Mobility 5: Components of migration (in- and out-)

Part A - Plain language definition:

People who moved from one city or town to another in Canada between May 16, 2001 and May 16, 2006 are "internal migrants". People who came from another country between May 16, 2001 and May 16, 2006, to live in Canada, are "external migrants". The components of migration divide "migrants" into three categories based on whether:

• they lived in the same province on May 16, 2006, as they did on May 16, 2001 (intraprovincial migrants);
• they lived in a different province on May 16, 2006, from the one they lived in on May 16, 2001 (interprovincial migrants);
• they lived outside Canada on May 16, 2001, five years before Census Day (external migrants).

Part B - Detailed definition:

Derived variable referring to the types of migrants.

Intraprovincial migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living in a different census subdivision than the one in which they resided five years earlier, in the same province.

Interprovincial migrants are movers who, on Census Day were living in a different census subdivision than the one in which they resided five years earlier, in a different province.

External migrants are movers who were living in Canada on Census Day, but who were living outside Canada five years earlier.

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