Hi Jim:- This is a great shocker to many!! I cannot imagine life without census AFTER 1901 -- but unless we all work together, that could happen. At present, there is Bill S-15 in the Senate by Senator Lorna Milne, plus Motions in House of Commons. Suggestion:- Subscribe to CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com There are many census memos and Gordon Watts is listowner of this list -- thus keeping the "census traffic" off other Rootsweb lists. They are patient with us but the CENSUS list is for anyone who wishes to learn, help, have their "two cents' worth" and there are NO flames and no census lookups. Check <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html> There is a great deal there -- even some Pictou County genealogy. Click on THE MYTHS OF CENSUS by Gordon Watts - there was NO privacy law! You may print the above -- copyrighted material has been removed. Check <http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census> Lots there!!! Of interest, the Scoreboard of our Members of Parliament. The Canadian Census Committee was formed last March, strictly internet, except for letters written to Members of Parliament. Petitions have been signed by both Canadian and Non-Canadian. Should you have any more questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> PaddlnGuy@aol.com wrote: > I was exploring the Pictou City website and clicked on their census url. At > the bottom the following note appeared after the 1901 census... > > "The last year for which census data will be available as federal legislation > prevents data collected from being made public in perpetuity." > > Is this true, literally? Amazing....are other Federal/Provincial/Local > records headed for the same obivion? I know that the misuse of things such > as Birth and baptismal records has led to the closure of those records in > some US states.... > > Jim