Census Community Supporter Toolkit

The census is one of the most important sources of data for our country. Census data help Canadians make important decisions that impact our families, our communities and our businesses.

Statistics Canada is launching the Census Community Supporter Toolkit to provide you with tools and resources, such as web images, email templates, social media content, articles and newsletter content in one convenient location to help you share information about the upcoming data releases with your networks.

Share the news with your networks and keep coming back! The toolkit will be updated regularly.

What's in the toolkit?

Products and resources that you can share with your online community.

Materials available include:

Release 7 – November 30, 2022

Commuting

The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic. Lockdowns slowed the spread of COVID-19 and changed how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier.

Education

Canada's new education profile showcases the country's highly-educated population and the underused talents of foreign-educated immigrants.

Labour and Language of Work

These Census data highlight how the increasing diversity of Canada's labour force contributes to growth and prosperity, and how local circumstances are combining with social, economic and technological forces to shape labour market opportunities across the country.

Instruction in the Minority Official Language

The 2021 Census of Population has new data on children attending primary or secondary schools in the official minority language.

Promotional material for each census release

Share Census data with these promotional materials.

Release 6 – October 26, 2022

Immigration, place of birth, and citizenship

Immigration, place of birth, and citizenship

Immigrants accounted for 23.0% of the population in 2021, the largest proportion in over 150 years.

Ethnocultural and religious diversity

Ethnocultural and religious diversity

The census has evolved over time to reflect the changes in Canada's ethnocultural mosaic. Data on more than 450 ethnic and cultural origins from the 2021 Census are available.

Release 5 – September 21, 2022

Indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples

In 2021, 1.8 million Indigenous people were enumerated during the census.

Housing

Housing

The 2021 Census highlights the housing tenure trends of the past decade and how housing affordability has changed since the onset of the pandemic.

Release 4 – August 17, 2022

Language

Language

Immigration has continued to enrich Canada's linguistic diversity.

Release 3 – July 13, 2022

Families, households, and marital status

Families, households, and marital status

More persons living solo than ever before, but roomies the fastest growing household type.

Income

Income

Pandemic benefits cushion losses for low income earners and narrow income inequality.

Release 2 – April 27, 2022

Age

Grandfather pushing their grandchild on a park swing.

Canada faces record retirements from an aging labour force.

Sex at birth and gender

Portrait of a non-binary person raising an LGBTQ2+ community flag.

Canada is the first country to provide census data on transgender and non-binary people.

Type of dwelling

Aerial view of a suburb with detached houses

The different types of dwellings reflect the realities of a population that is getting older, becoming more diverse, and more urban.

Release 1 – February 9, 2022

Population and dwelling counts

Map of Canada silhouette made out of Canadian landscape photos

Canada's population grew at almost twice the pace of other G7 countries from 2016 to 2021.

Census challenge

Do the census challenge and share your score with your network on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit or TikTok.

Step 1 – Turn on a census playlist

2021 Census soundtrack

Get comfortable, press play, and let's experience Canada's musical talent together.

Step 2 - Play the census game

Census game

Test how much of a #CensusGeek you are!

Step 3 - Check out the newly released census data to learn more about Canada

Census of Population

The Census of Population provides a detailed statistical portrait of Canada and its people by their demographic, social and economic characteristics.

Step 4 – Share your favourite playlists, the census game score and what you've learned with your network

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter
  • TikTok

Web images

Your census, your stories (horizontal banner) (JPG, 45.1 KB)
Your census, your stories: Canada's portrait. 2021 Census data are here! www.statcan.gc.ca/census

Your census, your stories (Indigenous horizontal banner) (JPG, 47.7 KB)
Your census, your stories: Canada's portrait. 2021 Census data are here! www.statcan.gc.ca/census

Community supporter badge (PNG, 7.3 KB)
Proud Community Supporter. 2021 Census.

Community supporter badge (Indigenous) (PNG, 10.9 KB)
Proud Community Supporter. 2021 Census.

Your census, your stories tile (JPG, 57.3 KB)
Your census, your stories: Canada's portrait

Other resources

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