Social media rules of engagement

Statistics Canada reserves the right to edit or remove any post or comment that does not comply with the rules listed below. Users acting contrary to these rules may be temporarily or permanently excluded from Statistics Canada's social media accounts.

Be respectful

Your post or comment must not contain

• profanity or discrimination on the basis of, for example, race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, or sexual orientation
• text written in all capital letters, which can be difficult to read and might be interpreted as yelling

Be accountable

Your post or comment must be

• relevant to Statistics Canada or the subject matter of the discussion topics
• in either English or French
• coherent and intelligible
• original (it cannot be excerpted from another source)
• without announcement from labour and political organizations
• without reference to any commercial activity such as advertising or publicity
• considerate of your privacy and the privacy of others (do not include your phone number or email address in your post or comment)

Be patient

Statistics Canada cannot commit to replying to every message or comment posted, but we will engage in conversations when appropriate.