Statistics Canada celebrates 'best census since 1666'
Response rate for newly restored long-form census was 97.8%, the best ever recorded, agency reports
On the long list of what Canadians love, it seems you can add filling out census forms to pastimes such as watching hockey and listening to The Tragically Hip.
Statistics Canada is celebrating its "best census ever" after 98.4 per cent of the census population filled out their long-and short-form questionnaires this year.
Most Canadians got a 10-question short version of the census, but one in four randomly selected households received the 36-page long-form questionnaire known as the National Household Survey.
This was the first year for the reinstated mandatory long-form census since the Conservative government cancelled it for the 2011 census, replacing it with a voluntary national household survey.
The 2016 collection response rate for the longer version of the census was 97.8 per cent, the best ever recorded, said the government agency.
The census collects demographic information on every person living in Canada. The data is then used by governments, businesses, associations, community organizations and others to make important decisions at the municipal, provincial and the federal levels. Results from the census are also used to help guide payment allocation at all levels of government.
Statistics Canada celebrates 'best census since 1666' - Politics - CBC News
Response rate for newly restored long-form census was 97.8%, the best ever recorded, agency reports
On the long list of what Canadians love, it seems you can add filling out census forms to pastimes such as watching hockey and listening to The Tragically Hip.
Statistics Canada is celebrating its "best census ever" after 98.4 per cent of the census population filled out their long-and short-form questionnaires this year.
Most Canadians got a 10-question short version of the census, but one in four randomly selected households received the 36-page long-form questionnaire known as the National Household Survey.
This was the first year for the reinstated mandatory long-form census since the Conservative government cancelled it for the 2011 census, replacing it with a voluntary national household survey.
The 2016 collection response rate for the longer version of the census was 97.8 per cent, the best ever recorded, said the government agency.
The census collects demographic information on every person living in Canada. The data is then used by governments, businesses, associations, community organizations and others to make important decisions at the municipal, provincial and the federal levels. Results from the census are also used to help guide payment allocation at all levels of government.
Statistics Canada celebrates 'best census since 1666' - Politics - CBC News
