Selected COVID-19 responses

• On June 10th, the Government of Canada announced that mandatory randomized testing would be temporarily suspended at all airports between June 11th and June 30th, and that unvaccinated travellers will still be tested on-site. The Government said that as of July 1st, all testing, including for unvaccinated travellers, would be performed off-site.
• On June 14th, the Government of Canada announced that as of June 20th, vaccination will no longer be a requirement for domestic and outbound travel. The Government also said that travellers on federally regulated planes and trains continue to be required to wear a mask throughout their journey and that current vaccination requirements for travellers entering Canada will remain in effect.
• On June 29th, the Government announced it was extending current border measures for travellers entering Canada until at least September 30, 2022. The Government also said that the pause of mandatory random testing would continue at all airports until mid-July for travellers who qualify as fully vaccinated.
• The Government of Quebec announced on June 1st it was lifting the state of health emergency that had been declared on March 13, 2020.

Selected responses to Russia's attack on Ukraine

• On June 8th, the Government of Canada announced it was imposing new sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations and that the new measures impose a ban on the export of 28 services vital for the operation of the oil, gas and chemical industries, including technical, management, accounting and advertising services

Resources

• Calgary-based Imperial Oil Limited announced that it, together with ExxonMobil Canada, had entered into an agreement with Whitecap Resources Inc., also of Calgary, for the sale of XTO Energy Canada for a total cash consideration of $1.9 billion. Imperial said the assets include 567,000 net acres in the Montney shale, 72,000 net acres in the Duvernay shale, and additional acreage in other areas of Alberta. Imperial also said the sale is expected to close before the end of the third quarter of 2022, subject to regulatory approvals.
• Calgary-based Cenovus Energy Inc. announced it had reached an agreement to purchase the remaining 50% of the Sunrise oil sands project in northern Alberta from BP plc of the United Kingdom for total consideration of $600 million in cash, a variable payment with a maximum cumulative value of $600 million expiring after two years, and Cenovus’s 35% position in the undeveloped Bay du Nord project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. Cenovus said the transaction is anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2022, subject to closing conditions and normal purchase price adjustments.
• Saskatoon-based Nutrien Ltd announced it plans to increase its annual potash production capability to 18 million tonnes by 2025 in response to the uncertainty of supply from Eastern Europe. Nutrien said this represents an increase of more than 5 million tonnes, or 40%, compared to its production in 2020. Nutrien also said it will hire and train approximately 350 people and invest in underground mining equipment, mine development, storage, and loadout capacity to boost production.

Telecommunications

• Vancouver-based TELUS Corporation announced it had entered into a definitive agreement with LifeWorks, Inc. of Toronto pursuant to which TELUS will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of LifeWorks for approximately $2.9 billion, including debt. TELUS said the transaction is expected to occur on or about the fourth quarter of 2022, subject to required court, LifeWorks shareholder, stock exchange, and regulatory approvals.
• Toronto-based Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw Communications Inc. of Calgary, and Quebecor Inc. of Montreal announced an agreement for the sale of Freedom Mobile Inc. of Toronto to Quebecor for an enterprise value of $2.85 billion. The companies said the transaction is expected to close substantially concurrently with closing of the Rogers-Shaw transaction, subject to clearance under the Competition Act and the approval of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).

Other news

• The Bank of Canada increased its target for the overnight rate by 50 basis points to 1.50%. The last change in the target for the overnight rate was a 50 basis points increase in April 2022.
• On June 1st, TD Canada Trust, RBC Royal Bank, Scotiabank, BMO Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), and Laurentian Bank of Canada announced they were increasing their Canadian prime lending rate by 50 basis points from 3.20% to 3.70%, effective June 2, 2022.
• British Columbia’s minimum wage increased from $15.20 to $15.65 per hour on June 1st.
• The Government of Ontario announced on June 30th that it was cutting the gas tax by 5.7 cents per litre and the fuel tax by 5.3 cents per litre for six months, beginning July 1st.
• Montreal-based Canadian National Railway Company (CN) announced on June 20th that normal rail operations continue as it had implemented its operation contingency plan as the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) strikes.
• Luxembourg-based JAB Holding Company and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited of Toronto announced a strategic partnership in which JAB’s pet insurance business has agreed to acquire all of Fairfax’s interests in the Crum & Forester Pet Insurance Group of Ohio and Pethealth Inc. of Oakville for USD $1.4 billion. The companies said the transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions, including various regulatory approvals.

United States and other international news

• The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 75 bps to 1.50% to 1.75% and said it anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate. The last change in the target range was a 50 basis points increase in May 2022. The Committee also said it will continue reducing its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities.
• The European Central Bank (ECB) announced that (i) the interest rates on the main refinancing operations, the marginal lending facility, and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50%, respectively; (ii) it would end net asset purchases under its asset purchase programme (APP) as of July 1, 2022 and continue reinvesting, in full, the principle payments from maturing securities purchased under the APP for an extended period of time; and (iii) it intends to reinvest the principal payments from maturing securities purchased under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) until at least the end of 2024.
• The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to increase the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%. The last change in the Bank Rate was a 25 basis points increase in May 2022.
• The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced it will apply a negative interest rate of -0.1% to the Policy-Rate Balances in current accounts held by financial institutions at the BoJ and that it will purchase a necessary amount of Japanese government bonds (JGBs) without setting an upper limit so that 10-year JGB yields will remain at around zero percent.
• The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) increased the target for the cash rate by 50 basis points to 0.85%. The last change in the target for the cash rate was a 25 basis points increase in May 2022.
• The Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Committee of Norway's Norges Bank decided to raise the policy rate by 50 basis points to 1.25%. The last change in the policy rate was a 25 basis points increase in March 2022.
• The Executive Board of Sweden's Riksbank raised the repo rate by 50 basis points to 0.75%. The last change in the repo rate was a 25 basis points increase in April 2022.
• OPEC and non-OPEC members announced on June 2nd they had decided to adjust upward the monthly overall production by 0.648 mb/d for the month of July 2022. In a subsequent release on June 30th, OPEC and non-OPEC members announced they had agreed to adjust upward the monthly overall production by 0.648 mb/d for the month of August.
• Texas-based Freeport LNG Development, L.P. announced that on June 8th a fire occurred at the Freeport LNG liquefaction plant on Quintana Island, Texas. Freeport said that resumption of partial operations is targeted to be achieved in approximately 90 days and that completion of all necessary repairs and a return to full plant operations is not expected until late 2022.
• New York-based Revlon, Inc. announced that it and certain of its subsidiaries had filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court and that none of its international operating subsidiaries are included in the proceedings, except Canada and the U.K. Revlon said that upon receipt of court approval, the Company expects to receive $575 million in debtor-in-possession financing and that its management team will continue to run the business following the filing.

Financial market news

• West Texas Intermediate crude oil closed at USD $105.76 per barrel on June 30th, down from a closing value of USD $114.67 at the end of May. Western Canadian Select crude oil traded in the USD $90 to $109 per barrel range throughout June. The Canadian dollar closed at 77.60 cents U.S. on June 30th, down from 79.06 cents U.S. at the end of May. The S&P/TSX composite index closed at 18,861.36 on June 30th, down from 20,729.34 at the end of May.

Overview of the census

• The census is conducted every five years.
• The 2021 Census was Canada's 23rd national census.
• The year 2021 marked the 355th anniversary of the first census.
• The short-form questionnaire (2A): 75% of Canadian households received the short-form questionnaire, covering the following topics: age, sex at birth, gender, relationships of household members, marital status, language and Canadian military service.
• The long-form questionnaire (2A-L): 25% of Canadian households received the long-form questionnaire, covering the above-mentioned topics, as well as activities of daily living, sociocultural information, mobility, education and labour market activity.

Participating in the census

• As in previous years, the 2021 Census was mandatory. All residents of Canada were legally required to complete a census questionnaire, in accordance with the provisions of the Statistics Act.

Major releases from the 2021 Census

• Beginning February 9, 2022, seven major "themed" releases highlighted from the 2021 Census of Population. These releases are published in The Daily, Statistics Canada's official release bulletin, and offer data, analytical and reference products.

• On April 27, 2022, Statistics Canada released the second set of results from the 2021 Census. This release explored Canada's shifting demographic profile, and for the first time ever, included data about the gender diversity of our population. Additional questions on sex-at-birth and gender were added to the 2021 Census to allow more Canadians to better represented. Data about the various types of dwellings in Canada were also released.
• The next release, on July 13, 2022, will paint the portrait of Canada's families and households and provide information about the past and present military experience and income profile of Canadians. There are many other stories to come:
  • August 27
    • Linguistic diversity and use of English and French in Canada
  • September 21
    • First Nations people, Métis and Inuit in Canada
    • Canada's housing portrait
  • October 26
    • Portrait of citizenship and immigration in Canada
    • Ethnocultural and religious composition of the population
    • Mobility and migration

• The final release, on education, the labour force and instruction in the official minority language, will take place on November 30, 2022. After the seven major releases, there will be further releases of new analysis and products (dates to be determined).

Why do we conduct the census?

• The census paints a portrait of people in Canada and the places where they live.
• The census provides high-quality information that is used by all levels of government, businesses, and various community and social services organizations.
• Census data are used to administer government programs and plan daycare centres, schools, hospitals, housing, skills training for employment, public transportation and emergency services.
• The census is also conducted to meet statutory requirements. The population counts from the census are used to adjust the population estimates, which—in turn—are used to determine representation in Parliament, calculate transfer payments between different levels of government and support various government programs across the country.
• Census data are key during the pandemic since they are used for emergency response and preparedness purposes. Local-level census population, age, income and housing data are required by all levels of government to determine who is most vulnerable to the health and economic crisis underway. Furthermore, vaccine allocations have been conducted on a per capita basis, using census data.
• Census data will help us better understand the impacts of the pandemic on different groups and communities, as well as their evolution since the last census in 2016. Moreover, data collected in the 2021 Census will inform many of the economic and health-related policy decisions that must be made by all levels of government in the coming months and years as the aftermath of the pandemic continues to affect Canadians.

How did we conduct the census?

• Statistics Canada adapted to the reality of the pandemic to conduct a safe census that enabled Canadians to tell their story and provide vital information about their country and communities.
• Collection procedures for the census were redesigned to ensure respondents and census employees were safe by limiting the amount of contact needed to participate in this important exercise.
• All households were encouraged to complete the questionnaire online to adhere to a contact-free approach of census data collection.
• No census employees from Statistics Canada were permitted to visit or enter institutional collective dwellings (e.g., seniors' homes, long-term care facilities).

Languages and alternate formats

• The 2021 Census questions were available in 25 languages (13 Indigenous languages and 12 immigrant languages), in addition to English and French. The census questionnaire was available in only English and French, however, and had to be completed in either English or French.
• Materials such as large-print questionnaires, and braille, video and audio versions of the questions were available upon request by contacting the Census Help Line.

Content in the census

• Statistics Canada undertook a rigorous consultation, testing, review and approval process to ensure that the questions in the 2021 Census reflect demands for key information.
• The content proposed by Statistics Canada was submitted to Cabinet, and the questions asked in the 2021 Census were prescribed by an order in council, as is required by the Statistics Act.
• The 2021 Census of Population short-form questionnaire (2A) asked up to 17 questions on topics such as age, sex at birth, gender, relationships of household members, marital status, language and Canadian military service.
• The 2021 Census of Population long-form questionnaire (2A-L) contained the same questions as the short-form questionnaire, but also featured some new and modified questions on ethnic or cultural origins; religion; citizenship and immigration; First Nations people, Métis and Inuit; labour; and housing. Changes to questions are outlined in topic-specific fact sheets available on the Statistics Canada website.

Response rates

The national collection response rates for the Census of Population were as follows:

• 2006: 97.0%^{Footnote 1}
• 2011: 98.1%
• 2016: 98.4%^{Footnote 1}
• 2021: 98.0%^{Footnote 1} (during a pandemic)

The national collection response rates by Internet for the Census of Population were as follows:

• 2006: 18.5%^{Footnote 1}
• 2011: 54.4%
• 2016: 68.3%^{Footnote 1}
• 2021: 84.1%^{Footnote 1} (during a pandemic)

Please visit the agency website for a detailed breakdown (by geography and type) of the 2021 Census of Population collection response rates.

Date: April 2022

Program manager: Director, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics

Director General, Census Subject Matter, Social Insights, Integration and Innovation

Reference to Personal Information Bank (PIB)

Personal information collected through the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) is described in Statistics Canada's "Crime Statistics" Personal Information Bank (Bank number: StatCan PPU 029). The UCR collects personal information to produce statistical information relating to the nature and extent of crime in Canada and to describe the circumstances of criminal incidents, as well as the characteristics of victims and accused persons. Personal information is collected pursuant to the Statistics Act (Sections 3, 7, 13).

The Crime Statistics PIB is published on the Statistics Canada website under the latest Information about Programs and Information Holdings chapter.

Description of statistical activity

Statistics Canada conducts the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) under the authority of the Statistics Act^{Footnote 1}. The UCR collects data on criminal incidents that come to the attention of, and have been substantiated by, police. Information collected from police services includes personal information such as name, date of birth, gender, and characteristics of victims and accused persons involved in criminal incidents, as well as information relating to the nature and extent of the incidents.

The purpose of the survey is to measure the incidence of crime in Canadian society and its characteristics. The information is used by federal and provincial policy makers as well as public and private researchers.

More than 1,000 separate police services and detachments respond to the survey, comprising of over 190 different police forces. Starting in 2022, the Canadian Forces Military Police will become an active respondent to the UCR survey and will be required to provide the same information already provided by other police services.

Information on the UCR is available on Statistics Canada's website Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR)

Reason for supplement

While the Generic Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) addresses the privacy and security risks related to statistical activities conducted by Statistics Canada including the UCR, due to the sensitivity of the information being collected and in the context of the current Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)-Department of National Defence (DND) Sexual Misconduct dossier, this supplement describes the measures in place to protect the privacy and confidentiality of the information, and informs Canadians that the Canadian Forces Military Police will now be an active respondent to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) and will be reporting data on Criminal Code and Federal Statute incidents under their jurisdiction. As is the case with all PIAs, Statistics Canada's privacy framework ensures that elements of privacy protection and privacy controls are documented and applied.

Necessity and Proportionality

The collection of personal information for the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) by the Canadian Forces Military Police can be justified against Statistics Canada's Necessity and Proportionality Framework:

1. Necessity:
   The general benefits of the UCR data for Canadians have been well defined in terms of:
   • providing a comprehensive picture of crime in Canada
   • supporting police services and other justice stakeholders in their resource planning and program development for the policing community
   • supporting decisions about the distribution of police resources, definitions of provincial standards and for comparisons with other departments and provinces or territories
   • providing information for policy and legislative development, evaluation of new legislative initiatives, and international comparisons, and
   • helping media, academics and researchers use these data to examine specific issues about crime.
   To date, the response rate in terms of police respondents complying with the UCR survey is virtually 100 percent, but some respondents are still missing to ensure that the survey is covering the total crime that come to the attention of police in Canada. Among those few respondents missing is the Canadian Forces Military Police (CFMP). The CFMP is responsible to enforce laws and regulations on Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) establishments in Canada and abroad. They serve the entire CAF community, including Regular and Reserve Force members, civilian employees, cadets, and family members. Among the primary responsibilities of the CFMP are to investigate and report incidents involving military or criminal offenses and perform other policing duties, such as traffic control and traffic-accident investigations which are in scope of the UCR.
   To provide the most accurate picture of crime in Canada, it is important that all police services respond to the UCR. In addition, the CFMP has expressed its interest to be included in the UCR in order to be transparent regarding crimes on their military bases across the country. The Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics (CCJCSS) has therefore been working with the CFMP in including them in the UCR. In compliance with Statistics Canada's Policy on Informing Users of Data Quality and Methodology^{Footnote 2}, users of the UCR will be informed of the addition of the CFMP as a respondent to the UCR and of the relevant data quality and methodology through the Agency's Integrated Metadata Base (IMDB) UCR web page^{Footnote 3}.
   The CFMP will be reporting the same information as the current UCR respondents, including personal information on victims and accused involved in criminal incidents in Canada. The survey data file, without direct identifiers other than postal code and date of birth, will be made available to researchers in the Research Data Centres (RDC)^{Footnote 4} upon approval of requests to access the data for statistical research. Statistics Canada's directives and policies on data publication will be followed to ensure the confidentiality of any data released from the RDCs. Only aggregate results, which are fully anonymized and non-confidential, without direct identifiers, which precludes the possibility of re-identifying individuals, can be released from the RDCs. Statistics Canada will retain this data as long as required for statistical purposes, in order to conduct analysis of long‐term impacts.
   Data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) can be linked to other data sets for both specialized data production activities such as the update of the Crime Severity Index (CSI), as well as for cost-recovery or other specialized projects that address specific justice-related research questions and/or data gaps. Statistics Canada's microdata linkage and related statistical activities were assessed in Statistics Canada's Generic Privacy Impact Assessment.^{Footnote 5} All data linkage activities are subject to established governance^{Footnote 6}, and are assessed against the privacy principles of necessity and proportionality^{Footnote 7}. All approved linkages are published on Statistics Canada's website^{Footnote 8}.
2. Effectiveness - Working assumptions:
   Statistics Canada's Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) is an administrative data source that extracts police service files from their Record Management Systems on a monthly basis. It is the only source of data that collects information on all criminal incidents reported by Canadian police services. It is Canada's primary source of information to monitor the nature and extent of police-reported crimes across the country. Accordingly, including the Canadian Forces Military Police (CFMP) will allow for a more complete picture of crime in Canada.
   All Statistics Canada directives and policies for obtaining administrative data under the Statistics Act and dissemination of the data are followed, and information released does not disclose any information identifying victims or accused involved in a criminal incident reported by the police. Further, the CFMP is engaged in ongoing discussions with the CCJCSS to determine if additional vetting rules specific to their data are required to ensure the confidentiality of victims or accused.
   The data from the UCR survey is representative of crime in Canada and is disaggregated at the provincial and Census metropolitan Area (CMA)^{Footnote 9} geographical level and at the incident level. Information on victims and accused including age and gender, are grouped in order to ensure anonymity. More specifically, CCJCSS does not release any tables or cross-tabulations that may identify directly or indirectly a particular victim or suspect by the specifics of an offence. If necessary, data are suppressed to prevent direct or residual disclosure of identifiable data.
   The CFMP, in collaboration with CCJCSS, has established that the CFMP data will be systematically disseminated at a higher level of geography where their individual military bases' data will be published together as one respondent and included in the Canada level rollup only (no province breakout for confidentiality reasons). In addition, there will be ongoing discussions between the CFMP and CCJCSS to establish if additional residual disclosure rules for their data will be required.
3. Proportionality:
   Personal information such as name, date of birth, gender, and characteristics of victims and accused persons involved in criminal incidents, as well as information relating to the nature and extent of the incident is collected from more than 1,000 separate police services and detachments, comprising of over 190 different police forces which will now include the Canadian Forces Military Police. To provide the most accurate picture of crime in Canada, it is important that all police services respond to the UCR.
   The data collected through the UCR survey provide key information for crime analysis, resource planning and program development for the policing community.
   Municipal and provincial governments use the data to inform decisions about the distribution of police resources, to develop definitions of provincial standards, and for comparisons with other departments or jurisdictions. For the Federal Government, the UCR survey provides information for policy and legislative development, for the evaluation of new legislative initiatives, and for international comparisons.
   The UCR survey also provides information to the general public on the nature and extent of police-reported crime and crime trends in Canada. As well, media, academics and researchers use these data to examine specific issues about crime.
   All data extracted from police services administrative files are carefully considered to address specific data needs and gaps, and consultations with the Police and Information Statistics Committee (POLIS) from the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police are conducted on an ongoing basis.
   Proportionality has also been considered based on ethics:
   Data sensitivity: The data collected from the CMPF could be of a sensitive nature due to the current CAF-DND Sexual Misconduct dossier. The risk of sensitive information being disclosed is minimal since their data will be processed according to Statistics Canada's and the UCR-specific current practices. In particular, personal identifier variables (e.g. name and date of birth of victims and accused) are suppressed from the data and accessible to only a limited number of employees on a need-to-know basis. They are never disclosed.
   Approved researchers accessing the UCR microdata files in the RDCs must apply well defined vetting rules in order to use the data for research purposes. It has additionally been agreed on that the CFMP, in collaboration with CCJCSS, could develop additional vetting rules that may be applied, if required, to their specific data and those rules will be consistent across military bases for which information will be collected.
4. Alternatives:
   The Canadian Forces Military Police (CFMP) is not currently responding to the UCR Survey, therefore incidents reported under the Canadian Criminal Code by this force are not accounted for in the Canadian crime statistics released yearly by Statistics Canada. Including the CFMP as an active respondent will address this data gap.

Mitigation factors

Some of the variables contained in the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) such as names, date of birth and gender are considered sensitive as they directly identify individuals coming into contact with the police in the context of a criminal incident. The overall risk of harm to the survey respondents has been deemed manageable with existing Statistics Canada safeguards that are described in Statistics Canada's Generic Privacy Impact Assessment, as well as with some additional measures implemented specifically for the UCR. Data from the Canadian Forces Military Police (CFMP) could be perceived as of a higher sensitivity due to the CAF-DND Sexual Misconduct dossier. Additional safeguard measures will therefore be applied on those specific cases reported by the CFMP.

Measures for all StatCan surveys

The following describes some of the measures that apply to all surveys but that demonstrate safeguards of particular importance for the UCR.

The Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) has collected aggregate police-reported data since 1962 and incident-based data on the characteristics of all criminal incidents, victims and accused persons since 1988. The ongoing success of the UCR incident-based survey is dependent on the cooperation and participation of the police services across Canada. Statistics Canada takes great care to respect the trust that respondent police services place in Statistics Canada to safeguard the information that they have supplied. The confidentiality provisions stipulated by Paragraph 17(1)(b) of the Statistics Act require that the characteristics of individual incidents, accused or victims not be disseminated to the public.^{Footnote 10}

In addition to legislative requirements outlined by the Statistics Act, the Government of Canada and Statistics Canada have established a number of policies around collecting and storing sensitive statistical information, such as data collected through the UCR; these include the Federal Policy on Government Security^{Footnote 11}, and Statistics Canada's IT Security Policy and Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality.

To ensure compliance with these security requirements, physical security measures are put in place whereby data, including that of the UCR, are stored in a secure location where access is controlled and limited only to authorized persons on a need-to-know basis. More specifically, access to the data is controlled by file permissions and these permissions are only granted in a way to permit the minimum access necessary to program service delivery. All Statistics Canada employees, including deemed employees^{Footnote 12}, involved in the production of statistics are aware of their obligation to protect confidentiality and of the legal penalties for wrongful disclosure.

Furthermore, all direct identifiers (e.g. for the UCR, names, date of birth, and address of the victims or accused persons) are removed from the data files during UCR data processing steps and the files that contain these variables are stored in a separate secure area (server). Secure practices and processes are used in the production of statistics and access to any protected information is based strictly on the need-to-know principle and is limited to only those persons whose current work-related responsibilities require access to the information.

Measures for the UCR

The following describes some of the additional measures that apply to the UCR:

Statistics Canada's Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics (CCJCSS) also takes specific steps to preserve data confidentiality and where data users have access to microdata, for example, via Statistics Canada's Research Data Centres (RDCs), confidentiality vetting guidelines specific to the UCR survey have been developed in order to prevent the release of potentially sensitive information that pertains to the characteristics of a particular individual or incident.

Generally speaking, these measures include the UCR data made available in the RDCs for statistical research and analysis, and the results (outputs) of this analysis that can exported out of the RDCs.

UCR data available in RDCs

• A review of all the UCR variables was conducted to determine which variables would be included for access in the RDCs and which would not. Variables were marked for exclusion for one of two main reasons:
  • Direct identifiers – The variables that identify specific individuals or incidents (e.g., name of victim, name of accused, FPS (Finger Print Information System) number, police report number (incident file number)). These variables are not available in the RDCs under any circumstances.
  • Data quality issues – The data received from police services that are of poor or unknown quality.
• Consideration was also given to possible confidentiality risks that might be associated with the response categories for certain UCR variables, as these responses could potentially reveal sensitive information about the incident, the accused or the victim. For example, the precise time and date of particular incidents may be particularly revealing and as such are not releasable. When presenting data by these variables (e.g., cross-tabulating type of violation by time of incident), the researcher is required to collapse the time into 6-hour intervals. Therefore, where necessary, sensitive response categories are aggregated or collapsed into a more generic category to reduce any risk of disclosure.
• Similarly, individual violation codes for criminal offences captured on the UCR were examined to discern if there were any potential confidentiality issues that might result from releasing information for particular violation codes. Sensitive violation codes such as those related to the sexual violation of children, are grouped into a single category as 'Other Sexual Violations', therefore aggregated or collapsed under a more generic code to reduce any risk of disclosure.
• Finally, the retained variables were examined to identify any potentially sensitive variables (i.e., indirect identifiers or sensitive variables), that could, either alone or when appearing in conjunction with other variables, disclose confidential information. Once the potentially sensitive variables were identified, disclosure rules were then developed to manage the confidentiality concerns related to these variables.

UCR research and analysis outputs that can leave the RDCs

In order for statistical outputs resulting from analysis of the UCR data to receive approval for removal from the RDCs, the following confidentiality vetting rules must be satisfied.

First and foremost, statistical outputs may not be removed from the RDC if they can lead to the possible identification of a particular victim, accused person or incident.

For frequency tables (i.e., counts, rates, totals), a scoring method is used by the RDC analyst to determine the disclosure risk score for each table. The score is based on the nature and level of detail of the variables that make up that table, and increases as more sensitive variables are included. Variables that are potentially more sensitive (i.e., those associated with a higher risk of identification or revealing a characteristic that can be attributed to a single individual or incident) are given higher scores. The lowest score is a 0 and is awarded to variables associated with an extremely low risk of disclosure, whereas a score of 8 is given when the risk of disclosure is extremely high. Researchers will score their tables themselves. Then, after tallying the total disclosure risk score for a table, the researcher, in consultation with the RDC analyst, then compares the table score to the established threshold to determine whether or not it can be released.

For the UCR, the threshold for disclosure risk scores is 7. Frequency tables with scores at or below the threshold may be released as is – regardless of the cell count. Tables with disclosure risk scores above the threshold will not be releasable. In cases where tables score above the threshold, researchers may want to consider removing one or more sensitive variables or try using an aggregated variable to lower the table's overall score.

Alternately, with a few exceptions, researchers can choose to apply a controlled rounding process (rounding to base 5) to their tables. The RDC analyst will verify that the rounding program has been applied correctly.

Measures for UCR CFMP data

In collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics (CCJCSS), it has been determined that the Canadian Forces Military Police (CFMP) would like all of their bases' data published together as one respondent and included in the Canada level rollup only (no province breakout for confidentiality reasons). Additionally, measures such as rolling up certain offence types to avoid the release of disaggregated data that could potentially identify individuals and/or specific vetting rules related to the CFMP data may be developed by the CFMP and Statistics Canada, if required, in order to heighten confidentiality protection.

Conclusion

This assessment concludes that, with the existing Statistics Canada safeguards and additional mitigation factors listed above, any remaining risks are such that Statistics Canada is prepared to accept and manage the risk.

Formal approval

This Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment has been reviewed and recommended for approval by Statistics Canada's Chief Privacy Officer, Director General for Modern Statistical Methods and Data Science, and Assistant Chief Statistician for Social, Health and Labour Statistics.

The Chief Statistician of Canada has the authority for section 10 of the Privacy Act for Statistics Canada, and is responsible for the Agency's operations, including the program area mentioned in this Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment.

This Privacy Impact Assessment has been approved by the Chief Statistician of Canada.

The Canadian Survey on Disability will ask about long-term conditions, and/or health-related problems that you may have and how they impact your daily life. With your help, valuable information will be collected on the following topics

• the type and severity of disabilities, including age of onset and age of limitation
• medical conditions
• episodic disabilities
• medication use
• cannabis use
• types of aids, assistive devices and technologies used
• help received
• health care services and therapies
• education
• labour (employment)
• Veterans
• Internet use
• accessibility barriers
• general health
• housebound status
• social isolation
• sources of income
• food security
• homelessness
• sexual orientation
• COVID-19

On July 13, 2022, Statistics Canada will be releasing the third set of results from the 2021 Census of Population.

This release presents a portrait of Canada's families and households as well as the income profile of Canadians. For the first time in its history, the 2021 census will also include data on Canadian military experience across the country.

The census webinar will provide you with an overview of key results, including:

• Marital status and family structure, with – for the first time ever – data on the gender diversity of couples
• A new question on current and past military service in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)
• Income concepts and definitions
• Results, how to access data products and resources online and more.

Following the presentation, Statistics Canada officials will be available to answer questions.

Webinar video:

• 2021 Census of Population: Families, households and marital status, Canadian military experience, and Income

What is the 2021 Census of Population Webinar Series?

The 2021 Census of Population Webinar Series is based on our most recent census, held on May 11, 2021. The census provides a detailed and comprehensive statistical portrait of Canada that is vital to our country. The webinars will be presented after the major data releases scheduled between February 9 and November 30, 2022 and will share information on concepts, data products, and resources available from the 2021 Census.

Stay tuned for webinars on demography, families, Canadian military experience, income, linguistic diversity, indigenous peoples, housing, ethnocultural and religious diversity, immigration and mobility, education, labour and more.