User's Guide - Charitable Donors
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1. Rural postal codes Other areas in province 10 Rural routes 4 Suburban services 5 Rural postal codes in city 6 Other urban areas Postal walks Walk pots 21 Concordance files A concordance file accompanies data that are aggregated by postal walk This file lists all of the six character postal codes for which there is information and identifies the postal walk to which each postal code is assigned An urban Forward Sortation Area FSA may be split between two or more municipalities and so the FSA label as well as the city identification number or CityID becomes important parts of the geographic identifiers It is a combination of CityID FSA label and postal walk number that creates unique geographic identifiers The concordance file consists therefore of the CityID the FSA label called the postal area the postal walk number and the six character urban postal code By simply browsing the concordance file one can determine which postal codes make up a given walk The following illustration is an example of a concordance file CityID Postal walk Postal code K1B4C6 ler o Ieee w CC Vintage of the postal walks The postal walks represented in the 2002 databanks were coded from a June 2003 Canada Post Corporation file with a January 2003 basefile2. Concordance flesse iesene aa a diac bea cael Aah oie I ce earl 22 Old walk new walk file ccncheieacitessSe ih nab beSiasss idea ads hake de aussie ecticeandets 22 Geographic Levels Census Geography ccccscceeeeeseeeeeeeseaeeeeeseneeeseeeeneeeeeeeeaeeees 24 Geographic Levels Special Geography ccccccceeeeeseceeeeeseeeeeeenneeeeeeneneeeeteneaeeees 26 SONVELSIOMMIOS 2s RT tvatuecanl A E E 27 WEINVITE YOUR COMMENTS orsa ga eaa eE aeaa AA a Naena 29 LIST OF DATA PRODUCTS AVAILABLE xsg Soca s 5 sac cores ik Reap aha eats Dns 30 REGIONAL REFERENCE CENTRES ceon E A 31 INTRODUCTION Line 340 Charitable Donations This databank provides information on taxfilers classified as charitable donors Charitable donors are defined as taxfilers reporting donations on line 340 of the tax return Persons making charitable donations but not reporting them on their personal tax return are of course not included in this databank Only donations made to approved organizations are allowable as deductions in the tax system Donations are eligible if made to Canadian registered charities and Canadian amateur athletic associations They are also eligible if made to prescribed universities outside Canada certain tax exempt housing organizations in Canada Canadian municipalities the United Nations and certain charities outside Canada to which the Government of Canada has made a gift It is possible to carry d
3. Supplement do not file because they have low or no taxable income However with the introduction of the Federal Sales Tax FST Credit in 1986 and the Goods and Services Tax GST Credit in 1990 the percentage of the elderly population filing tax returns has increased In 2001 approximately 98 7 of the population aged 65 and over filed tax returns up from 75 in 1989 FIGURE 2 COVERAGE BY AGE AND PROVINCE 2001 Rates of Coverage Rates of Coverage by Age by Province under 20 Newfoundland amp 20 24 Labrador 25 29 Prince Edward Island 30 34 Nova Scotia 35 39 New Brunswick 40 44 Quebec 45 49 Ontario 50 54 Manitoba 55 59 Saskatchewan 60 64 Alberta 65 74 British Columbia 75 Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut Total Canada Coverage rates are based on comparisons with the estimated population counts to July 1 2002 from Statistics Canada catalogue number 91 213 XPB Annual Demographic Statistics SAADD counts are taken from the 2001 final databanks T1 Family File released in September 2003 iii Income Persons with low income have no tax liability and are not required to file tax returns However with the introduction of the Child Tax Credit in 1978 the Federal Sales Tax FST Credit in 1986 the Goods and Services Tax GST Credit in 1990 and the Child Tax Benefits in 1993 persons with low income are likely to file tax returns to apply for these credits CONFIDENTIALITY AND ROUNDING All data a
4. 301 areas coded as level of geography 31 Census Division A census division CD is a group of neighbouring municipalities joined together for the purposes of regional planning and managing common services such as police or ambulance services A CD might correspond to a county a regional municipality or a regional district CDs are established under laws in effect in certain provinces and territories of Canada In other provinces and territories where laws do not provide for such areas Newfoundland Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta Statistics Canada defines equivalent areas for statistical reporting purposes in cooperation with these provinces and territories The 2002 databanks contain 288 areas coded as level of geography 21 25 Geographic Levels Special Geography Clients may select geographical areas of their own definition areas that are not part of the standard areas listed here for example bank service areas retail store catchment areas For this clients must submit a list of the postal codes that make up their special area and we will aggregate the micro data to correspond to that area of interest Information ordered for special or user defined areas will be coded according to the following Level of Geography Total for all user defined areas Description This level represents the sum total of all user defined areas and is the total of levels 91 and 92 described below Other
5. 64 Column 14 Average donation for age group 65 Column 15 Total amount of charitable donations thousands of Column 16 Median donation Column 17 Median total income of donors Column 18 75 percentile of donors total income Table 2 Age and Sex new beginning with 1995 Column 1 City identification number Column 2 Postal area Column 3 Postal walk number Column 4 Level of geography see Geography section Column 5 Place name Column 6 Total Number of taxfilers Column 7 Percent of taxfilers who are male Column 8 Percent of taxfilers who are female Column 9 Number of charitable donors Column 10 Percent of charitable donors who are male Column 11 Percent of charitable donors who are female Column 12 Percent of donors 0 24 years of age Column 13 Percent of donors 25 34 years of age Column 14 Percent of donors 35 44 years of age Column 15 Percent of donors 45 54 years of age Column 16 Percent of donors 55 64 years of age Column 17 Percent of donors 65 years of age Column 18 Total median donation Column 19 Median donation of males Column 20 Median donation of females Column 21 Total amount of charitable donations thousands of Column 22 Total amount of charitable donations for males thousands of Column 23 Total amount of charitable donations for females thousands of Table 3 Income Groups new beginning with 1997 Column 1 City identification number Column 2 P
6. Division Statistics Canada Telephone 613 951 1122 R H Coats Building 9 floor section A Fax 613 951 1134 Ottawa Ontario K1A 0T6 Canada Statistics Canada 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS VISITA BUS TIN Sacer etc a r teats ic aasties astra e i 4 The content of the databank 2 icant ined acta Sed hi tina Nika eae a seeenlenes cuderdacc dee voretyia ack 5 DATA SOURCE a e n a dons aa Enae E a aaee aa tact ct denen depayerecesnmeabemanragecetes 7 DATA FREQUENCY rrii setivadel al latetedel a shadin stato teases dint nde sda tahad Nena ated 7 PPT UN 52a erecta ache a chet eg eIG RG teehee cereale shina Made R 7 i Number of Canadian taxtilers icc scctcisstecvens asazeines sibasbiedaecesdenthaethaesinatedanseteaeeteedneadenss 7 fl Elderly populaties ieni kanie ea EEKE TEENE Eeee 8 aE EE EE E E E E E T AE E E E TT 9 CONFIDENTIALITY AND ROUNDING cc ccccccceeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeceaeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeseeeesenaeeeseeeeeeeeeesees 10 SUPPRESSED DATA a a a aa ar Aa bevedtrimbacrtetectetemtendeatiaaieteredtereds 10 GLOSSARY OF TERMS aries a e A A E E asd 11 PATISTIGAL TABLES a ARE A EE O Shree 13 Footnotes and Historical Availability ccic csccccetieeecdesetootedeavigisseecesdiaieeeededendeucndeesnaes 13 OE AUN Se aN E E E T A ES 14 Geographic Levels Postal Geography ssssssssssseessserrssrrrnrerrnrtsstrrnstrrnnrrstnnressren nnet 15 Adding postal areas without duplication 0 eect eect eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaes 20
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8. databanks contain 500 areas coded as level of geography 07 06 Rural Postal These data pertain to rural postal codes that belong to Code Within communities with more than one rural postal code These occur in City areas that were formerly serviced by rural delivery service and changed by Canada Post to urban delivery service or in communities served by more than one rural postal code Rural postal codes of this type can be identified by a zero in the second position of the postal code and a level of geography code 06 The 2002 databanks contain 370 areas coded as level of geography 06 17 Level of Geography Postal Area Description L O G Suburban Sparsely populated fringe areas of urban centres may receive their Service postal service from an urban post office by delivery designated as suburban service Their region code retains all six characters of the postal code Suburban Services are usually near or on the perimeters of urban areas and mail is delivered by a contractor to group mail boxes community mail boxes and or external delivery sites e g kiosks miniparks The 2002 databanks contain 24 areas coded as level of geography 05 04 Rural Route Reasonably well settled rural areas may receive their postal service from an urban post office by delivery designated as rural route Mail is delivered by a contractor to customers living along or near well defined roads Their region code re
9. user defined areas This level of geography represents all user defined areas that were too small in terms of population to have information compiled on those areas individually i e fewer than 100 taxfilers Such areas are grouped into this other category Special user defined area Any area showing a code 91 is an area defined by a specific user according to that user s needs for example school catchment areas health districts etc 26 Conversion files When a client is interested in purchasing data for areas that are considered non standard geography by Small Area and Administrative Data Division a conversion file is usually necessary A combination of postal codes making up one or more special area s is commonly referred to as a conversion file an electronic file used by our staff to aggregate the different postal codes that make up the user defined area Simply provide us with the postal codes related to the area and we will compile the data subject to our confidentiality restrictions This list should include all postal codes for each area This would apply only to an area that is not a standard area It could include any one ora combination of areas whose boundaries are a combination of standard areas or a combination of postal codes User defined areas may be branch service or school catchment areas neighbourhoods or almost any other region Each postal code on a conversion file is linked to a cor
10. Charitable Donors User s Guide Statistics Canada Product number 1300014 Extracts from these statistical data may be reproduced for individual use without permission provided the source is fully acknowledged Users are not authorized to transfer or redistribute any part or version of these data in any medium whether it be in their original form or ina modified form except as approved under a distribution agreement with STATISTICS CANADA The prior written permission of STATISTICS CANADA is required for any other form of publication or distribution Use of these data is acknowledgment that the user will be bound by the terms of the data licensing agreement which forms part of this documentation see following page STATISTICS CANADA Small Area and Administrative Data Division saadinfo statcan ca October 2003 END USE LICENCE AGREEMENT COPYRIGHT The Government of Canada Statistics Canada is the owner or a licensee of all intellectual property rights including copyright in this data product In consideration of your payment of the requisite fee you or your organisation as the case may be hereinafter referred to as the licensee are granted a non exclusive non assignable and non transferable licence to use this data product subject to the terms below This license is not a sale of any or all of the rights of the owner s TERMS OF USE All copyright and proprietary notices and all conditions of use associated with the
11. Old walk new walk file Since postal walks are subject to change we will also supply on request along with postal walk aggregated data and the corresponding concordance file a third file called the Old walk New walk file This file shows the percentage change in the postal walks between the date of the walks to which the data are attached and the latest such information available to us from Canada Post This file compares the six character urban postal codes that make up the postal walk at two different points in time It shows the percentage of the postal codes from the original old walk that are included in the newer walk and the percentage of the new walk that is derived from the old The following illustration is an example of an old walk new walk file 22 Comparison Between Old Walks Month XXXX and New Walks Month YYYY Old walk of old of new included in derived from old 23 Geographic Levels Census Geography Data are also available for the following levels of the Census geography the following table shows the coded designators for these geographies as well as a brief description of each Level of Geography Census Metropolitan Area Description The general concept of a census metropolitan area CMA is one of a very large urban area together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of economic and social integration with that urban area CMAs have an urban core population of
12. at least 100 000 based on the previous census There are 28 CMAs in the 2002 databanks 001 St John s Newfoundland and Labrador 205 Halifax Nova Scotia 310 Saint John New Brunswick 408 Saguenay formerly Chicoutimi Jonqui re Qu bec 421 Qu bec Qu bec 433 Sherbrooke Qu bec 442 Trois Rivi res Qu bec 462 Montr al Qu bec 505 Ottawa Gatineau Qu bec part 505 Ottawa Gatineau Ontario part 521 Kingston Ontario 532 Oshawa Ontario 535 Toronto Ontario 537 Hamilton Ontario 539 St Catharines Niagara Ontario 541 Kitchener Ontario 555 London Ontario 559 Windsor Ontario 580 Sudbury Ontario 595 Thunder Bay Ontario 602 Winnipeg Manitoba 705 Regina Saskatchewan 725 Saskatoon Saskatchewan 825 Calgary Alberta 835 Edmonton Alberta 932 Abbotsford British Columbia 933 Vancouver British Columbia 935 Victoria British Columbia 24 Level of Geography Federal Electoral District Description A federal electoral district FED refers to any place or territorial area represented by a member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons There are 301 FEDs in Canada according to the 1996 Representation Order The Representation Order is prepared by the Chief Electoral Officer describing naming and specifying the population of each electoral district established by the Electoral Boundaries Commission and sent to the Governor in Council The 2002 databanks contain
13. ation of the provincial territorial totals code 11 The national total is identified by the region code Z99099 Province or Territory Total This level of data is an aggregation of the following geographies within a province City Totals Rural Postal Codes Other Provincial Totals These totals are identified by a provincial territorial postal letter then a 990 followed by the province territory code as follows Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Northwest Territories Nunavut 15 Level of Geography L O G Postal Area Other Provincial Total P Pot Description This level of data is an aggregation of small communities in the province that had less than 100 taxfilers where these communities are combined into a pot Before 1992 it was identified by the same codes as the provincial territorial totals and only the Delivery Mode codes 2 and 3 distinguished between the two To avoid this problem starting with the 1992 data an 8 appears after the provincial territorial letter instead of a 9 The 9 will be reserved for the provincial territorial total as explained in 11 above These pot codes are as follows Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Rural Postal Code Not in City This level of geography pertains to rural communities that have one and only one rural postal code These stand alone ru
14. dle number in a group of numbers Where a median income for example is given as 26 000 it means that exactly half of the incomes reported are greater than or equal to 26 000 and that the other half is less than or equal to the median amount Median incomes in the data tables are rounded to the nearest hundred dollars With the exception of Total Income zero values are not included in the calculation of medians for individuals Suppressed data Are intentionally omitted because they breach confidentiality All data counts under a certain number are suppressed along with the corresponding income amounts If the count for one cell or component is suppressed then corresponding income aggregates in another cell are also suppressed to avoid disclosure by subtraction called residual disclosure See the section on Confidentiality Taxfiler Is an individual who filed a personal income tax return for the referenced year 11 Total income is the reported amounts of income by taxfilers from any of the following sources Labour income Employment income Wages salaries and commissions Other employment income as reported on line 104 of the tax form tips gratuities royalties etc Net self employment income Employment Insurance El benefits Pension income Old Age Security Net Federal Supplements the latter including guaranteed income supplements and spouses allowances since 1994 Canada Quebec Pension Plans Superannuation and ot
15. her private pensions Family Allowance benefits up to and including 1992 Interest and other investment income Dividend income RRSP income since 1999 includes only income of taxfilers 65 years of age Net limited partnership income Net rental income Other income e g alimony and incomes reported on line 130 such as fellowships bursaries grants etc Federal Sales Tax FST credit for 1989 1990 inclusive Goods and Services Tax GST credit beginning in 1990 Child tax credit up to and including 1992 Canada child tax benefit starting with 1993 Provincial refundable tax credits beginning in 1994 Other non taxable income beginning in 1993 Workers compensation payments Social assistance payments Guaranteed income supplements Spouses allowances 12 STATISTICAL TABLES Footnotes and Historical Availability Table 1 Summary The summary table is available starting with the 1990 data according to the postal geography Census metropolitan areas CMAs are available starting with the 1993 data census divisions CDs with the 1995 data and federal electoral districts FEDs with the 1997 data Changes were made to the age groups in 1991 and in 1997 Table 2 Age groups Available starting with the 1995 data for the postal geography and for CMAs CDs are available starting with the 1995 data and FEDs with the 1997 data Changes were made to the age groups in 1997 Table 3 Income groups Avai
16. its Room 1700011 November Canadian Savers 17C0009 November Canadian Investors 17C0007 November Canadian Investment Income 1700008 November Canadian Taxfilers 1700010 November Canadian Capital Gains 1700012 November Charitable Donors 1300014 December Neighbourhood Income and Demographics 1300015 July Economic Dependency Profiles 1300017 July Labour Income Profiles 7100018 July Families 1300016 July Seniors 89C0022 July Migration Estimates 9100025 September 30 ATLANTIC REGION Serving the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick Statistics Canada Advisory Services 1741 Brunswick Street 2 Floor Box 11 HALIFAX Nova Scotia B3J 3X8 ONTARIO REGION QUEBEC REGION Serving the province of Ontario except the National Capital Region Statistics Canada Advisory Services Arthur Meighen Building 10 Floor 25 St Clair Avenue East TORONTO Ontario M4T 1M4 PRAIRIE REGION Serving Alberta and the Northwest Territories Statistics Canada Advisory Services Pacific Plaza Suite 900 10909 Jasper Avenue N W EDMONTON Alberta T5J 4J3 PACIFIC REGION Serving the province of Quebec except the National Capital Region and the territory of Nunavut Statistics Canada Advisory Services 200 Ren L vesque Blvd West Guy Favreau Complex 4 Floor East Tower MONTREAL Quebec H2Z 1X4 NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION Serving
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18. lable in its current format starting with the 1997 data for the postal geography for CMAs CDs and FEDs 13 GEOGRAPHY The data are available for the following geographic areas See Statistical Tables Footnotes and Historical Availability for further details The mailing address at the time of filing is the basis for the geographic information in the tables Standard areas Postal Geography Canada Provinces and Territories Cities Rural Postal Codes Urban Forward Sortation Areas Postal Walks Census Geography Census Divisions Census Metropolitan Areas Federal Electoral Districts User defined areas Users may select a specific area of interest that is not a standard area for which data can be made available in standard format To obtain data provide us with a list of the postal codes for which data are required and we will provide the aggregated data Of course the area must satisfy our confidentiality requirements or no data can be produced See the Special Geography section for further information 14 Geographic Levels Postal Geography The various databanks compiled from the taxfile are available for different levels of the postal geography and for some levels of the Census geography Coded geographic indicators appearing on the data tables are shown below with a brief description Level of Geography L O G Postal Area Canada Description This level of data is an aggreg
19. must also be suppressed to avoid residual disclosure ii Between areas when a variable amount in one area is suppressed that variable amount is also suppressed in another area to prevent disclosure by subtraction 1 Likewise the median income is omitted when the rounded count of a category is less than 30 15 on either side of the median 10 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 75 percentile Is the number in a group of numbers ranked from highest to lowest where one quarter of the numbers fall above and three quarters fall below For example if the 75 percentile of total income is shown as 60 000 this means that 25 of the population under review has a total income greater than or equal to 60 000 and 75 of the population has a total income less than or equal to 60 000 Age Is calculated as of December 31 of the reference year i e tax year minus year of birth Charitable donation Is the allowable portion of total donations as reported on the income tax return Charitable donor Is defined as a taxfiler reporting a charitable donation amount on line 340 of the personal income tax form CityID Since names can be in some cases quite long and cumbersome for handling in electronic files municipalities are given a city identification number Level of geography Is a code designating the type of geographic area to which the information in the table applies See the section on Geography for further information Median Is the mid
20. onations forward for up to five years after the year in which they were made Inthe reference year it is possible to claim donations made in any of the previous five as long as they were not already claimed in a prior year The donations made in the reference year could be claimed the same year or could be carried forward to any of the next five years Some eligible donations may not have been claimed by taxfilers These include donations for which no receipt was provided and donations for which the receipt was lost No estimate of such donations is included in these data A change in tax regulations was introduced in 1994 Taxfilers contributing to a recognized charity as outlined above were eligible to claim a tax credit of 17 of their donations on the first 200 and 29 on the rest Previously taxfilers had to give 250 to charity before the 29 credit was available The content of the databank is as follows Table 1 Summary Column 1 City identification number Column 2 Postal area Column 3 Postal walk number Column 4 Level of geography see Geography section Column 5 Place name Column 6 Total Number of taxfilers Column 7 Number of charitable donors Column 8 Average age of donors Column 9 Average donation for age group 0 24 Column 10 Average donation for age group 25 34 Column 11 Average donation for age group 35 44 Column 12 Average donation for age group 45 54 Column 13 Average donation for age group 55
21. ostal area Column 3 Postal walk number Column 4 Level of geography see Geography section Column 5 Place name Column 6 Total number of taxfilers Column 7 Total number of charitable donors Column 8 Percent of charitable donors with total income less than 20 000 Column 9 Percent of charitable donors with total income 20 000 Column 10 Percent of charitable donors with total income 40 000 Column 11 Percent of charitable donors with total income 60 000 Column 12 Percent of charitable donors with total income 80 000 Column 13 Total value of charitable donations in thousands of dollars Column 14 Percent of donations reported by donors with total income under 20 000 Column 15 Percent of donations reported by donors with total income 20 000 Column 16 Percent of donations reported by donors with total income 40 000 Column 17 Percent of donations reported by donors with total income 60 000 Column 18 Percent of donations reported by donors with total income 80 000 DATA SOURCE The data are derived from income tax returns For the most part tax returns were filed in the spring of the year following the reference year For example for the 2002 tax year income tax returns were filed by April 30 2003 The mailing address at the time of filing is the basis for the geographic information in the tables Postal codes may have been revised or updated based on the geography file Demographic characteristics such a
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23. ral postal codes can be identified by a zero in the second position of the postal code and a level of geography code 09 The 2002 databanks contain 4 121 areas coded as level of geography 09 16 Level of Geography Postal Area Description L O G City Total This level of data is an aggregation of the following geographies for unique place names within a province territory Urban FSA Residential Rural Route Suburban Services Rural Postal Code within city Other Urban Area They have the following format e g Edmonton 195479 Regina 94876 The pattern is the postal letter of the city plus 9 in the second position indicating a total followed by a 4 digit numeric code for the community often called CityID In general postal cities do not coincide with census subdivisions The 2002 databanks contain 953 areas coded as level of geography 08 Other Urban This aggregation of data or pot covers non residential Area addresses within an urban centre and all other data not otherwise Non displayed Commercial addresses post office boxes and general residential delivery are included as are residential addresses with too few within city taxfilers to report separately They can be recognized by codes E Pot that are similar to the city totals with a distinguishing difference an 8 will follow the city postal letter rather than the 9 of the city total e g Edmonton T85479 Regina 884876 The 2002
24. re subject to the confidentiality procedures of rounding and suppression To protect the confidentiality of Canadians counts are rounded Rounding may increase decrease or cause no change to counts Rounding can affect the results obtained from calculations For example when calculating percentages from rounded data results may be distorted as both the numerator and denominator have been rounded The distortion can be greatest with small numbers All reported amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand dollars Since 1990 data cells represent counts of 15 or greater and are rounded to a base of 10 For example a cell count of 15 would be rounded to 20 and a cell count of 24 would be rounded to 20 Note Counts represent the number of persons Reported amounts are aggregate dollar amounts reported SUPPRESSED DATA To maintain confidentiality data cells have been suppressed whenever areas comprise less than 100 taxfilers cells represent less than 15 taxfilers cells were dominated by a single filer Suppressed data may occur i Within one area when one of the income categories is suppressed a second category must also be suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential data by subtraction called residual disclosure when one of the gender categories is suppressed the other gender category must also be suppressed to avoid residual disclosure when one age group category is suppressed another age group
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26. responding area code The postal code is used as the basis for the tabulation of economic and demographic data for each area Refer to the example below for a typical conversion file received by the Small Area and Administrative Data Division Postal code User Area A1A1A1 0001 A1A1A2 0001 A1A1A3 0001 A1A1A4 0001 A1A1A5 0001 A1A1A6 0001 A1A1A7 0002 A1A1A8 0002 A1A1A9 0002 A1A1B1 0002 A1A1B2 0002 A1A1B3 0003 A1A1B4 0003 A1A1B5 0003 A1A1B6 0003 A1A1B7 0003 A1A1B8 0004 A1A1B9 0004 A1A1C1 0004 A1A1C2 0004 A1A1C3 0004 27 Note 1 The conversion file should have a record length of 10 bytes The first six bytes should represent the postal code and the following four bytes should represent the user defined area 2 The postal code does not have a space between the third and fourth characters 3 The user defined area code is only four characters in length Our system cannot accommodate user defined areas with hierarchical levels In the previous example areas 0001 and 0002 could not add up to their own total with areas 0003 and 0004 adding up to their own separate total Generating this type of hierarchical information means submitting this conversion file to our programs several times and increasing costs 28 WE INVITE YOUR COMMENTS We are always working on ways to improve our products The comments we receive concerning quality and presentation are essential to meet this objective If you have any suggestions in this
27. s age are given as of December 31 of the tax year Income information is for the calendar year under review DATA FREQUENCY Data are updated on an annual basis DATA QUALITY i Number of Canadian taxfilers The data used are direct counts from tax files For the 2002 tax year 21 979 210 Canadians or 70 filed tax returns FIGURE 1 NUMBER OF CANADIAN TAXFILERS Number of pateo Population Coverage Tax year i Population Taxfilers 000 Estimate 000 1991 18 786 April 1 1992 27 983 s 1992 19 267 aprit 1o90_ 28273 1993 19 882 Aprit 1994 28 618 1994 20 184 Apri 1908 28 009 1995 20 536 April 1 1996 29 261 70 2 1996 20 772 April 1 1997 29 577 wz 1997 21 113 April 1 1998 29 893 70 6 1998 21 431 April 1 1999 30 168 1999 21 893 April 1 2000 30 665 22 249 April 1 2001 30 974 22 804 April 1 2002 31 315 21 979 April 1 2003 31 559 Percent coverage is based on a comparison of the number of taxfilers in the Small Area and Administrative Data Division s taxfiler databank and the population estimates from the Statistics Canada publication Quarterly Demographic Statistics catalogue no 91 002 now available on the Statistics Canada web site www statcan ca The 2002 count of taxfilers is taken from a preliminary 2002 taxfile from the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency ii Elderly population Some elderly Canadians receiving only Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income
28. s type can be identified by a region code which is the FSA followed by three blanks and the postal walk number An average FSA contains 11 walks The 2001 databanks contain 20 119 areas coded as level of geography 01 19 Adding postal areas without duplication Data files according to the postal geography will often contain subtotals and totals Many data users need to add certain geographies in order to come up with a total for their particular area of interest However including subtotals during this process results in double counting some populations and this leads to an erroneous total The following is a summary of which postal areas are aggregations in the standard postal geography Postal walks Level of Geography or LOG 1 and walk pots LOG 2 add up to urban Forward Sortation Areas FSAs LOG 3 Urban FSAs LOG 3 rural routes LOG 4 suburban services LOG 5 rural postal codes within a city LOG 6 and other urban areas LOG 7 add up to city totals LOG 8 City totals LOG 8 rural postal codes not in a city LOG 9 and other areas in a province LOG 10 add up to provincial territorial totals LOG 11 Provincial territorial totals LOG 11 add up to the Canada total LOG 12 Thus using the Level of geography codes 14 2 3 3 44 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 20 Canada 12 Province 11 E City totals 8 rr
29. tains all six characters of the postal code The 2002 databanks contain 879 areas coded as level of geography 04 03 Urban FSA The urban Forward Sortation Area FSA identified by the first three Residential characters of the postal code includes all residential addresses Area covered by the first three characters of a postal code in a particular urban area not including levels 04 and 05 Only residential FSAs are considered for these databanks This level of data is an aggregation of Postal Walk ccccecccecceeccesecececeeeeececeeeseeenseenseeneeeneenens Code 01 Other Postal Walk ccececseeeceseecceeecceeeeceeeecaaeeeeaeeeees Code 02 An Urban FSA of this type can be identified by the FSA followed by three blanks The 2002 databanks contain 1 854 areas coded as level of geography 03 18 Level of Geography L O G Postal Area Other Postal Walk Postal Walk Description This level of data is an aggregation of urban residential postal codes unallocated to a letter carrier route and postal walks with less than 100 taxfilers A postal walk record of this type can be identified by the FSA followed by three blanks and the postal walk number XXXX The 2002 databanks contain 223 areas coded as level of geography 02 This is the finest level of data and is an aggregation of urban residential postal codes allocated to a letter carrier route A postal walk of thi
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