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Population universe A to Z index

Introduction to the population universe

A

Aboriginal ancestry
Aboriginal identity
Aboriginal origin
After-tax income
Age
Age at immigration
Attendance at school
Average income of individuals

B

Benefits from Canada or Quebec Pension Plan
Benefits from Employment Insurance

C

Census agglomeration of current residence
Census division of current residence
Census farm
Census metropolitan area of current residence
Census subdivision of current residence
Child benefits
Citizenship
Class of worker
Common-law status
Commuting distance
Composition of income
Constant dollars income

D

Date of birth
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
Disability
Dividends, interest on bonds, deposits and savings certificates, and other investment income

E

Earner or employment income recipient
Earnings or employment income
Employed
Employment rate
Ethnic origin
Experienced labour force

F

Farm operator
First official language spoken
Full-time or part-time weeks worked in 2005

G

Generation status
Government transfer payments

H

Highest certificate, diploma or degree
Historical labour force activity (based on the 1971 concepts)
Home language
Hours spent doing unpaid housework
Hours spent looking after children, without pay
Hours spent providing unpaid care or assistance to seniors
Hours worked for pay or in self-employment

I

Immigrant population
Income tax paid
Incorporation status
Industry (based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System [NAICS])
Industry (historical)
Inexperienced labour force
Institutional resident

J

K

Knowledge of non-official languages
Knowledge of official languages

L

Labour force
Labour force activity
Landed immigrant status
Language of work
Legal marital status
Location of study
Looked for paid work in past four weeks (full- or part-time work)

M

Major field of study
Major field of study – Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)
Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) and Major Field of Study (MFS) empirical concordance
Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) and Major Field of Study (MFS) theoretical concordance
Major Field of Study - International Standard Classification of Education and Classification of Instructional Programs (ISCED_CIP)
Major Field of Study - Major Field of Study (MFS) and Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) empirical concordance
Major source of income
Marital status
Market income
Median income of individuals
Member of an Indian band or First Nation
Mobility 1: Census division of residence 1 year ago
Mobility 1: Census metropolitan area or census agglomeration of residence 1 year ago
Mobility 1: Census subdivision of residence 1 year ago
Mobility 1: Census subdivision type of residence 1 year ago
Mobility 1: Components of migration (in- and out-)
Mobility 1: Country of residence 1 year ago
Mobility 1: Mobility status – Place of residence 1 year ago
Mobility 1: Population size of census subdivision of residence 1 year ago
Mobility 1: Population size of current census subdivision of residence
Mobility 1: Province or territory of residence 1 year ago
Mobility 1: Rural/urban classification of place of residence 1 year ago
Mobility 1: Statistical Area Classification of residence 1 year ago
Mobility 5: Census division of residence 5 years ago
Mobility 5: Census metropolitan area or census agglomeration of residence 5 years ago
Mobility 5: Census subdivision of residence 5 years ago
Mobility 5: Census subdivision type of residence 5 years ago
Mobility 5: Components of migration (in- and out-)
Mobility 5: Country of residence 5 years ago
Mobility 5: Mobility status – Place of residence 5 years ago
Mobility 5: Population size of census subdivision of residence 5 years ago
Mobility 5: Population size of current census subdivision of residence
Mobility 5: Province or territory of residence 5 years ago
Mobility 5: Rural/urban classification of place of residence 5 years ago
Mobility 5: Statistical Area Classification of residence 5 years ago
Mode of transportation
Mother tongue

N

Net farm income
Net non-farm income from unincorporated business and/or professional practice
New job to start in four weeks or less
Non-immigrant population
Non-permanent resident
Not in the labour force

O

Occupation (based on the 2006 National Occupational Classification for Statistics [NOC–S 2006])
Occupation (historical)
Old Age Security pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement
On temporary lay-off or absent from job or business
Other income from government sources
Other money income

P

Participation rate
Period of immigration
Place of birth of father
Place of birth of mother
Place of birth of respondent
Place of work status
Population group
Presence of children
Province or territory of current residence

Q

R

Reasons unable to start a job
Registered or Treaty Indian
Relationship to household reference person (Person 1)
Retirement pensions, superannuation and annuities, including those from RRSPs and RRIFs
Rural farm population

S

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate or equivalent
Self-employment net income
Sex
Standard error of average income

T

Total income

U

Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Usual place of residence

V

Visible minority population

W

Wages and salaries
Weeks worked in 2005
When last worked for pay or in self-employment
Work activity in 2005
Workplace location

X

Y

Year of immigration

Z