Last week the yellow envelopes from Statistics Canada arrived in mailboxes across the nation, inside the request from the federal government for your participation in the 2021 Census, the sixteen digit code your entry into the process of providing the snapshot of the nation.
The invitation from Canada's Chief Statistician Anil Arora, one which notes of the importance of participation (not to mention it's the law) and how your data delivery will be of value in a range of areas for future planning and funding for communities across the land.
Once you take the leap and punch in your numbers, you will be sent down own of two roads on the information highway; the first the Short Form census, where after a few questions you are on your way in less than five minutes.
The second road, the long from version, will require a bit of research on your part, things such as how much you have paid for hydro, gas and taxes, along with on where if you own your own home you can take a guess at how much you think you might get for it, if you were to sell the homestead today.
A number of other background questions take you to the fifteen to twenty minute mark depending on how fast you think on your feet or where you have to go to dig up an estimate on the financial data that is requested.
Think of it as cramming for the pop quiz you know is coming the next day.
Social media has been active the last few days as Canadians share in their work, proclaiming whether they have filled out the short, or the long form version. Some wearing the assignment of the longer option as a badge of good citizenship in their accounts of their contribution to the information process.
In addition to helping take that snapshot of the nation, the census has also made for employment opportunities as we noted in early April when the recruitment campaign was in full swing.
The value of the census to municipal governments is rather large, with the accurate count of population providing for the base for governments at senior levels to deliver their funding for a range of projects.
So, with the City of Prince Rupert relying rather heavily on gaining a fair share of the funding programs of both federal and provincial governments, it's somewhat surprising that the Mayor and Council haven't been using the many message making options that the city has to help push the census a bit, ensuring that as many Rupertites as possible are counted.
Statistics Canada offers up a few short videos on the census below:
The deadline to participate in the census in May 11th, so don't let those yellow envelopes sit on the living room table for too much longer.
More notes on the Federal scene can be reviewed from our archive page here.
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