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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Mobility Status 1 Year Ago (9), Mother Tongue (8), Age Groups (17B) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 1 Year and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Mobility status 1 year ago (9) Mother tongue (8)
Total - Mother tongue English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Note(s) :
  1. Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations crossing provincial boundaries
    There is one census metropolitan area (Ottawa - Gatineau) and three census agglomerations (Campbellton, Hawkesbury and Lloydminster) that cross provincial boundaries. The data for their respective provincial parts are included with the appropriate census metropolitan area or census agglomeration, with data for the census metropolitan area or census agglomeration within the province of the provincial part that contributes the majority of the population to the area. For example, Ottawa - Gatineau can be found in Ontario, Campbellton in New Brunswick, Hawkesbury in Ontario and Lloydminster in Alberta.
  1. TOTAL - MOBILITY STATUS 1 YEAR AGO
    Refers to the relationship between a person's usual place of residence on Census Day and his or her usual place of residence one year earlier. A person is classified as a non-mover if no difference exists. Otherwise, a person is classified as a mover and this categorization is called Mobility status (1 year ago). Within the category of movers, a further distinction is made between non-migrants and migrants; this difference is called migration status.

    Non-movers are persons who, on Census Day, were living at the same address as the one at which they resided one year earlier.

    Movers are persons who, on Census Day, were living at a different address from the one at which they resided one year earlier.

    Non-migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living at a different address, but in the same census subdivision (CSD) as the one they lived in one year earlier.

    Migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were residing in a different CSD one year earlier (internal migrants) or who were living outside Canada one year earlier (external migrants).

    Intraprovincial migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living in a different census subdivision from the one at which they resided one year earlier, in the same province.

    Interprovincial migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living in a different census subdivision from the one at which they resided one year earlier, in a different province.
Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago 1 30,897,210 17,673,985 6,753,945 6,083,175 96,465 236,530 42,555 10,550
Non-movers 26,534,115 15,160,065 5,941,415 5,109,200 81,150 197,915 35,415 8,955
Movers 4,363,090 2,513,925 812,530 973,980 15,320 38,610 7,140 1,595
Non-migrants 2,554,260 1,500,170 465,640 551,935 9,075 22,375 4,220 845
Migrants 1,808,830 1,013,750 346,885 422,040 6,245 16,235 2,920 745
Internal migrants 1,511,305 933,650 329,200 230,440 5,685 10,345 1,455 525
Intraprovincial migrants 1,221,560 722,360 300,545 184,370 4,395 8,210 1,245 435
Interprovincial migrants 289,740 211,285 28,655 46,075 1,295 2,140 210 85
External migrants 297,530 80,100 17,690 191,600 560 5,890 1,460 225
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-556-XCB2006008 (Canada, Code01)
Date Modified: 2011-04-07

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