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1. Unemployment Insurance Ul See Employment Insurance El Union professional or like dues Are deductions allowed to taxfilers for annual membership dues paid to a trade union or an association of public servants professional membership dues to maintain a professional status recognised by law dues paid to a parity or advisory committee or similar body if so ordered under provincial law and professional or malpractice liability insurance premiums needed to maintain a professional status recognized by law 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 FSA and a portion of a walk in another FSA In other words the area whose boundaries are a 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 23 confidentiality requirements or no data can be produced Se2. Advisory Services Pacific Plaza Suite 900 10909 Jasper Avenue N W EDMONTON Alberta T5J 4J3 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 PRAIRIE REGION PACIFIC REGION NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION Serving the National Capital Region Statistics Canada Statistical Reference Centre National Capital Region R H Coats Building Lobby Holland Avenue OTTAWA Ontario K1A OT6 This region has three Reference Centres serving the provinces of Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and the Northwest Territories Serving the province of Manitoba Statistics Canada Advisory Services Via Rail Building Suite 200 123 Main Street WINNIPEG Manitoba R3C 4V9 Serving the province of Saskatchewan Statistics Canada Advisory Services Park Plaza Suite 440 2365 Albert Street REGINA Saskatchewan SAP 4K1 45 Serving the province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory Statistics Canada Advisory Services Library Square Office Tower 600 300 West Georgia Street VANCOUVER British Columbia V6B 6C7
3. abatement from the federal tax Quebec family allowance Includes payment of a non taxable allowance to the parent or guardian of one or more unmarried children under the age of 18 and not a ward of the province The applicant must have resided in Quebec for at least one month or subject his her income or that of the spouse to the Quebec income tax laws The QFA rate varies according to the rank of the child in the family and according to the child s age Available starting with 1994 data Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Registered Pension Plan RPP deduction Is the amount contributed to the employee s pension plan These plans are approved by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and consist of funds set aside by the employer and the employee to provide periodic payments to employees upon their retirement Registered Retirement Savings Plan RRSP income Is any money withdrawn from a RRSP either as a lump sum or as a periodic payment Included in this amount are withdrawals and monies from RRSP annuities Note that monies from RRIFs may be reported on line 115 other pensions or superannuation if the recipient is 65 years of age or older otherwise monies from RRIFs are reported on line 130 other income Information on RRSP income is available starting with the 1994 data Since 1999 only RRSP income of persons aged 65 years or older is included Saskatchewan child benefit Beginning
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5. are derived 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 New to the product beginning with 1992 data are demographic statistics for the both taxfilers and the non filing population These statistics are derived from the Small Area and Administrative Data Division family databank built from the income tax records and other sources For data of previous years up to and including 1991 demographic statistics were provided for taxfilers only Data Currency Since the data are taken from tax records they are current data from tax returns filed for the year noted on the tables For example 2000 income records are taken from 2000 tax returns filed in the spring of 2001 with data released in August 2002 Data are always current since they are updated on an annual basis Data Quality The data appearing in the tables are taken directly from the Small Area and Administrative Data Division family databank built from the income tax and the Canada Child Tax Benefit records Information on income is obtained from the taxfilers for both themselves and their non filing spouses Demographic information is derived from taxfilers and non filing dependent spouses and or children such as the estimates of the number of persons In 2000 about 71 8 of Canadians of all ages filed
6. external delivery sites e g kiosks miniparks The 2000 databanks contain 22 areas coded as level of geography 05 Reasonably well settled rural areas may receive their postal service from an urban post office by delivery designated as rural route where mail is delivered by a contractor using a motorized vehicle to a group of boxes or to gate boxes Their region code retains all six characters of the postal code Rural routes are located outside an urban FSA The 2000 databanks contain 886 areas coded as level of geography 04 29 Level of Geography L O G Postal Area Urban FSA Residential Area Other Postal Walk Postal Walk Description The urban Forward Sortation Area FSA identified by the first three characters of the postal code includes all residential addresses 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 Other Postal Walk An Urban FSA of this type can be identified by the FSA followed by three blanks The 2000 databanks contain 1 838 areas coded as level of geography 03 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 a region code which is t
7. in July 1998 the Saskatchewan Child Benefit SCB is a tax free monthly payment that will help lower income families with the cost of raising children under age 18 This benefit will help lower income working families stay in the workforce rather than go on social assistance to meet their children s needs Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables 21 Self employment income Is net income from business professional commission farming and fishing 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 included 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 a
8. included here Table 5 Table 5a Males with Income by Total Income and Age Group Table 5b Females with Income by Total Income and Age Group Table 5c Total Taxfilers and Dependents with Income by Total Income and Age Group available since 1989 Previously 1986 1989 table 6 totals by gender table 7 males by age group and table 8 females by age group in a series of 9 tables only persons with any income whether filing or non filing are included here income groupings were changed from discrete to cumulative groups starting with 1993 some of the groupings were changed slightly over the years age group of 75 years available starting in 1994 Table 6 available in the current format since 1999 only selected deductions and selected benefits are shown in this table 15 SECTION Ill GLOSSARY OF TERMS Age Is calculated as of December 31 of the reference year i e tax year minus year of birth In the Single Years of Age table table 3 counts of children aged 0 to 18 are not rounded and the other ages of the population are rounded to the nearest 5 Alberta family employment tax credit Beginning in 1997 this refundable tax credit essentially replicates the federal child tax benefit working income supplement The maximum annual credit is 500 per qualified dependent child Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Alimony Payments from one former spouse to the
9. other for couples that are separated or divorced Child support is also included in this variable as reported on line 128 of the T1 tax form where both alimony and child support are reported together without distinction Starting with 1998 this information is taken from line 156 of the T1 support payments received Included in Other income in the statistical tables British Columbia family bonus Is a refundable tax credit commencing in July 1996 that essentially extends the federal child tax benefit working income supplement it is administered by Canada Customs and Revenue Agency formerly Revenue Canada through the Canada Child Tax Benefit program This tax credit applies to residents of British Columbia and is calculated according to the earned income of the parents and the number of qualified dependants 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 Canada Quebec Pension Plan CPP QPP Are compulsory contributory social insurance plans that protect workers and their families aga
10. 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 33 Vintage of the postal walks 6092 K1BAN9 The postal walks represented in the 2000 databanks were coded from a May 2002 Canada Post Corporation file with a January 2002 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 34 Comparison Between Old Walks May 2002 and New Walks January 2003 FSA Old walk of old of new included in derived from so 0 35 Geographic Levels Census Geography Data are also available for the following levels of the Census geography the foll
11. 25 Geographic Levels Postal Geography cccecceressseeeenecneeeeteeeeseeeneeeeeeseeeeneeeeenes 26 Adding postal areas without duplication sssseseeeeeeeeeeeeeee 31 Goncordarice fll8s 2 2 5 2 ti o pe e n ded t e va dd a E E 33 Old walk new walk file sienen raaa aa Hee 34 Geographic Levels Census Geography 2 cccceceeeeeseeenecteeeeneeeeeedseneeeeeseneeseeeenoes 36 Geographic Levels Special Geography cccccceeeeesseecceteeeeeseeseeeeeneeeeeeeeeseeeeees 39 Conversion file S s e eaae aea a aee ema ea aa ea p aA aa aaae AT a n ATE Enae E TEE 40 WE INVITE YOUR COMMENTS oritur REA ERR XX FE RM RE Che EHE ER cumin Kev eR RR NM reip Rn e S ERR MR he 42 LIST OF DATA PRODUCTS AVAILABLE 555 ot erkannte Re E peE CRM pede R RENE e End dE etui eBa 43 REGIONAL REFERENCE CENTRES coyote rate pn ende ted at decre Ra ER nee p rotsuge 44 INTRODUCTION Neighbourhood Income and Demographics contains counts and income data for all persons with income Also included are demographic data on the Canadian population such as marital status gender age groups and single years of age The information is accurate and current It is obtained from income tax records and is updated annually These data 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
12. 3 Taxfilers and dependents by single year of age 3a Males by single year of age 3b Females by single year of age 3c Total taxfilers and dependents by single year of age 4 Taxfilers and dependents with income by source of income 5 Taxfilers and dependents with income by total income sex and age group 5a Males with income by total income and age group 5b Females with income by total income and age group 5c Total taxfilers and dependents with income by total income and age group 6 Income taxes selected deductions and benefits Demographic characteristics are given for the total population in tables 1 2 3a 3b and 3c Income distributions and sources of income are given for those taxfilers reporting some income and for non filing spouses of taxfilers of those whose income is reported on the taxfiler record tables 1 4 5a 5b 5c and 6 For persons with employment income medians by gender are given table 1 See also the section Statistical Tables Footnotes and Historical Availability 12 B Data Table Contents Population Demographic Characteristics Demographic characteristics are given for the total population The data are from the Small Area and Administrative Data Division family databank built from the income tax records and other sources Taxfiler counts are still provided in the summary table table 1 For data prior to 1992 demographic characteristics are provided for taxfilers only The marital status Co
13. CANSIM II Table 380 0033 Sources 1 Employment Insurance Statistics from the Labour Statistics Division Statistics Canada 2 System of National Accounts National Income and Expenditure Sub sector Accounts Quarterly Estimates Statistics Canada 3 The Income Security Programs Canada Pension Plan Old Age Security Statistical Bulletin January 2001 Human Resources Development Canada 4 The Income Security Programs Stats Book 2001 Summer 2001 Human Resources 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 t
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15. and 18 years of age are derived from a variety of sources including the taxfile the Canada Child Tax Benefit file and provincial birth files Not all these sources provide gender information hence the gender data are not available Because we use several sources of information for this population the counts remain unrounded for these ages while still respecting confidentiality rules Table 4 available since 1989 Previously 1986 1989 table 3 counts of taxfilers table 4 amounts and table 5 median employment income in a series of 9 tables the sources of income have changed over the years depending on the information available from the T1 for 1989 1990 counts and amounts were shown for dividend income This income category was removed in 1991 and replaced with investment income in 1992 for 1989 1995 transfer payments included government transfers and other private pensions starting with 1996 private pensions are shown separately from government transfers since 1993 Family allowance benefits are included in provincial refundable tax credits since 1994 OAS payments also include guaranteed income supplements and spousal allowances information on Workers Compensation social assistance and RRSP income available as separate income sources only since 1994 Workers Compensation was previously included in non taxable income and RRSP income in other income only persons with any income whether filing or non filing are
16. ceived 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 40 Note 1 2 3 4 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 The postal code does not have a space between the third and fourth characters 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 thus increasing costs 41 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 regard we encourage you the user to provide us with your comments Data in many forms Statistics Canada disseminates data in a variety of forms In addition to publ
17. d the Saskatchewan child benefit beginning in 1998 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 Goods and Services Tax GST since 1997 to become the harmonized sales tax For this reason the federal GST credit is now known as the GST HST credit Income aggregates Are rounded to the nearest thousand dollars See also Total income and the various sources of income Index Is a comparison of the variable for the given area with either the province province 100 or with Canada Canada 100 Interest income Refers to the amount Canadians claimed on line 121 of the personal income tax return This amount includes interest generated from bank deposits Canada Savings Bonds corporate bonds treasury bills investment certificates term deposits annuities mutual funds earnings on life insurance policies and all foreign interest and foreign dividend incomes Investment income Includes both interest income and dividend income Labour income Includes income from employment wages salaries commissions and self employment income and from Employment Insurance Level of geography Is a code designating the type of geographic area to which the infor
18. d to include income of non filing spouses reported on the taxfiler s income tax return This increased the population of lower income individuals subsequently lowering the median total income of the population See the following table figure 3 FIGURE 3 MEDIAN INCOME INDIVIDUALS Year Median Income Individuals ratio T1FF SCF SLID ose meo ww ze Note SCF Survey of Consumer Finances was replaced by the SLID Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics medians for 1990 1997 are from Statistics Canada s annual publication 13 207 Income distributions by size in Canada Medians for 1998 and on are from Statistics Canada CD ROM 13F0022XCB ncome Trends in Canada 1980 1999 T1FF medians are from the T1 Family File of the Small Area and Administrative Data Division In comparing 2000 transfer payment totals to 2000 figures from other data sources it is evident that our coverage is high FIGURE 2 TRANSFER PAYMENT COVERAGE Transfer Payment Source of Comparison Employment Insurance CANSIM II Table 276 0005 Benefits Employment Insurance CANSIM II Table 380 0034 Benefits Child Tax Benefits CANSIM II Table 380 0034 Old Age Security Benefits Human Resources Development Canada Old Age Security Benefits CANSIM II Table 380 0034 CPP QPP Benefits Human Resources Development Canada CPP QPP Benefits CANSIM II Table 380 0007 Social Assistance CANSIM II Table 380 0033 and 380 0035 Workers Compensation
19. dards please contact your nearest Statistics Canada Regional Reference Centre 42 LIST OF DATA PRODUCTS AVAILABLE The Small Area and Administrative Data Division of Statistics Canada tabulates 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 dates Product number Release dat RRSP Contributors 17C0006 November RRSP Contribution Limits Room 17C0011 November Canadian Savers 17C0009 November Canadian Investors 17C0007 November Canadian Investment Income 17C0008 November Canadian Taxfilers 17C0010 November Canadian Capital Gains 17C0012 November Charitable Donors 13C0014 December Neighbourhood Income and Demographics 13C0015 July Economic Dependency Profiles 13C0017 July Labour Income Profiles 71C0018 July Families 13C0016 July Seniors 89C0022 July Migration Estimates 9100025 September 43 REGIONAL REFERENCE CENTRES The Advisory Services Division of Statistics Canada provides an information dissemination network across the country through nine regional Reference Centres Each Reference Centre has a collection of current publications and reference documents that can be consulted or purchased along with microcomputer diskettes CD ROMs maps and other products Copying facilities for printed materials are available on site Eac
20. e an urban core population of at least 100 000 based on the previous census There are 26 CMAs in the 2000 databanks 001 St John s Newfoundland 205 Halifax Nova Scotia 310 Saint John New Brunswick 408 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 Hull Qu bec part 505 Ottawa Hull Ontario part 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 933 Vancouver British Columbia 935 Victoria British Columbia Level of Geography Federal Electoral District Description A federal electoral district FED refers to any place or territorial area entitled to elect a representative member to serve in the House of Commons source Canada Elections Act 1990 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 2000 data banks contain 301 areas coded as geograph
21. e 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 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 24 SECTION IV 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 Communities Urban Forward Sortation Areas Postal Walks Census Geography Economic Regions Census Divisions Census Metropolitan Areas 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 requir
22. ear excluding Guaranteed Income Supplements and Spousal Allowance benefits see also Net federal supplements and Non taxable income Ontario child care supplement for working families Beginning in July 1998 the Ontario child care supplement for working families OCCSWEF is not administered by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency formerly Revenue Canada and therefore families must apply for the supplement annually This program is designed to provide assistance to low to middle income families with children under the age of seven Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Other income Includes net rental income alimony income from a limited partnership retiring allowances scholarships amounts received through a supplementary unemployment benefit plan guaranteed annual income plan payments from income averaging annuity contracts as well as all other taxable income not included elsewhere Beginning with the 1992 data this variable also includes the imputed income of imputed spouses as derived from the tax return of the filing spouse See also Total income Other pensions Include pension benefits superannuation and private pensions other than Old Age Security and Canada Quebec Pension Plan benefits Percent apartment Apartment buildings are defined as having 50 units or more This percentage is reported only for urban areas urban FSAs and postal walks only hence nationa
23. ed 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 25 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 Postal Area L O G Canada 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 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 26 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 a
24. ervices E mail licensing statcan ca Marketing Division Statistics Canada Telephone 613 951 1122 R H Coats Building 9 floor section A Fax 613 951 1134 Ottawa Ontario K1A OT6 Canada Statistics Canada 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRODUCT LICENCE AGREEMENT 5 cman tacoma nein Ru atu uM etur cos NEA auda 2 INTRODUCTION ci siszidoxti tied pret aep Geb onda Det ce tetur Cub e i licut fon Ras E Qua pou 4 SECTION I THE DATA une tup EE fom E een rtr satum enue thot ute E tage 5 Data Source n dos e D Yer e setenta e ERR e et dee e t dee dust 5 Dp uRe i e e Het a tains unt eba REE EN TA EEE AT EET 5 Date QUaINY Mc 5 Confidentiality and Rounding rre nete cet i e ERE SERES RE YA MR Ren secs Ede 9 S ppressed Data er rei EE e eredi EE ME ge leta la need CORR QS 10 SECTION MI e THE DATA TABLES cons iiia toa ue piii eR FERE Qr tune 32 tnin tnde ttes 12 A jNurnibet of ables vec to riri det aoi c ERRARE ha EO I EAR CL A RA EAR Fa d 12 B Data Table Contents inet e eerte lae tek RHONE 13 Population Demographic Characteristics esses 13 Statistical Tables Footnotes and Historical Availability 14 SECTION IIl GLOSSARY OF TERMS interi tiene ate prex ud de E Re ERR y Ru ra eeu ee Ca REY DEO Ea PME MIRA 16 SECTION IV GEOGRAPHY 25 tara tr Ip ERR mer oi eor Rn HERR ERIS EE BEAMER ERE CREER TRE RR AERE RES
25. es 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 Credit By 1991 the FST Credit no longer existed Beginning in 1997 the GST was harmonized with the provincial sales taxes in Newfoundland Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and became the Goods and Services Tax Harmonized Sales Tax GST HST credit 17 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 an
26. ewer 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 39 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 areas 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 therefore 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 re
27. ge Security Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Plan 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 RRSP 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 O 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 11 SECTION Il THE DATA TABLES A Number of Tables Beginning with the 1989 data the maximum number of tables for each area is reduced from nine to five It is important to note that this reduction in tables has not resulted in any loss of information from previous years A reformatting of existing tables was the primary reason for the change A sixth table was added to the series with the release of the 1999 data The table topics are the following 1 Summary table including data for five categories of the population all persons taxfilers persons with total income persons reporting employment income and or Employment Insurance benefits persons reporting Canada Child Tax Benefits 2 Taxfilers and dependents by marital status and by age group
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29. he FSA followed by three blanks and the postal walk number XXXX The 2000 databanks contain 190 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 2000 databanks contain 19 654 areas coded as level of geography 01 The total population of these postal walks is 22 382 150 with an average population of 1 138 The walks range in size from 100 to 5 140 30 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
30. hild benefit beginning with 1998 Interest and other investment income Dividend income RRSP income since 1994 previously in other income Net limited partnership income included in other income Alimony included in other income Net rental income included in other income Income for non filing spouses since 1992 included in other income Other incomes as reported on line 130 of the tax form fellowships bursaries grants etc included in other income Federal Sales Tax FST credit for 1989 1990 inclusive Goods and Services Tax GST credit beginning in 1990 Harmonized Sales Tax HST credit beginning in 1997 Child tax credit up to and including 1992 Canada Child Tax Benefit starting with 1993 Other non taxable income since 1990 Workers compensation payments shown separately starting with 1994 Social assistance payments shown separately starting with 1994 Guaranteed income supplements included with Net Federal Supplements since 1994 previously in non taxable income Spouses allowances included with Net Federal Supplements since 1994 previously in non taxable income Provincial refundable tax credits in Ontario Quebec and Manitoba since 1990 British Columbia and the Northwest Territories since 1993 Newfoundland and Nunavut since 1997 Monies not included in income above are veterans disability and dependent pensioners payments war veterans allowances lottery winnings and capital gains
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32. inst 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 Canada Quebec Pension Plan CPP QPP premiums Refer to the amount that a taxfiler contributes to their CPP QPP CPP QPP are compulsory contributory social insurance plans that protect workers and their families against loss of income due o retirement disability or death Most paid employed and self employed individuals between the ages of 18 and 70 years old are required to pay premiums based on their earnings The maximum contribution for 2000 was 1 329 90 CityID Since names can be in some cases quite long and cumbersome for handling in electronic files municipalities are given a city identification number 16 Counts Indicate the number of persons or items represented in a variable e g the number of taxfilers reporting income in the year in question Dependants For the purpose of these databanks dependants are the non filing members of a family We do not attempt to measure dependency in any way but are able to identify certain non filing family members and include these in the total counts of people in a given area Dividend income Includes dividend income from taxable Canadian corporations such as stocks or mutual funds as reported on line 120 of the personal income tax return and then grossed down to the actual amounts received dividend income does not inc
33. l and provincial percentages reflect only the percentage of the urban population living in apartment complexes of 50 or more units 20 Provincial refundable tax credits 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 and Quebec 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 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 and the Saskatchewan child benefit beginning with 1998 Provincial income tax Is the amount of income tax that a taxfiler is required to pay to the government of the province of residence as of December 31 of the reference year or to the government of another province where the taxfiler is operating a business with a permanent establishment Quebec Abatement Reduces the federal income tax payable by Quebec residents Residents and persons operating a business in Quebec are allowed a 16 5
34. lude dividends received from foreign investments which are included in interest income and reported on line 121 Employment income Includes wages and salaries commissions from employment training allowances tips and gratuities and self employment income net income from business profession farming fishing and commissions 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 Employment Insurance El premiums Refer to the amount paid to the federal El program by employees based on their weekly insurable earnings These compulsory contributions ensure income protection for workers experiencing temporary paid employment income interruptions The maximum contribution for 2000 was 936 00 Family benefits See Alberta family employment tax credit British Columbia family bonus New Brunswick child tax benefit supplement 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 Canada Child Tax Benefit Federal income tax Is the amount of income tax that a taxfiler is required to pay to the Federal Government of Canada Goods and Servic
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36. mation in the table applies See the section on Geography for further information 18 Limited partnership income Is net income i e gross income less expenses from a limited partnership where a limited partner is a passive or non active partner whose liability as a member is limited to his her investment Included in Other income in the statistical tables Median Is the middle 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 are less than or equal to the median amount Median incomes in the data tables are rounded to the nearest hundred dollars Zero values are not included in the calculation of medians for individuals but are included in the calculation of medians for families Negative income Generally applies to net self employment income net rental income and net limited partnership income Negative income would indicate that expenses exceeded gross income 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 Net rental income Is income received or earned from the rental of property less related cos
37. mmon Law is reported in table 2 This is as a result of Canada Customs and Revenue Agency formerly Revenue Canada providing taxfilers with a separate box permitting common law couples to indicate their marital status For data prior to 1992 it is undetermined where common law couples would have reported their marital status on the individual income tax return Characteristics such as age and marital status are as of December 31 of the reference year The mailing address at the time of filing is the basis for the geographic information in the tables See also the following section on Statistical Tables Footnotes and Historical Availability 13 Statistical Tables Footnotes and Historical Availability Note for changes to variable definitions please see Glossary of Terms All tables available for all postal areas starting with the 1986 data available for census divisions starting with 1990 data available for census metropolitan areas starting with 1991 data income ranges are cumulative and not discrete since 1993 This means that a person with an income of 100 000 will be included in the 10 000 category in the 15 000 category in the 20 000 category in the 25 000 category etc available for census tracts economic regions and federal electoral districts starting with 1999 data Table 1 available since 1989 previously 1986 1989 table 9 in a series of 9 tables percent in apartments it should be noted
38. nd their filing status attributed to the surviving spouse Total income Note this variable was revised over the years as reflected in the comments below data users who plan to compare current data to data from previous years should bear in mind these changes Also it should be noted that all income amounts are gross with the exception of net rental income net limited partnership income and all forms of net self employment income Income reported by taxfilers from any of the following sources Labour income Employment income Wages salaries commissions Other employment income as reported on line 104 of the tax form tips gratuities royalties etc Net self employment 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 Plan Superannuation and other private pensions Federal Family Allowance benefits up to and including 1992 Quebec family allowance beginning with 1994 British Columbia family bonus beginning with 1996 New Brunswick child benefit supplement beginning with 1997 Alberta family employment tax credit beginning with 1997 Northwest Territories child benefit beginning with 1998 Nova Scotia child tax benefit beginning with 1998 Nunavut child benefit beginning with 1998 22 Ontario child care supplement for working families beginning with 1998 Saskatchewan c
39. 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 1 223 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 31 Canada 12 Province 11 ee e_eee E City totals 8 rr Rural postal codes Other areas in province 10 Urban FSAs 3 Rural routes 4 Suburban services 5 Rural postal codes in city Other urban areas 7 Postal Walk walks pots 1 2 32 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 become 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
40. o a base of 5 and reported amounts are unrounded but are adjusted according to the rounding of the counts Note Counts represent the number of persons Heported amounts are aggregate dollar amounts reported 9 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 5 when one of the gender categories is suppressed the other gender category must also be suppressed to avoid residual disclosure see figure 5 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 i 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 FIGURE 5 SUPPRESSION OF INCOME DATA AN ILLUSTRATION Amount Millions of Dollars Mates Femaes Tot Wages Salaries Commissions Self Employment Dividends and Interest Employment Insurance Old A
41. o develop the estimated population counts comprise all taxfilers for the reference year and represents over two thirds of the Canadian population Taxfilers from the same family including children are matched using common links e g same name same address When there are indications that one or several members of a family are missing for instance children those members are imputed The remaining taxfilers who have not been matched in the family formation process become non family persons The resulting population counts approximate the total Canadian population The Small Area and Administrative Data family databank population estimates compare well with estimates obtained through other sources For example coverage rates by age from the databank compared to the official population estimates are FIGURE 2 COVERAGE BY AGE AND BY PROVINCE 2000 Rates of Coverage b under 20 20 24 25 29 30 34 35 39 40 44 45 49 50 54 55 59 60 64 65 74 75 Total Rates of Coverage by Province Newfoundland Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut Canada Coverage rates by age and by province are based on comparisons with the estimated population counts to July 1 2001 from Statistics Canada catalogue number 91 213 XPB Annual Demographic Statistics Individuals Beginning in 1992 Total Income was change
42. owing table shows the coded designators 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 2000 databanks contain 4 168 areas coded as level of geography 61 Economic Region 36 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 2000 databanks contain 75 areas coded as level of geography 51 Level of Geography Census Metropolitan Areas CMAs 37 Description The general concept of a 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 hav
43. r age 18 Benefits from these programs are combined with the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables 19 Nova Scotia child benefit Beginning in October 1998 but retroactive to July 1998 the Nova Scotia Child Benefit NSCB will provide tax free monthly payments to help low and modest income families with the costs of raising their children Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits in the statistical tables Nunavut child benefit Beginning in July 1998 the Nunavut Child Benefit NCB is a tax free monthly payment made 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 Benefits from these programs 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 y
44. st office boxes and general delivery are included as are residential addresses with too few taxfilers to report separately They can be recognized by codes 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 ee T85479 Regina S84876 The 2000 databanks contain 484 areas coded as level of geography 07 28 Level of Geography L O G Postal Area Rural Postal Code Within City Suburban Service Rural Route Description These data pertain to rural postal codes that belong to communities with more than one rural postal code These occur in 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 2000 databanks contain 368 areas coded as level of geography 06 Sparsely populated fringe areas of urban centres may receive their 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 located inside an urban FSA usually adjacent to more highly populated areas and mail is delivered by a contractor to group boxes community mail boxes and or
45. 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 2000 96 5 filed tax returns up from 75 in 1989 when comparing taxfilers with the population estimate counts to July 1 2001 from Statistics Canada catalogue number 91 213 Annual Demographic Statistics FIGURE 1 COVERAGE Tax year Number of Date of Population Coverage Taxfilers 000 Population 000 Estimate 18 450 April 1 1991 27 578 18 786 April 1 1992 27 938 19 267 April 1 1993 28 273 19 882 April 1 1994 28 618 20 184 April 1 1995 28 939 20 536 April 1 1996 29 261 20 772 April 1 1997 29 577 21 113 April 1 1998 29 893 21 431 April 1 1999 30 168 21 893 April 1 2000 30 665 22 249 April 1 2001 30 974 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 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 The initial population used t
46. that this type of mail delivery service is identified by Canada Post and applies to apartments with 50 or more units in urban areas the counts of persons with total income may in some cases be higher than the count of taxfilers because the income of some non filers is identified through the tax return of the filing spouse demographic characteristics are available for the entire population since 1992 from 1986 to 1991 these characteristics related to taxfilers only Starting in 1997 characteristics are shown for both groups average age added in 1994 family allowance removed from table in 1993 Table 2 available since 1989 previously 1986 1989 table 1 marital status and table 2 age groups in a series of 9 tables marital status single the information by gender usually does not add to the total shown because the gender of the non filing younger population is in many cases not Heovagraphic characteristics are available for the entire population since 1992 from 1986 to 1991 these characteristics related to taxfilers only marital status common law available since 1992 average age added in 1994 new age groups added in 1994 65 74 75 years and in 1996 0 14 15 19 years 14 Table 3 Table 3a Males by Single Year of Age Table 3b Females by Single Year of Age Table 3c Total Taxfilers and Dependents by Single Year of Age available in the current format since 1994 information for the children between 0
47. ts and expenses Included in Other income New Brunswick child tax benefit Since 1997 this benefit supplements the Canada Child Tax Benefit for New Brunswick residents at a maximum of 250 per year per eligible child and another maximum 250 per year depending on the family earned income 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 Guaranteed Income Supplements 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 tax free monthly payment made 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 unde
48. void 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 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 2000 databanks contain 4 144 areas coded as level of geography 09 27 Level of Geography L O G Postal Area City Total Other Urban Area Non residential within city E Pot Description 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 T95479 Regina 894876 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 The 2000 databanks contain 943 areas coded as level of geography 08 This aggregation of data or pot covers non residential addresses within an urban centre and all other data not otherwise displayed Commercial addresses po
49. y 31 Census Divisions CDs 38 General term applying to geographic areas established by provincial law or in conjunction with Statistics Canada as in the cases of Newfoundland Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta and intermediate between census subdivisions and the province e g counties regional districts regional municipalities etc In Newfoundland Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta Statistics Canada in co operation with those provinces has created census divisions There are 288 CDs in the 2000 databanks based on the 1996 Census boundaries 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 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 f
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