Target group profiles (TGP) provide Census Profile variables for a subset, or target group, of the population. This TGP is for the population with activity limitations.
The target group 'dimension' contains persons who indicated via the Disability Screening Questions on the 2016 Census that they experienced activity difficulties with the following frequencies:
- Always
- Always or Often, and
- Always, Often or Sometimes
- Total, persons with and without activity difficulties
If a person responded to more than one activity difficulty type (e.g., seeing and hearing), then the greater frequency would be used for that person. For example, if seeing = always AND hearing = sometimes THEN activity difficulty frequency = always).
The DSQ follow the social model of disability and require that a limitation in daily activities be reported for the identification of a disability—the presence of a difficulty alone is not sufficient. To identify persons with a disability, the DSQ first measure the degree to which difficulties are experienced across various domains of functioning and then ask how often daily activities are limited by these difficulties.
Note that the Disability Screening Questions were used on the Census to identify respondents who should be included in the Canadian Survey on Disability. Not all those who responded as having an activity difficulty will be actually disabled and the data are considered to contain a certain number of "false positives". Users may wish to consult the Canadian Survey on Disability tables for comparison.
The custom geographies for this table are divided into groups. Click here to see the geographies contained within each of these groups.
Target group profiles (TGPs) provide data for a specific group of persons (a "target group"). All variables in the target group profile relate to these persons: their age, their gender, their family status (e.g. are they in a census family), the languages they speak, and so on. Because TGPs deal with the universe of persons, they do not contain any family- or household-specific variables. For example, the number of census families in private households does not relate to a person, but to a family, and so it is not included in TGPs.
Target Group Profile Totals
The labels used for the Target Group Profiles are the same as the labels used for the Census Profile. If you are viewing a Target Group Profile table, then the "Total population in private households" or "Total - Generation status for the population in private households" is the total for that particular target group.
For example, if you use the Target Group Profile for recent immigrants, then the "Total population" is equal to the total population of recent immigrants. Please be aware that for some 2016 Target Group Profiles, the target group (e.g., Aboriginal and visible minority groups or age groups) is split out into categories in a separate dimension (e.g., Total, Aboriginal identity, First Nations, Métis, Inuk), so will also include a Total population variable. In these cases, the Total population variables are for the entire population.
25% vs 100% samples
The 2016 short form Census questionnaire was sent out to 100% of all households. The 2016 long form Census questionnaire was sent out to 25% of all households. Target Group Profiles are produced using the 25% sample.
When calculating the prevalence of certain target group variables in the total population, it is better to use total population values taken from this Census Profile, which was produced entirely using the 25% sample, as opposed to the standard Census Profile which uses the 100% sample for numerous variables.