Vital Statistics - Birth Database

Place of birth of infant, name

Place of birth refers to the name of the province, territory or country in which the person was born. It may refer to a province or territory if the person was born in Canada. It refers to a country if the person was born outside Canada. The geographic location is specified according to boundaries current at the time the data are collected, not the boundaries at the time of birth.

Infant refers to a child that is younger than a year.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2011