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Topic-based tabulation: Census Metropolitan Area of Residence 5 Years Ago (37), Mother Tongue (8), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (9), Age Groups (16) and Sex (3) for the Inter-Census Metropolitan Area Migrants Aged 5 Years and Over of Census Metropolitan Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
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General information
Catalogue number : | 97-556-XCB2006012 |
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Release date : | December 4, 2007 |
Topic : | Mobility and migration |
Data dimensions : |
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Note: Inter-census metropolitan area migrants (5 years ago) subuniverse
Inter-census metropolitan area migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living in a different census metropolitan area from the one at which they resided five years earlier.
Note: Migration data for small geographic areas
Estimates of internal migration may be less accurate for small geographic areas, areas with a place name that is duplicated elsewhere, and for some census subdivisions (CSDs) where residents may have provided the name of the census metropolitan area or census agglomeration instead of the specific name of the component CSD from which they migrated.
To improve the accuracy of the 2006 Census data, postal codes are used to pinpoint the exact CSD of the previous residence.
For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.
Note: Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Refers to the relationship between a person's usual place of residence on Census Day and his or her usual place of residence five years earlier. A person is classified as a non-mover if no difference exists. Otherwise, a person is classified as a mover and this categorization is called Mobility status (5 years ago). Within the movers category, a further distinction is made between non-migrants and migrants; this difference is called migration status.
Non-movers are persons who, on Census Day, were living at the same address as the one at which they resided five years earlier.
Movers are persons who, on Census Day, were living at a different address than the one at which they resided five years earlier.
Non-migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living at a different address, but in the same census subdivision (CSD) as the one they lived in five years earlier.
Migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were residing in a different CSD five years earlier (internal migrants) or who were living outside Canada five years earlier (external migrants).
For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.
Note: Non-permanent residents and the census universe
In the 2006 Census, non-permanent residents are defined as people from another country who, at the time of the census, held a Work or Study Permit, or who were refugee claimants, as well as family members living in Canada with them. In the 1991, 1996 and 2001 censuses, non-permanent residents also included persons who held a Minister's permit; this was discontinued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada prior to the 2006 Census.
From 1991 on, the Census of Population has enumerated both permanent and non-permanent residents of Canada. Prior to 1991, only permanent residents of Canada were included in the census. (The only exception to this occurred in 1941.) Non-permanent residents were considered foreign residents and were not enumerated.
Total population counts, as well as counts for all variables, are affected by this change in the census universe. Users should be especially careful when comparing data from 1991, 1996, 2001 or 2006 with data from previous censuses in geographic areas where there is a concentration of non-permanent residents.
Today in Canada, non-permanent residents make up a significant segment of the population, especially in several census metropolitan areas. Their presence can affect the demand for such government services as health care, schooling, employment programs and language training. The inclusion of non-permanent residents in the census facilitates comparisons with provincial and territorial statistics (marriages, divorces, births and deaths) which include this population. In addition, this inclusion of non-permanent residents brings Canadian practice closer to the United Nations (UN) recommendation that long-term residents (persons living in a country for one year or longer) be enumerated in the census.
Although every attempt has been made to enumerate non-permanent residents, factors such as language difficulties, the reluctance to complete a government form or to understand the need to participate may have affected the enumeration of this population.
For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.
For counts of the non-permanent resident population in 1991, 2001 and 2006, please refer to the 2006 Census table 97-557-XCB2006006.
Data table
Current - Census metropolitan area of residence (37) | 5 years ago - Census metropolitan area of residence (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Canada | Abbotsford | Barrie | Brantford | Calgary | Edmonton | Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury | Guelph | Halifax | Hamilton | Kelowna | Kingston | Kitchener | London | Moncton | Montréal | Oshawa | Ottawa - Gatineau | Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. part - Partie Ont.) | Ottawa - Gatineau (Que. part - Partie Qc.) | Peterborough | Québec | Regina | Saguenay | Saskatoon | Sherbrooke | St. Catharines - Niagara | St. John's | Saint John | Thunder Bay | Toronto | Trois-Rivières | Vancouver | Victoria | Windsor | Winnipeg | Non-CMA | |
Canada | 2,184,075 | 22,695 | 21,905 | 12,230 | 91,860 | 78,540 | 14,910 | 18,590 | 41,415 | 60,450 | 17,860 | 21,730 | 42,460 | 41,585 | 13,140 | 186,605 | 31,365 | 85,585 | 70,010 | 15,575 | 12,995 | 51,985 | 22,400 | 15,505 | 31,035 | 19,665 | 25,985 | 14,490 | 11,580 | 10,270 | 283,820 | 15,020 | 129,390 | 35,470 | 20,750 | 53,010 | 627,760 |
Abbotsford | 23,245 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 730 | 490 | 0 | 65 | 35 | 125 | 430 | 35 | 50 | 105 | 0 | 130 | 55 | 160 | 155 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 75 | 25 | 25 | 70 | 495 | 0 | 12,480 | 405 | 10 | 245 | 6,700 |
Barrie | 38,045 | 25 | 0 | 180 | 165 | 230 | 765 | 165 | 235 | 875 | 10 | 180 | 510 | 400 | 25 | 175 | 505 | 615 | 610 | 10 | 285 | 45 | 40 | 0 | 55 | 10 | 350 | 110 | 50 | 140 | 20,315 | 0 | 270 | 55 | 110 | 210 | 10,945 |
Brantford | 15,155 | 15 | 125 | 0 | 90 | 120 | 65 | 315 | 10 | 3,505 | 15 | 70 | 2,035 | 390 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 210 | 195 | 15 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 540 | 40 | 15 | 110 | 2,365 | 0 | 105 | 25 | 140 | 50 | 4,440 |
Calgary | 119,105 | 890 | 315 | 170 | 0 | 12,380 | 325 | 440 | 2,115 | 995 | 2,080 | 480 | 795 | 1,215 | 385 | 2,595 | 530 | 2,345 | 2,270 | 80 | 95 | 305 | 3,445 | 25 | 4,160 | 65 | 510 | 865 | 520 | 825 | 8,260 | 45 | 10,900 | 2,230 | 505 | 5,505 | 52,785 |
Edmonton | 109,330 | 690 | 200 | 150 | 10,445 | 0 | 210 | 185 | 1,450 | 475 | 1,010 | 560 | 445 | 550 | 365 | 1,910 | 230 | 2,225 | 1,950 | 270 | 110 | 400 | 1,605 | 85 | 2,820 | 130 | 320 | 1,055 | 455 | 565 | 5,020 | 15 | 6,020 | 1,545 | 405 | 3,875 | 63,815 |
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury | 14,725 | 30 | 305 | 105 | 160 | 145 | 0 | 85 | 65 | 285 | 20 | 105 | 225 | 355 | 35 | 260 | 215 | 735 | 675 | 60 | 60 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 150 | 75 | 0 | 185 | 1,965 | 0 | 175 | 30 | 105 | 75 | 8,680 |
Guelph | 18,645 | 10 | 135 | 225 | 135 | 120 | 125 | 0 | 85 | 1,065 | 10 | 135 | 2,195 | 515 | 45 | 560 | 230 | 305 | 300 | 0 | 165 | 15 | 85 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 390 | 25 | 25 | 95 | 6,190 | 10 | 205 | 65 | 150 | 90 | 5,200 |
Halifax | 39,735 | 50 | 165 | 25 | 975 | 685 | 75 | 125 | 0 | 575 | 0 | 490 | 380 | 495 | 1,240 | 880 | 155 | 2,295 | 2,195 | 100 | 60 | 295 | 90 | 45 | 185 | 65 | 345 | 1,060 | 1,140 | 55 | 3,430 | 10 | 1,045 | 655 | 170 | 460 | 21,995 |
Hamilton | 60,370 | 45 | 540 | 1,685 | 765 | 330 | 345 | 790 | 565 | 0 | 60 | 590 | 2,165 | 1,545 | 115 | 1,255 | 560 | 1,635 | 1,590 | 45 | 235 | 125 | 125 | 0 | 90 | 105 | 4,275 | 110 | 160 | 190 | 29,260 | 15 | 1,120 | 180 | 630 | 340 | 10,400 |
Kelowna | 30,140 | 785 | 55 | 40 | 2,940 | 1,810 | 15 | 40 | 90 | 210 | 0 | 40 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 210 | 35 | 515 | 515 | 0 | 45 | 35 | 300 | 10 | 430 | 35 | 60 | 10 | 10 | 155 | 1,005 | 0 | 6,120 | 750 | 35 | 875 | 13,260 |
Kingston | 21,550 | 30 | 215 | 70 | 340 | 575 | 250 | 140 | 510 | 440 | 10 | 0 | 360 | 540 | 115 | 825 | 185 | 2,115 | 2,080 | 30 | 330 | 305 | 40 | 20 | 80 | 60 | 305 | 100 | 45 | 145 | 3,210 | 15 | 500 | 215 | 135 | 270 | 9,045 |
Kitchener | 47,250 | 85 | 425 | 1,230 | 470 | 335 | 540 | 3,125 | 300 | 2,590 | 65 | 450 | 0 | 1,970 | 55 | 810 | 540 | 1,500 | 1,405 | 100 | 255 | 60 | 80 | 0 | 75 | 10 | 1,110 | 320 | 85 | 125 | 14,150 | 10 | 805 | 120 | 615 | 410 | 14,510 |
London | 41,510 | 25 | 375 | 490 | 580 | 405 | 445 | 560 | 340 | 1,475 | 55 | 530 | 1,745 | 0 | 30 | 675 | 345 | 1,180 | 1,105 | 70 | 265 | 40 | 60 | 20 | 180 | 35 | 875 | 105 | 125 | 165 | 8,245 | 20 | 810 | 180 | 1,490 | 500 | 19,110 |
Moncton | 16,235 | 0 | 60 | 65 | 280 | 130 | 25 | 90 | 945 | 135 | 10 | 45 | 120 | 35 | 0 | 565 | 40 | 505 | 490 | 15 | 10 | 140 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 50 | 75 | 105 | 1,020 | 15 | 675 | 0 | 155 | 20 | 35 | 70 | 10,775 |
Montréal | 144,155 | 135 | 120 | 100 | 1,510 | 930 | 175 | 150 | 1,205 | 705 | 90 | 450 | 570 | 745 | 545 | 0 | 290 | 9,320 | 4,900 | 4,420 | 70 | 15,945 | 205 | 4,550 | 235 | 5,985 | 255 | 445 | 200 | 95 | 10,525 | 4,825 | 3,555 | 420 | 405 | 820 | 78,575 |
Oshawa | 50,215 | 20 | 305 | 100 | 295 | 145 | 325 | 165 | 310 | 715 | 25 | 300 | 580 | 630 | 85 | 630 | 0 | 920 | 890 | 30 | 1,050 | 120 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 510 | 155 | 80 | 105 | 33,240 | 0 | 415 | 155 | 380 | 155 | 8,215 |
Ottawa - Gatineau | 90,305 | 50 | 470 | 120 | 1,640 | 1,935 | 1,610 | 680 | 3,110 | 1,480 | 85 | 2,840 | 1,245 | 1,450 | 545 | 11,650 | 765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 715 | 3,365 | 425 | 700 | 420 | 450 | 855 | 650 | 255 | 400 | 11,700 | 505 | 3,005 | 1,235 | 820 | 1,535 | 33,580 |
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. part - Partie Ont.) | 69,525 | 50 | 440 | 100 | 1,470 | 1,670 | 1,370 | 675 | 2,945 | 1,345 | 85 | 2,590 | 1,230 | 1,420 | 440 | 6,165 | 735 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 885 | 410 | 55 | 400 | 145 | 745 | 610 | 255 | 370 | 11,115 | 35 | 2,825 | 1,110 | 730 | 1,395 | 24,995 |
Ottawa - Gatineau (Que. part - Partie Qc.) | 20,780 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 170 | 265 | 240 | 10 | 165 | 135 | 0 | 255 | 10 | 30 | 110 | 5,480 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,480 | 15 | 650 | 20 | 305 | 115 | 35 | 0 | 25 | 580 | 470 | 180 | 125 | 90 | 145 | 8,590 |
Peterborough | 15,550 | 0 | 160 | 100 | 160 | 95 | 60 | 90 | 50 | 400 | 40 | 315 | 155 | 350 | 0 | 120 | 1,500 | 565 | 555 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 150 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 4,215 | 0 | 120 | 45 | 80 | 40 | 6,585 |
Québec | 57,610 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 185 | 155 | 15 | 15 | 290 | 25 | 25 | 235 | 20 | 35 | 165 | 13,105 | 0 | 1,975 | 600 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3,160 | 0 | 1,480 | 10 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 585 | 1,590 | 185 | 115 | 15 | 110 | 34,005 |
Regina | 18,590 | 40 | 60 | 10 | 990 | 555 | 0 | 55 | 90 | 130 | 80 | 30 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 270 | 270 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 0 | 10 | 2,470 | 0 | 35 | 60 | 45 | 15 | 455 | 0 | 705 | 130 | 20 | 630 | 11,400 |
Saguenay | 10,760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 2,020 | 0 | 150 | 40 | 105 | 0 | 1,590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 85 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 70 | 6,405 |
Saskatoon | 26,745 | 70 | 15 | 0 | 1,575 | 935 | 25 | 115 | 145 | 60 | 115 | 70 | 50 | 110 | 0 | 150 | 50 | 190 | 180 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2,140 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 15 | 35 | 65 | 785 | 10 | 850 | 210 | 50 | 710 | 18,055 |
Sherbrooke | 21,425 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 70 | 6,000 | 10 | 390 | 130 | 260 | 0 | 1,185 | 30 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 160 | 400 | 40 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 12,410 |
St. Catharines - Niagara | 25,580 | 50 | 285 | 255 | 235 | 215 | 295 | 310 | 160 | 4,490 | 80 | 165 | 635 | 690 | 85 | 305 | 420 | 770 | 760 | 15 | 220 | 60 | 50 | 0 | 135 | 40 | 0 | 70 | 15 | 165 | 7,470 | 15 | 505 | 175 | 345 | 345 | 6,520 |
St. John's | 17,865 | 10 | 80 | 15 | 570 | 410 | 10 | 10 | 865 | 155 | 15 | 145 | 295 | 90 | 65 | 200 | 70 | 420 | 405 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 80 | 0 | 840 | 0 | 1,560 | 0 | 320 | 75 | 40 | 640 | 10,795 |
Saint John | 8,265 | 10 | 25 | 115 | 345 | 110 | 10 | 80 | 635 | 95 | 10 | 75 | 100 | 105 | 465 | 170 | 65 | 205 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 30 | 40 | 0 | 35 | 445 | 0 | 160 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 4,720 |
Thunder Bay | 9,895 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 150 | 240 | 140 | 30 | 55 | 145 | 55 | 65 | 130 | 90 | 10 | 75 | 90 | 465 | 455 | 10 | 75 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 60 | 10 | 135 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 875 | 0 | 405 | 155 | 55 | 410 | 5,870 |
Toronto | 179,060 | 430 | 6,215 | 1,400 | 4,975 | 2,835 | 2,175 | 4,110 | 4,005 | 19,070 | 170 | 3,960 | 9,205 | 8,955 | 445 | 16,170 | 10,600 | 11,675 | 11,410 | 265 | 2,310 | 510 | 565 | 75 | 615 | 180 | 5,745 | 1,170 | 510 | 1,140 | 0 | 95 | 11,585 | 1,360 | 4,365 | 3,210 | 39,215 |
Trois-Rivières | 14,235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 3,250 | 0 | 255 | 25 | 230 | 0 | 1,230 | 10 | 190 | 0 | 265 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 70 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 8,800 |
Vancouver | 107,575 | 7,845 | 295 | 225 | 7,795 | 5,665 | 125 | 430 | 1,215 | 1,195 | 3,300 | 480 | 730 | 1,300 | 135 | 4,205 | 335 | 3,555 | 3,430 | 120 | 205 | 390 | 930 | 20 | 1,145 | 140 | 560 | 685 | 205 | 340 | 13,715 | 15 | 0 | 7,905 | 695 | 3,715 | 38,075 |
Victoria | 43,040 | 460 | 240 | 55 | 2,890 | 1,945 | 90 | 130 | 845 | 400 | 930 | 320 | 235 | 445 | 20 | 730 | 100 | 1,335 | 1,285 | 50 | 85 | 80 | 415 | 20 | 480 | 15 | 225 | 175 | 45 | 125 | 2,645 | 30 | 7,935 | 0 | 110 | 915 | 18,565 |
Windsor | 17,815 | 0 | 140 | 85 | 330 | 205 | 190 | 115 | 160 | 585 | 25 | 115 | 445 | 1,310 | 20 | 635 | 160 | 455 | 435 | 20 | 90 | 55 | 70 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 315 | 70 | 90 | 50 | 3,595 | 0 | 415 | 20 | 0 | 160 | 7,820 |
Winnipeg | 42,000 | 240 | 40 | 50 | 1,915 | 1,390 | 80 | 60 | 405 | 225 | 275 | 135 | 275 | 290 | 125 | 785 | 115 | 1,055 | 965 | 90 | 50 | 175 | 800 | 30 | 680 | 40 | 145 | 195 | 90 | 575 | 2,185 | 0 | 2,470 | 490 | 130 | 0 | 26,475 |
Non-CMA | 688,325 | 10,610 | 10,480 | 5,130 | 48,160 | 42,925 | 6,395 | 5,895 | 20,950 | 17,785 | 8,735 | 8,295 | 16,595 | 16,695 | 7,880 | 115,285 | 13,060 | 35,255 | 27,530 | 7,725 | 6,090 | 25,295 | 10,665 | 6,040 | 16,280 | 10,280 | 7,425 | 6,660 | 5,445 | 4,270 | 84,945 | 7,315 | 55,920 | 16,425 | 8,650 | 26,450 | 0 |
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Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-556-XCB2006012.
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Related data
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2006 Census analysis series:Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada: 2005 and 2006
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2006 Census reference guides and technical reports:Mobility and Migration Reference Guide, 2006 Census
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2001 Census topic-based tabulation:Census Metropolitan Area of Residence 5 Years Ago (31), Mother Tongue (8), Age Groups (16) and Sex (3) for Inter-Census Metropolitan Area Migrants 5 Years and Over, for Census Metropolitan Areas, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data