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469 – Official Statistics: Policy and Practice
Internet Response in the 2016 Canadian Census of Population and Analysis of Respondent Behaviour Using Paradata
Marie-Pier Lemieux
Social Survey Methods Division, Statistics Canada
Every five years, Statistics Canada conducts a mandatory census to provide population and dwelling counts for Canada as well as a wide range of information about Canada’s demographic, social and economic characteristics. The methodology has considerably evolved over the years in order to reduce respondent burden, improve the efficiency of the Census Program and data quality. Every day during the 2016 Census, Statistics Canada has been able to collect paradata in order to analyze the respondents’ behaviour. This paper provides results of ongoing investigations on paradata analysis to better understand the respondents’ behaviour in preparation for the 2021 Canadian Census.