2021 Census of Population: Immigration, Ethnocultural & Religious Diversity, and Migration - Video transcript
(The Statistics Canada wordmark, the Canada wordmark, and the title: “2021 Census of Population: Immigration, Ethnocultural & Religious Diversity, and Migration” are on screen)
(Jeannette Rodillo is on screen)
(Slide of webinar title page)
Good afternoon and welcome. Thank you for being able to join us today. Today we will discuss results from the sixth release from the 2021 Census of Population released last week. However, before we cover the material recently released, it's helpful to note that there's still one more major release of 2021 census of population data yet to come.
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The final release of 2021 census data will be November 30th, when data on education, labour, language of work, commuting, and instruction in official minority language will be released.
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Today we will focus on some of the main concepts and key data results on immigration, place of birth, and citizenship, ethnocultural & religious diversity, and mobility and migration which was released last week. We will also provide a quick navigation of the Statistics Canada website at the end of the segment to highlight some key tools and resources, as well as to help people find and delve into the data further. This portion of today's presentation will also highlight some of the data products available.
(Slide outlining the 2021 Census target population is shown)
However, before we begin, let's take a step back and provide context by discussing who is and isn't counted as part of the census of population. The census is, by definition, a complete enumeration of the population at a moment in time. For the census of population, the target population, that is the population for whom we wish to collect data for, includes all Canadian citizens, and that's by birth or naturalization, as well as landed immigrants, or permanent residents, and, since 1991, non-permanent residents.
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In addition to Canadian citizens and landed immigrants, living outside the country, are also included, as are refugee claimants and their families living in Canada. And work and study permit holders. Excluded from the census counts are foreign residents who may happen to be in Canada at the time of the census. Foreign residents are excluded from the target population include government representatives of another country and their family members, members of the Armed Forces of another country who are stationed in Canada, and residents of another country visiting Canada temporarily.
(A slide outlining the immigration and citizenship questions on the census questionnaires is shown)
We will begin today's session talking about immigration and citizenship. Data on immigration and citizenship are collected via questions 19, 20 and 21 on the census forms. Data from the responses to the questions, or integration of immigration data from administrative records, are used to produce summary and detailed variables that provide a portrait of the population living in Canada.
(A slide showing overview of immigration and citizenship topic is shown)
For the 2021 census of population, data on immigration were obtained from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada's administrative records. These data were integrated with the census to derive immigrant status, Europe immigration, age at immigration, admission category, the applicant type, their year of arrival, pre-admission experience, as well as province or territory of intended destination.
Before 2021, immigrant status was asked directly on the census questionnaire. Information on place of birth, citizenship, and immigration are used to compare the social and economic conditions of immigrants over time, to evaluate employment and immigration policies as well as programs, and to plan education, health care, and other services.
(A slide outlining place of birth concept definition is shown)
The 2021 Census of Population place of birth question is used to determine the Canadian province or territory, or the country outside Canada, in which the person was born. It provides information on the diversity of the Canadian population, and on population movements within Canada and from other countries to Canada. As defined by the census' dictionary, place of birth refers to the name of the geographic location where the person was born. The geographic location is specified according to geographic boundaries current at the time of data collection and not the geographic boundaries at the time of birth.
So for example, persons born in the former USSR should report a specific country or Republic that is now a nation state, such as Ukraine, Latvia, or the Russian Federation.
(A slide outlining place of birth of parent concept definition is shown)
The question of place of birth of parents is used to determine the country in which each of the person's parents were born. When used in combination with a question on the place of birth of person, it helps to derive the generation status. The three main categories for generation status are first generation, which includes persons who are born outside of Canada, and for the most part, these are persons who are now or once were immigrants to Canada. The second category, second generation, includes persons who were born in Canada and had at least one parent born outside Canada. For the most part, these are children of immigrants.
And the last category, which is third generation or more, this includes persons who are born in Canada with all parents born in Canada.
(A slide outlining citizenship concept definition is shown)
The citizenship question provides information on the legal citizenship status of Canada's population. This information is used to estimate the number of potential voters, and to plan citizenship classes as well as programs. It also provides information about the population with multiple citizenships, and the country's citizenship outside Canada. And as defined by the census' dictionary, citizenship refers to the country where the person has citizenship. A person may have more than one citizenship, or a person may be stateless, that is they may have no citizenship. And citizenship can be by birth or naturalization. Canadian citizens by naturalization refers to immigrants who was granted citizenship of Canada under the Citizenship Act. Data on citizenship was first collected in the 1901 census. And since 1996, the question on citizenship has remained relatively unchanged.
However, for the 2021 census, the citizenship question changed from a single question with a "select-all-that-apply" format to a two part question to clarify the main concepts being measured. Part A now asks whether this person is a Canadian citizen, and that's either by birth or naturalization, or not a Canadian citizen. Part B asks whether this person is a citizen of a country other than Canada. And if they answer yes, the question then asks them to specify the country's citizenship other than Canada.
(A slide outlining immigrant status concept definition is shown)
In addition to citizenship, immigrant status provides information on the number of immigrants and non-permanent residents with a usual place of residence in Canada at the time of census. Data on immigrant status was first collected in the 1991 census. Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant, or a non-permanent resident.
The category non-immigrant includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth, or else immigrant includes persons who are-- or who have ever been landed immigrants or permanent residents admitted to Canada on or prior to May 11th, 2021, which is census day. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are also included in this category. Non-permanent resident includes persons from another country with a usual place of residence in Canada who have a work or study permit or who have claimed refugee status. Family members living with work or study permit holders are also included.
The inclusion of non-permanent residents in the census facilitates comparisons with provincial and territorial statistics such as marriages, divorces, births, as well as deaths. Which includes this population and provide information for planning services such as health care, education and employment programs. Although every attempt has been made to enumerate non-permanent residents, factors such as language difficulties, the reluctance to complete a government form, or even just to understand the need to participate, may have affected estimates of this population.
(A slide outlining year of immigration concept definition is shown)
Data on year of immigration provide information on the year in which the immigrant first obtain landed immigrant or permanent resident status.
Typically single years of immigration are collapsed to form larger categories of five or 10 years to derive the variable "period of immigration", which allow us to identify recent immigrants. A recent immigrant refers to a person who obtained landed immigrant or permanent residence status up to five years prior to a given census year. In the 2021 census, this period is January 1st, 2016 to May 11th, 2021. Information on the age at immigration is derived from the immigrants date of birth, which is found on the census question number 4, and year of immigration. Data on period or year of immigration was first collected in the 1901 census.
(A slide outlining admission category concept definition is shown)
Within the data on immigrants is information on admission category and applicant type. Admission category refers to the name of the immigration program or group of programs under which an immigrant has been granted for the first time the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Admission category provides information on the conditions under which immigrants have been granted the right to live in Canada and allow us to further understand the socioeconomic outcomes of different categories of immigrants after they've been admitted to Canada. And the main four categories of admission are economic immigrant, immigrant sponsored by family, refugee, and other immigrant. Refugee includes immigrants who were granted permanent resident status on the basis of a well-founded fear of returning to their home country. Within the category of refugees are asylum seekers, and these are persons who claim refugee status upon or after their arrival to Canada, but had not been granted permanent resident status at the time of the census.
Asylum seekers are included in the non-permanent resident population and not in the immigrant population. Other immigrant include immigrants who were granted permanent resident status under a program that does not fall in the economic immigrants, or the immigrant sponsored by family, or the refugee categories.
(A slide outlining applicant type concept definition is shown)
Applicant type, this refers to whether an immigrant was identified as the principal applicant, the spouse, or the dependant on their application for permanent residence. Applicant type is most often used in combination with admission category, particularly with the economic immigrant categories in which principal applicants are selected based on their ability to contribute to the Canadian economy. The standard classification for applicant type is principal applicant or secondary applicant. The secondary applicant category includes spouse of a principal applicant and dependant of a principal applicant.
Data on admission category and applicant type were included in the census for the first time in 2016. These variables provide information on the conditions under which immigrants have been granted the right to live in Canada. Applicant type is most often used in combination with admission category, particularly with the economic immigrant categories in which principal applicants are selected based on their ability to contribute to the Canadian economy.
(A slide outlining new for 2021 concepts is shown)
New for 2021, additional immigration variables on year of arrival, pre-admission experience and province or territory of intended destination are integrated into the census. Province or territory of intended destination indicates the province or territory where immigrants intend to live for the first time in Canada at the time of their admission. The variable is used to evaluate the migration patterns of the immigrant population within Canada.
Data on year of arrival provide information on the year in which the person first arrived in Canada to live. The pre-admission experience variable indicates whether the immigrant held a work and/or study permit or claimed refugee status, or assignment claimant, prior to admission as a permanent resident. These variables allow us to further understand the socioeconomic outcomes of immigrants with pre-admission experience in Canada, and how they differ from those immigrants without any pre-admission experience.
(A slide showing the age pyramid for recent immigrants and total population is shown)
Now we move on to some key indicators from Immigration and Citizenship. 55The data revealed that of recent immigrants, nearly 2/3 of core-- or are core working age. According to the previous census released an age and type of dwelling, more than one in five people were closing in on retirement age, and that's between 55 to 64 years of age, which is at an all time high.
There were also more people aged 55 to 64 than young adult age 15 to 24. Since people usually migrate when they're young, over 95% of recent immigrants to Canada from 2016 to 2021 were under the age of 65. To the right is an infograph with two overlapping pyramids that represent the age and gender structure of the recent immigrant population. In the middle of the charter five-year age groups. To the left of the chart are people represented in the Men+ category, and to the right are people represented in the Women-- Women+ category. Just over 1 in 10 recent immigrants were youth and young adults between the age of 15 to 24, while most, 64.2% to be exact, were in the core working age group of 25 to 54. A much smaller proportion of recent immigrants were age 55 to 64.
(A slide showing a chart of the distribution of recent immigrants in Canada by admission categories is shown)
Another key indicator from the release highlights that 56.3% of recent immigrants living in Canada were admitted under the economic category. Immigrants admitted under this category were selected based on their potential economic contribution to meet labour market needs, or to create economic opportunities by owning, operating, or investing a business-- in a business, or-- either through self-employment. The pie chart to the right depict the distribution of admission categories, notably economic immigrant represented in blue makes up more than half of the chart.
(A slide showing a map of Canada of the geographic distribution of recent immigrants in Canada by province and territory is shown)
The next key indicator reveal that the share of recent immigrants settling in Atlantic Canada has almost tripled since 2006. We see here a map of Canada, to the right, displaying the percentages of recent immigrants by province and territory in 2006, 2011, 2016, and 2021, where each of these years are represented by colour to show the increase or decrease of recent immigrants per province and territory. The Prairies and Quebec, on the other hand, saw their shares decrease. The Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut had the lowest numbers of recent immigrants in Canada. In 2021, 2175 new immigrants, or 0.2% of all recent immigrants to the country, settle in the Territories. This proportion has remained stable since 2011.
(A slide showing a chart of the proportion of immigrants with different types of pre-admission experience from 1980 to 2021 is shown)
The last indicator before moving on to the topic of ethnic and cultural origin is that we're seeing more than one third of recent immigrants first came to Canada temporarily on a work or study permit, or as an asylum claimant, before seeking permanent residence.
The bar graph to the right is the combination bar and line chart showing the proportion of immigrants with different types of pre-admission experience from 1980 to 2021. Each period of immigration along the horizontal axis contain five sets of bars, each bar representing the type or types of permits held before admission. The green line represent the total proportion of immigrants in percentage from that period of immigration with pre-admission experience.
(A slide showing overview of ethnic or cultural origin topic is shown)
Now let's turn our attention to the data which provides a picture of ethnic or cultural origins.
The census is the country's storyteller, providing a detailed picture of Canada's changing mosaic and giving Canadians facts about where we came from.
(A slide showing ethnic or cultural origin question on the 2021 census questionnaires is shown)
The 2021 census of population questions on ethnic and cultural origins collected information on the ancestral origins of the population, providing information about the composition of Canada's diverse population. Responses to the ethnic or cultural origins question on the census reflect respondents perceptions of their background. As such many fact-- many factors can influence changes in responses over time, including the contemporary social environment, the respondents knowledge of their family history, and their understanding of and views on the topic. This information provides a detailed picture of Canada's cultural diversity.
The information is used to support the Canadian Multiculturalism Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as governments, businesses, academics, researchers, and ethnic and cultural associations throughout the country. The 2021 Census of Population data on ethnic or cultural origins were obtained from questions 23 on form 2A-L and on form 2A-R. Respondents were asked to specify as many origins as applicable. The 2A-L long form questionnaire, which also includes the questions from the 2A short form questionnaire, was used to enumerate a 25% sample of private households in Canada.
For private households in First Nations communities, Metis settlements, Inuit regions, and other remote areas, the 2A-R questionnaire was used to enumerate 100% of the population. On both versions of the questionnaire, the ethnic or cultural origins question asks, "What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person's ancestors?" Below the question, a note indicated that ancestors may have Indigenous origins, or origins that refer to different countries, or other origins that may not refer to different countries. And it's one of the longest standing variables collected in a census. Ethnic origin data was first collected in the 1871 census.
(A slide outlining ethnic or cultural origin concept definition is shown)
As the census dictionary-- dictionary notes, ethnic or cultural origin refers to the ethnic or cultural origins of a person's ancestors. Other than Indigenous persons, most people can trace their origins to their ancestors who first came to this continent. While often referred to as a person's ancestral roots, ethnic or cultural origins should not be confused with citizenship. For example, a person who has Canadian citizenship, speaks-- speaks Hindi, was born in the United States, may report having Guyanese ancestry. And in the 2021 census, the term's "origins" and "ancestry" are used interchangeably.
Ethnic or cultural origin is a difficult concept to measure, and there isn't any internationally recognized classification for this concept. For 2021, over 200 additional origins have been included in the ethnic or cultural origins variable for the first time. As a result, the variable now includes over 500 detailed ethnic and cultural origins reported by people living in Canada. For each origin publish, total, single, and multiple response counts are provided. In general, 2021 Census of Population data for an ethnic or cultural group are published if the estimate or the count is approximately 200 or higher. A single ethnic or cultural origin response occurs when a respondent reports having only one origin. A multiple response occurs when a respondent reports having two or more origins. Total response counts, also called total single and multiple ethnic or cultural origin responses in some da-- in some data tables, indicate the number of people who reported a specific origin, either as their only origin or in addition to one or more origins. Total responses are the sum of single and multiple responses for each ethnic or cultural origin, and as a result, the sum of all ethnic or cultural origin responses is typically greater than the total population of a geographic area.
(A slide outlining visible minority concept definition is shown)
The 2021 Census of Population data on visible minority and population group were obtained primarily from question 24 and 25 of the census. The primary purpose of the population group question on the census is to derive counts for the visible minority population. Visible minority refers to whether a person is a visible minority or not, as defined by the Employment Equity Act. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal persons, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour." The main groups designated as visible minorities are South Asian, Chinese, Black, Filipino, Arab, Latin American, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean and Japanese. Information on the visible minority population is required under federal employment equity legislation for programs which promote equal opportunity for everyone. The Census of Population provides benchmark data on each of the designated employment equity groups, which are women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, as well as the visible minority population. Data on the visible minority population has been reported since the 1996 census.
(A slide showing a graph of racialized groups in Canada for 2016 and 2021 is shown)
Moving on to a couple of key indicators from the topic of ethnic and cultural origin. The census revealed that one in four people in Canada is part of a racialized group, and in the bar graph we see that all groups between 2016 and 2021 saw an increase. The concept of racialized group is derived directly from the concept of visible minority. The abbreviation NIE means "not included elsewhere," and this category includes persons who provided written responses such as Guyanese, Polynesian, Pacific Islander, Tibetan, or West Indian.
(A slide showing a map of Canada of the most common racialized groups in Canada by province and territory is shown)
In 2021, 95.3% of the racialized population called one of the 41 large urban centres home, compared with 73.9% of the total population.
The map here show how racialized groups vary across Canada. In 2021, South Asian population represented 10.8% of Ontario's population, followed by the Chinese population and the Black population. The Chinese population came in at 5.8% and the Black population at 5.5%. South Asians and Filipinos are the two largest racialized groups in the Prairie provinces. The Atlantic provinces generally have smaller proportions of racialized groups, however from 2016 to 2021, more recent immigrants settle in the Atlantic provinces, increasing the size of their South Asian, Black, and Filipino populations.
(A slide showing overview of religion topic is shown)
Also released last week was data on religion.
(A slide showing religion question on the 2021 census questionnaires is shown)
In-- since 1871, the census, every 10 years, has included a question on religion that reflects a long-standing, continuing, and widespread demand for information about religious affiliation and diversity in Canada. The 2021 Census of Population data on religion were obtained from question 30 on form 2A-L, as well as form 2A-R.
(A slide outlining religion concept definition is shown)
Governments, along with religious groups, denominations, and associations across the country, commonly use information on religion. For example, religious leaders and organizations use this information to plan programs and to help determine where to build churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples. Data on religion are also used to understand the diversity of the country. As defined in the census dictionary, religion refers to a person's self-identified connection to, or affiliation with, any religious denomination, group, body, or other religiously defined community or system of belief. Religion isn't limited to formal membership to a religious organization or group. Persons without a religious connection or affiliation can self-identify as atheist, agnostic, or humanist, or can provide another applicable response.
When completing the census, a person who has no religious affiliation can choose either to mark the answer circle for "no religion," or to specify other responses, such as atheists, which are persons who don't believe in the existence of god, or agnostic. There's no doubt religion is a difficult concept to measure and there isn't any internationally recognized classification of this concept. The 2021 census includes data on more than 200 religions and religious groups or denominations reported by people living in Canada.
(A slide showing a graph of the population with a Christian religion comparing to those with no religious affiliation or other religions from 2001 to 2021. Also, a map of Canada of the distribution of population by religious affiliation by province and territory is shown)
What we're seeing from the 2021 census is the share of the population with a Christian religion has been decreasing for 20 years. On the other hand, shares of other religions or no religious affiliation have been rising. On the right is a map of Canada by province and territory, showing the distribution of the population by religious affiliation in 2021.
The key driver of non-Christian religions is immigration. In Canada, 53.3% of the population reported a Christian religion. 34.6% reported having no religious affiliation or a secular perspective, which includes atheist, agnostic, or humanists, and 12.1% of the total population reported another religious affiliation. Other common religious affiliations reported in Canada are Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, and Sikh, as well as traditional North American Indigenous spirituality, and other religions and spiritual traditions.
(A slide showing overview of mobility and migration topic is shown)
Finally, the release last week also provided data on mobility and migration. Eight data tables, which are available on our website, were released on this topic.
(A slide showing mobility and migration questions on the 2021 census questionnaires is shown)
For the 2021 census, the mobility questions are asked on the Census of Population long form questionnaire. Mobility and migration data were collected from question 31, location of residence one year ago, and question 32, location of residence five years ago. Geographic mobility refers to a population's geographic movement over time. The Census of Population collects information on a person's usual place of residence one year or five years prior to census reference date, which is census date. In the census, location of residence refers to a person's usual place of residence one year or five years prior to census day, and by comparing an individual's place of residence on a past date with their place of residence on census day, information can be obtained on geographic mobility. For example, their mobility status, which essentially is whether a person is living at the same usual place of residence one year or five years ago, and information can also be obtained on past location of residence.
Mobility data have been collected in every Canadian Census of Population from 1961 to 2016, with the exception of 1966. For the 2021 census, the mobility questions are unchanged from 2016, and the concepts mobility, status, and location of residence one year and five years ago are the same as they were in these previous census cycles.
(A slide outlining mobility status concept definition and location of residence concept definition is shown)
Mobility status refers to the status of a person with regard to their place of residence on census day in relation to their place of residence on the same date one year or five years earlier. Data pertaining to one year-- one year ago includes all persons one year of age and older living in private households, or else data pertaining to five years ago includes all persons five years of age and older living in private households, as someone five years of age or younger would not have been living anywhere five years ago.
(A slide outlining movers and non-movers concept definitions is shown)
Persons who on census day lived in the same residence on the same date one year or five years earlier are referred to as non-movers, and persons who on census day did not live in the same residence as they did one year or five years earlier are referred to as movers. Movers include non-migrants as well as migrants.
(A slide outlining migrants and non-migrants concept definitions is shown)
Non-migrants are movers who lived in the same since a subdivision on census day as they did on the same date one year or five years earlier.
(A slide outlining internal migrants and external migrants concept definitions is shown)
Migrants include internal migrants as well as external migrants. Internal migrants include migrants who lived in Canada one year or five years ago. This includes persons who move to a different city, town, village, municipality, or Indian reserve within Canada. Internal migrants can be further defined or identified by whether they cross a provincial boundary, which are known as inter-migrants, or the limits of a large municipality specifically census metropolitan area, or census agglomeration, and these are known as intra-migrants. External migrants include migrants who did not live in Canada one year or five years ago.
(A slide showing a hierarchy breakdown of mobility status is shown)
Here we see a visual representation of the mobility status categories.
For those using screen readers, the images of the hierarchy showing the mobility status at the top, and then branching off into movers and non-movers. Among the movers category, there is a further branching off showing migrants and non-migrants. In the census, location of residence refers to a person's usual place of residence one year or five years prior to census day. The concept of usual place of residence is necessary to ensure that residents of Canada are counted once and only once. The use of this concept means that the Canadian census is a de jure census, as opposed to a de facto census. Thus, persons counted at their usual place of residence, regardless of whether they were on-- Thus, persons are counted at the usual place of residence, regardless of where they were on reference day, which is May 11th, 2021.
Now, with the time remaining I'd like to turn the presentation over to my colleague, Jordan, to provide a quick overview of the Statistics Canada website to highlight some key findings and tools available to help you in your data journey, before we open the webinar to your questions during the moderated question and answer period. Over to you, Jordan. All right, perfect.
(Jordan Samaha is on screen)
Thank you, Jeanette. In just one moment I will share my screen.
(The homepage of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
Okay, hopefully you canall see the Statistics Canada homepage now. And as referenced, I'd like to provide a quick overview of the census website. So this will highlight some of the findings and tools available to help you on your data journey. Then as mentioned, we'll go into the moderated question and answer period.
So the best place to start on the census website is with our tabs at the top of the home page. One of the tabs or boxes along the ribbon at the top of the page will show you the census and then the census of population. Selecting this box takes you to the census home page.
(The main Census of population page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
Where highlights the data released last week are provided. So we can select the pull down here to go specifically into different provinces, and we can also select "View all key indicators"
(The 2021 Census of Population key indicators by geography for Canada page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
To see previous releases, as well as more information from this release.
(The main Census of population page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
Next there are additional links to key census information, including census data, census analysis, census reference, and census topics. We will, time permitting, explore each of these sections. Perhaps the best place to begin our tour is with the data itself.
(The 2021 Census of Population Census profile page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
So I'll select "Census data", and this will take you to a page where you can select additional options such as accessing census profiles and census data tables. For this tour will begin with what's generally the starting point for most data users, our census profile.
(The 2021 Census of Population Census profile page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
In the census profile, you can search for geographical areas you're looking for. For example, you may be interested in data on Vancouver.
Now, there are several options that come up when we type "Vancouver" into the search. Select the one that's most applicable to you. In this case, we'll select the CMA of Vancouver, or census metropolitan area.
(The 2021 Census of Population Census profile page for Vancouver of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
So we can see the information for the CMA of Vancouver. We can also click in to add or remove data, to add or remove individual variables. There are also other filter options such as picking between genders and whether we want counts or percentages, also known as rates.
(The 2021 Census of population data products page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
Also in census data, you'll notice the data table option. And a little bit later, we'll actually go into customizing a table for your needs.
(The main Census of population page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
While many are interested in accessing data, other visitors to the census webpage may be looking for more context and analysis of the data which has been released.
(The 2021 Census of population analytical products page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
This is where the census analysis link is very useful. This link will allow you the most recent access to documents, reports, and analysis on a topics information. You can also select to narrow down by our daily articles, infographics, or thematic maps. In this case, for example, with the latest release, we have three options here, two of which are articles, and then also an infographic.
(Article on immigrants in relation to total population page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
So if we click into one of the articles, each article contains analysis, summaries, highlights, infographics, and charts to dive deeper into the data.
(Data tables related to the article on immigrants in relation to total population page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
You can also select our "tables" option. And here we can see there are many tables available to do with the topic in the article, just to give you as much information as possible.
(The 2021 Census of population reference materials page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
Next, we have our census reference link. This provides you access to background documents, user guides, and the census dictionary. All tools which are extremely useful to ensure you're using and understanding the census data accurately.
(The 2021 Census of population dictionary page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
Census dictionary, for example, is perhaps the most helpful tools for those who wish to learn more about how concepts are defined, to whom they apply, how long they've been collected on the census, and any change in concepts over time.
(The 2021 Census of population topics page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
Now we'll go through the census topic link, this shows which topics have been released and which are yet to be released. This link also allows you to select data and information for specific release topics, which can provide a nice simple shortcut to finding the data and information you want.
For example, if I select immigration, place of birth, and citizenship--
(The 2021 Census of population immigration, place of birth, and citizenship topic page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
links to only the data analysis and reference information for this topic are shown.
(The 2021 Census of population topics page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
We can also select "Mobility and migration" or "Ethnocultural and religious diversity", which are other topics in this release. Going one step further, let's customize a table with an ethnocultural and religious diversity topic.
(The 2021 Census of population ethnocultural and religious diversity topic page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
First I'll click into "data tables".
(The 2021 Census of population ethnocultural and religious diversity data tables page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
And in this case I'm going to select table number 11. So visible minority by ethnic or cultural origin.
(Data table on visible minority by ethnic or cultural origin by various geographies of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
Now, the pull down menus are very well known to customize our tables, but to go a step further, let's go into our "Add/Remove data" option, which is available on all or the vast majority of our tables. So in doing this, we have these tabs up top. And what's really nice about this is if-- for comparison purposes, for example.
So I have Canada selected already, but let's say I also want to compare all of Canada with just the CMA of Toronto. So now I've selected that option. You can also go into comparing different visible minorities. So in this case, let's just select Latin American and Southeast Asian. Age, in this case, let's select 25 to 54 years of age. And just for the sake of time, we'll leave all the other tabs as they are, and press "Apply".
(Customized data table on visible minority by ethnic or cultural origin of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
So now we can see all of our comparable data. We can also change the way the table looks by using our customized layout tab, and we can download the data in different formats to use however we like.
(The 2021 Census of population ethnocultural and religious diversity data tables page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
Now we'll speak about a new census immigration visualization tool on the census home page.
(The main Census of population page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
And it's available just under "Featured data visualization".
(Immigrant population visualization tool of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
So this is immigrant population by selected places of birth, admission category, and period of immigration. With this visualization tool, we can select different combinations of where a resident was born, where they were residing during the 2021 census, how they were admitted, and when they immigrated. Under place of birth, we can select the compiled data from all available nations or an individual place of birth. Under place of residence, this includes not only provinces but also census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, and more rural geographies outside of these areas.
Admission categories allows us to narrow the information shown down to the classification residents immigrated under, such as economic immigrants, refugees, skilled workers, and more. Finally, period of immigration is rather self explanatory, allowing us to parse the information into the time and period of immigration. With this tool, we are able to visualize different combinations of immigration data conveniently and with different levels of data user in mind.
(The Census Learning Centre page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
The final link I'd like to point out today is our "Census learning centre" under "More from the census". Here we can see a number of conceptual videos relating to the different census releases, which can be a great learning tool for data users.
(The 2021 Census of population key household indicators page of the Statistics Canada website is shown)
I hope this has been helpful. I encourage you to please visit Statistics Canada's website and delve into the data.
(The Canada wordmark is on screen)