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. 2009 Mar-Apr;16(2):256–266. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M2902

Table 7.

Table 7 The Percentage of FSAs and the Provincial Populations That Would be Above the GAPS Cut-off for an Age × Gender Quasi-identifier Combination for All Ten Canadian Provinces. These Counts are Based on the 2001 Census FSA Population Numbers Provided by Statistics Canada

Province Our GAPS Models
20,000 Cut-off
70,000 Cut-off
100,000 Cut-off
FSA Pop FSA Pop FSA Pop FSA Pop
Alberta 55% 84% 38% 71% 1.4% 5% 0.00 0
British Columbia 68% 87% 46% 70% 1.1% 4.% 0.00 0
Manitoba 59% 88% 39% 68% 0 0 0.00 0
New Brunswick 20% 51% 4.5% 19% 0 0 0.00 0
New found land 55% 83% 30% 62% 0 0 0.00 0
Nova Scotia 47% 82% 16% 43% 0 0 0.00 0
Ontario 69% 91% 49% 76% 1.4% 5% 0.20% 1%
PEI 57% 90% 43% 79% 0 0 0.00 0
Quebec 59% 84% 36% 63% 1% 5% 0.25% 0
Saskatchewan 60% 93% 49% 84% 2% 7% 0.00 2%

FSA = forward station area; GAPS = geographical area population size; PEI = Prince Edward Island.