Mobility 1 - Province or territory of residence 1 year ago

Part A - Short definition:

Not applicable

Part B - Detailed definition:

Refers to the person's usual province or territory of residence on May 10, 2010 one year prior to the reference day, May 10, 2011. This concept applies to the Mobility status (1 year ago) subuniverse only.

Reported in:

2011

Reported for:

Population aged 1 year and over residing in Canada, in private households

Question number(s):

Direct variable: Question 23

Responses:

For the one-year ago mobility question, respondents were asked to write the name of the 'municipality' and 'province' of residence one year ago. This write-in response has been subsequently converted to a seven-digit code according to the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2011 – see the section on geography in the 2011 Census Dictionary, Catalogue no. 98-301-X. The two-digit province/territory code is a substring of the seven-digit SGC code.

Remarks:

Respondents who indicated that they 'Lived in a different city, town, village, township, municipality or Indian reserve in Canada' one year ago (i.e., internal migrants) provided the name of the municipality and province.

For non-movers and non-migrants, the province or territory of residence 1 year ago is the same as the current province or territory of residence. Province or territory of residence 1 year ago is not applicable to external migrants.

For the corresponding current province or territory of residence, refer to the variable Province or territory in the section on geography in the 2011 Census Dictionary, Catalogue no. 98-301-X.

See also 'Remarks' under Mobility 1: Mobility status – Place of residence 1 year ago and Figure 2.2 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) mobility variables.