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Topic-based tabulation: Census Metropolitan Area and Residual for Province or Territory of Residence 1 Year Ago (49), Labour Force Activity (5), Occupation - National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006 (13), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (7), Age Groups (14A) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Catalogue number :97-556-XCB2006021
Release date :April 8, 2008
Topic :Mobility and migration
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Note

Note: Data quality - Certificate or diploma below the bachelor level

The overall quality of the 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree' variable from the 2006 Census is acceptable. However, users of the 'University certificate or diploma below the bachelor level' category should know that an unexpected growth in this category was noted compared to the 2001 Census.

In fact, in the 2001 Census, 2.5% of respondents aged 15 years or over declared such a diploma, compared to 4.4% in 2006, representing 89% growth. This phenomenon was not found in other sources like the Labour Force Survey.

We recommend users interpret the 2006 Census results for this category with caution.

For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B: Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.

More information will be available in the Education Reference Guide, 2006 Census, to be published later in 2008.

Note: Broad occupational category A - Management occupations

Census data for occupation groups in Broad occupational category A - Management occupations should be used with caution. Some coding errors were made in assigning the appropriate level of management, e.g., senior manager as opposed to middle manager, and in determining the appropriate area of specialization or activity, e.g., a manager of a health care program in a hospital as opposed to a government manager in health policy administration. Some non-management occupations have also been miscoded to management due to confusion over titles such as program manager and project manager. Data users may wish to use data for management occupations in conjunction with other variables such as Income, Age and Education.

Note: Institutional residents

People in seniors' residences in the 2006 Census are classified as 'not living in an institution'. This is a change from the 2001 Census where they were classified as institutional residents, specifically, 'living in an institution, resident under care or custody'.

Note: Inter-census metropolitan area migrants (1 year ago) subuniverse

Inter-census metropolitan area migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living in a different census metropolitan area from the one at which they resided one year earlier.


Note: Migration data for small geographic areas

Estimates of internal migration may be less accurate for small geographic areas, areas with a place name that is duplicated elsewhere, and for some census subdivisions (CSDs) where 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.

To improve the accuracy of the 2006 Census data, postal codes are used to pinpoint the exact CSD of the previous residence.

For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.


Note: Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago

Refers to the relationship between a person's usual place of residence on Census Day and his or her usual place of residence one year earlier. A person is classified as a non-mover if no difference exists. Otherwise, a person is classified as a mover and this categorization is called Mobility status (1 year ago). Within the category of movers, a further distinction is made between non-migrants and migrants; this difference is called migration status.

Non-movers are persons who, on Census Day, were living at the same address as the one at which they resided one year earlier.

Movers are persons who, on Census Day, were living at a different address than the one at which they resided one year earlier.

Non-migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living at a different address, but in the same census subdivision (CSD) as the one they lived in one year earlier.

Migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were residing in a different CSD one year earlier (internal migrants) or who were living outside Canada one year earlier (external migrants).

For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.


Note: Non-permanent residents and the census universe

In the 2006 Census, non-permanent residents are defined as people 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 in Canada with them. In the 1991, 1996 and 2001 censuses, non-permanent residents also included persons who held a Minister's permit; this was discontinued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada prior to the 2006 Census.

From 1991 on, the Census of Population has enumerated both permanent and non-permanent residents of Canada. Prior to 1991, only permanent residents of Canada were included in the census. (The only exception to this occurred in 1941.) Non-permanent residents were considered foreign residents and were not enumerated.

Total population counts, as well as counts for all variables, are affected by this change in the census universe. Users should be especially careful when comparing data from 1991, 1996, 2001 or 2006 with data from previous censuses in geographic areas where there is a concentration of non-permanent residents.

Today in Canada, non-permanent residents make up a significant segment of the population, especially in several census metropolitan areas. Their presence can affect the demand for such government services as health care, schooling, employment programs and language training. The inclusion of non-permanent residents in the census facilitates comparisons with provincial and territorial statistics (marriages, divorces, births and deaths) which include this population. In addition, this inclusion of non-permanent residents brings Canadian practice closer to the United Nations (UN) recommendation that long-term residents (persons living in a country for one year or longer) be enumerated in the census.

Although every attempt has been made to enumerate non-permanent residents, factors such as language difficulties, the reluctance to complete a government form or to understand the need to participate may have affected the enumeration of this population.

For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

For counts of the non-permanent resident population in 1991, 2001 and 2006, please refer to the 2006 Census table 97-557-XCB2006006.


Note: Population universe

The population universe of the 2006 Census includes the following groups:
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Study Permits and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Work Permits and members of their families living with them.

For census purposes, the last three groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent resident found in the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

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This table details census metropolitan area and residual for province or territory of residence 1 year ago , labour force activity , occupation - national occupational classification for statistics 2006 , highest certificate, diploma or degree , age groups and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in CanadaFootnote 2
Current - Census metropolitan area and residual for province or territory of residence (48) 1 year ago - Census metropolitan area and residual for province or territory of residence (49)
Canada St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, excluding CMA(s) Prince Edward Island Halifax Nova Scotia, excluding CMA(s) Moncton Saint John New Brunswick, excluding CMA(s) Montréal Ottawa - Gatineau (Que. part - Partie Qc) Québec Saguenay Sherbrooke Trois-Rivières Quebec, excluding CMA(s) Barrie Brantford Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury Guelph Hamilton Kingston Kitchener London Oshawa Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. part - Partie Ont.) Peterborough St. Catharines - Niagara Thunder Bay Toronto Windsor Ontario, excluding CMA(s) Winnipeg Manitoba, excluding CMA(s) Regina Saskatoon Saskatchewan, excluding CMA(s) Calgary Edmonton Alberta, excluding CMA(s) Abbotsford Kelowna Vancouver Victoria British Columbia, excluding CMA(s) Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut Outside Canada
Canada 25,659,200 149,145 273,780 109,665 308,620 448,655 103,475 99,885 399,470 2,946,070 226,970 594,745 127,225 151,825 117,380 1,985,375 136,445 98,705 129,115 102,175 555,550 123,815 356,420 369,295 257,420 679,645 96,320 319,240 101,365 4,067,160 257,760 2,073,160 559,825 347,385 157,370 186,910 424,185 846,030 817,040 901,100 123,420 131,545 1,712,845 274,595 1,089,780 24,605 31,580 19,445 245,630
St. John's 149,990 144,275 2,330 40 340 240 40 120 90 105 20 0 0 0 0 25 20 0 10 0 70 15 130 30 25 70 0 50 0 350 20 85 80 40 0 0 10 100 150 150 0 0 40 0 60 0 30 55 770
Newfoundland and Labrador, excluding CMA(s) 272,360 1,655 265,160 150 420 265 65 245 245 15 0 10 20 0 0 80 25 0 20 55 40 20 165 15 130 155 0 25 10 1,040 0 305 165 130 20 0 35 185 135 645 10 0 50 15 105 0 140 100 255
Prince Edward Island 110,190 15 145 107,385 380 250 75 60 280 90 0 25 0 0 0 35 10 0 0 15 50 15 10 45 25 45 0 0 0 155 0 230 20 0 15 15 40 80 20 45 0 10 100 0 0 0 15 10 435
Halifax 309,070 300 210 290 295,670 4,155 360 230 805 270 15 100 10 50 0 200 55 30 10 25 125 120 145 55 30 625 25 35 15 800 40 365 145 120 10 55 50 210 205 175 15 10 140 330 140 0 50 0 2,230
Nova Scotia, excluding CMA(s) 447,255 75 170 150 3,790 436,410 190 120 570 170 15 20 0 30 0 90 40 0 10 20 180 70 90 85 115 185 45 85 0 620 15 650 45 80 10 25 35 300 235 505 35 0 130 95 260 20 65 35 1,330
Moncton 103,840 55 65 90 315 205 99,155 170 2,195 125 35 50 10 20 0 65 0 20 15 10 30 10 20 40 15 140 10 15 0 210 0 145 30 0 0 0 20 40 0 45 0 10 35 15 25 0 10 0 350
Saint John 99,630 0 60 60 225 165 225 96,715 880 25 25 0 0 0 0 15 10 40 0 0 0 55 30 45 0 80 0 15 0 90 0 80 0 15 10 0 15 45 10 65 0 0 55 0 20 0 0 30 485
New Brunswick, excluding CMA(s) 397,880 60 130 160 465 465 1,940 855 388,295 410 50 345 20 40 10 405 25 15 0 20 60 65 65 85 60 300 20 30 20 510 15 680 95 65 10 30 10 105 160 315 10 0 130 40 125 0 0 10 1,125
Montréal 2,967,250 55 40 40 330 185 175 100 495 2,895,200 1,395 4,550 1,055 1,820 1,055 18,875 50 25 75 100 215 150 70 155 45 1,280 25 50 15 2,790 145 850 225 45 75 80 120 410 325 280 30 15 925 80 345 40 20 35 32,745
Ottawa - Gatineau (Que. part - Partie Qc) 229,060 0 0 15 25 25 30 10 40 1,470 220,970 440 175 95 75 1,540 10 0 25 10 15 45 10 0 20 2,340 0 10 0 75 10 320 40 15 15 0 0 20 35 30 0 0 50 20 30 0 15 10 975
Québec 595,850 15 0 50 35 55 20 0 305 3,595 425 579,115 745 530 365 7,115 0 0 0 10 20 45 0 15 0 125 0 25 0 130 0 170 45 15 20 10 10 35 45 150 0 0 45 40 45 0 10 20 2,430
Saguenay 126,220 0 10 0 15 0 10 0 10 745 35 625 123,090 80 10 1,320 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 15 0 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 135
Sherbrooke 152,205 0 0 0 10 0 25 0 10 1,605 95 430 100 145,705 100 3,115 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 20 0 55 0 15 0 35 10 45 10 0 0 0 0 35 10 25 0 15 0 0 35 0 0 0 665
Trois-Rivières 117,645 0 0 0 20 10 0 0 0 910 35 405 35 40 113,325 2,345 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 30 10 0 10 0 15 0 15 25 0 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 340
Quebec, excluding CMA(s) 1,995,590 30 50 45 140 95 70 0 550 27,435 1,350 6,985 1,635 2,945 2,355 1,946,600 0 25 60 40 40 70 30 45 35 305 0 55 0 290 0 700 60 35 15 10 40 110 60 210 25 20 80 35 220 10 15 20 2,615
Barrie 138,480 25 40 0 50 55 10 10 20 75 0 0 0 0 0 20 129,640 35 125 35 160 30 165 110 155 110 40 85 0 4,120 15 2,400 35 0 0 0 0 55 75 70 0 0 35 15 55 0 20 0 535
Brantford 99,490 25 25 0 0 15 15 15 20 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 95,160 15 110 890 35 625 155 25 45 35 130 0 520 40 970 15 0 0 0 15 20 20 40 0 20 20 0 25 0 0 0 370
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 129,685 20 25 0 25 10 25 0 10 65 25 25 0 15 0 75 165 50 125,350 10 85 25 75 70 60 230 25 30 15 645 0 2,020 10 45 0 50 0 35 10 60 0 0 40 0 25 0 0 0 215
Guelph 102,445 0 15 10 10 35 25 0 15 60 0 10 0 10 0 10 40 110 50 96,250 335 70 820 145 100 125 15 75 30 1,815 30 1,110 40 0 0 10 0 90 60 15 0 10 45 0 70 0 0 0 740
Hamilton 559,330 40 35 65 85 105 20 15 90 275 0 15 10 0 0 40 115 550 120 240 539,265 130 715 495 190 380 80 1,200 65 7,785 185 2,215 110 25 55 20 55 215 60 125 10 0 175 40 100 0 20 0 3,795
Kingston 123,800 45 10 0 170 55 0 10 175 265 10 75 35 40 10 60 90 25 35 40 140 117,055 150 135 50 585 150 60 30 840 0 1,895 65 10 10 35 0 45 105 95 0 0 120 25 35 0 20 0 960
Kitchener 360,190 115 210 20 145 30 25 15 90 195 20 0 0 0 0 55 95 365 85 1,030 900 105 343,445 665 115 380 50 295 35 4,210 215 2,850 120 10 10 15 45 205 50 130 15 0 180 50 135 0 30 0 3,415
London 371,375 0 70 0 165 105 0 15 90 245 30 55 10 15 0 20 135 190 95 145 330 120 740 356,935 75 245 10 265 55 2,330 565 4,685 65 45 20 15 15 70 90 105 0 25 200 35 80 10 0 0 2,855
Oshawa 260,360 10 85 0 70 35 10 60 15 140 10 25 0 10 0 35 10 35 60 55 185 95 190 120 248,620 230 280 140 20 6,535 100 1,815 50 20 0 40 0 55 20 10 0 10 110 20 40 10 0 0 985
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. part - Partie Ont.) 685,245 130 180 45 735 265 125 30 375 1,515 1,515 275 40 15 10 355 155 75 270 180 380 900 290 435 210 657,505 240 315 135 3,115 200 5,075 250 75 110 80 55 360 410 265 55 30 600 425 280 0 55 90 6,995
Peterborough 96,785 10 0 0 20 25 0 0 40 30 0 0 0 10 0 10 40 40 25 15 50 30 70 100 330 145 92,585 60 0 950 0 1,705 0 0 0 0 20 35 0 55 0 0 40 0 15 0 0 10 275
St. Catharines - Niagara 320,295 0 30 0 55 55 30 0 50 115 10 0 0 10 0 80 110 75 45 125 1,380 50 160 250 135 205 60 311,310 25 1,910 45 1,345 65 15 15 20 20 55 30 90 0 0 110 10 100 0 10 10 2,065
Thunder Bay 100,825 0 0 0 15 10 0 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 15 15 60 45 40 25 60 35 60 110 10 40 98,105 215 0 1,080 110 45 15 0 10 40 55 55 0 50 95 10 30 20 15 0 295
Toronto 4,121,495 260 370 150 1,170 555 155 175 355 4,505 165 200 10 75 10 215 2,290 375 475 1,465 5,545 1,240 2,690 2,625 3,695 3,325 785 1,905 305 3,993,200 1,250 7,970 895 155 125 115 110 1,300 725 445 85 55 2,790 325 580 30 50 30 76,140
Windsor 259,095 15 10 20 10 20 10 10 30 150 30 0 0 0 0 10 15 35 50 20 225 30 195 410 45 155 0 75 25 935 252,040 1,915 25 0 10 20 25 50 60 55 0 0 85 20 30 0 0 0 2,215
Ontario, excluding CMA(s) 2,087,560 135 315 95 445 710 80 120 580 1,015 385 200 85 65 10 835 2,725 1,090 1,525 1,535 3,020 2,265 3,855 4,185 2,435 5,510 1,400 1,710 985 15,590 1,990 2,021,290 605 495 35 55 230 490 350 850 110 30 460 210 810 25 80 115 6,420
Winnipeg 562,470 65 15 0 90 135 15 30 65 230 10 30 0 0 0 70 15 15 40 35 95 60 50 95 25 240 15 30 130 685 10 655 545,295 5,335 155 240 240 500 270 380 30 30 620 65 280 30 35 60 5,935
Manitoba, excluding CMA(s) 345,800 0 65 20 70 80 10 10 50 15 0 20 10 0 0 30 35 10 15 0 50 60 55 50 0 65 0 20 35 155 0 280 4,615 336,065 105 160 460 200 185 410 30 50 115 30 270 15 25 40 1,800
Regina 157,575 10 0 15 25 10 0 0 40 90 15 20 10 0 0 25 0 10 10 10 10 0 15 30 0 45 0 0 0 125 0 70 160 135 151,405 705 2,355 275 170 250 25 50 190 40 215 0 20 0 980
Saskatoon 187,660 20 0 0 55 75 0 0 25 65 0 30 0 0 10 20 0 0 0 25 25 25 45 30 0 55 20 15 15 260 0 120 175 265 540 177,995 4,200 495 220 645 30 15 280 55 155 10 55 10 1,575
Saskatchewan, excluding CMA(s) 420,925 10 35 15 60 60 0 10 10 35 0 20 35 10 0 50 10 0 15 10 10 25 0 15 0 50 10 25 25 140 10 285 205 610 1,765 3,320 409,280 460 495 1,875 10 55 225 80 530 15 40 25 940
Calgary 871,235 345 340 160 790 720 195 205 505 1,200 35 160 10 55 15 240 85 55 150 75 420 210 270 450 165 870 65 310 305 3,515 210 975 1,570 610 860 845 955 819,790 4,060 8,470 265 435 2,940 665 2,910 100 150 10 13,465
Edmonton 837,560 405 585 155 595 730 100 185 650 615 45 155 25 25 10 225 35 35 40 55 160 150 155 265 100 685 50 45 290 2,485 240 1,080 965 590 435 620 1,090 3,100 794,325 11,650 150 410 1,810 640 2,490 90 455 35 8,315
Alberta, excluding CMA(s) 915,940 485 2,315 210 650 1,225 120 120 850 365 30 60 45 25 0 305 70 45 50 60 230 100 170 165 60 405 85 165 225 1,245 75 1,615 830 1,230 690 1,145 3,410 9,250 8,575 865,560 165 465 1,155 425 5,055 190 325 40 5,810
Abbotsford 124,560 0 0 0 10 15 0 0 10 80 10 0 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 10 60 0 20 10 10 10 0 30 30 60 0 65 70 30 25 20 70 160 100 115 116,710 125 3,450 150 1,570 0 0 0 1,440
Kelowna 135,030 0 0 15 60 20 20 0 10 110 0 55 0 0 0 0 15 10 15 0 45 0 30 35 20 135 0 25 55 225 0 185 270 60 50 110 75 700 435 560 185 126,120 1,565 200 2,460 30 30 0 1,085
Vancouver 1,752,205 135 55 45 305 330 40 95 75 1,710 15 105 0 45 0 170 125 90 35 190 275 150 300 310 110 1,125 65 185 130 4,800 145 745 1,190 245 320 390 185 2,275 1,760 1,010 2,730 865 1,678,810 2,635 7,890 140 100 50 39,665
Victoria 278,550 70 20 30 240 70 10 30 85 225 35 15 10 30 10 45 35 0 10 30 105 70 105 80 10 260 15 100 55 635 20 445 245 40 90 125 35 850 365 505 110 275 2,370 263,755 3,745 35 30 10 3,080
British Columbia, excluding CMA(s) 1,104,265 75 265 55 225 450 30 65 255 385 60 50 20 20 0 340 95 35 105 55 240 40 120 200 80 525 55 140 125 840 115 1,460 665 585 245 480 730 3,030 2,280 4,220 2,525 2,310 12,210 3,895 1,058,015 255 205 35 6,035
Yukon Territory 24,485 20 0 0 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 20 0 30 10 10 0 30 0 25 20 0 10 10 15 20 55 85 10 0 100 30 180 23,475 75 0 135
Northwest Territories 31,130 60 165 40 35 70 0 0 70 40 0 15 0 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 10 10 0 0 0 40 10 10 0 55 0 60 20 25 10 25 30 80 195 155 15 25 65 40 130 45 29,290 70 140
Nunavut 19,340 35 105 10 30 30 10 10 20 25 10 10 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 80 10 10 0 45 0 55 50 25 10 0 20 0 20 45 0 0 25 10 35 0 55 18,465 50

Footnotes

Footnote 1

'Highest certificate, diploma or degree' refers to the highest certificate, diploma or degree completed based on a hierarchy which is generally related to the amount of time spent 'in-class.' For postsecondary completers, a university education is considered to be a higher level of schooling than a college education, while a college education is considered to be a higher level of education than in the trades. Although some trades requirements may take as long or longer to complete than a given college or university program, the majority of time is spent in on-the-job paid training and less time is spent in the classroom.

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Footnote 2

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-556-XCB2006021.

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