities by Income and Other Characteristics

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

HIFE

Canadian Survey on Disability linked to Census Housing Data

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

CSD-Census

Canadian Housing Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

CHS

Extending the Relevance of the Longitudinal Files

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

ERLF

Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

SLID

Survey of Household Spending

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

SHS

Longitudinal and International Study of Adults

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

LISA

Canadian Income Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

CIS

Survey of Family Expenditures

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

Famex

Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics – Cross-national Equivalent File

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

SLID-CNEF

Canadian Population Census

Subjects

Overview

Summary

Available Cycles

Documentation

Publication Note

Related Publications

Casey Warman and Christopher Worswick (2015).

Technological change, occupational tasks and declining immigrant outcomes: Implications for earnings and income inequality in Canada

Abigail Payne and Justin Smith (2015).

Does income inequality increase charitable giving?

David Alan Green and Benjamin M. Sand (2015).

Has the Canadian labour market polarized?

Yigit Aydede and Ather Akbari (2015).

Economic benefits of studying economics in Canada: A comparison of wages of economics majors with those in other disciplines circa 2005

Louis-Philippe Morin (2015).

Cohort size and youth earnings: Evidence from a quasi-experiment

Susumu Imai, Derek Stacey, and Casey Warman (2014).

From engineer to taxi driver? Language proficiency and the occupational skills of immigrants

Qing Li and Arthur Sweetman (2014).

The quality of immigrant source country educational outcomes: Do they matter in the receiving country?

David Alan Green and Benjamin M. Sand (2014).

Has the Canadian labour market polarized?

Kris Inwood, Mary MacKinnon, and Chris Minns (2014).

Labour market dynamics in Canada, 1891-1911: A first look from new census samples

Brahim Boudarbat and Thomas Lemieux (2014).

Why are the relative wages of immigrants declining? A distributional approach

Serge Coulombe, Gilles Grenier, and Serge Nadeau (2014).

Quality of work experience and economic development - Estimates using Canadian immigrant data

Serge Coulombe, Gilles Grenier, and Serge Nadeau (2014).

Human capital quality and the immigrant wage gap

Magali Girard and Michael R. Smith (2013).

Working in a regulated occupation in Canada: an immigrant-native-born comparison

Ana Ferrer and Alicia Adsera (2013).

Age at migration, language and fertility patterns among migrants to Canada

Chao Wang (2013).

Three essays in health economics

Paul A. Peters and Michael Tjepkema (2012).

Plenary session: Health administrative data

James Ted McDonald and Christopher Worswick (2012).

The determinants of the migration decisions of immigrant and non-immigrant physicians in Canada

Brahim Boudarbat, Thomas Lemieux, and W. Craig Riddell (2010).

The evolution of the returns to human capital in Canada, 1980-2005

Rochelle Wijesigha (2010).

Social capital and labour market integration of immigrants

Peter Hall (2006).

The labour market situation of highly skilled immigrants in Canada's hi-tech clusters

Related Data

National Household Survey

Canadian Household Panel Survey

Canadian Social Survey

Household Facilities by Income and Other Characteristics

Canadian Survey on Disability linked to Census Housing Data

Canadian Housing Survey

Extending the Relevance of the Longitudinal Files

Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics

Survey of Household Spending

Longitudinal and International Study of Adults

Canadian Income Survey

Survey of Family Expenditures

Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics – Cross-national Equivalent File

Resources

Data Session 2 - Focus on the Census Data Linkages (2022)

Census Variables - All years (2015)

Data Dictionary 2011 (2012)

Dictionnaire de données 2011 (2012)

Data Dictionary 2006 (2008)

Data Dictionary 2001 (2002)

Data Dictionary 1996 (1999)