Statistics Canada: National Household Survey

national household survey: It's a question prompted by this week's stalled release of data from the 2011 national household survey, over what Statistics Canada admitted were "serious errors.", according to CBC. After all, dozens of credit ratings agencies, as well as companies such as Air Miles, Aeroplan and even Facebook, already collect reams of detailed social and financial data on Canadians. Is there still a need for a national census, or could the government better manage its own data, mining much of the same information for less money and Could data mining ever replace the national household survey census? Those errors, along with rising survey costs $652 million so far about 15 per cent more than the 2006 long-form census and a considerably lower response rate 68 per cent in 2011 versus 93 per cent in 2006 have raised doubts among critics about the credibility of the current census and whether it's even necessary in the modern age of data mining. StatsCan delays latest household survey release over data problem 10 tidbits we've learned from the National Household Survey A geographical look at the National Household Survey (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.