Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021

The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) is an area-based index which used 2021 Census of Population microdata to measure four key dimensions of deprivation at the dissemination area (DA)-level: residential instability, economic dependency, situational vulnerability and ethno-cultural composition.

Using factor analysis, DA-level factor scores were calculated for each dimension. Within a dimension, ordered scores were assigned a quintile value, 1 through 5, where 1 represents the least deprived and 5 represents the most deprived.

The CIMD allows for an understanding of inequalities in various measures of health and social well-being. While it is a geographically-based index of deprivation and marginalization, it can also be used as a proxy for an individual. The CIMD has the potential to be widely used by researchers on a variety of topics related to socio-economic research. Other uses for the index may include: policy planning and evaluation, or resource allocation.

*** Correction October 22, 2024 ***

A correction has been made to the variables in the following downloadable 2021 CIMD index datasets : Canada, Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies, and British-Columbia. This correction impacts all the data in these datasets.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2024-03
Date ( RI_366 )
2024-01-09
RI_413
  Government of Canada;Statistics Canada - ( )
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0T6 , Canada
1-800-263-1136
1-514-283-9350
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/
Hours of service
Monday to Friday (except holidays) from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • society
  • economy
  • statistics
  • health
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Socioeconomic data
  • Statistics
  • Economy
  • Geographic data
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Topic category
  • Society
  • Health
  • Economy
Begin date
2024-01-09
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http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 /
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 10.7.1 )

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada;Statistics Canada - ( )
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0T6 , Canada
1-800-263-1136
1-514-283-9350
Hours of service
Monday to Friday (except holidays) from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
OnLine resource
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021 ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021 ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021 ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021 ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
ArcMap Project File ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;MXD;eng

OnLine resource
ArcMap Project File ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;MXD;fra

OnLine resource
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation: Dataset and User Guide ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021 - Dissemination area (DA) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021 - Dissemination area (DA) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation: Dataset and User Guide ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
ESRI Geodatabase File ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng

OnLine resource
ESRI Geodatabase File ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;fra

File identifier
ec6dc8e7-2fa0-4e49-8969-38541ca0a34d XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-04-03T09:27:48
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada;Statistics Canada - ( )
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0T6 , Canada
1-800-263-1136
1-514-283-9350
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/
Hours of service
Monday to Friday (except holidays) from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
 
 

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