Question-level quality indicators for long-form content of the 2021 Census of Population

Released: 2022-11-30

Data quality indicators for some questions asked on the 2021 Census of Population long-form questionnaire are now available. These quality indicators include non-response rates and imputation rates for the questions on housing and Indigenous peoples. Indicators for other questions asked on the long-form questionnaire will become available in the coming months.

Data tables containing question-level quality indicators for the 2021 Census of Population are produced for many geographic levels. More information on quality indicators is available in the 2021 Census Data Quality Guidelines, as well as in the reference guides for each domain of interest, available on the page Reference materials, 2021 Census.

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