The Canadian Marginalization Index (CAN-Marg) is an index that seeks to:
- show differences in marginalization between areas, and
- understand inequalities in various measures of health and social well-being, either between population groups or between geographical areas
- Households and dwellings (previously called 'Residential instability'): Includes indicators that measure types and density of residential accommodations, and certain family structure characteristics, such as % living alone and % dwellings not owned.
- Material resources (previously called 'Material deprivation'): Includes indicators that measure access to and attainment of basic material needs, such as % unemployment and % without a high school degree.
- Age and labour force (previously called 'Dependency'): Includes indicators to describe % seniors (65+), the dependency ratio (the ratio of seniors and children to the population 15-64) and % not participating in the labour force.
- Immigration and visible minority (previously called 'Ethnic concentration'): Includes indicators to describe % recent immigrants and % who self-identify as a 'visible minority' (defined by Statistics Canada).
Citation: Matheson et al. "Development of the Canadian Marginalization Index: a new tool for the study of inequality." Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2012;103(Suppl. 2):S12-S16. English, Français
History of CAN-Marg data creation |
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The 2016 Marginalization Index was created by researchers at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael's Hospital and the McMaster Institute for Health Equity. |
2016 | |
The 2006 Marginalization Index was created by researchers at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital and McMaster University. |
2006 | |
The 2001 Marginalization Index was created by researchers at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital and McMaster University. |
2001 | |
The Canadian Marginalization Index (1996, 1991) provided through a Statistics Canada Custom Data Product Request (May 29, 2018) |
1996, 1991 | |
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USER GUIDES and DATA
The Canadian Marginalization Index (CAN-Marg) — 2016, 2006, 2001
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Ontario Community Health Profiles Partnership; www.ontariohealthprofiles.ca; Accessed on: September 24, 2023