Too bad… the “long form” is gone and there will be no useful genealogical data collected and made available from the 2011 Canadian National Household Survey.
Statistics Canada has quietly made major changes to the country’s census in time for the upcoming round of national sampling in 2011. The long census questionnaire that provided information on a broad range on such topics as ethnicity, education, employment, income, housing and disability has been eliminated. Instead, those questions will be asked on a new, voluntary National Household Survey, and the results will never be released, in contrast with the treasure trove of census data that currently becomes public after 92 years.
Read the full article in the AUgust 8, 2010 edition of the Ottawa Citizen.
