Table 1 Socio-demographic and Geographic Attributes in the IRCC-PR Database, January 1, 1985 to December 31, 2012a
Linked | Unlinked | Standardized Difference | Linkage Rate (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Overall | 2692178 | 425156 | NA | 86.4 | ||
Age | ||||||
0–14 | 562971 | 20.9 | 94066 | 22.1 | 0.03 | 85.7 |
15-–24 | 444631 | 16.5 | 63434 | 14.9 | 0.04 | 87.5 |
25–44 | 1246212 | 46.3 | 210673 | 49.6 | 0.07 | 85.5 |
45–64 | 333864 | 12.4 | 43401 | 10.2 | 0.07 | 88.5 |
65–84 | 101206 | 3.8 | 11486 | 2.7 | 0.06 | 89.8 |
85+ | 3293 | 0.1 | 2073 | 0.5 | 0.07 | 61.4 |
Missing | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0.01 | 4.2 |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 1371981 | 51.0 | 229325 | 53.9 | 0.06 | 85.7 |
Male | 1320197 | 49.0 | 195365 | 46.0 | 0.06 | 87.1 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 466 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0 |
Year of Landing | ||||||
1985–1989 | 279144 | 10.4 | 89577 | 21.1 | 0.30 | 75.7 |
1990–1994 | 544215 | 20.2 | 81689 | 19.2 | 0.03 | 86.9 |
1995–1999 | 475300 | 17.7 | 74667 | 17.6 | 0 | 86.4 |
2000–2004 | 589321 | 21.9 | 71234 | 16.8 | 0.13 | 89.2 |
2005–2012 | 804198 | 29.9 | 107989 | 25.4 | 0.10 | 88.2 |
Immigration Class | ||||||
Family Class | 946189 | 35.1 | 108446 | 25.5 | 0.21 | 89.7 |
Economic Immigrants | 1277970 | 47.5 | 270399 | 63.6 | 0.33 | 82.5 |
Refugees/Asylum Seekers | 405039 | 15.0 | 36974 | 8.7 | 0.20 | 91.6 |
Other | 42896 | 1.6 | 5455 | 1.3 | 0.03 | 88.7 |
No categorization | 20084 | 0.7 | 3882 | 0.9 | 0.02 | 83.8 |
Marital Status | ||||||
Married/Common-Law | 1364683 | 50.7 | 210753 | 49.6 | 0.02 | 86.6 |
Single | 1209074 | 44.9 | 200247 | 47.1 | 0.04 | 85.8 |
Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 117987 | 4.4 | 14075 | 3.3 | 0.06 | 89.3 |
Missing | 434 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 84.3 |
Region of Birth | ||||||
Americas | ||||||
North America | 66963 | 2.5 | 16521 | 3.9 | 0.08 | 80.2 |
Central America | 53667 | 2.0 | 6402 | 1.5 | 0.04 | 89.3 |
Caribbean/Bermuda | 154328 | 5.7 | 12360 | 2.9 | 0.14 | 92.6 |
South America | 132972 | 4.9 | 15087 | 3.5 | 0.07 | 89.8 |
Europe | ||||||
Western Europe | 31213 | 1.2 | 6961 | 1.6 | 0.04 | 81.8 |
North Europe | 71056 | 2.6 | 13471 | 3.2 | 0.03 | 84.1 |
Eastern Europe | 241900 | 9.0 | 23958 | 5.6 | 0.13 | 91.0 |
Southern Europe | 116687 | 4.3 | 12948 | 3.0 | 0.07 | 90.0 |
Asia and Pacific | ||||||
West Central Asia and the Middle East | 293208 | 10.9 | 39958 | 9.4 | 0.05 | 88.0 |
Eastern Asia | 451486 | 16.8 | 127466 | 30.0 | 0.32 | 78.0 |
South East Asia | 254888 | 9.5 | 37163 | 8.7 | 0.03 | 87.3 |
Southern Asia | 612233 | 22.7 | 82627 | 19.4 | 0.08 | 88.1 |
Oceania | 8340 | 0.3 | 1467 | 0.3 | 0.01 | 85.0 |
Africa | ||||||
Western Africa | 41188 | 1.5 | 4068 | 1.0 | 0.05 | 91.0 |
Northern Africa | 49382 | 1.8 | 11072 | 2.6 | 0.05 | 81.7 |
Central Africa | 10155 | 0.4 | 1310 | 0.3 | 0.01 | 88.6 |
Eastern Africa | 87149 | 3.2 | 9538 | 2.2 | 0.06 | 90.1 |
Southern Africa | 14559 | 0.5 | 2401 | 0.6 | 0 | 85.8 |
Country not stated | 804 | 0 | 378 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 68.0 |