Classification of Statistical Activities – Proposed Revisions Expert Group Meeting on International Economic and Social Classifications May 18-20, 2011 Alice Born

Implementation of the Classification of Statistical Activities (CSA)  CSA is used to classify the statistical activities of international organizations in UNECE database; Paris21 group for technical assistance; and in the metadata standard, SDMX  Statistics Canada is using CSA to classify variables in its Statistics by variable module and Variables and definitions module Statistics by variable module Variables and definitions module  Based on our experience, proposing changes to CSA’s domain 1 Demographic and social statistics 05/10/2015 Statistics Canada Statistique Canada 2

Implementation of the Classification of Statistical Activities (CSA) Classification of Statistical Activities Revision 1 (2009) Proposed changes Domain 1: Demographic and social statistics 1.1 Population and migration1.1 Population 1.2 Labour1.2 Migration and citizenship 1.3 Education1.3 Families and households 1.4 Health1.4 Labour and time use 1.5 Income and consumption1.5 Education 1.6 Social protection1.6 Health 1.7 Human settlements and housing1.7 Income and consumption 1.8 Justice and crime1.8 Social protection 1.9 Culture1.9 Housing 1.10 Political and other community activities1.10 Justice and crime 1.11 Time use1.11 Culture 1.12 Political and other community activities 05/10/2015 Statistics Canada Statistique Canada 3

Questions to EG  Does the EG agree that the CSA should be added to the family of international classifications?  Should these proposals be submitted by the EG to the UNECE secretariat (steward of the CSA) for their consideration or is it too early? Are there other proposals to be submitted by the EG? 05/10/2015 Statistics Canada Statistique Canada 4