Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population
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CSV/TAB

Stores tabular data in plain text form. Fields for each record of data are separated by a comma (CSV) or a tab (TAB). To access the comma-separated values (CSV) or the tab-separated values (TAB) file, use the conversion features available in most spreadsheet software or use a free-of-charge viewer.

IVT (Beyond 20/20)

Beyond 20/20 is a statistical software program for Windows operating systems that allows you to view, analyze and customize multidimensional data products. The program can be downloaded, free of charge, at the link below.

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Comprehensive download files

Comprehensive download files include counts and rates for all geographies within a specific geographic hierarchy and for all available topics.

Note: The comprehensive CSV and TAB files will be available at a later date.

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Geographic level File formatFootnote 1
IVT
Canada, provinces and territories IVT
355 KB
Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs) IVT
2,063 KB
Census metropolitan areas (CMAs), census agglomerations (CAs) and census subdivisions (CSDs) IVT
9,642 KB
Census divisions (CDs) IVT
3,482 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs) and census subdivisions (CSDs) IVT
28,847 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) IVT
301,212 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - Atlantic only IVT
22,608 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - Quebec only IVT
71,696 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - Ontario only IVT
107,474 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - Prairies only IVT
55,937 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - British Columbia only IVT
42,087 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - Territories only IVT
1,411 KB
Census metropolitan areas (CMAs), tracted census agglomerations (CAs) and census tracts (CTs) IVT
52,881 KB
Economic regions (ERs) IVT
1,493 KB
Population centres (POPCTRs) IVT
8,112 KB
Canada, provinces, territories and federal electoral districts (FEDs) (2013 Representation Order) IVT
5,172 KB
Designated places (DPLs) IVT
4,872 KB
Aggregate dissemination areas (ADAs) IVT
41,868 KB

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Some of the datasets are large and require special consideration during processing in order to successfully make use of them.

Return to footnote 1 referrer
Comprehensive download files (with confidence intervals)

Confidence intervals are available for the long-form estimates (i.e. 25% sample data) only. This indicator will provide a measure of the accuracy of the long-form estimates. It will help users to easily make a correct statistical inference. For more information on confidence intervals, refer to Guide to the Census of Population, 2021: Chapter 9 – Data quality evaluation.

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Geographic level File formatFootnote 1
CSV TAB IVT
Canada, provinces and territories CSV
787 KB 		TAB
760 KB 		IVT
548 KB
Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs) CSV
6,867 KB 		TAB
6,652 KB 		IVT
3,580 KB
Census metropolitan areas (CMAs), census agglomerations (CAs) and census subdivisions (CSDs) CSV
40,620 KB 		TAB
39,355 KB 		IVT
16,655 KB
Census divisions (CDs) CSV
12,220 KB 		TAB
11,813 KB 		IVT
6,070 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs) and census subdivisions (CSDs) CSV
160,008 KB 		TAB
155,360 KB 		IVT
48,615 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) CSV
1,812,335 KB 		TAB
1,774,120 KB 		IVT
500,796 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - Atlantic only CSV
149,813 KB 		TAB
146,713 KB 		IVT
38,479 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - Quebec only CSV
433,226 KB 		TAB
424,349 KB 		IVT
118,819 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - Ontario only CSV
615,467 KB 		TAB
602,524 KB 		IVT
176,956 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - Prairies only CSV
355,968 KB 		TAB
348,372 KB 		IVT
94,325 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - British Columbia only CSV
248,746 KB 		TAB
243,270 KB 		IVT
69,912 KB
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs) and dissemination areas (DAs) - Territories only CSV
9,289 KB 		TAB
9,068 KB 		IVT
2,305 KB
Census metropolitan areas (CMAs), tracted census agglomerations (CAs) and census tracts (CTs) CSV
225,791 KB 		TAB
220,099 KB 		IVT
90,350 KB
Economic regions (ERs) CSV
4,398 KB 		TAB
4,244 KB 		IVT
2,604 KB
Population centres (POPCTRs) CSV
35,086 KB 		TAB
34,158 KB 		IVT
13,618 KB
Canada, provinces, territories and federal electoral districts (FEDs) (2013 Representation Order) CSV
16,726 KB 		TAB
16,134 KB 		IVT
9,263 KB
Designated places (DPLs) CSV
42,008 KB 		TAB
40,886 KB 		IVT
7,944 KB
Aggregate dissemination areas (ADAs) CSV
187,546 KB 		TAB
181,773 KB 		IVT
72,097 KB

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Some of the datasets are large and require special consideration during processing in order to successfully make use of them.

Return to footnote 1 referrer

Web data service

The 2021 Census Profile Web Data Service (WDS) provides access to 2021 Census Profile data and metadata in a variety of formats. This is a good option for users who want to consume a discrete amount of data points and updates to 2021 Census Profile data. To obtain information on how to use and consume our Web Data Service, please read the 2021 Census Profile Web Data Service (WDS) – User Guide.

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