2011 Census of Population

See also the Statistics Canada Census website.

General documentation

• Census Dictionary - online or PDF
• Census Questionnaires: 
  • 2A - questionnaire used to enumerate all private dwellings
  • 2C - questionnaire used to enumerate federal and provincial employees and their families working in embassies and National Defence bases abroad 
  • 3A - questionnaire used in private dwellings for usual residents who with to be enumerated individually; also used in collective dwellings to enumerate usual residents and live-in staff members
• Preview of products and services (PDF)
• Overview of the census (PDF)
• Data quality and confidentiality standards and guidelines (public) (PDF)
• Methodology document on the 2011 census language data (PDF)
• Reference guides
  • Families reference guide, 2011 census (PDF)
  • Structural type of dwelling and collectives reference guide, 2011 census (PDF)
  • Languages reference guide, 2011 census (PDF)
• Your guide to data sources on census program topics (PDF)

Data products

• Statistical tables (aggregate data)
• Microdata - there is no 2011 census microdata file; instead census variables were included in the National Household Survey (NHS) microdata
• Geospatial data & maps