The following materials are provided as reference to help you better understand the census. In addition to English and French, each of them has been produced in 28 languages, including 15 Indigenous languages and dialects.
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Census questions and reasons why they are asked
The 2A-R questionnaire is the Census of Population questionnaire completed by northern, remote and Indigenous communities. The documents provided below include translations of the questions that appear on the 2A-R Questions and reasons why the questions are asked.
Please note that the census questions were translated for reference purposes only. The census questionnaire must be completed online, by phone, or in person with a census employee, in English or in French.
To complete your questionnaire online, please visit Census collection in select northern and remote communities.
The census questions in alternate formats, including American Sign Language (ASL), Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ), audio, DAISY, electronic braille and e-text are available on Alternate formats of the census questions.
For more information, please visit Frequently asked questions—Accessibility, alternate formats and non-official languages.
Immigrant languages
- Arabic (PDF, 776.87 KB)
- Chinese (simplified) (PDF, 741.32 KB)
- Chinese (traditional) (PDF, 732.00 KB)
- Hindi (PDF, 1.34 MB)
- Italian (PDF, 407.10 KB)
- Korean (PDF, 925.35 KB)
- Persian (PDF, 732.8 KB)
- Portuguese (PDF, 516.39 KB)
- Punjabi (Panjabi) (PDF, 1.26 MB)
- Russian (PDF, 570.01 KB)
- Spanish (PDF, 567.76 KB)
- Urdu (PDF, 543.10 KB)
- Vietnamese (PDF, 1.23 MB)
Indigenous languages and dialects
- Inuktitut (South Baffin) (PDF, 1.02 MB)
- Nunavimmiutitut (PDF, 417.68 KB)
- Innu (Montagnais) (PDF, 570.09 KB)
- Atikamekw (PDF, 504.77 KB)
- East Cree (PDF, 379.09 KB)
- Oji-Cree (PDF, 1.03 MB)
- Mi'kmaq (PDF, 578.04 KB)
- Tlicho (Dogrib) (PDF, 694.46 KB)
- Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree) (PDF, 1.16 MB)
- Nihithawiwin (Woods Cree) (PDF, 426.05 KB)
- Naskapi (PDF, 1.18 MB)
- Blackfoot (PDF, 410.40 KB)
- Saulteaux (Western Ojibway) (PDF, 566.74 KB)
- Nehinawewin (Swampy Cree) (PDF, 541.00 KB)
- Inuinnaqtun (PDF, 526.40 KB)
Fact sheets
The census and you
This fact sheet provides an overview of the census, when it takes place, why it's important and how census information is used.