Census 2011: Who Are We? The Canadian Census Used to Tell Us

Census 2011: Who Are We? The

Canadian Census Used to Tell UsTracey P. Lauriault

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Reason for a Census

“under the modern system, it is nothing less than a great periodical stocktaking of the people and of their affairs, designed to show

from the widest possible angle the state that has been reached in the general progress of the nation”

(Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1924:xi).

“Fundamentally the importance of the census hinges upon its enumeration and analysis of the human element or man – power of

the country – the people themselves – the basic asset of every state.”

(Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1924:xii).

Representation

The immediate raison d‟être of the census is to determine representation in the House of

Commons.

Nation's Navigation System

Thus the Census rounds out and completed the scheme of information by which as by a chart the government

directs the affairs of the nations. Without the census, it would be literal truth to say that legislation and

administration would be carried on in the dark – that there would be no means of knowing whether the country

was on the road to success or disaster, or what constituted the norm or standard of its progress in almost

any particular.”

(Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1924:xii).

Lower Canada 1824

Lower Canada 182?

1843

18501851

Source: Early Canadiana Online

BNA Act 1867


Statistics Act 1971

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/Statute/S/S-19.pdf

Definition

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given

population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The United Nations defines the

essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined

territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity".

The census can be contrasted with sampling in which information is obtained only from a subset of a population,

sometimes as an Intercensal estimate.

Major Legislative requirements

Canada Health Act

Food and Drug Act

Canada Pension Plan Act

Old Age Security Act

Canada Student Loans Act

Canada Student Financial Assistance Act

Employment Equity Act

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act

Employment Insurance Act

Indian Act

Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Act

Official Languages Act

Canada Council for the Arts Act

Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act

Railway Relocation and Crossing Act

Canada Transportation Act

War Veterans Allowance Act

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act

National Housing Act

Income Tax Act

Canadian Multiculturalism Act

Citizenship Act

Youth Criminal Justice Act

Canadian Human Rights Act

Canada Elections Act

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act

Funding for Diagnostic and Medical Equipment Act

Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act

Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act (2005)

Budget Implementation Act 2007

Budget Implementation Act 2009

Federal-provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

Bank Act

Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act

Pre-Confederation


1871

The first National Census after Confederation, responsibility liedwith the Ministry of Agriculture

Source: Photo taken from StatCan Library

1881

Source: StatCan Library Scanned Files

1884-1886


1891

Steamers, pack horses, dog trains, canoes, foot, buckboards, boats and schooners transported enumerators to conduct the census

undertaken in the winter.


1901

561 Questions were asked


1906

Source: Photo taken from StatCan Library

1911

Divorced and legally separated classes are added

Source: StatCan Library Scanned Files, Scanned Report

1916

1912 Census and Statistics Office was transferred to the Ministry of Trade and Commerce


1921

1918 Statistics Act Dominion Bureau of Statistics and Census and Statistics Office is merged into the Bureau

Canadian Jubilee

1st Census after the Great WarPeace Treaty and the League of Nations necessitated a

definition of what a Canadian National


1931

The Statute of Westminster, Canada becomes a self governing member of the Commonwealth

Location of birth is asked – borders changeTimes of Boom and Bust

Questions about technology – Do you have a radio?The Bureau builds its own census machine


1931

Source: StatCan Library Scanned Atlas

1941

Source: Canadian Century Research Infrastructure, http://www.ccri.uottawa.ca

Source: StatCan Library Scanned Report

http://www.ccri.uottawa.ca/

1951

Source: Canadian Century Research Infrastructure, http://www.ccri.uottawa.ca

1st post war censusSocial Security, pension plans, tariffs, UI

Newfoundland joinsAdding machines are used

http://www.ccri.uottawa.ca/

1956


Unprecedented growth necessitates the taking of the Census more oftenPrivy Council Authorizes the taking of Quinquennial Censuses of Canada

1961Census is almost completely processed by a computer

More women in the workforce necessitates a betteraccount of labour force Statistics

30 000 enumerators

Data are transferred to a magnetic tapes

IBM 705 Mark III w/10 tape drives is used

Source: Photo from StatCan Library

IBM Archives: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainfra

me_PP705.html

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP705.html




1966

Data saved on 205 reels of high quality density magnetic tape each 2400” in length

Photo reproduction technology is used toprocess questionnaires

Source: Photo taken from StatCan Library, Scanned Report

1971

The Bureau becomes Statistics Canada

1st self enumeration, 100 anniversary of the Census, facsimile machines are used, 30 min movie: “on a clear day you can count for ever”

Source: StatCanLibrary Scanned Files, Scanned Report

1976

Household head could be male or female, optical processing, data are in machine readable formats with public use sample tapes


1981

Budget constraints, Census to meet legislative requirements, cost share between departments as data are required to inform programs, ancestry can be traced through the mother, massive

consultation with users


1986

Affirmative action necessitates better tracking of sex and income, cost recovery appears with a vengeance, profiles are available on tape, Mulroney almost cancels the census to save money –

business outcry – legislated mandate saved it


1991

Common law marriage

appears as a concept


1996

Transportation to work appears, as do household activities like unpaid work and activity limitations


2001

Internet data dissemination, CD Roms, Same sex couples appears

2006

1st Online Census

2011!!!

140 years later: The Census gets short, Harper‟s Government scraps the long-form census and relegates it to a survey, but due to legal pressure adds 2 question on language, Canadians experience a summer of government censuslessness and hear that “Most like it long”. There

is national and international outcry to save it.

National Statistics Council of

Canada

“The proposed, voluntary National Household Survey will suffer from significant respondent

self-selection bias. Even with substantial efforts to mitigate the inevitable decline in response rates, this will degrade the data upon which much of the Canadian statistical system is

based.”

Statistics Council cntd.

likely result in Statistics Canada‟s not being able to publish robust, detailed information for

neighbourhoods, towns or rural areas. Much of the analytic work done by municipalities, private

firms, health agencies, highway and transportation planners, school boards and large

numbers of other groups that depend upon small-area knowledge and data will no longer be

possible.

Statistics Council cntd.

“The potential loss of vital benchmark information. The mandatory „long form‟ means that Statistics

Canada has an accurate benchmark for the demographics of populations who are difficult to

reach or who are less likely to complete a voluntary survey. This, in turn, means that sampling and weighting strategies for subsequent, voluntary

surveys can compensate for differential response rates and produce more reliable information.”

Other data options?

- no other options

- Admin. data are inadequate & not comparable

- Micro scale analysis not available – sub municipal not possible

- SAAD – taxfiler for income but only by postal code, unsuitable for rural areas

- Private sector will only focus on where there is a market – think telcos & universal connectivity

Other Sources

Fines & Jail

Privacy & Secrecy1966

1951

1956

1961

1971

Statistics Act 1985

After 92 years


2006 Long-Form Census

Languages

“the language spoken by the people of a country has a distinct bearing upon its problems of nationality and assimilation. With the exception of religion, no individual right or heritage is more highly prized or more jealously guarded” (Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1936:46).

2011 - Fédération des communautésfrancophones et acadienne du Canada asked the Federal Court to overturn the government‟s decision on the grounds that it violates the rights of Francophones under the Official Languages Act by compromising data on minority populations that are used to guide services for French-speaking communities.

Agriculture

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/ca-ra2006/q-eng.htm


The Agriculture Census remains incredibly long and mandatory. Some suggest we will know more about cubic meters of rural manure

than we will know about urban populations.

Who are the users?

Alberta Health Services, CEO Dr. Stephen Duckett

Alberta Professional Planners Institute

Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services

Alliance canadienne des personnes retraitées

Ancestry.ca

Anglican Church of Canada / Église anglicane du Canada

Anne Johnston Health Station

Association des statisticiennes et statisticiens du Québec

Association du Barreau canadien / The Bar Associate of Canada

Association of Canadian Economist / Association canadienne des économistes

Association des Soeurs du Canada

Association canadienne francaise pour avancement de science (ACFAS)

Association féminine d’éducation et d’action sociale (AFEAS)

Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas)

Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA)

Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) / Association des cartothèques et des archives cartographiques du Canada

Association of Educational Researchers of Ontario

Association of Municipalities of Ontario / Association des municipalités de l’Ontario

Association ontarienne des chercheurs et chercheuses en éducation au ministre Clement (AERO)

Association of Ontario Health Centres

Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario (APHEO) / Association ontarienne d’épidémiologie et desanté publique

Atlantic Provinces Economics Council / Conseil économique de province de l’atlantique

Larry Bagnell, MP Yukon

BC Library Association

BC Chamber of Commerce

BC Government Employee Union (BCGEU)

Black Creek Community Health Centre

BC Non Profit Housing Association

BC Government and Service Employees’

Union

Bloc Québécois

Burlington Chamber of Commerce

Burnaby Family Life

C.D. Howe Institute

Caledon Institute of Social Policy /

Institut Caledon des Politiques

Sociales

Calgary Herald (Editorial)

Calgary and Red Deer City Planners

Canada Census Committee

Canadian Association of Professional

Employees

Canadian Bar Association

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

(CCPA) / Centre canadien pour des

politiques alternatives

Canada West Foundation

Canada Without Poverty Advocacy Network

Canadian Alliance of Student

Associations (CASA) / Alliance

canadienne des étudiants (CASA)

Canadian Anthropology Society / Société

canadienne d’anthropologie (CASCA)

Canadian Association for Business

Economics (CABE) / Association

canadienne des économistes

d’affaire

Canadian Association of Geographers /

Association canadienne des

géographes

Canadian Association of Journalists /

Association canadienne de

journalisme

Canadian Association of Midwifes (CAM)

Canadian Association of Public Data

Users (CAPDU) / Association

canadienne des usagers de données

publiques

Canadian Association of Research

Libraries (CARL) / Association

canadienne des librairies de

Canadian Association of Retired People

(CARP)

Canadian Association of Social Workers

(CASW)

Canadian Association of University

Teachers (CAUT) / Association

canadienne des professeurs

d’université

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Canadian Conference of the Arts

Canadian Council on Social Development /

Conseil canadien du développement

social

Canadian Catholic Council of Bishops &

here

Canadian Economics Association

Canadian Evaluation Society /

Association canadienne d’évaluation

Canadian Federation of Demographers /

Association canadienne des

démographes

Canadian Federation of Humanities and

Social Sciences / Fédération

canadienne des sciences humaines et

sociales

Canadian Federation of Independent

Business / Fédération canadienne

des entreprises indépendante

Canadian Federation of Students

Canadian Restaurant and Food Services

Association

Elizabeth Hanson, Yukon NDP Leader

Canadian Historical Association /

Société historique du Canada

Canadian Housing and Renewal Association

Canadian Institute of Actuaries /

l’Association canadienne des

actuaires

Canadian Institute of Transportation

Engineers

Canadian Institute of Planners /

Fédération canadienne des

urbanistes & Statement by Marni

Cappe

Canadian Index of Wellbeing

Canadian Islamic Congress

Canadian Jewish Congress / Congrès Juif

Canadien

Canadian Labour Congress / Congrès

canadien des travailleurs

Canadian Marketing Association /

Association canadienne de marketing

Canadian Medical Association Journal

Canadian Medical Association

Canadian Mental Health Association

Canadian Network of Metropolis Centers /

Réseau canadien des centres

Metropolis

Canadian Nurses Association / Société

des infirmières du Canada

Canadian Population Society /


population

Canadian Public Health Association /

Association canadienne de santé

publique

Canadian Research Data Network Centre /

Réseau des centres de données de

recherche

Canadian School Board Association

Canadian Society for Epidemiology and

Biostatistics (CSEB) / Société

canadienne d’épidémiologie et de

statistiques

Canadian Sociology Association /


Sociologie

Canadian Union of Public Employees

(CUPE) / Syndicat Canadien de

Fonction Publique (SCFP)

Canadian Urban Institute / Association

canadienne de développement urbain

Canadian Women’s Foundation

Capital Regional District (in B.C.)

Mel Cappe, former Clerk of the Privy

Council

Carleton University Graduate Student

Association (GSA)

Carleton University Undergraduate

Student Association (CUSA)

Carleton University Academic Staff

Association (CUASA)

Catholic Civil Rights League

Catholic Women’s League of Canada

Central Toronto Community Health Centres

Centre francophone de Toronto

Centre for Study of Living Standards /

Centre de recherche pour niveau de

vie

http://datalibre.ca/census-watch/

Users cntd.Centre interuniversitaire québécois des

statistiques sociales / CIQSS-QICSS / Quebec Inter-University Centre for Social Statistics

Chinese Canadian National Council

Children’s Aid Society of Toronto

Cities Centre – University of Toronto Research Institute

Cityspaces Consulting Ltd.

Citizens Engaging Democracy, Newmarket-Aurora

City of Burnaby

City of Brampton

City of Calgary

City of Charlottetown

City of Edmonton

City of Fredericton

City of Greater Sudbury

City of Hamilton

City of Kelowna

City of Kitimat

City of Langley

City of Laval

City of Mississauga

City of Moose Jaw

City of Montreal

City of North Vancouver, and Minutes

City of Merritt

City of Montreal

City of New Westminster

City of Ottawa

City of Penticton

City of Pitt Meadows

City of Prince George

City of Red Deer

City of Spruce Grove

City of Surrey

City of Toronto, and other info.

City of Vancouver

City of Vernon

City of Victoria

Collectif de bibliothécaires du Québec

(Jo-Ann Belair, Annie Bérubé,

Stéfano Biondo, Joë

Bouchard,Chantal Beauregard, Pierre

Carrier, Pierre Chicoine, Nancy

Drolet, Alain Gendron, Catherine

Jalbert, Guy Julien, Christian

Lacroix, Dominique Lapierre, Marie-

Denise Lavoie, Louise Leblanc,

Sonia Léger, Véronique Paré,

Normand Pelletier, Marcel Plourde,

Gaston Quirion, Rose-Marie Racine-

April et Chantal St-Louis)

Concordia University Student’s

Associations

Co-operative Housing Federation of

Canada / Fédération Canadienne des

Coopératives de Logement

Committee of Presidents of Statistical

Societies

Commission des droits de la personne et

des droits de la jeunesse

Commissariat aux langues officielles

Community Development Halton (Ontario)

Community Development Council Durham

Community Foundations of Canada

Community Social Planning Council of

Greater Victoria

Confédération des associations

étudiantes de l’Université Laval

(CADEUL)

Conseil consultatif sur la condition de

femme du Nouveau-Brunswick

Concordia Student Union

Conference Board of Canada

Conference des Lecteurs et Principaux

des University de Quebec /

Conference of Rectors and

Principals of Quebec Universities

(Association of Universities in

Quebec)

Conférence régionale des élus (CRÉ) de

Laval

Conseil permanent de la jeunesse (CPJ)

Conseil des agences servant les

immigrants

Conseil Québécois des Coopératives et

des Municipalités

Conservative MP James Rajotte

Cornwall Agape Centre

Daily Bread Food Bank (Toronto)

Davenport Perth Community Health Centre

Département de démographie of Université

de Montréal

District of Nipissing Social Service

Admin Board

District of Maple Ridge

Doctors Nova Scotia

Don Drummond; former chief economist of

TD bank, former ADM of Finance

Economic Development Association of

British Columbia (EDABC)

Edmonton Journal, Editorial

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada /

Alliance Évangélique du Canada

Environics Analytics

Fair Share Peel

Family Service Association of Toronto

Research, Evaluation and Planning

Family Service Toronto

Federation of Post-Secondary Educators

of BC

Fédération canadienne de démographie

Fédération des associations étudiantes

du Campus de l’Université de

Montréal (FAÉCUM)

Fédération des chambres de commerce du

Quebec

Féderation des Communautés Francophones

et Acadiennes du Canada (FCFA)

Fédération des travailleurs et

travailleuses du Québec

Fédération étudiante collégiale du

Québec (FECQ)

Federation of Canadian Municipalities /

Fédération canadienne des

municipalités (Letter)

Fédération étudiante universitaire du

Québec (FEUQ)

Fédération Québécoise des Professeurs et

Professeures d’Universités

Greg Finnegan, director of the Yukon

Bureau of Statistics

Dr. Robin Fitzgerald, Research Fellow,

Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice

and Governance, Griffith

University, Canadian Scholar

Downunder

Free Education Montreal

Front d’action populaire en

réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU)

Ivan Fellegi, Former Chief Statistician,

Statistics Canada

Tom Flanagan, University of Calgary

French Language Services Commissioner of

Ontario / commissaire aux services

en français de l’Ontario

Glendon School of International and

Public Policy

Globe and Mail Editorials

Stephen Gordon, economist Université

Laval

Government of Nunavut

Frank Graves, EKOS Research (polling)

Greater Halifax Partnership

Greater Victoria Community Indicators

Network

Green Party of Canada / Parti vert du

Canada

Grey County

Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Editorial

Halton, Region of

Hamilton’s Settlement and Integration

Services Organization

Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty

Reduction

Hamilton Community Foundation

Headwaters Communities in Action (HCIA)

The Hill Times editorial

Alex Himelfarb, former Clerk of Privy

Council

Imagine Canada

Information and Communications

Technology Council

Institut de statistiques Quebec /

Statistical Institute of Quebec

Institute for Research on Public Policy

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami / Association

nationale Inuit (du Canada)

Liberal Party of Canada / Parti Libéral

du Canada

Lumina Research Valuation and Advisory

Services

Maclean’s Magazine (Articles)

Marketing Research and Intelligence

Association (MRIA) / Association de

la Recherche et de Intelligence


Users cntd.Roger Martin, Rotman School of Management

Patricia J. Martens PhD, Director, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy; CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Chair; Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Martin Prosperity Institute

JJ McCullough

McGill’s Post-Graduate Student Society (PGSS)

Dr. McKeown, Medical Officer of Health, City of Toronto

Kelly McParland (editor of Full Comment, the National Post)

Medical Health Officers Council of Saskatchewan

Metcalf Foundation

Métis National Council (MNC)

Metropolis British Columbia

Metro Vancouver (AKA GVRD)

Metro Vancouver Housing Committee

Kevin Milligan, economist at University of British Columbia

Mike Moffatt

David Murakami Wood, Queen’s University

Nanos Research (polling)

National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC)

National Post Editorial

National Specialty Society for Community Medicine

National Statistics Council (French Statement) / Association statistique du Canada

Nature International Editorial

New Democratic Party of Canada / Nouveau Parti Démocratique du Canada

New Heights Community Health Centres

North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

North Western Ontario Municipal Association

Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre

Office of the Ombudsmen, City of Toronto

Official Language Commissioner

Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Ontario Council of Agencies Serving

Immigrants

Ontario Council of University Libraries

Ontario deputy finance minister Peter

Wallace

Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC)

Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association

(OPNHA)

Ontario-Municipal Social Services

Association (OMSSA)

Ontario Professional Planners Institute

Ontario Public School Boards Association

Opportunities Waterloo Region

Orillia Packet and Times (Editorial)

Dr. Sylvia Ostry, Former Chief

Statistician

Ottawa Citizen Editorial

PARC (Toronto)

Peel, Regional Municipality

Peel Children’s Aid / Aide à l’enfance

région de Peel

Peel Poverty Action Group (PPAG)

Peterborough’s medical officer of health

Pickard &Law Firm

Pillar Nonprofit Network

Planning Council of Cambridge and North

Dumfries (Cambridge,Ont.)

Planning Institute of British Columbia

(PIBC)

Blake Poland, Associate Professor, Dalla

Lana School of Public Health,

University of Toronto

John Pliniussen, Queen’s University

Portage La Prairie, Municipality

Poverty Free Halton

Valerie Preston, director of CERIS

research centre on immigration and

settlement issues York University

Prentice Institute at University of

Lethbridge

The Professional Institute of the Public

Service of Canada

Province of Manitoba

Province of New Brunswick

Province of Ontario

Province of Ontario – Office of

Francophone Affairs

Province of Prince Edward Island

Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)

Quebec Community Groups Network

Quebec English School Board Association

Queen’s University

Queer Ontario

John Rafferty, MP

Research Centre on Digital Inclusion /

Centre de recherche et

d’expérimentation sur l’inclusion

numérique (CREIN)

Regent Park Community Health Centre

Region of Durham

Region of Waterloo

Region of York

Regional Planning Commissioners of

Ontario

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

Richard Florida, University of Toronto

Residential and Civil Construction

Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) /

Alliance de la construction

résidentielle et civile de

l’Ontario

Royal Society of Canada

Rural Ontario Institute (ROI)

St. Joseph’s Health Centre

St. Stephen’s House

Saskatchewan School Board Association

Saskatchewan Students’ Union (USSU)

Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention

Services (SAVIS)

Munir A. Sheikh, Former Chief

Statistician of Canada

Martin Simard, laboratoire LERGA,

Département des sciences humaines

et CRDT, Université du Québec à

Chicoutimi

Simcoe County

Andrejs Skaburskis, Queen’s University

Social Planning Council of Kitchener-

Waterloo

Social Planning Council of Ottawa

Social Planning Council of Sudbury

Social Planning Network of Ontario

Social Planning Toronto

Social Planning Council of Winnipeg

Social Policy in Ontario

Société franco-manitobaine

Société de l’Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick

Social Development Council of Cornwall

and Area (SDC)

South Riverdale Community Health Centre

SPARC BC (Social Planning and Research

Council of BC)

StarPhoenix [Saskatoon ] Editorial

Statistical Society of Canada

Statistics Canada Advisory Committee

Statistics Canada Advisory Committee on

Demographic Statistics and Studies

/ Comité consultatif sur les études

et les statistiques démographiques

de Statistique Canada

Students’ Society of McGill University

(SSMU)

Sudbury Star, Editorial

Surrey Board of Trade (BC)

Syndicat des employés internationaux

unis (SEIU)

Table régionale des organismes

communautaires autonomes en

logement de Laval (TROCALL)

Tasha Kheirridin

Toronto Association for Business

Economics

Toronto Board of Trade

Toronto Board of Health

Toronto Immigrant Employment Data

Initiative (TIEDI)

Toronto Public Health / Directeur de

santé publique de Toronto

Toronto Star Editorial

Toronto Social Research and Data

Consortium (30 health, community

and multi-service social agencies)

Toronto Women’s Housing Co-op

Town of Caledon

Town of Halton Hills

Town of Milton

Town of Smith Falls

Transportation Association of Canada /

Conseil du transport urbain du

Canada

Ukrainian Canadian Congress / Congrès

Canadien Ukrainien

United Church of Canada


Users cntd.United Steelworkers

United Way of Calgary

United Way of Canada

United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area

United Way of Greater Simcoe County

United Way Toronto

Université de Toronto

Urban Public Health Network

Urban Futures

Vancouver Board of Trade

Volunteer Toronto

Waterloo, Region of

Waterloo Students Planning Advisory

Wellesley Institute

West Hill Community Services

West Toronto Support Services

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

WoodGreen Community Services

Women’s Hands Community Health Centre

York Community Services


Actions

- Social Planning Council of Toronto: Save our Census

- New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women Take Action et En action; A woman‟s View & Le point de vue d‟une femme

- Caledon Institute of Social Policy: Stand up for good government, MPs*

- Canadian Council on Social Development: Toolkit

- Community Dispatch: Changes To 2011 Census Threaten Community Data and

- Citizens Engaging Democracy, Newmarket-Aurora

- Vote on the Digital Strategy Submission: Reinstate the Census Long Form

- Letter Writing: Canadian Institute of Planners

- Petition: Keep the Canadian Census Long Form Petition

- Facebook Page: Keep the Canadian Census Long Form

- Opinion: Survey

- #census #statcan #cdnpoli

- datalibre.ca

Use example

Pilot Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness, Geomatics and Cartographic research Centre

http://atlas.gcrc.carleton.ca/homelessness/intro/intro.xml.html

Language & Poverty

Source:CSDS Consortium Member – Social Planning Council of Winnipeg http://www.spcw.mb.ca

New Canadians

Source:CSDS Consortium Member – Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton http://www.sprc.hamilton.on.ca/CommunityMappingService.php

Child Poverty

Source:CSDS Consortium Members – Halton Region - Our Kids Our Community Report Card http://www.ourkidsnetwork.ca/about/partners.shtml

Report Card Partners

Halton Catholic District School Board

ROCK Reach Out Centre for Kids

Halton Children's Aid Society

Halton District School Board

Halton Region, Departments of Health and Social & Community Services

Halton Regional Police Services

Transitions for Youth

Community Data Consortium

https://communitydata-donneescommunautaires.ca/





Community Data Canada

http://cdc-dcc.info/mandate.php

Data are more than facts, or the

unique arrangement of facts in

databases.

Data are also culture & heritage

artifacts, they are part of are our

collective record & they fuel our

imagination.

Contact Info

http://traceyplauriault.ca/

http://datalibre.ca/

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Members+and+Research+Associates

[email protected]

http://traceyplauriault.ca/

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