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Table 10.3.2
Error of closure in two terms for Canada, provinces and territories, 2006

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Provinces and territories (PRRC - PAC) - (PRRC - PPEP) PRRC - PAC PRRC - PPEP
Estimated
number
Standard
error
t-value1 Estimated
number
Standard
error
t-value1 Estimated
number
Standard
error
t-value1
Canada 105,352 58,259 1.81 -1,705 60,913 -0.03 -107,057 47,426 -2.26
Provinces 107,623 58,254 1.85 -1,705 60,913 -0.03 -109,328 47,421 -2.31
Newfoundland and Labrador -1,137 2,907 -0.39 -3,153 4,998 -0.63 -2,016 4,941 -0.41
Prince Edward Island 74 941 0.08 150 2,851 0.05 76 2,785 0.03
Nova Scotia -2,778 5,287 -0.53 -8,573 8,146 -1.05 -5,795 8,248 -0.70
New Brunswick 3,404 3,934 0.87 -1,996 7,025 -0.28 -5,400 6,913 -0.78
Quebec 26,088 25,638 1.02 49,656 30,743 1.62 23,568 24,794 0.95
Ontario 50,173 45,499 1.10 -5,472 49,339 -0.11 -55,645 43,102 -1.29
Manitoba -5,396 7,510 -0.72 -954 9,030 -0.11 4,442 9,477 0.47
Saskatchewan -3,061 5,426 -0.56 -7,876 8,066 -0.98 -4,816 7,878 -0.61
Alberta -47,801 17,623 -2.71 -22,344 21,619 -1.03 25,457 20,747 1.23
British Columbia 88,057 20,020 4.40 -1,142 23,393 -0.05 -89,199 23,111 -3.86
Territories -2,271 .. .. .. .. .. 2,271 .. ..
Yukon Territory -979 420 -2.33 0 0 . 979 420 2.33
Northwest Territories -875 432 -2.02 0 0 . 875 432 2.02
Nunavut -417 447 -0.93 0 0 . 417 447 0.93

. not available for this reference period
..not available for any reference period

Notes:

  1. A t-value greater than 1.96 or less than -1.96 indicates that the difference is significant at the 95% level.

PRRC is the population estimated directly from the Reverse Record Check (RRC), PAC is the adjusted census population and PPEP is the postcensal estimate of population on Census Day.

Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division.