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1. Percent coverage is based on a comparison of the number of taxfilers in the Small Area and Administrative Data Division s T1 Family File and the latest 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 In comparing 2006 government transfers to 2006 figures from other data sources it is evident that our coverage is high FIGURE 2 COVERAGE OF GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS 2006 Transfer Payment Source of Comparison Employment Insurance Benefits CANSIM Table 276 0005 Employment Insurance Benefits CANSIM Table 380 0034 Canada Child Tax Benefits amp Universal Child Care Benefits CANSIM Table 380 0034 2 CPP QPP Benefits Human Resources amp Social Dev Canada CPP QPP Benefits CANSIM Table 380 0022 Old Age Security Benefits Human Resources amp Social Dev Canada Old Age Security Benefits CANSIM Table 380 0034 Social Assistance CANSIM Table 380 0033 Workers Compensation CANSIM Table 380 0033 Goods and Services Tax Credit CANSIM Table 380 0034 Sources 1 Employment Insurance Statistics from Labour Statistics Division Statistics Canada 2 System of National Accounts Statistics Canada National Income and Expenditure Sub sector Accounts Quarterly Estimates 3 The Income Security Programs Canada Pension Plan Old Age Security Statistical Bulletin January2. 1 or more in provincial income tax The refund is part of the government s commitment to lower taxes in the province Included in the 2003 data only Nunavut Child Benefit Beginning in July 1998 the Nunavut Child Benefit NUCB is a non taxable amount paid monthly to qualifying families with children under age 18 The Territorial Worker s Supplement part of the NUCB program is an additional benefit paid to qualifying families with working income who have children under age 18 Benefits are combined with the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Old Age Security OAS Pension Is part of the Old Age Security program a federal government program that guarantees a degree of financial security to Canadian seniors All persons in Canada aged 65 or older who are Canadian citizens or legal residents may qualify for a full OAS pension depending on their years of residence in Canada after reaching age 18 Old Age Security benefits include all benefits reported for the reference year excluding Guaranteed Income Supplement and Spouse s Allowance benefits see a so Net federal supplements and Non taxable income Starting with the 1994 data OAS income of non filing spouses was estimated and included in the tables Ontario Child Care Supplement for Working Families Beginning in July 1998 the Ontario Child Care Supplement for Working Families OCCSWEF is not
3. 933 Vancouver British Columbia 935 Victoria British Columbia 31 32 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 308 FEDs in Canada according to the 2003 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 2006 databanks contain 308 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 and Labrador Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta Statistics Canada defines equivalent areas for statistical reporting purposes in cooperation with these provinces and territories The 2006 databanks contain 288 areas coded as level of geography 21 based on 2006 Census 33 Geographic Levels Specia
4. Coded geographic indicators appearing on the data tables are shown below with a brief description Level of Geography Postal Area L O G Description This level of data is an aggregation 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 EI TOCA EE L O G 08 Rural Postal Codes A L 0 G 09 Other Provincial Totale L O G 10 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 Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Manitoba Saskatchewan Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon Territory 21 Level of Geography Postal Area L O G 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
5. EDR for an area has a provincial index of 110 that EDR is 10 higher than the provincial EDR Canadian Index Canada 100 The EDR for the area is expressed as a percentage of the EDR for Canada Hence if the Canadian index for an area is 95 that area s EDR is 95 of the national EDR 11 The following table indicates which transfer payments appear on the data tables The variables that apply to the transfer payments are indicated with a V FIGURE 4 DATA TABLE CONTENTS BY TRANSFER PAYMENT Transfer Payment Number Amount Contrib Prov Cdn y reporting 000 to EDR Index Index Employment Income y Government Transfers y y Employment Insurance GST HST Credit Canada Child Tax Benefit Old Age Security Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Plans Workers Compensation Social Assistance Provincial Refundable Tax Credits Family Benefits Private Pensions 12 Statistical Table Footnotes and Historical Availability Available for census divisions starting with the 1986 data Available for postal areas and census metropolitan areas starting with the 1989 data Note historical data are not available for postal walks Available for census tracts economic regions and federal electoral districts starting with 1999 data Available for census agglomerations starting with 2001 data Information on persons receiving the federal sales tax credit is available starting with 1988 data This was
6. Nova Scotia one time payment Taxpayer Refund Program 2003 only the New Brunswick Low Income Seniors Benefit since 2005 the Universal Child Care Benefit beginning in 2006 and the Alberta one time payment Resource Rebate 2006 only The individuals in this case receive these payments without providing goods or services in return Previous to the 1996 data Transfer payments also included superannuation and other private pensions Harmonized Sales Tax HST In Newfoundland Nova Scotia and New Brunswick the provincial sales tax has been harmonized with the GST since 1997 to become the harmonized sales tax For this reason the federal GST credit is now known as the GST HST credit Index Is a comparison of the variable for the given area with either the province 15 province 100 or with Canada Canada 100 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 Net Federal Supplements Are part of the Old Age Security OAS pension program intended to supplement the income of pensioners and spouses with lower income payments take the form of a Guaranteed Income Supplement GIS or a Spouse s Allowance SPA Between 1990 and 1993 net federal supplements were included in Non taxable income New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit Since 1997 the New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit NBCTB is a non taxable amount paid mo
7. 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 2006 databanks contain 17 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 retains all six characters of the postal code The 2006 databanks contain 818 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 Malte Eeer L O G 01 Other Postal Walk L O G 02 The 2006 databanks contain 1 907 areas coded as level of geography 03 24 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 fo
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10. postal codes not in a city L O G 9 and other areas in a province L O G 10 add up to provincial territorial totals L O G 11 Provincial territorial totals L O G 11 add up to the Canada total L O G 12 Thus using the Level of geography codes 01 02 03 03 04 05 06 07 08 08 09 10 11 26 Canada 12 Province 11 SS City totals 8 Eege e Rural postal codes Other areas in province 10 Rural routes Suburban services 5 Rural postal codes in city Other urban areas Postal walks Walk pots 27 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 post
11. received as benefits in a given area compared to every 100 of employment income for that same area For example where a table shows an Employment Insurance El dependency ratio of 4 69 it means that 4 69 in El benefits was received for every 100 of employment income for the area Employment Income Includes wages and salaries commissions from employment training allowances tips and gratuities self employment income net income from business profession farming fishing and commissions and Indian employment income new in 1999 14 Employment Insurance El Previously Unemployment Insurance UI Comprises all types of benefits paid to individuals under this program regardless of reason including regular benefits for unemployment fishing job creation maternity parental adoption retirement self employment sickness training and work sharing Family Benefits See Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit British Columbia Family Bonus New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit Supplement Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit Northwest Territories Child Benefit Nova Scotia Child Tax Benefit Nunavut Child Benefit Ontario Child Care Supplement for Working Families Quebec Family Allowance Saskatchewan Child Benefit Yukon Child Benefit Canada Child Tax Benefit Goods and Services Tax GST Credit Includes all amounts received through this program In 1990 the goods and services tax credit began replacing the federal sales tax FST cred
12. replaced by the goods and services tax credit in 1990 The provincial tax credits and non taxable income are included in the table since 1990 Information on workers compensation and social assistance available as separate income sources only since 1994 Previously included in non taxable income Since 1994 Old Age Security payments also include the Guaranteed Income Supplement and Spouse s Allowance Starting with the 1996 data transfer payments was replaced by two separate categories government transfers and private pensions Prior to 1996 transfer payments included superannuation and other private pensions The sources of income or specific transfer payments have changed over the years depending on the information available from the T1 13 SECTION Ili GLOSSARY OF TERMS Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit Beginning in 1997 the Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit is a non taxable amount paid to families with working income that have children under the age of 18 Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Alberta Resource Rebate Is a one time payment of 400 made in 2006 to residents of Alberta who filed an income tax return and who were 18 years and over Rebate for children who are under 18 will be paid to their primary caregiver Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables for 2006 only British Columbia Family Bonus C
13. statistical data derived from administrative records most notably the taxfile The resulting demographic and socio economic databanks available are listed in the table below along with their identifying product number and the usual release period Product name Product number Release date RRSP Contributors 17C0006 RRSP Contribution Limits Room 1700011 Canadian Savers 17C0009 Canadian Investors 17C0007 Canadian Investment Income 17C0008 Canadian Taxfilers 17C0010 Canadian Capital Gains 1700012 Charitable Donors 1300014 Neighbourhood Income and Demographics 13C0015 Economic Dependency Profile 13C0017 Labour Income Profile 7100018 Families 13C0016 Seniors 89C0022 Migration Estimates 9100025 38
14. transfer payments and has an impact on the economic dependency ratios These changes should be taken into consideration when making comparisons to data from previous years Beginning in 1993 the Canada Child Tax Benefit replaces the Federal Family Allowance Program and child tax credits Starting with the 1996 data a dependency ratio is calculated for government transfers a ratio that for the first time excludes private pensions 10 Each table contains the following information for government transfers total and each of its components Number Total number of individuals in receipt of at least one of the transfers Amount 000 Total transfers expressed in thousands of dollars Employment Income 000 Total employment income in thousands of dollars Employment income includes wages and salaries commissions from employment training allowances tips and gratuities self employment income net income from business profession farming fishing and commissions and Indian employment income new in 1999 Economic Dependency Ratio EDR For a given area the EDR is the ratio of transfer dollars to every 100 of total employment income For example where a table shows an EDR of 12 1 it means that 12 10 was received in transfer payments for every 100 of employment income for that area Provincial Index Province 100 The EDR for the area is expressed as a percentage of the EDR for the province For example if the
15. 2007 Table 1 Human Resources and Social Development Canada and R gie des rentes du Qu bec Sommes vers es selon la province et le type de prestation 4 System of National Accounts Statistics Canada National Income and Expenditure Sub sector Accounts Annual Estimates 5 The Income Security Programs Canada Pension Plan Old Age Security Statistical Bulletin January 2007 Table 30 Human Resources and Social Development Canada Confidentiality and Rounding All data are 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 For 1988 and 1989 data all counts are 25 or greater and are rounded to the nearest 25 Reported amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand dollars For data up to and including 1987 all counts are randomly rounded to a base of 5 and reported amounts are unrounded but
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17. administered by the Canada Revenue Agency formerly Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and therefore families must apply for the supplement annually This program is a tax free monthly payment to help with the cost of raising children under the age of seven Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Private Other Pensions Include pension benefits superannuation and private pensions other than Old Age Security and Canada Quebec Pension Plan benefits Provincial Refundable Tax Credits Family Benefits Unlike non refundable tax credits these amounts are paid to the taxfiler regardless of tax liability Included are the refundable provincial tax credits received by taxfilers in Manitoba Ontario Quebec and Saskatchewan since 1990 British Columbia and the Northwest Territories since 1993 Newfoundland and Nunavut beginning in 1997 Quebec Family Allowances beginning with 1994 the British Columbia Family Bonus 17 beginning with 1996 the New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit beginning in 1997 the Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit beginning with 1997 the Northwest Territories Child Benefit beginning with 1998 the Nova Scotia Child Tax Benefit beginning with 1998 the Nunavut Child Benefit beginning with 1998 the Ontario Child Care Supplement for Working Families beginning with 1998 Saskatchewan Child Benefit beginning with 1998 the Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit
18. al 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 Vintage of the postal walks The postal walks represented in the 2006 databanks were coded from a March 2007 Canada Post Corporation file with a December 2006 basefile 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 28 Comparison Between Old Walks Month XXXX and New Walks Month YYYY Old walk of old of new included in derived from old 29 Geographic Levels Census Geography Data are also available for the following levels of the Census geography the following table shows the coded designat
19. an Private Pensions Canada Child Tax Benefits Goods and Services Tax Credit Harmonized Sales Tax Credit Workers Compensation Social Assistance Provincial Refundable Tax Credits Family Benefits Registered Retirement Savings Plan Income Other Income Total Income x Confidential when reported by fewer than 15 taxfilers In the data supplied to clients the suppressed cell will contain a 0 x For the same income variable the value for the opposite gender was suppressed in the table to avoid disclosure by subtraction x The value for a second income variable was suppressed elsewhere in the table to avoid disclosure by subtraction SECTION Il CONTENTS OF TABLES Note Beginning with 1988 the Economic Dependency Profile includes the federal sales tax FST credit as an additional component of transfer payments In 1990 the goods and services tax GST credit began replacing the FST credit and completely replaced it by 1991 Beginning with the 1997 data this became the goods and services tax GST harmonized sales tax HST credit The provincial tax credits and non taxable income are included in transfer payments and in total income for the first time with the 1990 data This category was split in 1994 to show separately workers compensation social assistance and provincial refundable tax credits family benefits The addition of variables such as GST and provincial tax credits increases the sums reported for
20. anadians of all ages filed tax returns see figure 1 Most children do not file because they have low or no income Similarly some elderly Canadians receiving only Old Age Security OAS and Guaranteed Income Supplement GIS do not file because they have low or no taxable income However with the introduction of the federal sales tax credit in 1986 and the goods and services tax credit in 1989 the percentage of the elderly population filing tax returns has increased In 2006 95 filed tax returns up from 75 in 1989 when comparing taxfilers aged 65 with the corresponding population estimate counts to July 1 2007 from Statistics Canada CANSIM table 051 0001 FIGURE 1 COVERAGE Tax year Number of Date of Population Coverage Taxfilers 000 Population 000 Estimate 1990 18 450 April 1 1991 27 936 66 0 1991 18 786 April 1 1992 28 265 66 5 1992 19 267 April 1 1993 28 597 67 4 1993 19 882 April 1 1994 28 905 68 8 1994 20 184 April 1 1995 28 211 71 5 1995 20 536 April 1 1996 29 515 69 6 1996 20 772 April 1 1997 29 819 69 7 1997 21 113 April 1 1998 30 082 70 2 1998 21 431 April 1 1999 30 317 70 7 1999 21 893 April 1 2000 30 597 71 6 2000 22 249 April 1 2001 30 913 72 0 2001 22 804 April 1 2002 31 266 72 9 2002 22 968 April 1 2003 31 578 72 7 2003 23 268 April 1 2004 31 891 73 0 2004 23 625 April 1 2005 32 198 73 4 2005 23 952 April 1 2006 32 524 73 6 2006 24 259 April 1 2007 32 871 73 8
21. are adjusted according to the rounding of the counts 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 see figure 3 when one of the gender categories is suppressed the other gender category must also be suppressed to avoid residual disclosure see figure 3 when one age group category is suppressed another age group 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 Likewise the median income is omitted when the rounded count of a category is less than 30 15 on either side of the median FIGURE 3 SUPPRESSION OF INCOME DATA AN ILLUSTRATION Amount Millions of Dollars pt Me Femaes Total Wages Salaries Commissions Self Employment Dividends and Interest Employment Insurance Old Age Security Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Pl
22. are as follows Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island British Columbia Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon Territory 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 rural postal codes can be identified by a zero in the second position of the postal code and a level of geography code 09 The 2006 databanks contain 4 070 areas coded as level of geography 09 22 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 esidentalt AA L O G 03 Rural EE L O G 04 Suburban Services ccc cceeeccceceeeeseececeeseesecenseeeeeanes L O G 05 Rural Postal Code within city L O G 06 Other Urban Area viccectectehcocsictestonesscscgletcneedeeds focetetnedote L O G 07 They have the following format e g Edmonton T95479 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 2006 databanks contain 1 002 areas coded as level of geography 08 07 Other Urban This aggregation of data or pot covers non residential Area addresses within an
23. based on the previous census The 2006 databanks contain 111 areas coded as level of geography 42 based on 2006 Census 30 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 at least 100 000 based on the previous census There are 33 CMAs in the 2006 databanks based on 2006 Census 001 St John s Newfoundland and Labrador 205 Halifax Nova Scotia 305 Moncton New Brunswick 310 Saint John New Brunswick 408 Saguenay 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 529 Peterborough Ontario 532 Oshawa Ontario 535 Toronto Ontario 537 Hamilton Ontario 539 St Catharines Niagara Ontario 541 Kitchener Ontario 543 Brantford Ontario 550 Guelph Ontario 555 London Ontario 559 Windsor Ontario 568 Barrie Ontario 580 Greater Sudbury Ontario 595 Thunder Bay Ontario 602 Winnipeg Manitoba 705 Regina Saskatchewan 725 Saskatoon Saskatchewan 825 Calgary Alberta 835 Edmonton Alberta 915 Kelowna British Columbia 932 Abbotsford British Columbia
24. beginning with 1999 the Yukon Child Benefit beginning with 1999 the Nova Scotia one time payment Taxpayer Refund Program 2003 only the New Brunswick Low Income Seniors Benefit since 2005 and the Alberta Resource Rebate for 2006 only Quebec Family Allowance The R gie des rentes du Qu bec administers the family benefits program which provides for the payment of a family allowance intended to cover the basic needs of children under age 18 in low income families This allowance takes into account the Canada Child Tax Benefit paid by the federal government Available starting with 1994 data Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Ratio Is the relationship of one variable to another where both are different as the ratio of males to females for example Saskatchewan Child Benefit Beginning in July 1998 the Saskatchewan Child Benefit SCB is a non taxable amount paid monthly to help lower income families with the cost of raising children under age of 18 Benefits are combined with the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Social Assistance Includes payments made in the year on the basis of a means needs or income test whether made by an organized charity or under a government program The value is reported on line 145 of the personal income tax return Available only since 1994 previously includ
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27. ed in Non taxable income 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 Taxfilers Most taxfilers are people who filed a tax return for the reference year and were alive at the end of the year Starting with the 1993 tax year those taxfilers who died within the tax year and who had a non filing spouse had their income and their filing status attributed to the surviving spouse Unemployment Insurance Ul See Employment Insurance El Universal Child Care Benefit 18 Beginning in July 2006 the Universal Child Care Benefit UCCB is a taxable amount of 100 paid monthly for each child under 6 years of age Included in Canada Child Tax Benefits in the statistical tables User defined Areas Are areas that have been defined by the data users as the specific area for which they require data This would apply only to areas which are not standard areas and could include any one or a combination of areas that comprised for example half of a letter carrier walk in one forward sortation area FSA and a portion of a walk in another FSA In other words it is an area whose boundaries are a
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29. it By 1991 the FST credit no longer existed Beginning in 1997 the GST was harmonized with the provincial sales taxes in Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and became the goods and services tax harmonized sales tax GST HST credit Government Transfer Payments For the purpose of these data transfer payments denote the following payments made to individuals by the federal or provincial governments Employment Insurance Family Allowance to 1992 FST credit in 1989 and 1990 GST credit which began replacing the FST credit in 1990 and completely replaced it by 1991 and became the GST HST credit starting in 1997 Child Tax Credit to 1992 Canada Child Tax Benefit starting with 1993 Old Age Security pension net federal supplements Canada and Quebec Pension plans non taxable income and provincial refundable tax credits both beginning in 1990 Quebec family allowance beginning in 1994 British Columbia Family Bonus beginning in 1996 New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit beginning in 1997 Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit beginning in 1997 Northwest Territories Child Benefit beginning in 1998 Nova Scotia Child Tax Benefit beginning in 1998 Nunavut Child Benefit beginning in 1998 Ontario child care supplement for working families beginning in 1998 Saskatchewan Child Benefit beginning in 1998 Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit beginning in 1999 the Yukon Child Benefit beginning in 1999 the
30. l 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 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 L O G 91 is an area defined by a specific user according to that user s needs for example school catchment areas health districts etc 34 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 elec
31. llowed by three blanks and the postal walk number XXXX The 2006 databanks contain 215 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 this 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 2006 databanks contain 21 079 areas coded as level of geography 01 The total population of these postal walks is 24 0 million with an average population of 1 145 The walks range in size from 100 to over 9 000 25 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 L O G 1 and walk pots L O G 2 add up to urban Forward Sortation Areas FSAs L O G 3 Urban FSAs L O G 3 rural routes L O G 4 suburban services L O G 5 rural postal codes within a city L O G 6 and other urban areas L O G 7 add up to city totals L O G 8 City totals L O G 8 rural
32. nesecesscesecenereseeaseresceenerene 37 LIST OF DATA PRODUCTS AVAILABLE 2 onc ccci2cecccctceeesveeseascuet cece ceateeeedvadcoenseaeceneevetdede 38 INTRODUCTION The Economic Dependency Profile provides information on government transfers by type of payment and their impact on Canadians living in a given geographical area The impact is shown through the ratio of transfer dollars to the total employment income reported by Canadians The information in this profile is highly accurate and current since it is obtained from income tax records and is updated annually This profile will be a valuable aid to anyone assessing the sociological and financial status of residents in the geographic area of interest to them SECTION I THE DATA Data Source The data in this profile are derived primarily from income tax returns For the most part tax returns were filed in the spring of the year following the reference year The mailing address at the time of filing is the basis for the geographic information in the tables Data Currency Because the data are taken from tax records they are current data from tax returns filed for the year noted on the tables For example 2006 income records are taken from 2006 tax returns filed in spring of 2007 with data released in June 2008 Data are always current since they are released on an annual basis Data Quality The data used in this profile are direct counts from tax files In 2006 about 74 of C
33. nthly to qualifying families with children under the age of 18 The New Brunswick Working Income Supplement NBWIS is an additional benefit paid to qualifying families with earned income who have children under the age of 18 Benefits are combined with the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables New Brunswick Low Income Seniors Benefit Beginning in 2005 the New Brunswick government offers a 100 00 annual benefit to low income seniors This amount is included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit Beginning in 1999 the Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit NLCB is a non taxable amount paid monthly to help low income families with the cost of raising children under the age of 18 The Mother Baby Nutrition Supplement MBNS is an additional benefit paid to qualifying families who have children under the age of one Benefits are combined with the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Non taxable Income Provincial Refundable Tax Credits Non taxable income refers to the amounts included in a taxfiler s income when applying for refundable tax credits but not included in the calculation of taxable income these amounts include workers compensation payments net federal supplements received Guaran
34. ommencing in July 1996 the BC Family Bonus program provides non taxable amounts paid monthly to help low and modest income families with the cost of raising children under the age of 18 This program includes the basic Family Bonus and the BC Earned Income Benefit Benefits are combined with the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Canada Child Tax Benefit CCTB Is a system that replaces beginning with the 1993 data year the previous Federal Family Allowance program the non refundable child deduction and the refundable child tax credit It is an income supplement for individuals who have at least one qualified dependent child The Canada Child Tax Benefit is also based on the individual s family income and the number of dependent children The Universal Child Care Benefit is added to the CCTB beginning with the 2006 data in the statistical tables Canada Quebec Pension Plan CPP QPP Are compulsory contributory social insurance plans that protect workers and their families against loss of income due to retirement disability or death Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan benefits include all benefits reported for the reference year CityID Since names can be in some cases quite long and cumbersome for handling in electronic files municipalities are given a city identification number Economic Dependency Ratio EDR Is the sum of transfer dollars
35. ors for these geographies as well as a brief description of each Level of Geography Census Tract Description Census tracts CTs are small geographic units representing urban or rural neighbourhood like communities in census metropolitan areas see definition below or census agglomerations with an urban core population of 50 000 or more at time of 1996 Census CTs are delineated by a committee of local specialists such as planners health and social workers and educators in conjunction with Statistics Canada The 2006 databanks contain 5 076 areas coded as level of geography 61 based on 2006 Census Economic Region An economic region is a grouping of complete census divisions see definition below with one exception in Ontario Economic regions ERs are used to analyse regional economic activity Within the province of Quebec ERs are designated by law In all other provinces they are created by agreement between Statistics Canada and the provinces concerned Prince Edward Island and the territories each consist of one economic region The 2006 databanks contain 76 areas coded as level of geography 51 based on 2006 Census Census Agglomeration The general concept of a census agglomeration CA 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 CAs have an urban core population of at least 10 000
36. p low and modest income families with the cost of raising children under the age of 18 Benefits are combined with the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables 19 SECTION IV GEOGRAPHY The data are available for the following geographic areas See Statistical Table 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 Communities Urban Forward Sortation Areas Postal Walks Census Geography Economic Regions Census Divisions Census Metropolitan Areas Census Agglomerations Census Tracts 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 20 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
37. portion of or a combination of portions of standard areas The smallest building block for these special areas is the six character postal code To obtain data provide us with a list of the postal codes for which data are required and we will provide the aggregated data Also the user defined area may be a total of a number of individual standard areas grouped together for a total rather than a number of individual areas each with their own total Of course the area must satisfy our confidentiality requirements or no data can be produced See section on Geography Wages Salaries and Commissions Include employment pay and commissions as stated on T4 information slips training allowances tips gratuities and royalties Starting in 1999 the total of wages salaries and commissions includes tax exempt employment income earned on an Indian reserve Starting with the 2001 data wage and salary income of non filing spouses can be identified in some cases from T4 earnings statements Workers Compensation Includes any compensation received under Workers Compensation in respect of an injury disability or death This value is reported on line 144 of the personal income tax return Information on workers compensation is available as a distinct income source starting with the 1994 data previously included in non taxable Income Yukon Child Benefit Beginning in 1999 the Yukon Child Benefit YCB is a non taxable amount paid monthly to hel
38. teed Income Supplement and or Spouse s Allowance and social assistance payments Beginning with the 1994 data information is available separately for net federal supplements workers compensation and social assistance Provincial tax credits are a refundable credit paid to individuals by the province in which he she resided as of December 31 of the taxation year See also Provincial refundable tax credits Northwest Territories Child Benefit Beginning in July 1998 the Northwest Territories Child Benefit NWTCB is a non taxable amount paid monthly to qualifying families with children under age 18 The Territorial Worker s Supplement part of the NWTCB program is an additional benefit paid to qualifying families with working income who have children under age 18 16 Benefits are combined with the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Nova Scotia Child Benefit Beginning in October 1998 but retro active to July 1998 the Nova Scotia Child Benefit NSCB is a non taxable amount paid monthly to help low and modest income families with the costs of raising children under the age of 18 Benefits are combined with the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Nova Scotia Taxpayer Refund Program Was a one time payment of 155 made in 2003 to residents of Nova Scotia who paid
39. tronic 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 or a 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 corresponding 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 35 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 fourt
40. 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 S84876 The 2006 databanks contain 486 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 2006 databanks contain 442 areas coded as level of geography 06 23 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
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