Place of origin of person

Status: This standard was approved as a departmental standard on July 15, 1998.

Definition

Place of origin applies to the country in which a person, born outside Canada, last resided before immigrating to Canada. Respondents are to report their place of origin according to international boundaries in effect at the time of enumeration. Countries should be coded according to the most recent ISO codes and it is recommended that they be aggregated into regions according to the most recent United Nations' standards for the reporting of demographic and social data.

Country of origin and place of last permanent residence are terms that might have previously been used in stead of place of origin.

Place of origin refers to the country of residence in which a person born outside Canada last resided before immigrating to Canada.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

Conformity to relevant internationally recognized standards

There are no relevant internationally recognized standards.

Classifications

• Variant of the Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest 2022 for Social Statistics June 13, 2023 to current
• Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2019 September 15, 2020 to June 12, 2023
• Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2018 April 09, 2019 to September 14, 2020
• Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2017 March 08, 2018 to April 08, 2019
• Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2016 March 20, 2017 to March 07, 2018
• Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2011 February 20, 2012 to March 19, 2017
• Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2010 January 17, 2011 to February 19, 2012
• Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2009 May 17, 2010 to January 16, 2011
• List of Countries, Dependencies and Other Areas of Interest (2006) January 01, 2006 to May 16, 2010
• Classification of place of origin, outside Canada July 15, 1998 to December 31, 2005

Relation to previous version

• Place of origin of person July 15, 1998 to current

  This is the current standard.