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The 2021 Canadian census included new questions "critical to measuring equity, diversity and inclusivity". [9] For the first time, questions were asked about commuting methods and the census counted transgender people and people of non-binary gender. Canada has been noted in this instance to be the first country to provide census data on ...
Statistics Canada conducts a national census of population and census of agriculture every five years and releases the data with a two-year lag.. The Census of Population provides demographic and statistical data that is used to plan public services such as health care, education, and transportation; determine federal transfer payments; [1] and determine the number of Members of Parliament for ...
The last census was conducted in 2021. Censuses taken in mid-decade (1976, 1986, 1996, etc.) are referred to as quinquennial censuses. Others are referred to as decennial censuses. The first quinquennial census was conducted in 1956. For the 2006 Census of Canada, respondents were able to complete their census questionnaire online for the first ...
This is a list of the census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada by population, using data from the 2021 Canadian census and the 2016 Canadian census. [1] Each entry is identified as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) as defined by Statistics Canada.
The 2021 Canadian census had a total population count of 36,991,981 individuals, making up approximately 0.5% of the world's total population. [5] [20] A population estimate for 2024 put the total number of people in Canada at 41,012,563.
The 2021 census indicated that 8.3 million people, or almost one-quarter (23.0 percent) of the population reported themselves as being or having been a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada—above the 1921 census previous record of 22.3 percent. [13]
A question of this kind was recommended to be included for the first time for the 2021 census ("Censos 2021"), [130] which sparked some controversy. The question was ultimately not included, although a question about religion was included. [131] A questionnaire regarding ethnicity was planned by the Instituto Nacional de Estatística for late ...
Canadians. Canadians (French: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Canadian. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of ...