Between April 1 and 21, over 800 City census takers/enumerators will be knocking on Calgary doors.
Every year, The City conducts a census to get an official count of the population and dwelling units and every three years, during elections, enumeration data is used to plan for general and by-elections to improve service for voters on Election Day.
“Census is extremely important,” says Melanie Hulsker, Leader, Elections & Census. “It provides up-to-date demographic information which allows us to plan for population services like transit, police and fire.
This information is also used for community planning, transportation planning and budgetary decisions.
“The population of Calgary is used for per-capita grant funding information for the province,” says, Hulsker.
The number of eligible voter Information will be collected as well as data regarding the number of pre-school children, pets as well as school system support.
All census information is confidential and reported on a community basis so that each dwelling is unidentifiable. All information collected by the civic census is covered by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
It is very important to count yourself in to ensure information is collected for the Census and October Municipal Election. If residents are not home at the time of visit, the census taker/enumerator will leave a notice of Municipal Census Call. Residents are asked to call the census taker/enumerator at the number provided on the notice to complete their census and enumeration.
If residents are missed during the collection period, they are asked to call the Election and Information Services office at 403-476-4100 (option 3) to provide their information over the phone.
For more information on the census and previous year’s census data, visit the Civic Census page. This year’s results will be available about three months after the census is taken.
The Census takers will be wearing a City of Calgary issued numbered photo identification badge.
Monday, March 29, 2010
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Why no web page to save paying 800 people?
ReplyDeleteperhaps because 40 - 50% of the pop. do not have access to computers....
ReplyDeleteRight. Census takers have to get responses from 99% of the Calgarians on their route in 21 days in order to get paid ANYTHING. I'm not making that up - my wife is doing it.
ReplyDeleteWhat percentage of Calgarians would do the census on a webpage on their own time? Maybe twenty percent? And if the census isn't accurate, then the politicians will end up making decisions for months based on bad numbers... now, that we can't afford.
Why does my census taker need the names of my household eligible voters?
ReplyDeleteAccording to the announcment above, "The number of eligible voter Information will be collected as well as data regarding the number of pre-school children..", there was no mention of names of eligible voters.
Webpage/internet, phone-in, fax-in, email are today's choice of technology use. They should be made available for citizens to choose. And census taker for the area will be paid regardless of mode of communications.
ReplyDeleteWhy do they need to know about pets? Does that have anything to do about selling licences or fines?
ReplyDeleteIs it illegal to refuse the Calgary census?
ReplyDeleteFrom Melanie Hulsker, leader, Elections & Census,
ReplyDeleteThere is not a legal requirement to participate in the Civic Census however, we strongly encourage residents to participate as it only takes a couple of minutes to complete the Census.
thanks!