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answeringquestionsabouttheNational
CensusTestonNovember8,1993.
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ETHNICORIGINANDRACE
11..12 WCahnyIawsrkitqeueinstCiaonnaodniarnacfeo.rQuestion18(race). 11--1
1.3 Whyvisibleminoritygroupsoversampled. 1-1
1.4 WhyCanadianshownasexampleinQuestion16. 1-
1.5 WhyBlacknotshownasanexampleinQuestion16. 1-
1.6 WhyAcadiannotincludedinethnicgroupsinQuestion16. 1-2
1.7 WhyQuebecoisnotincludedinethnicgroupsinQuestion16. 1-2
1.8 InQuestion18,whyonlyonecategoryforBlacks. 1-2
1.9 WhyJewishshownasethnicgroupinQuestion16. 1-2
2. GENERAL
2.1 WhatisNCT. 2-1
2.2 WanttoparticipateinNCT. 2-1
2.3 Howsampleselected. 2-1
2.4 HowquestiongetsonNCT. 2-1
2.5 Willsuccessfulquestionsappearin1996Census. 2-2
2.6 HowwillSTCknowifquestionworksornot. 2-2
2.7 Isentinsubmission.Questionnotontest. 2-2
2.8 NewquestionsonNCT. 2-3
2.9 QuestionsomittedonNCT. 2-3
2.10 Willomittedquestionsbeincludedin1996Census. 2-3
2.11 1996Censuscancelled. 2-3
2.12 RefusetocompleteNCTquestionnaire. 2-4
2.13 WhathappenstodatacollectedfromNCT. 2-4
2.14 WilldatabereleasedfromNCT. 2-4
2.15 AreNCTquestionnairesdestroyed. 2-4
2.16 Whoseesquestionnaire. 2-4
2.17 CostofNCT. 2-5
2.18 Whatactivitiesdoes$1.8millioncover. 2-5
2.19 Callsfromrespondents. 2-5
2.20 Callsfrommedia. 2-5
3. LANGUAGE
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3.4 Whyaskquestiononlanguagespokenatwork. 3-1
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4. MEANSOFTRANSPORTATIONTOWORK
4.1 Whyquestionasked. 4-1
5. SAME-SEXRELATIONSHIPS
5.1 IndicatingrelationshipinQuestion2. 5-1
5.2 Whynocategoryofsame-sexpartnerinQuestion2. 5-1
5.3 Will1996Censuscollectthisdata. 5-1
5.4 DoanySTCsurveyscollectthisdata. 5-1
5.5 Istheremuchdemandforthisdata. 5-1
5.6 Whynoquestiononsexualorientation. 5-1
6. UNPAIDWORK
6.1 Whyunpaidactivitiesnotincludedunderwork. 6-1
6.2 Whatstudiesconductedonunpaidwork. 6-1
6.3 Hasunpaidworkbeenincludedbecauseofvariouswomen'sgroups. 6-1
6.4 Howwerequestionsdeveloped. 6-2
6.5 Whowasonworkinggroup. 6-2
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1. ETHNICORIGINANDRACE
1.1 CanIwriteinCanadianforQuestion18(race)?
TheEmploymentEquityActensuresthatallCanadians,regardlessofgender,
raceorcolour,aboriginalbackgroundoractivitieslimitationhaveequal
opportunitytoparticipateintheeconomic,socialandpoliticallifeofCanada.
Thisquestiondoesnotaskaboutcitizenshipornationalidentity.Thisquestion
asksaboutthisperson'sspecificvisibleminoritygroup.
1.2 Whyisthereaquestiononrace?
StatisticsCanadaisrequiredtocollectthisinformationinsupportofthe
EmploymentEquityActtoensurethatallCanadianshaveequalopportunityto
participatefullyinsociety.
Inpreviouscensuses(1981,1986, 1991),informationonethnicorigin,placeof
birth,languageandreligionwasusedtoidentifythevisibleminoritypopulation.
Thereisaneedtomeasurethevisibleminoritypopulationinamoredirectway.
StatisticsCanadadidcollectdataonracebetween1871 and1941.
1.3 Whyaresomevisibleminoritygroupsoversampledforthetest?
Somegroupshavebeenoversampledinordertoensureasmuchinputas
possiblefrommembersofvisibleminoritygroups.ThisalsohelpsStatistics
Canadainplanningcommunicationandcollectionapproacheswithgroupswho
donothaveeitherEnglishorFrenchlanguageskillsandabilities.
1.4 WhyisCanadianshownasanexampleinQuestion16?
Theexamplesarebasedonthemostfrequentresponsestotheethnicorigin
questioninthe1991 Census.ManypersonsreportedCanadianastheirethnic
origininthelastcensus.
1.5 WhyisBlacknotshownasanexampleinQuestion16?
HaitianandJamaicanwerethetwomostfrequentwrite-inresponsesprovided
byBlackpersonsinthe1991 Census.Theseareshownasexamplesofethnic
orculturalgroups.BlackisshownasaresponsecategoryinQuestion18.
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1.6 WhyisAcadiannotincludedintheexamplesofethnicgroupsinQuestion
16?
Theexamplesarebasedonthemostfrequentresponsestotheethnicorigin
questioninthe1991 Census.Acadianwasnotoneofthemostfrequently
reportedethnicorigins.
1.7 WhyisQuebecoisnotincludedintheexamplesofethnicgroupsin
Question16?
Theexamplesarebasedonthemostfrequentresponsestotheethnicorigin
questioninthe1991 Census.Quebecoiswasnotoneofthemostfrequently
reportedethnicorigins.
1.8 InQuestion18,whyisthereonlyonecategoryforBlacksandmany
alternativesforAsians?
ThegroupsthatarelistedinQuestion18arebasedonthegroupsidentifiedas
visibleminoritiesforemploymentequityprograms.Thesegroupshavebeen
identifiedasvisibleminoritiesinCanadaasaresultoftheworkoftheAbella
• Commission(ARoyalCommissiononEqualityinEmployment).
1.9 WhyisJewishshownasanexampleofethnicgroupsinQuestion16?
Jewishisareligionaswellasanethnicgroup.Thisisanexampleofanethnic
groupwherethereisastrongrelationshipbetweenreligionandethnicorigin.
DataonJewishethnicgrouphavebeencollectedbyeverycensusethnicorigin
question.
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