676,000 Canadian census forms unfilled countrywide
{{date|July 31, 2006}}
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Currently there are 676,000 [[w:Canada 2006 Census|Canada 2006 Census]] forms unfilled countrywide following the [[w:May 16|May 16]] census, a large number for [[w:Alberta|Alberta]] and [[w:British Columbia|British Columbia]]. Canada operates a mandatory [[w:census|census]], requiring all citizens to participate or face court action, a $500 [[w:Canadian dollar|CAD]] fine and/or three months [[w:prison|imprisonment]].

Census workers are coming to citizens' houses and asking them to fill them out. “We’ll keep following up until we get them; it’s just costing taxpayers lots and lots of money for us to keep doing it,” said Lisa Gibbons from [[w:Statistics Canada|Statistics Canada]].

"The census provides a snapshot of the country as a whole and of individual provinces, and each community and how it compares with where it was five years ago," said Gibbons.

== External links ==

* [http://www.census2006.ca Offical site of the census]

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/story.php?id=245282|title=3,000 local census forms missing|author=Nicole Fitch|pub=Fort McMurray Today|date=July 31, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2006/07/05/census-alberta.html|title=Tardy Albertans not filling out census forms|author=|pub=CBC|date=July 31, 2006}}

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Currently there are 676,000 Canada 2006 Census forms unfilled countrywide following the May 16 census, a large number for Alberta and British Columbia. Canada operates a mandatory census, requiring all citizens to participate or face court action, a $500 CAD fine and/or three months imprisonment.

Census workers are coming to citizens' houses and asking them to fill them out. “We’ll keep following up until we get them; it’s just costing taxpayers lots and lots of money for us to keep doing it,” said Lisa Gibbons from Statistics Canada.

"The census provides a snapshot of the country as a whole and of individual provinces, and each community and how it compares with where it was five years ago," said Gibbons.

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