In addition, respondents who meet certain criteria are offered the option of completing the survey on-line. Data sourcesĭata collection for this reference period: to ĭata are collected directly from survey respondents and extracted from administrative files.ĬIS interviews are conducted by telephone by interviewers working in a regional office or by personal visit from a field interviewer. The CIS sample size was about 47,000 households. For the territories, dwellings from all rotation groups were included in the CIS. Selected dwellings are interviewed every quarter and remain in the LFS sample for two years.įor the 2019 CIS, five rotation groups from the LFS were used for the provinces: the rotation groups answering the LFS for the last time in January, February, July, August and September of 2020. In the territories, the sample is composed of eight rotation groups. These six independent samples are called rotation groups. Each month about one-sixth of the LFS sampled dwellings are in their first month of the survey, one-sixth are in their second month of the survey, and so on. In the provinces, selected dwellings remain in the LFS sample for six consecutive months. The LFS uses a rotating panel sample design. The LFS sample is drawn from an area frame and is based on a stratified, multi-stage design that uses probability sampling. The Canadian Income Survey is administered to a sub-sample of LFS respondents. This is a sample survey with a cross-sectional design. The computer application for data collection was tested extensively. The questionnaire follows standard practices and wording used in a computer-assisted interviewing environment, such as the automatic control of flows that depend upon answers to earlier questions and the use of edits to check for logical inconsistencies and capture errors. Question wording adheres as closely as possible to questions established by the Harmonized Content Committee at Statistics Canada. Qualitative testing was carried out by Statistics Canada's Questionnaire Design Resource Centre (QDRC) for selected modules of the survey questionnaire, while questions for the remaining modules came from other Statistics Canada surveys. Overall, these exclusions amount to less than 2 percent of the population. It covers all individuals in Canada, excluding persons living on reserves and other Aboriginal settlements in the provinces, the institutionalized population, and households in extremely remote areas with very low population density. The survey in conducted nationwide, in both the provinces and the territories. Subjectsĭata sources and methodology Target population Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, collection for the 2019 CIS was conducted in January, February, July, August and September. Statistical organizations such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) use the results for international benchmarking and comparison studies.Ĭollection period: January through June of the year following the reference year. All levels of government can use CIS data to shape policies and programs related to the economic well-being of Canadians. Results from the survey are made available not only to various levels of government, but also to individuals and organizations. Tax data for income and income sources are also combined with the survey data. province/territory, census metropolitan area (CMA)) from the LFS. age, educational attainment, main job characteristics, family type), as well as geographic details (e.g. This content is supplemented with information on individual and household characteristics (e.g. The survey gathers information on labour market activity, school attendance, disability, unmet health care needs, support payments, child care expenses, inter-household transfers, personal income, food security, and characteristics and costs of housing. The data collected in the CIS is combined with Labour Force Survey (LFS, record number 3701) and tax data. The primary objective of the Canadian Income Survey (CIS) is to provide information on the income and income sources of Canadians, along with their individual and household characteristics. Questionnaire(s) and reporting guide(s).The Canadian Income Survey (CIS) is a cross-sectional survey developed to provide a portrait of the income and income sources of Canadians, with their individual and household characteristics.
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