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From: "Gordon A. Watts" <>
Subject: Re: [MONTREAL] CANADA census after 1911
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:32:51 -0800
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The question in English can be found on the Statistics Canada website at

http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/reference/info/personal.cfm

To view it in French, click on the Francais link in the top left corner of
the link bar at the top of the page.

Gordon A. Watts
Co-chair, Canada Census Committee
Port Coquitlam, BC


----- Original Message -----
From: "muriel m davidson" <>
To: <>
Cc: ""Murray Quinn"" <>; "Gordon A. Watts"
<>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:05 AM
Subject: CANADA census after 1911


I am copying in Gordon A. Watts as he has the correct wording.
I can read and speak some French -- but I remember the
wording of the question could have been misunderstood
by both French and English language people.
One man at the senior's centre lives in an apartment building
with those of other languages -- he filled in at least 30 forms
because he knew the people - none spoke English or French,
and therefore did not know enough to contact the census
headquarters where over 40 languages were being used.
Muriel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Murray Quinn" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: [MONTREAL] CANADA census after 1911


Muriel,

I will be honest here; I don't even remember this question being
asked, and since it seems to be raising a few hackles, I, for one, would be
very interested in knowing what the precise "English" & "French" & wording
of this question was?

The Quinn

----- Original Message -----
From: "muriel m davidson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MONTREAL] CANADA census after 1911
>
> The wording of the YES/NO question was not really in
> "Canadian English or French" -- Dr. Ivan P. Fellegi is from
> Europe so phrased it his way - I thought it was oddly worded.
> Muriel M. Davidson



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