2021 Census dissemination planning
Release plans

Release schedule

Starting in February 2022, the Census Team has planned seven major releases of 2021 Census of Population data products, analytical products, reference material and geography products, which, in most cases, correspond to high-level themes/topics. Following the completion of the seven major census releases in 2022, there will be further releases which will highlight additional themes and key findings in the data, and will offer more data tables, updates to data products, and analysis for selected data. The planned releases for 2022 and 2023 are itemized below by year.

For a full listing of already released products, refer to Census releases.

For a listing of planned upcoming releases, refer to Upcoming releases.

Major releases

There will be seven major 'themed' release dates for the dissemination of data from the 2021 Census of Population. Each major release of data by theme will be highlighted in The Daily, Statistics Canada's official release bulletin, and each major release will offer data, analytical, and reference products for our users to access and consume.

Continuing to add value to our products

As we move through the dissemination of data from the 2021 Census of Population, we will continually add new features to our products that will benefit data users and their experience in working with the data.

The 2016 Census product line saw web data services added to our most popular product, the Census Profile. In addition to that, we also added rates and charts features to the Profile, adding to the user experience. For products in the 2021 Census of Population line-up, we will be including more value-added features and tools for our users to benefit from when accessing our data products.

Get in touch

If you would like to get in touch about our release plans, please email us at 2021 Census consultation.