Demographic characteristics of CHMS sample compared with 2006 census for Ontario, Québec and all of Canada
| Variable | Canada | Ontario | Québec | ||||||
| Census | CHMS | Differ | Census | CHMS | Differ | Census | CHMS | Differ | |
| Age | |||||||||
| Age 6–19 in CHMS, 5–19 in Census | 21.0 | 18.2 (18.1–18.3) | 2.8 | 21.5 | 18.8 (18.7–19.0) | 2.7 | 19.6 | 17.2 (16.7–17.6) | 2.4 |
| Age 20–39 | 28.8 | 30.4 (30.1–30.8) | −1.6 | 27.5 | 30.5 (30.2–30.7) | −3.0 | 26.6 | 29.4 (27.9–30.9) | −2.8 |
| Age 40–59 | 33.6 | 33.2 (33.0–33.5) | 0.4 | 31.3 | 33.2 (33.0–33.4) | −1.9 | 32.7 | 33.6 (32.5–34.8) | −0.9 |
| Age 60–79 | 16.5 | 18.1 (17.8–18.4) | −1.6 | 15.3 | 17.5 (17.4–17.6) | −2.2 | 17.0 | 19.8 (18.1–21.4) | −2.8 |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Females | 51.0 | 49.8 (49.6–50.0) | 1.2 | 51.2 | 50.1 (49.9–50.3) | 1.1 | 51.1 | 49.7 (48.7–50.8) | 1.4 |
| Males | 49.0 | 50.2 (50.0–50.4) | −1.2 | 48.8 | 49.9 (49.7–50.1) | −1.1 | 48.9 | 50.3 (49.2–51.3) | −1.4 |
| Ethnicity* | |||||||||
| Visible minority | 16.2 | 20.6 (14.8–26.3) | −4.4 | 22.8 | 26.0 (14.5–37.5)† | −3.2 | 8.8 | 12.4 (4.0–20.8)† | −3.6 |
| Not visible minority | 83.8 | 79.4 (73.6–85.1) | 4.4 | 77.2 | 73.9 (62.4–85.4) | 3.3 | 91.2 | 87.6 (79.2–95.9) | 3.6 |
| Immigration‡ | |||||||||
| Immigrant | 20.0 | 23.6 (19.0–28.3) | −3.6 | 28.5 | 29.8 (21.1–38.4) | −1.3 | 11.5 | 15.3 (5.8–24.8)† | −3.8 |
| Not immigrant | 80.0 | 76.2 (71.5–80.9) | 3.8 | 71.5 | 70.0 (61.1–78.8) | 1.5 | 88.5 | 84.7 (75.2–94.2) | 3.8 |
| Education‡ | |||||||||
| No certificate/diploma/degree | 23.8 | 25.4 (24.1–26.8) | −1.6 | 22.2 | 24.5 (23.0–26.1) | −2.3 | 25.0 | 28.8 (25.2–32.4) | −3.8 |
| High school certificate/diploma | 25.5 | 16.6 (15.0–18.1) | 8.9 | 26.8 | 17.8 (15.1–20.6) | 9.0 | 22.3 | 14.8 (13.3–16.3) | 7.5 |
| Non-degree postsecondary | 32.6 | 34.8 (32.7–37.0) | −2.2 | 30.5 | 32.4 (29.6–35.3) | −1.9 | 36.2 | 39.1 (34.0–44.3) | −2.9 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 18.1 | 21.6 (18.1–25.1) | −3.5 | 20.5 | 23.7 (18.4–29.0) | −3.2 | 16.5 | 15.3 (10.3–20.3) | 1.2 |
| Median household income | 53 634 | 69 207 | −15 573 | 60 455 | 74 009 | −13 554 | 46 419 | 55 585 | −9166 |
Census, 2006 Canada Census. Differ=absolute difference in percentage points between census estimate and CHMS point estimate. CHMS estimates in bold if census value not within 95% CI.
*‘Not visible minority’ includes people who identified as white or aboriginal, while ‘visible minority’ includes people who identified as other ethnicities (ie, non-white, non-aboriginal).
†Interpret with caution due to CV between 16.6% and 33.3%.
‡CHMS values may not add up to 100% due to missing values.
CHMS, Canadian Health Measures Survey; CV, coefficient of variation.