Susan -- The chart is very well done and shows the correct results of the 2006 census -- could have been a great deal better if there had been enumerators in towns and cities -- at present, 45% will not be able to find ancestors on the 2098 census records. Muriel M. Davidson Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee ----- Original Message ----- Muriel, A friend of mine put this together for our Branch meeting last night Susan Leitch Saskatoon 2006 Census results: The 92-year question Release of personal census information after 92 years Geographic name % who responded yes % who responded no/left blank Canada 55.58 44.42 Newfoundland and Labrador 59.09 40.91 Prince Edward Island 64.50 35.50 Nova Scotia 62.47 37.53 New Brunswick 62.01 37.99 Quebec 55.21 44.79 Ontario 55.15 44.85 Manitoba 55.03 44.97 Saskatchewan 56.14 43.86 Alberta 57.04 42.96 British Columbia 52.95 47.05 Yukon Territory 63.35 36.65 Northwest Territories 59.19 40.81 Nunavut 51.39 48.61 The 2006 Census, for the first time, allowed Canadians the opportunity of choosing to have their census information transferred to Library and Archives Canada and made publicly available in 92 years, in other words, in the year 2098. Nationally, 56% of respondents replied yes, and the remainder either said no or left the box blank. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/reference/info/gen_results.cfm The population for Canada in 2006 was 31.6 million people. That means 17.5 million people said YES Yes by Province Newfoundland & Labrador 298,681 PEI 87,624 Nova Scotia 570,640 New Brunswick 452,671 Quebec 4,166,219 Ontario 6,706,396 Manitoba 631,965 Saskatchewan 543,523 Alberta 1,876,816 BC 2,178,091 Yukon 19,241 NWT 24,543 Nunavut 15,147 (Numbers rounded off to nearest person)

Greetings All. Please note that the information taken from the Statistics Canada website, as presented below by Susan, provides only a small part of the overall picture relating to the 'informed consent' question on Census 2006. A more complete picture of the response, or lack thereof, to the informed consent question is provided in my latest column, available at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0099.htm Please pay particular attention to the second and third articles in this column. Feel free to forward information in these articles to any and all genealogical or historical societies for their information. It is particularly important to note that the informed consent question on the 2006 Census did NOT, (as indicated below) for the first time ALLOW respondents to have information they provided be released to public access 92 years in the future. What the informed consent question did, for the first time in history, was to allow respondents to PREVENT release of information they provide after a reasonable period of closure. The value of Census to genealogical and historical researchers has been in the 'completeness' of the records. We were advised that if we did not agree not to oppose inclusion of the informed consent question in Bill S-18, the Bill to guarantee release of Historic Census records would not be presented to Parliament. The informed consent question has destroyed the completeness of available Census records from 2006 and on, and has therefore destroyed the value of future Censuses for complete genealogical and/or historical research. It took us eight years to regain public access to Historic Census records that existing legislation already stated our entitlement to. We must now fight to seek a review of the administration and effect of the informed consent question NOW, before the value of another Census for research purposes has been destroyed. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Read my column, 'Gordon Watts Reports' at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. ----- Original Message ----- From: "muriel m davidson" <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca> To: "Susan Leitch" <srleitch@sasktel.net>; <srleitch@sasktel.net>; <Canada-Canada-Campaign@rootsweb.com>; <CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-L@rootsweb.com>; <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] More census Susan -- The chart is very well done and shows the correct results of the 2006 census -- could have been a great deal better if there had been enumerators in towns and cities -- at present, 45% will not be able to find ancestors on the 2098 census records. Muriel M. Davidson Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee ----- Original Message ----- Muriel, A friend of mine put this together for our Branch meeting last night Susan Leitch Saskatoon 2006 Census results: The 92-year question Release of personal census information after 92 years Geographic name % who responded yes % who responded no/left blank Canada 55.58 44.42 Newfoundland and Labrador 59.09 40.91 Prince Edward Island 64.50 35.50 Nova Scotia 62.47 37.53 New Brunswick 62.01 37.99 Quebec 55.21 44.79 Ontario 55.15 44.85 Manitoba 55.03 44.97 Saskatchewan 56.14 43.86 Alberta 57.04 42.96 British Columbia 52.95 47.05 Yukon Territory 63.35 36.65 Northwest Territories 59.19 40.81 Nunavut 51.39 48.61 The 2006 Census, for the first time, allowed Canadians the opportunity of choosing to have their census information transferred to Library and Archives Canada and made publicly available in 92 years, in other words, in the year 2098. Nationally, 56% of respondents replied yes, and the remainder either said no or left the box blank. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/reference/info/gen_results.cfm The population for Canada in 2006 was 31.6 million people. That means 17.5 million people said YES Yes by Province Newfoundland & Labrador 298,681 PEI 87,624 Nova Scotia 570,640 New Brunswick 452,671 Quebec 4,166,219 Ontario 6,706,396 Manitoba 631,965 Saskatchewan 543,523 Alberta 1,876,816 BC 2,178,091 Yukon 19,241 NWT 24,543 Nunavut 15,147 (Numbers rounded off to nearest person)