Appendix E – Data Uses and Requirements questionnaire
For each key use identified, please provide details about the type and characteristics of Census Program data used by your organization. For the purpose of this consultation, please consider both the census and National Household Survey (NHS).
Name of the use of Census Program data
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Please describe, with as many categories as necessary, how census and NHS data are currently being used to support this activity.
- Resource allocation
- Performance reports
- Planning
- Policy development
- Program monitoring and evaluation
- Research
- Service delivery
- Cross-classification (multivariate)
- Geography distributions (geographic profiles)
- Marketing / market segmentation
- Site location
- Human resource planning
- Modelling and microdata analysis, using complex analytical techniques
- Other, please specify.
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Please check all the census and NHS topics that apply (e.g., education; labour).
- Basic demographics (age, sex, marital status and common-law status)
- Families and households
- Activity limitations
- Place of birth, citizenship and immigration
- Language
- Ethnic origin
- Aboriginal peoples
- Visible minorities
- Mobility and migration
- Education
- Labour
- Place of work and commuting to work
- Income and earnings
- Housing and shelter costs
- Other, please specify.
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Please check all the levels of geography at which census and NHS data are needed (e.g., census subdivision; census tract).
- Canada
- Province / territory
- Census metropolitan area / census agglomeration (CMA/CA)
- Census division (CD)
- Census subdivision (CSD)
- Census tract (CT)
- Dissemination area (DA)
- Trade / service area
- Other, please specify.
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Do you require data on any specific groups? If yes, please check all that apply.
- Aboriginal peoples
- Businesses
- Condominium dwellers
- Ethnic groups
- Households in crowded housing
- Institutions
- Institutional residents
- Interprovincial movers / migrants
- Language - Official language minority groups
- Language - Other than official language minority groups
- Lone-parent families
- Low income families
- Near retirees
- Persons with activity limitations / disabilities
- Population: provincial
- Population: other
- Recent immigrants
- Same-sex couples
- School age children
- Seniors
- Travellers to work
- Visible minorities
- Women
- Working age
- Youth
- Other, please specify.
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- No
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How long after the data are disseminated (approximately 12 months after collection) are they still useable for your needs? Please select one answer only.
- For 6 months
- For 1 year
- For 2 years
- For 5 years
- For 10 years
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How important is data comparability across the country, or provinces/territories? Please select one answer only.
- Essential implies that data comparability across geographies is necessary for this use. Strong need implies that while data comparability across geographies is not necessary for this use, it is beneficial. Some need implies that data comparability across geographies could be beneficial for this use. No need implies that data comparability across geographies is not beneficial for this use.
- Essential
- Strong need
- Some need
- No need
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How important is data comparability over time (i.e., over three consecutive census cycles)? Please select one answer only.
- Essential implies that data comparability over time is necessary for this use. Strong need implies that while data comparability over time is not necessary for this use, it is beneficial. Some need implies that data comparability over time could be beneficial for this use. No need implies that data comparability over time is not beneficial for this use.
- Essential
- Strong need
- Some need
- No need
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Are there other data holdings, within your organization, which can provide the same information as census and NHS data? If yes, please list all that apply.
- Yes, please list them.
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- No → Go to question 12
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Are there any barriers associated with accessing or limitations in using the data holdings indicated in question 10?
- Yes, please list them.
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- No
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Do you have any additional comments you would like to provide on this use?
- No
- Yes, please comment (150 words maximum).
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Do you have any additional comments you would like to provide to Statistics Canada with regard to your census and NHS data needs?
- No
- Yes, please comment (150 words maximum).
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Responses will be considered representative of your organization and may be made public in documentation highlighting the findings of the 2016 Census Program content consultation.
Thank you for participating in this consultation. Your feedback is important to us.
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