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Ethnic Diversity Survey

There are two primary objectives of the survey. First of all, the survey will help us to better understand how people's backgrounds affect their participation in the social, economic and cultural life of Canada. Secondly, the survey will provide information to better understand how Canadians of different ethnic backgrounds interpret and report their ethnicity.

Major topics and subtopics

Ethnic diversity and immigration

  • Ethnic origin(s) of ancestors
  • Importance of ethnic ancestry
  • Ethnic identities
  • Importance of ethnic identity
  • Population group and visible minority population
  • Place of birth, place of birth of parents, place of birth of grandparents, generation status
  • Citizenship
  • Landed immigrant status
  • Year of arrival in Canada

Language

  • Mother tongue
  • Language spoken at home and with friends
  • Language spoken with parents and brothers and sisters until the age of 15
  • Knowledge of languages
  • Language taught at the highest level of schooling
  • Language used at work
  • Perception of the importance of speaking English or French

Religion

  • Religion of respondent
  • Importance of religion
  • Participation in religious activities with other people
  • Participation in religious activities on one's own
  • Mother's religion up until respondent was age 15
  • Father's religion up until respondent was age 15

Secondary topics

Education
Families and households
Income and earnings
Labour

Limited topics

None

Type

Cross-sectional and postcensal

Sample size

42,500 respondents

Frequency

Held once (2002)

Lowest levels of geography

Selected census metropolitan areas except in Atlantic provinces

Products and services

  • Basic standard products
  • Public use microdata file
  • Customized tabulations
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