Symbols

...  not applicable

The boundaries and names of census subdivisions (municipalities) can change from one census to the next. In order to facilitate data comparisons between censuses, the data for the 2001 census subdivisions (municipalities) have been adjusted to reflect as closely as possible the 2006 boundaries of these areas.

For some census subdivisions (municipalities), it was not possible to reflect the 2006 boundaries. Therefore, it was not possible to calculate the 2001 to 2006 percentage change or data pertaining to 2001. In addition, some census subdivisions (municipalities) were incompletely enumerated in 2001 or were suppressed. Therefore, it was not possible to calculate the 2001 to 2006 percentage change or data pertaining to 2001.

Other possible reason for the use of the three dots (???) symbol is: A value that cannot be calculated such as a percentage change where the denominator is zero.

E  use with caution

A few census subdivisions (CSDs) have different geographical boundaries in 2006 as compared to 2001. In order to facilitate data comparisons, the 2001 CSD data have been adjusted to reflect as closely as possible the 2006 CSD boundaries. In these following cases, there was not an exact match therefore any associated 2001 Census data should be used with caution.

F  too unreliable to be published

When a figure is "too unreliable to be published", the data point is suppressed and the symbol F appears in the data cell.

x  suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

This symbol is used only when a data point is suppressed to protect the confidentiality of respondents. The symbol cannot be used for any other purpose, nor may it be substituted by any other symbol.

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