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THURSDAY, MA? 27th, 1971.
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This -is yoUr chance to tell &model
who you are and how yOu're doing.
Census day is ahnost like Voting day.
It's your right and privilege. Your chance to.
• .let Canada know 'all "about .yourself and your
family. How and where you live. It'S as
secret as the ballot. All these fads become •
statistics. And many organizations use Went
to plan for our future.
This is hoW governments know where
to spend money for the most' ecessary things:
hospitals, schools, housing projects, roads
and highways, Community centres, Darks.
For example, :a high percentage of
children under five in -one section of
your community may -alert the buird
of education to the need for a new
school. Or, districts with a high
proportion of sub-standard
housing may be identified and
• ear .marked - for urbal renewal and
• development programs. Things
like that. •
It's a do-it-yourself census.
Any day now, you'll
receive your census questionnaire. The
idea is that everyone in Canada must fill
in that form on June 1. If a pre-paid return
envelope came with the population census
form complete the questionnaire and
mail it back. If there is no envelope,
don't mail it but hold the form until it
is picked up by a census representative.
This will probably be the first time
you've ever had the chance to fill in your
own census form. The old way of sending
census takers4 around knocking on doors and
asking you questions served a useful purpose
in its day. But we've found, after many trial
censuses, that people do a better job when
they fill in their questionnaires themselves.
If you are a farm operator.
If you have a farm, the census
representative will bring you the Census of
Agriculture form along with the population
census form. The extra information you give
is important for government farm programs
and farm organizations in the years ahead.
Some tune after June 1, the census
representative will call on you to pick up the
completed census forms. So don't mail
them back.
What happens if somebody doemet
fill in his census form?
Everyone in Canada is required by
law to be counted in the national census.
If you don't bother, a census representative
will have to come around and fill in your
questionnaire with you. So, if you do it
yourself, you'll save time and money for
everyone.
Coun
is accompanied by an instruction
tens, of each question and offers
help in determining hoW to
axis wet it..
Telephone assistance service
will be available from 9 a.m. to
p.m. every day but Sunday,
between May 25 and Rine 4. The
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THE CENSUS.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Canodiaon will be going around
in circles Q11. June 1, this year, but
it will be in. the very best orgood
causes.
June 1 is Census Day and the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
has devised a unique style of
questionnaire to produce the ans.
wer$ they need with a minimum
investment of time and effort
by, betiseheider$
most of the questionS are
answered, by simply filling in
small circles printed opposite the
apprpri4te answers. In cases
where none of the indicated.
answers may apply, spaee is pre-.
vided for information to be
written in.
The new technique not only
makes it easier and. quicker to
complete the questionnaire, but
provides the information in a
form that can be photographed
and fed directly into computers
which will make the final tabul-
ations.
Census questiqnnaires will be
delivered between May 25 and
May 28, to ensure that every
family has at least four days, in
ending a week-end, to answer it
completely.
The census is intended to in-
clude every person living in Can-
ada on June 1, 1971. Families
should answer every question for
every person living in the house-
hold on that day. Householders
may complete- their question-
noires before June 1, but all
answers must relate to situations
that will exist as of that date.
Residents of designated urban
areas will be instructed to mail
their completed questionnaires to
the census- office. A postage-paid,
addressed envelope is provided
for this purpose.
Those in surrounding rural
areas should keep their completed
questionnaires in a safe, conven-
ient place, for, return to the
census representative when she
calls to pick them, up.
Instructions as to method of
return are marked on the delivery
envelope, but, if you are in doubt,
there's a simple rule of thumb to
follow:
Those who receive a postage-
paid return envelope with their
questionnaire, should mail it.
Those who do not, should hold
the completed questionnaire until
it i5 picked -up.
The questions on the census
form parallel those asked In. the
1951 Census of Canada, No new
fields of information have been
introduced, but some additional
questions have been included to
bring out important details on
such subjects as education and
migration -- information that is
needed by industry as well as
federal, provincial and municipal
' governments in their planning
and policy making.
The questionnaires are gener-
;ally self-explanatory. nut to clear
booklet, which explains the in-
1113 tiny POstilble eIteh
We need facts about you . . and
your family. Otherwise we won't have the
whole story.
Give a few minutes to the Census
Canada. And Canada will give you a
better future. ,
It's your census. Everyone has the
right to be counted. Everyone has the right
to expect the information he gives to be
treated in absolute confidence. .And you can
be sure that the information will be used
for the good of all Canadians.
So, don't forget. June
Tell us what's new.
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centre line of the highway.
People are funny. They want
the front of the bus , the back of
the hall and the middle of the
road.
After answereing the phone, the
man called to his wife: "It's for
you, Mildred, yowro wit4tvii PFI
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