2011 Census is being cut short!
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2011 Census is being cut short!
 
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All;
The 2011 census is being radically short changed! The long form is no longer mandatory, which will reduce longitudinal research on issues such as language, ethnicity, religion, income. This means the social research component of the Census is being significantly reduced. Only the short form is now mandatory. See the announcements below Unbelievable! From: "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Sent: Tue, June 29, 2010 12:41:24 PM Subject: RE: [CAPDU] Census 2011 -- long form (2B) no longer manditory Hello Wendy,
Thank you for your message.
If you would like a copy of the
census questions, these are available on the StatCan website (www.statcan.gc.ca) by clicking on the
2011 Census questionnaire link in the top right corner. The
next page contains a link to the Canada Gazette and information on the
National Household Survey.
Please do not hesitate to contact us
if you have any other questions or concerns.
Best regards,
Marie-Claire.
Marie-Claire Lauzon -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault |
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Holy Toledo! Well, if they carry this out, it potentially has enormous implications. As someone else said, StatsCan wouldn’t bump the “long-form” questions sample up from 2.9 million mandatory households to 4.5 million voluntary households if they were not expecting a very low response rate. Where do they intend to go next? Drop the survey altogether? Close their doors? I have been a researcher for most of my life and rely on census data to perform statistical analysis for my community and beyond. I have used census data, primarily from the long form, to inform and to support the data needs of local government, social service agencies and NGO’s. This is the best, detailed community data set in the country, providing data down to the neighbourhood level on many important pieces of data. I was utterly shocked to read about the decision to scrap the long form. This decision comes less than a year away from the launch of the next census. I don’t even remember this being part of any 2011 Census discussions that I have been part of and didn’t pick up on this when in Ottawa during the Community Data Access meetings held in May 2010. I’m not sure that the federal government actually considered how this decision will impact on the many data users – municipalities, universities, NGO’s and provincial decision makers – that rely on this data to inform decision making and policy formulation. We need a coordinated and rigorous campaign to convince the government that this decision cannot and should not stand. This is a very serious matter that will have long standing implications for a very long time. --------------------------------------- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Tracey P. Lauriault All; From: "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> Hello Wendy, Thank you for your message. If you would like a copy of the census questions, these are available on the StatCan website (www.statcan.gc.ca) by clicking on the 2011 Census questionnaire link in the top right corner. The next page contains a link to the Canada Gazette and information on the National Household Survey. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any other questions or concerns. Best regards, Marie-Claire. Marie-Claire Lauzon
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We need a coordinated and rigorous campaign
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Thank you Ted, and Tracey,
Is there any thing I can do to help?
The long form should go ahead for the 2011 census and then there should be an open public debate about changes to the 20% sample.
We are preparing to host a confernece here in Qualicum Beach about information access and local level decision making.
What are the social scientists and their organizations doing? Perhaps efforts could be coordinated.
Warren Munroe
----- Original Message ----- From: Ted Hildebrandt <[hidden email]> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:04 am Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] 2011 Census is being cut short! To: civicaccess discuss <[hidden email]> > Holy Toledo! Well, if they carry this out, it potentially has > enormous implications. As someone else said, StatsCan > wouldn't bump the "long-form" questions sample up from 2.9 > million mandatory households to 4.5 million voluntary households > if they were not expecting a very low response rate. Where > do they intend to go next? Drop the survey > altogether? Close their doors? > > > > I have been a researcher for most of my life and rely on census > data to perform statistical analysis for my community and > beyond. I have used census data, primarily from the long > form, to inform and to support the data needs of local > government, social service agencies and NGO's. This > is the best, detailed community data set in the country, > providing data down to the neighbourhood level on many important > pieces of data. I was utterly shocked to read about the decision > to scrap the long form. This decision comes less than a > year away from the launch of the next census. I don't even > remember this being part of any 2011 Census discussions that I > have been part of and didn't pick up on this when in Ottawa > during the Community Data Access meetings held in May > 2010. I'm not sure that the federal government actually > considered how this decision will impact on the many data users - > municipalities, universities, NGO's and provincial decision > makers - that rely on this data to inform decision making and > policy formulation. We need a coordinated and rigorous > campaign to convince the government that this decision cannot > and should not stand. This is a very serious matter that > will have long standing implications for a very long time. > > > > --------------------------------------- > Ted Hildebrandt > Director of Social Planning > Community Development Halton > 860 Harrington Court > Burlington, Ontario L7N 3N4 Canada > Phone: (905) 632-1975, (905) 878-0955 > Fax: (905) 632-0778 > Email: [hidden email] > Web: www.cdhalton.ca > > www.volunteerhalton.ca > Building Community Together > > > > > > From: [hidden email] > [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of > Tracey P. Lauriault > Sent: June 29, 2010 2:28 PM > To: civicaccess discuss > Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] 2011 Census is being cut short! > > > > All; > > The 2011 census is being radically short changed! > > The long form is no longer mandatory, which will reduce > longitudinal research on issues such as language, ethnicity, > religion, income. This means the social research component > of the Census is being significantly reduced. > > Only the short form is now mandatory. > > See the announcements below > > Unbelievable! > > > > ________________________________ > > From: "[hidden email]" <Marie- > [hidden email]>To: [hidden email] > Sent: Tue, June 29, 2010 12:41:24 PM > Subject: RE: [CAPDU] Census 2011 -- long form (2B) no longer manditory > > Hello Wendy, > > > > Thank you for your message. > > > > If you would like a copy of the census questions, these are > available on the StatCan website (www.statcan.gc.ca) by clicking > on the 2011 Census questionnaire link in the top right corner. > The next page contains a link to the Canada Gazette and > information on the National Household Survey. > > > > Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any other > questions or concerns. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Marie-Claire. > > Marie-Claire Lauzon > Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) | Initiative de démocratisation > des données (IDD) > Statistics Canada | 1888 Brunswick Street Halifax NS B3J 2G7 > Statistique Canada | 1888, rue Brunswick Halifax NS B3J 2G7 > [hidden email] > Telephone | Téléphone 902-426-2185 > Facsimile | Télécopieur 902-426-6140 > Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] [mailto:owner- > [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]> ] > On Behalf Of Michelle Edwards > Sent: June 29, 2010 1:19 PM > To: dlilist > Subject: Fwd: [CAPDU] Census 2011 -- long form (2B) no longer > manditory > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "Wendy watkins" <[hidden email]> > To: [hidden email] > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:58:20 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [CAPDU] Census 2011 -- long form (2B) no longer manditory > > Some very disquieting news from the Chief Statistician. The > implications of this don't seem to have been thought through. > Wendy > =================================================== From: > [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]> ] > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:56 AM > > Subject: Update on the 2011 Census / Mise à jour sur le > Recensement de 2011 > > > > (La version française suit) > > This is an update on the 2011 Census. On June 26, 2010 , the > census questions were published in the Canada Gazette as > required by the Statistics Act . > > The 2011 Census will consist of the same eight questions that > appeared on the 2006 Census short-form questionnaire. All > households will receive a short-form census questionnaire. > > The information previously collected by the census mandatory > long-form questionnaire will now be collected as part of the new > voluntary National Household Survey (NHS). The NHS questionnaire > will include questions on language, immigration, Aboriginal > peoples, mobility, ethnicity, education, labour, income and housing. > > The NHS will be conducted within four weeks of the May 2011 > Census. Approximately, 4.5 million households will receive the > NHS questionnaire, up from the 2.9 million households that would > have received the census mandatory long-form questionnaire. > > I know that I can count on your ongoing support to ensure the > success of these two important Statistics Canada priorities. > > ======================= > > Ceci est une mise à jour sur le Recensement de 2011. Le 26 juin > 2010, les questions du recensement ont été publiées dans la > Gazette du Canada , conformément à la Loi sur la statistique . > > Le Recensement de 2011 contiendra les mêmes huit questions > figurant dans le questionnaire abrégé du Recensement de 2006. > Tous les ménages recevront un questionnaire abrégé du recensement. > > Les données qui étaient antérieurement recueillies au moyen du > questionnaire détaillé obligatoire du recensement seront > dorénavant recueillies dans le cadre de la nouvelle Enquête > nationale auprès des ménages (ENM) qui est à participation > volontaire. Le questionnaire de l'ENM comprendra des questions > sur la langue, l'immigration, les peuples autochtones, la > mobilité, l'appartenance ethnique, l'éducation, le travail, le > revenu et le logement. > > L'ENM sera menée au cours des quatre semaines suivant le > Recensement de mai 2011. Environ 4,5 millions de ménages > recevront le questionnaire de l'ENM, chiffre supérieur à celui > de 2,9 millions de ménages qui auraient reçu le questionnaire > détaillé obligatoire du recensement. > > Je sais que je peux compter sur votre appui continu pour assurer > le succès de ces deux priorités importantes de Statistique Canada. > > -- > _____________________________________________ > A. Michelle Edwards, Ph.D., MLIS > DRC Coordinator and Cluster Lead > Data Resource Centre, McLaughlin Library > University of Guelph > Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 > > [hidden email] > 519-824-4120 Ext54539 > _____________________________________________ > > > > > > -- > Tracey P. Lauriault > 613-234-2805 > https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault > > |
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Warren;
Looks like lots is going on. Most are suggesting a letter writing campaign. Individual paper letters are considered to be the most effective. There is also a vote for the reinstatement of the census here (http://de-en.gc.ca/2010/07/06/reinstate-our-census-long-form-aka-questionnaire-2b/) and other actions can be found listed here (http://datalibre.ca/2010/07/07/more-on-the-census-cuts/). Cheers and good luck with your conference! Are the city of Vancouver open data folks coming? Cheers t On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:27 AM, LAURA MUNROE <[hidden email]> wrote:
-- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault |
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