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Census of Population web pages: Profile Part 1, How to find and filter data
Release date: July 10, 2024
Catalogue number: 982000032021032
Hello and welcome to the "Census of Population web pages: Profile Part 1, How to find and filter data" video.
This video is part of a series that is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Census of Population web pages. The purpose of this video is to explain where to find the most popular standard data product of the Census of Population, the 2021 Census Profile, and how to filter the data.
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Video: Census of Population web pages: Profile Part 1, How to find and filter data - Transcription
Welcome to the “Census profile - Part 1” video.
(The full title of this video is "Census of Population web pages: Profile Part 1, How to find and filter data".)
This video is part of the video series on the Census of Population web pages.
The purpose of this video is to explain where to find the most popular standard data product of the Census of Population, the 2021 Census Profile, and how to filter the data.
Where is the 2021 Census Profile located?
(The Census of Population main page appears.)
The easiest way to access it is to click on the “2021 Census Profile” link located underneath the search bar of the Census of Population home page.
(The "2021 Census Profile," quick link located beneath the search bar is highlighted.)
The other way to access the Census Profile is by clicking on the “Census data” button located on the navigation bar of the Census of Population main page.
(The "Census data" button, found on the navigation bar, underneath the previous quick link is highlighted.)
On the Data products page, underneath the “Most requested” subheading, click on the “Census Profile” link.
(The "Census data" button is clicked on and the "Data products" page opens. The "Most requested" subheading with the links to the "Census Profile" and "Highlight tables" are highlighted and then the "Census Profile" link is clicked on.)
This brings us to the Census Profile main page.
(The "Census Profile" main page opens.)
While on this page, you will notice that the Census Profile is geographically driven.
You can search through more than 75,000 standard geographies, browse a list of all geographies by province or territory, browse a map using GeoSearch or choose from popular places in Canada.
(The "Place name, postal code or geographic code" search bar, the "Browse" section with links to provinces and territories, the "Popular places" section with links to major cities in Canada, are highlighted as they are being mentioned.)
Therefore, if you are interested in comprehensive data for a standard geography, the Census Profile is a good place to start.
The profile includes data collected from the short form (100%) as well as data collected from the long form – (25%) sample data.
Note that data can be suppressed for confidentiality or data quality purposes.
Also on this page, you can find a link to related 2021 Profile products, like the “Indigenous Population Profile” and links to “Profiles from previous censuses.”
(The "Related 2021 Profile" section, and the "Profiles from previous census" section are highlighted as they are being mentioned.)
The next step is to select a geographic level to see what a Census Profile looks like. In this case, we will select Canada, by clicking on the “Canada” link underneath the “Browse” subheading.
(The "Canada" link, located in the "Browse" section is highlighted and clicked on.)
This brings us to the census profile of Canada.
(The census profile of Canada page opens.)
You may notice that the profile is univariate, which means you cannot cross the variables and you can only view each variable independently.
As you can see, the table is comprehensive, including over 2,600 lines of data.
(The lines of data in Canada's profile start to scroll down one after the other.)
This is because all census topics from the short and long forms are showing by default, which includes data on persons, households, census families, economic families and dwellings.
To view a smaller subset of the data, functionality exists to reduce the large scope of the table by removing some of the columns or groups of rows.
(The scrolling stops.)
To do this, open the “Add or remove data” filter menu found above the table.
(The top of the census profile of Canada page appears. The "Add or remove data" filter menu is highlighted and then clicked on. The list of all the census topics appear on the left side, with a "+" sign in front of each. On the right side, the title "Gender" appears with the categories "Total," "Men +" and "Women +" beneath it, with a checked box in front of each. Beneath it, the title "Statistic" appears, with the categories "Counts" and "Rates" beneath it, with a checked box in front of each. The "Apply" button appears beneath it.)
To remove dimensions in the columns, look to the right side and uncheck the boxes “Men +” and “Women +” found under “Gender.” Then, uncheck the box "Rates” found underneath “Statistic.” Finally, click on “Apply.” You will now see that the data are only displayed for total counts.
To customize the profile to meet your needs, you can filter the census characteristics that are shown in the table.
(The columns title, called "Characteristic" is highlighted.)
For example, if you just want to see the data related to the labour concept, click on “Add or Remove data” and, on the left side, uncheck “Select all topics.” Next, click on the plus sign to the left of “Labour” and check the box, “Select all: Labour.” Lastly, click on “Apply.”
Once the filters are applied, you will find data for the census topic of labour for the geography of Canada.
(Only the labour data now appear on the table.)
As an example of data from this filtered profile, if you scroll down to the bottom of the “Labour force status” dimension, you will see that for the 2021 Census, for the population of 15 years and over, the Employment Rate in Canada was 57.1%.
Another example of data you can find is when you scroll down and look at the Industry - Sectors - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2017” dimension. You will see that for the 2021 Census, for the labour force aged 15 years and over, more than 1.4 million people worked in educational services and over 2.4 million people worked in health care and social assistance.
Now, if we go back to the top of the profile, you will notice an “i” button located next to the geography name in the column headings. By clicking on this link, you will access information related to the selected geography including a map, data quality information, a geographic hierarchy and additional census data.
(A map of Canada, a list of data quality information, a list of hierarchies for all provinces and territories, and a list of Census data links appear as they are being said.)
Before we conclude this first video on census profiles, we will go back to the previous page.
(The Canada profile table with the data for the topic of labour of Canada opens.)
If you look to the right of some of the characteristics, you will notice that numbers are attached to some of them. These are footnotes that provide additional details about the data and can be accessed by clicking on the superscripts.
(Following footnote appears: "Footnote 184: Refers to whether a person aged 15 years and over was employed, unemployed or not in the labour force during the week of Sunday, May 2 to Saturday, May 8, 2021. For information on the comparability of the 2021 Census labour force status data with those of the Labour Force Survey, see Appendix 2.11 of the Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021.")
This concludes the “Census Profile – Part 1” video.
(The full title of this video is "Census of Population web pages: Profile Part 1, How to find and filter data".)
Thank you for watching.
To view the “Census profile – Part 2” video, go to the Census learning centre.
(The full title of this next video is "Census of Population web pages: Profile Part 2, Adding geographies and downloading options".)
(The census logo appears with a link, which is also available to view here: Census learning center. The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 978-0-660-71563-6 appears underneath the link.)
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