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Francophone

The following specifications define what individuals are included in the definition of the Francophone population (source: https://communitydata.ca/data/target-group-profile-francophone-population-census-2021):

FOL = First official language spoken; MT = Mother tongue; HLnDr = Language spoken most often at home

  • French only (FOL/MT/HLnDr)
  • French (FOL) and French & Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • French (FOL) and English & French (MT/HLnDr)
  • French (FOL) and English, French & Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • French (FOL) and Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • English (FOL) and French (MT/HLnDr)
  • English (FOL) and French & Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • English (FOL) and English, French & Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • English (FOL) and English & French (MT/HLnDr)
  • English & French (FOL) and French (MT/HLnDr)
  • English & French (FOL) and English & French (MT/HLnDr)
  • English & French (FOL) and French & Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • English & French (FOL) and English, French & Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • English & French (FOL) and Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • English & French (FOL) and English & Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • French (FOL) and English & Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • French (FOL) and English (MT/HLnDr)
  • English & French (FOL) and English OR English & Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)
  • Non-official language (FOL) and French OR French & Non-official language (MT/HLnDr)

Gender

Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman).

Gender includes the following concepts:

  • Gender identity, which refers to the gender that a person feels internally and individually;
  • Gender expression, which refers to the way a person presents their gender, regardless of their gender identity, through body language, aesthetic choices or accessories (e.g., clothes, hairstyle and makeup), which may have traditionally been associated with a specific gender.

A person's gender may differ from their sex at birth, and from what is indicated on their current identification or legal documents such as their birth certificate, passport or driver's licence. A person's gender may change over time.

Some people may not identify with a specific gender.

Definition 2: Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. In these cases, individuals in the category “non-binary persons” are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the “+” symbol as follows:

  • Men+
  • Women+

Source: https://communitydata.ca/content/gender-3-0 

Indigenous

Note that the Indigenous peoples variable is not the same as the Indigenous identity variable:

  • Indigenous peoples includes Single Indigenous responses - persons who identify as only one Indigenous group, that is First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit) and people) and Multiple Indigenous responses - persons who identify as any two or all three of the following: First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and/or Inuk (Inuit).
  • Indigenous identity refers to whether the person identified with the Indigenous peoples of Canada. This includes those who identify as First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and/or Inuk (Inuit), and/or those who report being Registered or Treaty Indians (that is, registered under the Indian Act of Canada), and/or those who have membership in a First Nation or Indian band.

From Indigenous Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021:
The difference between the two is that Indigenous Identity includes persons who do not identify as First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit) but who report having Registered or Treaty Indian status and/or Membership in a First Nation or Indian band. This would be under the category, Indigenous responses not included elsewhere, from the standard variable Indigenous Identity (9). 

Labour Force Participation rate 

Refers to the labour force in the week of Sunday, May 2 to Saturday, May 8, 2021, expressed as a percentage of the total population aged 15 years and over. The participation rate for a particular group is the total labour force in that group, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that group. (Source: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/ref/dict/az/index-eng.cfm)

Unemployment rate

Refers to the unemployed expressed as a percentage of the labour force in the week of Sunday, May 2 to Saturday, May 8, 2021. The unemployment rate for a particular group is the unemployed in that group, expressed as a percentage of the labour force in that group. (Source: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/ref/dict/az/index-eng.cfm)

Visible Minority

Visible minority refers to whether a person is a visible minority or not, as defined by the Employment Equity Act. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non‑Caucasian in race or non‑white in colour." The visible minority population consists mainly of the following groups: South Asian, Chinese, Black, Filipino, Arab, Latin American, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean and Japanese.

For more information on the Visible minority variable, including information on its classification, the questions from which it is derived, data quality and its comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Visible Minority and Population Group Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.