Click here for information on how to download and use Ivation Datasystem Inc.'s Beyond 20/20 software.

If you are unable to use Beyond 20/20, please click here to request that a file from the Census be loaded into IDLS: please specify both the file and the geographic level desired.

The table lists when Statistics Canada plans to release data from the census; machine-readable data should be made available shortly after the planned date.


Release date Variables 
April 1997  Population counts
October 1997  Age and Sex; Marital Status/Common Law; Families; Dwelling Structural Types
November 1997  Immigration and Citizenship
December 1997  Mother Tongue; Home Languages; Official and Non-official languages
January 1998  Aboriginal Population
February 1998 Ethnic Origin; Visible Minorities
March 1998 The 1996 Census of Agriculture
March 1998  Labour Activities; Occupation and Industry; Household Activities; Place of Work; Mode of Transportation 
April 1998  Education; Mobility and Migration 
May 1998  Sources of Income; Family and Household Income 
June 1998  Families: Social and Economic Characteristics; Occupied Private Dwellings; Housing Costs 

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