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In the event of a voluntary survey, "the
Minister may, by order, authorize the obtaining, for a particular purpose, of information, other than information for a census of population or agriculture, on a voluntary basis, but where such information is requested section 31 does not apply in respect of a
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establishes the legal requirement for the agency to protect the confidentiality of respondents to
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18. (1) The information contained in the returns of each census of population taken between 1910 and 2005 is no longer subject to sections 17 and 18 ninety-two years after the census is taken. (3) When sections 17 and 18 cease to apply to information referred to in subsection (1) or (2), the
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which releases personal census records for censuses taken between 1911 and 2001, inclusive, 92 years after each census. In addition, starting with the 2006 Census, Canadians can consent to the public release of their personal census information after 92 years. (See
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passed an Order in
Council determining that only the short-form Census would be mandatory during the 2011 round of the Census. The mandatory long-form Census was transformed into an optional National Household Survey . This change to the Census was the subject of much controversy.
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the authority to "collect, compile, analyze, abstract, and publish information on the economic, social and general conditions of the country and its citizens."
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remove imprisonment as a penalty for individuals who refuse or neglect to respond to
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and the records are closed until 92 years after the taking of a census, when those records may be opened for public use and transferred to
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