Vital Statistics - Birth Database

Place of birth of mother, category

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.

Mother refers to a woman that have a relation to a child by giving birth and/or by raising the child.

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

• Birthplace in Canada or outside