Statistics Canada Celebrates ‘Best Census Since 1666’

On the not insignificant rundown of what Canadians cherish, it appears you can add rounding out census forms to leisure activities, for example, watching hockey and listening to The Tragically Hip.

Statistics Canada is celebrating its “best census ever” after 98.4 percent of the registration populace rounded out their long-and-short- form questionnaires this year.

Most Canadians got a 10-address short form of the census, however, one in four arbitrarily chose families and got the 36-page long- form questionnaire known as the National Household Survey. This was the main year for the restored required long- form census since the Conservative government dropped it for the 2011 census, replacing it with a voluntary national household survey.
According to Statistics Canada, a record 97.8% of Canadians completed their long form census, compared to 93.5% before it was axed five years ago.
The census gathers demographic data on each individual living in Canada. The information is then utilized by governments, businesses, associations, community associations and others to settle on essential choices at the municipal, provincial and the federal levels. Results from the census are likewise used to guide payment allocation at all levels of government.

Chief statistician Wayne Smith said this year’s collection was the “best census since 1666.”

“The 2016 census will provide high-quality information for virtually all communities across Canada,” Smith said in a release Monday.

Statistics Canada said the first census in Canada was started by Jean Talon, the primary intendant of New France, that year. The census tallied the colony’s 3,215 inhabitants and noted their age, sex, marital status and occupation.
Not just did Canadians fill out the census with energy, they were truly skillful doing it. Statistics Canada said just about nine in 10 Canadian families finished the survey without help, making it the most effective censuses on the planet.
The excitement isn’t too surprising. At the point when Statistics Canada started mailing out access codes toward the beginning of May, the hashtag #Census2016 trended across the nation, and the website briefly broke down.
The primary results from the 2016 statistics, which will concentrate on population and dwelling counts, will be published on Feb. 8, 2017.