Glossary

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Census: The Census gathers information on the population, both individuals and businesses, through Statistics Canada in five-year intervals.
Census Metropolitan Area (CMA): A CMA is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a large urban area (known as the urban core). The census population count of the urban core must be at least 100,000 to form a census metropolitan area.
Median: The Median represents the middle point of a data listing where one-half the data falls above and the other half falls below the median estimate.
Aboriginal: Used within census data and refers to a person of aboriginal ancestry or who identifies as aboriginal, mixed aboriginal or aboriginal and non-aboriginal ancestry.
Low Income Cut-offs (LICO’s): Low income cut-offs (LICO's) are income thresholds, determined by analyzing family expenditure data, below which families will devote a larger share of income to the necessities of food, shelter and clothing than the average family would.
Immigration: Refers to people who are, or have been, landed immigrants in Canada.