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Immigrant Status (4) for the Population of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1911 to 2006 Censuses - 20% Sample Data
About this variable: Immigrant status (4)
Definition
Landed immigrant status
Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to whether or not the person is a landed immigrant in Canada. Landed immigrants are people who have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities.
Non-immigrant population
Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to people who are Canadian citizens by birth. Although most were born in Canada, a small number of them were born outside Canada to Canadian parents.
Immigrant population
Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to people who are, or have been, landed immigrants in Canada. A landed immigrant is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Some immigrants have resided in Canada for a number of years, while others have arrived recently. Most immigrants are born outside Canada, but a small number were born in Canada.
Non-permanent resident
Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to people from another country who had a Work or Study Permit, or who were refugee claimants at the time of the census, and family members living in Canada with them.
Values
- Total - Immigrant status
- Non-immigrants Footnote 2
- Immigrants Footnote 3
- Non-permanent residents Footnote 4
Footnotes
- Footnote 2
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For the 1981 to 2006 censuses, the term 'non-immigrants' refers to persons who are Canadian citizens by birth. Although most Canadian citizens by birth were born in Canada, a small number were born outside Canada to Canadian parents. For censuses prior to 1981, the term 'non-immigrants' refers to persons born in Canada.
- Footnote 3
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For the 1991 to 2006 censuses, the term 'immigrants' refers to persons who are, or have ever been, landed immigrants in Canada. A landed immigrant is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Some immigrants have resided in Canada for a number of years, while others are recent arrivals. Most immigrants are born outside Canada, but a small number were born in Canada. Data on the landed immigrant population have been collected in a direct census question since the 1991 Census. In the 1981 and 1986 censuses, the immigrant population was defined as persons who were not Canadian citizens by birth and prior to the 1981 Census, the immigrant population referred to all persons born outside Canada. Changes to the definition of the immigrant population since 1981 should not have a major impact on the comparability of census data on immigrants over time.
- Footnote 4
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Non-permanent residents are persons from another country who, at the time of the census, held a Work or Study Permit, or who were refugee claimants, as well as family members living with them in Canada. In the 1991, 1996 and 2001 censuses non-permanent residents also included persons who held a Minister's permit; this type of permit was discontinued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada prior to the 2006 Census. Data on non-permanent residents are not available prior to 1991 because until that census, they were considered foreign residents and were not enumerated (the only exception to this occurred in 1941 when persons who did not plan to live permanently in Canada were included in the census).