Canadian Family Income Statistics from the Census Long Form

Archived data from the Canadian Census of Population long form reports median and average family income. The dataset is provided by the Government of Nova Scotia for archival purposes and covers multiple geographies including provinces, counties, municipalities, and electoral districts. Users seeking current information are directed to Statistics Canada's Census Program.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional income inequality based on median and average family income data.
• Model socioeconomic indicators for specific geographies like municipalities or electoral districts.
• Conduct longitudinal research on family income trends using archived census data.

Strengths

• Covers multiple geographic levels including provinces, counties, municipalities, and electoral districts.
• Data is sourced from the authoritative Census of Population long form.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and XML.

Limitations

• Data is archived and not maintained; freshness should be verified against current Statistics Canada sources.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia, sourced from the Canadian Census of Population long form.

Collection Method

Census survey.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:28:44.662203; data is archived and not maintained.

Geography

Canadian geographies including provinces, counties, communities, municipalities, district health authorities, community health boards, economic regions, police districts, school boards, municipal electoral districts, provincial electoral districts, federal electoral districts, regional development authorities, watersheds.