Census profile, 2021
Every indicator the 2021 Census of Population publishes for a community, matched to Nations by census subdivision. Values are as published by Statistics Canada, including suppression symbols. Each community's own long-form response rate travels with the data as a reliability flag.
Download
This dataset is about 2.95 million cells, too large to serve as one file. Export one Nation at a time here, or take the whole thing from the publisher.
Whole file at the source: Statistics Canada bulk download, Census Profile 2021 (98-401-X2021005).
Data dictionary
Every row also carries Source columns: source_key, source_publisher, source_url, source_retrieved_at, source_flags.
| Column | Definition |
|---|---|
| csd_uid | Census subdivision unique identifier. |
| community_area | Census subdivision name. |
| characteristic_id | Statistics Canada characteristic number within the profile. |
| statistic | The published statistic (count, rate, and so on). |
| value_as_published | Value exactly as Statistics Canada published it. |
| symbol | Suppression or data-quality symbol, kept as published. |
| reliability_flag | Our flag from this community's own long-form non-response rate. |
| long_form_non_response_pct | This community's long-form non-response rate, percent. |
| response_rate_published | Response rate as published by Statistics Canada. |
| incompletely_enumerated | True when the reserve was not completely enumerated. |