Data quality and confidentiality

• Incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements
• Adjustment of population counts
• Detailed explanation: Differences between Statistics Canada's census counts and population estimates
• Northwest Territories net undercount in 2001

Data Quality and Confidentiality Standards and Guidelines (Public)

• Introduction
• Confidentiality (non-disclosure) rules
• Confidentiality practices
• Data quality practices
• Data suppression – Other
• Best practices
• PDF version (135 kb)

Geographic area suppression lists

• Census subdivision (CSD) suppression list
• Census tract (CT) suppression list
• Designated place (DPL) suppression list
• Population centre (POPCTR) suppression list
• Dissemination area (DA) suppression list