StatsCanada boasting record Census numbers
NANAIMO — A lot of data from the 2016 Canadian Census is still being broken down, but we are already hearing it was a success.
Statistics Canada says this year’s census had a best ever 98.4 percent response rate.
Director Mark Hamel says the response to the mandatory long form census exceeded previous years.
“The response to the long form, the form that went to one-in-four households was 97.8. That’s the best we’ve ever had for a long form in the Canadian census. It’s going to give us very good quality results across Canada,” said Hamel