Population 5 years and over by mobility status, by provinces and territories (2001 Census)

Definitions

Mobility Status—Place of Residence 5 Years Ago: Refers to the relationship between a person’s usual place of residence on Census Day and his or her usual place of residence five years earlier.

Non-Movers: Persons who on Census Day were living at the same address they lived at five years earlier.

Movers: Persons who on Census Day were living at a different address than the one they lived at five years earlier.

Movers are further categorized as:

Non-migrants: Persons who were living at a different address but in the same census subdivision (CSD).

Migrants: Persons who were living in a different CSD (internal migrants) or outside the country (external migrants).