The federal government reinstated the full Census program after a widely-criticized switch to the National Household Survey in 2011.
Many important decisions are based on accurate and detailed Census data. The 2011 NHS simply did not produce the quality of data provided by the long-form Census.
Big thanks to Catie Sahadath at the University of Ottawa Libraries for building this widget based on the original Statistics Canada search box.
All Canadian households must answer the 10 basic Census questions. One quarter of the households must also answer a longer series of over 60 questions (called the "long-form").
Note: In the past, only 20% of households answered the long-form questionnaire.