In a move that has genealogists gasping in horror the Canadian government has decided the 2011 census will be voluntary (instead of the usual mandatory) and will be kept private instead of being released after 100 years.
To protest this decision or make your views known to the government please write to your Member of Parliament!
Federal Government Destroys Value of Future Census, Gordon Watts Reports, 30 June 2010
Census changes under fire, Vancouver Sun, 30 Jun 2010
Tories scrap mandatory long census, CBC News, 29 Jun 2010
Genealogists slam new restrictions on Canadian census information, Vancouver Sun, 29 Jun 2010
Are Canada's Future Historical Censuses In Jeopardy?, CanadaGenealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt', 29 Jun 2010
Canadian Census Long Form to become Voluntary, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, 29 Jun 2010
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