2011 National Household Survey

General documentation

• NHS Dictionary (99-000-WXE) (html or PDF)
• NHS User Guide (99-001-X2011001) (PDF)
• Questionnaires: 
  • N1
  • N2
• Guide to completing the NHS questionnaire (PDF)
• Key facts for the National Household Survey (Statistics Canada website)
• Data quality and confidentiality standards and guidelines (public) (PDF)
• Final response rates (Statistics Canada website)
• Geographic areas not released
  • Census tracts (CT) and census subdivisions (CSD) (Statistics Canada website)
  • Dissemination areas (DA) and forward sortation areas (FSA) (.xlsx)
• Reference guides
  • Aboriginal peoples reference guide (PDF)
  • Ethnic origin reference guide (PDF)
  • Languages reference guide (including language of work) (PDF)
  • Place of birth, generation status, citizenship and immigration reference guide (PDF)
  • Religion reference guide (PDF)
  • Visible minority and population group reference guide (PDF)
  • Education reference guide (PDF)
  • Labour reference guide (PDF)
  • Journey to work reference guide (PDF)
  • Mobility and migration reference guide (PDF)
  • Income reference guide (PDF)
  • Housing reference guide (PDF)
• Statistics Canada reference materials website

Data products

• Statistical tables (aggregate data)
• National Household Survey (NHS) microdata
• See the 2011 census - Geospatial data & maps