The principle source for demographic information in Canada is the Census. It is a wealth of information based in many cases on sample sizes of  nearly 98% of households.  The Census provides you with statistics on age and gender, marital status, income, occupation,  household characteristics, ethnic origin, home language, housing characteristics, religion, and immigration dates among many other variables.

The table below provides the original release dates and the topics covered by the  2006 Census data.  Click on live links to view available highlights.  Most of the highlights are only available for Canada, provinces and metropolitan areas. 

If you are interested in local community and neighbourhood data click here.

2006 Census Data Links

Release no. 1: Tuesday, March 13, 2007

• Population and dwelling counts

 

Release no. 2: Tuesday, July 17, 2007

• Age and sex

 

Release no. 3: Wednesday, September 12, 2007

• Marital status (including common-law status)

• Families and households

• Housing and shelter costs (including dwelling characteristics)

 

Release no. 4: Tuesday, December 4, 2007

• Language

• Mobility and migration

• Immigration and citizenship

 

Release no. 5: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

• Aboriginal peoples

 

Release no. 6: Tuesday, March 4, 2008

• Labour (including labour market activity, industry and occupation)

• Place of work and commuting to work (including mode of transportation)

• Education

• Language (including language of work)

 

Release no. 7: Wednesday, April 2, 2008

• Ethnic origin and visible minorities

 

Release no. 8: Thursday, May 1, 2008

• Income and earnings

• Housing and shelter costs