Location of residence five years ago of person

Status: This standard was approved as a departmental standard on June 9, 2026.

Definition

Location of residence five years ago refers to the person's usual place of residence five years prior to the reference day.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

Usage

The population included must be five years or older.

Conformity to relevant internationally recognized standards

The standard is consistent with the United Nations' "Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration and Temporary Mobility", 2025. This publication defines international migrants as persons who have changed their country of residence and established a new residence in another country within a given year. This standard is also aligned with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Conference of European Statisticians (UNECE-CES) document, "Recommendations for the 2030 Round of Population and Housing Censuses", 2025, relating to internal migration and mobility (section 14).

Classifications

Relation to previous version

  • Location of residence five years ago of person June 09, 2026 to current

    The definition of the concept "location of residence five years ago" has been reworded in French, but the meaning is unchanged.

  • Location of residence five years ago of person June 15, 2015 to June 08, 2026

    This standard replaces the recommended standard 'Geographic location of residence five years ago of person'. The name of the property has been revised.

  • Geographic location of residence five years ago of person June 26, 2013 to June 14, 2015

    This standard was replaced by the 'Location of residence five years ago of person' as of June 15, 2015.

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