Questionnaire revision Canada 2011 Census

1 questionnaire revision

1.1 short form
1.2 national household survey
1.3 census of agriculture

questionnaire revision
short form

the original schedule of short-form questions 2011 census of population published in canada gazette, part on august 21, 2010. 2011 census consisted of same 8 questions appeared on 2006 census short-form questionnaire, addition of 2 questions on language. federal minister of industry tony clement s announcement questions language appear on mandatory short-form census came in response lawsuit brought federation of francophone , acadian communities, claimed voluntary status of long-form census impact language-related government services.

in addition possible questions on activity limitation, various organizations have called changes upcoming census:

adding aboriginal identifier short form (already found on long form).
relationship of same-sex married couples.
place of work , transportation-related questions.
food security questions.

national household survey

the national household survey (nhs) began within 4 weeks of may 2011 census , included approximately 4.5 million households. information collected nhs intended replace data previous long-form census questionnaire. questionnaire cover of same topics 2006 census.

various industry professionals have indicated data collected nhs not compatible data collected long form questionnaire. many of same professionals have indicated data gathered voluntary survey not of same quality previous mandatory long form.

census of agriculture

the census of agriculture add options allowing statistics canada access respondents financial data canada revenue agency (cra) given business number of farm.