RR-038-24 2A-L Questions and reasons why for alternate formats
Introduction
Part 1
Part 2
Message from the Chief Statistician of Canada
Part 1 - 2A-L 2024 Census Test questions
Step A
1. What is your telephone number?
2. What is the address of this dwelling?
3. What is the mailing address of this dwelling, if different from above?
Step B
Whom to include in Step B
Where to include persons with more than one residence
1. Including yourself, how many persons usually live at this address on May 14, 2024?
2. Including yourself, list all persons who usually live here on May 14, 2024.
Step C
Did you leave anyone out of Step B because you were not sure the person should be listed?
Step D
If this address is:
Demographic information
1. Name (applies to paper questionnaire only)
2. What was this person's sex at birth?
3. What is this person's gender?
4. What are this person's date of birth and age?
5. What is this person's marital status?
6. Is this person living with a common-law partner?
7. What is the relationship of this person to Person 1?
8. Can this person speak English or French well enough to conduct a conversation?
9. a) What language(s) does this person speak on a regular basis at home?
9. b) Of these languages, which one does this person speak most often at home?
10. What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands?
11. Has this person ever served in the Canadian military?
12. Is this dwelling located in Quebec?
13. Did this person do any of their primary or secondary schooling in French in Canada (including immersion)?
14. In which type of program was this schooling in French done?
15. For how many years did this person attend a regular French program in a French-language school?
16. Did this person do any of their primary or secondary schooling in an English-language school in Canada (including immersion)?
17. For how many years did this person do their schooling in an English-language school in Canada (including immersion)?
Activities of daily living
18. a) Does this person have any difficulty seeing (even when wearing glasses or contact lenses)?
18. b) Does this person have any difficulty hearing (even when using a hearing aid)?
18. c) Does this person have any difficulty walking, using stairs, using their hands or fingers or doing other physical activities?
18. d) Does this person have any difficulty learning, remembering or concentrating?
18. e) Does this person have any emotional, psychological or mental health conditions (e.g., anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, anorexia, etc.)?
18. f) Does this person have any other health problem or long-term condition that has lasted or is expected to last for six months or more?
Sociocultural information
19. Where was this person born?
20. Where were this person's parents born?
21. a) Is this person a Canadian citizen?
21. b) Is this person a citizen of a country other than Canada?
22. What language(s), other than English or French, can this person speak well enough to conduct a conversation?
23. What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person's ancestors?
24. Is this person First Nations, Métis, or Inuk (Inuit)?
25. Is this person:
26. Is this person a Status Indian (Registered or Treaty Indian as defined by the Indian Act of Canada)?
27. Is this person a member of a First Nation or Indian band?
28. Is this person a registered member of a Métis organization or Settlement?
29. Is this person enrolled under, or a beneficiary of, an Inuit land claims agreement?
30. What is this person's religion?
Mobility
31. Where did this person live 1 year ago, that is, on May 14, 2023?
32. Where did this person live 5 years ago, that is, on May 14, 2019?
Education
33. Has this person completed a high school (secondary school) diploma or equivalent?
34. a) Has this person completed a Registered Apprenticeship or other trades certificate or diploma?
34. b) Has this person completed a college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma?
34. c) Has this person completed a university certificate, diploma or degree?
35. What was the major field of study of the highest certificate, diploma or degree that this person completed?
36. In what province, territory or country did this person complete their highest certificate, diploma or degree?
37. a) At any time since September 2023, was this person attending school, such as high school, college, CEGEP or university?
37. b) What type of school was this person attending?
Labour market activities
38. During the week of Sunday, May 5 to Saturday, May 11, 2024, how many hours did this person work for pay or in self-employment?
39. During the week of May 5 to May 11, 2024, was this person on temporary lay-off or absent from their job or business?
40. During the week of May 5 to May 11, 2024, did this person have definite arrangements to start a new job within the next four weeks?
41. Did this person look for paid work during the four weeks from April 14 to May 11, 2024?
42. Could this person have started a job during the week of Sunday, May 5 to Saturday, May 11, 2024 had one been available?
43. When did this person last work for pay or in self-employment, even for a few days?
44. For whom did this person work?
45. What kind of business, industry or service was this?
46. What was this person's work or occupation?
47. In this work, what were this person's main activities?
48. In this job or business, was this person an employee, self-employed, or an unpaid family worker?
49. Was this person's farm or business incorporated?
50. a) In this job, what language(s) did this person use on a regular basis?
50. b) Of these languages, which one did this person use most often in this job?
51. At what address did this person usually work most of the time?
52. a) What modes of commuting did this person usually use to get to work?
52. b) What main mode of commuting did this person usually use to get to work?
52. c) How many workers, including this person, usually ride in this car, truck or van to work?
53. a) What time did this person's trip to work usually begin?
53. b) How many minutes did this person's trip to work usually last?
54. a) How many weeks did this person work in 2023, including paid vacation?
54. b) What was the main reason this person did not work for the whole year in 2023, meaning from 49 to 52 weeks?
55. a) During most of these weeks, did this person work full time or part time?
55. b) What was the main reason this person worked mostly part time instead of full time in 2023?
56. In 2023, did this person pay for child care, such as day care or babysitting, so that this person could work at their paid job(s)?
57. In 2023, did this person pay child or spousal support payments to a former spouse or partner?
58. Does this person pay, partly or entirely, the rent or mortgage, taxes, electricity, etc. for this dwelling?
Step E
E1. Is this dwelling:
E2. Is this dwelling part of a condominium development?
E3. a) How many rooms are there in this dwelling?
E3. b) How many of these rooms are bedrooms?
E4. When was this dwelling originally built?
E5. Is this dwelling in need of any repairs?
E6. Is this dwelling located on an agricultural operation that is operated by a member of this household?
E7. a) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for electricity?
E7. b) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for oil, gas, coal, wood or other fuels?
E7. c) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for water and other municipal services?
E8. For renters only, answer parts a) and b):
E8. b) Is this dwelling subsidized?
E9. For owners only, answer parts a) through e):
E9. b) Are the property taxes (municipal and school) included in monthly mortgage or loan payments indicated in the previous question?
E9. c) What are the estimated yearly property taxes (municipal and school) for this dwelling?
E9. d) If you were to sell this dwelling now, for how much would you expect to sell it?
E9. e) What are the monthly condominium fees?
Step F
Comments
That law protects what you tell us
Part 2
What is the census?
Why is the 2024 Census Test important?
What happens to the information you provide?
Your role
Why we ask the questions
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