The data for this variable are reported using the following classification(s) and/or list(s):
- Place of birth
- Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2011
- Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2011
'Place of birth' refers to the name of the province, territory or country in which the person was born. It may refer to a province or territory if the person was born in Canada. It refers to a country if the person was born outside Canada. The geographic location is specified according to boundaries current at the time the data are collected, not the boundaries at the time of birth.
'Person' refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programmes.