Appendix 1: Concordance tables

Last updated on January 29, 2026

The tables below compare values for the Indigenous Identity Data Standard and the Racial Identity Data Standard with other sources of data.

Indigenous Identity data standard concordance tables

Indigenous identity data values

The table below shows values for Indigenous identity across various sources of data.

Indigenous Identity Data Standard	Statistics Canada Indigenous Peoples Survey 2022	Canadian Institute of Health Information	BC Demographic Survey (PDF)	Ontario Anti-Racism Data Standards
First Nations	“Yes, First Nation (North American Indian)”	“Yes, First Nations”	“Yes, First Nations (status or non-status)”	“Yes, First Nations”
Métis	“Yes, Métis”	“Yes, Métis”	“Yes, Métis”	“Yes, Métis”
Inuit	“Yes, Inuk (Inuit)”	“Yes, Inuk/Inuit”	“Yes, Inuk (Inuit)”	“Yes, Inuit”
Not Indigenous	“No, not First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)”	“No”	“No”	“No”
I do not know / I am not sure		“Do not know”	“I don’t know / I am unsure”
Prefer not to answer		“Prefer not to answer”	“Prefer not to answer”	“Prefer not to answer (only during oral interview)”

First Nations status data values

The table below shows values for First Nation Status across various sources of data.

Indigenous Identity Data Standard	Statistics Canada Indigenous Peoples Survey 2022	BC Demographic Survey (PDF)
Status	“Yes, Status Indian (Registered or Treaty)”	“Yes, Status Indian (Registered or Treaty)”
Non-Status	“No”	“No”
I do not know / I am not sure		“I don’t know/I am unsure”
Prefer not to answer		“Prefer not to answer”

On-Reserve or Treaty Lands data values

The table below shows values for On-Reserve or Treaty Lands values across various sources of data.

Indigenous Identity Data Standard	Statistics Canada Indigenous Peoples Survey 2022
On-Reserve	“Yes”
On Treaty Lands	“Yes”
Neither On Reserve nor On Treaty Lands	“No”
I do not know / I am not sure
Prefer not to answer

Note: The Indigenous Identity Data Standard asks if an individual is a current “usual resident on a First Nations reserve or Treaty Land“, whereas the Statistics Canada Indigenous Peoples Survey 2022 asks if an individual has “ever” lived on “on a reserve or in a First Nations community”. Also, the Indigenous Peoples Survey only provides the options “Yes” and “No”, which is why “Yes” corresponds with both “On Reserve” and “On Treaty Lands” in the Indigenous Identity Data Standard.

Racial Identity data standard concordance tables

Race data values

The table below shows values for race across various sources of data.

Racial Identity Data Standard	Statistics Canada 2026 Census of Population	Canadian Institute for Health Information’s Race Categories (PDF)	BC Demographic Survey (PDF)	Ontario Anti-Racism Data Standards - Race Categories
Black	Black	Black	African or Caribbean	Black
East Asian	Chinese	East Asian	Chinese	East Asian
East Asian	Japanese		Japanese
East Asian	Korean		Korean
East Asian			Another East Asian identity
Indigenous	First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)*	Indigenous (First Nations, Inuk/Inuit, Métis)	First Nations*	Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuk/Inuit)*
Indigenous	First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)*		Métis*
Indigenous	First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)*		Inuk (Inuit)
Latin American	Latin American	Latin American	Latin American	Latino
Middle Eastern	Arab	Middle Eastern	Arab	Middle Eastern
Middle Eastern	West Asian		West Asian
Middle Eastern			Central Asian
South Asian	South Asian	South Asian	South Asian	South Asian
Southeast Asian	Southeast Asian	Southeast Asian	Southeast Asian	Southeast Asian
Southeast Asian	Filipino
White	White	White	European	White
Prefer not to answer		Prefer not to answer	None of the above - Prefer not to answer	Prefer not to answer (Optional value)
I don't know / I am unsure		Do not know	None of the above - I don't know / I am unsure
Another Racial Identity	Other - specify	Another race category Optional - Please specify	None of the above - please specify	Another race category
		Asked but unknown
		Unknown

Ethnicity data values

The table below shows values for ethnicity across various sources of data.

Source of data	Alignment of Ethnicity values
Statistics Canada, Census of population 2021	The ethnicity values should align directly with Statistics Canada’s most recent list of ethnic or cultural origins.
Canadian Institute for Health Information’s (CIHI) Standards for Race-Based and Indigenous Identity Data Collection (PDF)	CIHI's Standards for Race-Based and Indigenous Identity Data Collection (PDF) also use Statistics Canada’s most recent list of ethnic or cultural origins (2021), so the ethnicity values should align directly using Statistics Canada’s own concordance table available in its list of ethnic or cultural origins.
BC Demographic Survey (PDF)	The BC Demographic Survey (PDF) does not have an ethnicity variable, so the values for this will not align.
The Ontario Anti-Racism Data Standards	The Ontario Anti-Racism Data Standards Ethnic Origin Question and Categories ethnicity values align directly with Statistics Canada’s list of ethnic or cultural origins (2016), so the ethnicity values should align directly using Statistics Canada’s own concordance table available in its list of ethnic or cultural origins.

Religion data values

The table below shows values for religion across various sources of data.

Racial Identity Data Standard	Statistics Canada Collapsed List of Religions 2021	Canadian Institute for Health Information’s Religion Categories (PDF)	BC Demographic Survey Religion/Spirituality (PDF)	Ontario Anti-Racism Data Standards - Religion
Buddhist	Buddhist	Buddhist	Buddhist	Buddhist
Christian	Christian	Christian	Christian	Christian
Hindu	Hindu	Hindu	Hindu	Hindu
Indigenous spirituality	Traditional (North American Indigenous) spirituality	Traditional (North American Indigenous) spirituality	Traditional (North American Indigenous) spirituality	Indigenous Spirituality
Jewish	Jewish	Jewish	Jewish	Jewish
Muslim	Muslim	Muslim	Muslim	Muslim
Sikh	Sikh	Sikh	Sikh	Sikh
Spiritual			Religious/ spiritual - Prefer not to be more specific
Another religion/spiritual tradition not listed	Other religions and spiritual traditions	Other religions and spiritual traditions	Another religion or spiritual tradition not listed	Another religion or spiritual affiliation (open text option)
No religion or spirituality	No religion and secular perspectives	No religion and secular perspectives	No religion or spirituality	No religion
Prefer not to answer			Prefer not to answer	Prefer not to answer (Interview only)
I do not know/I am not sure			I don't know / I am unsure

Religious or spiritual visible marker data values

The table below shows values for religious or spiritual visible markers across various sources of data.

Racial Identity Data Standard	Demographic Survey Visible Marker of Religion/Spirituality (PDF)
Yes, most or all of the time	Yes, most of the time
Yes, sometimes	Yes, sometimes
Yes, rarely	Yes, only for prayers, holidays or special events
No	No
I do not know/I am not sure	I don’t know/I am unsure
Prefer not to answer	Prefer not to answer

The other standards do not have an equivalent religion or spiritual visible marker variable and have not been included in the concordance table.

Arrival year data values

The table below shows values for arrival year across various sources of data.

Source of data	Alignment of Arrival Year values
Statistics Canada, Census of population 2021	The Arrival Year values should align directly with Statistics Canada’s Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021 – Year of arrival question and the place of birth question. “I was born in Canada” (RIS) aligns with “Born in Canada” and/or a selection of one of the 13 provinces and territories in Canada (StatCan).
BC Demographic Survey (PDF)	The BC Demographic Survey (PDF) has a citizenship variable and an Arrival Year variable, so the arrival year values should align almost directly. “I was born in Canada” (RIS) aligns with “Canadian citizen by birth” (BC Demographic Survey).

The other standards do not have an equivalent arrival year variable and have not been included in the concordance table.

English language proficiency data values

The other standards do not have an equivalent English language proficiency variable and as such have not been included in the concordance table.

Service language data values

The other standards do not have an equivalent service language variable and as such have not been included in the concordance table.

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