Components of migration (in and out), five years, of geographic area

Status: This was the recommended standard from June 26, 2013 to June 14, 2015.

Definition

Components of migration (in and out), five years refers to the in-migrants and out-migrants for different levels of geography considering a period of five years.

For components of migration (in and out), five years, in-migrants include persons who did not live in the specified geographic area five years before the reference date, but did live there on the reference date.

For components of migration (in and out), five years, out-migrants include persons who lived in the specified geographic area five years before the reference date, but did not live there on the reference date.

Geographic area refers to areas whose boundaries are specifically delimited in accordance with well-defined concepts and which, in total, cover the entire landmass of Canada. It excludes Canadian territorial enclaves abroad.

Classifications

• Statistical Area Classification - Variant of SGC 2011 May 16, 2011 to May 15, 2016
• In-Migration, Five years, for Census metropolitan areas (CMA) and Census agglomerations (CA) June 26, 2013 to June 14, 2015
• Out-Migration, Five years, for Census metropolitan areas (CMA) and Census agglomerations (CA) June 26, 2013 to June 14, 2015

Additional information

See:

• Mobility status, five years, of person

Relation to previous version

• Components of migration (in and out), five years, of geographic area June 15, 2015 to current

  This standard replaces the recommended standard 'Components of migration (in and out), five years, of geographic area'.

• Components of migration (in and out), five years, of geographic area June 26, 2013 to June 14, 2015

  This was the recommended standard from June 26, 2013 to June 14, 2015.