2A-L Questions - 2026 Census
Introduction
Message from the Chief Statistician of Canada
Part 1
Step A
1. What is your telephone number?
2. What is the address of this dwelling?
3. What is the mailing address of this dwelling, if different from above?
Step B
Whom to include in Step B
Where to include persons with more than one residence
1.Including yourself, how many persons usually live at this address on May 12,2026?
2.Including yourself, list all persons who usually live here on May 12, 2026
Step C
Did you leave anyone out of Step B because you were not sure the person should be listed?
Step D
If this address is:
Demographic information
1.Name (applies to paper questionnaire only)
2.What are this person’s date of birth and age?
3.What is this person’s gender?
4. What was this person’s sex at birth?
5. What is the relationship of this person to Person 1?
6.What is this person’s marital status?
7.Is this person living with a common-law partner?
8.Can this person speak English or French well enough to conduct a conversation?
9. a) What language(s) does this person speak on a regular basis at home?
9. b) Of these languages, which one does this person speak most often at home?
10. What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands?
11.Is this dwelling located in Quebec?
12.Did this person do any of their primary or secondary schooling in French inCanada (including immersion)?
13.In which type of program was this schooling in French done?
14.For how many years did this person attend a regular French program in a French-language school in Canada?
15. Did this person do any of their primary or secondary schooling in an English-language school in Canada (including immersion)?
16. For how many years did this person do their schooling in an English-language school in Canada (including immersion)?
Activities of daily living
17. a) Does this person have any difficulty seeing (even when wearing glasses or contact lenses)?
17. b) Does this person have any difficulty hearing (even when using a hearing aid)?
17.c) Does this person have any difficulty walking, using stairs, using their hands orfingers or doing other physical activities?
17.d) Does this person have any difficulty learning, remembering or concentrating?
17.e) Does this person have any emotional, psychological or mental healthconditions (For example, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance usedisorder, anorexia, etc.)?
17 f) Does this person have any other health problem or long-term condition that has lasted or is expected to last for six months or more?
General health
18. In general, how is this person’s health?
Sociocultural information
19. Where was this person born?
20.Where were this person’s parents born?
21.a) Is this person a Canadian citizen?
21.b) Is this person a citizen of a country other than Canada?
22.What language(s), other than English or French, does this person know wellenough to conduct a conversation?
23. What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person’s ancestors?
24. Is this person First Nations, Métis, or Inuk (Inuit)?
25. Which population group or groups best describe this person?
26.Is this person a Status Indian (Registered or Treaty Indian as defined by theIndian Act of Canada)?
27.Is this person a member of a First Nation?
28. Is this person a registered member or citizen of a Métis government, organization or Settlement?
29. Is this person enrolled under, or a beneficiary of, an Inuit land claims agreement?
Religion
30.What is this person’s religion?
Canadian military experience
31.Has this person ever served in the Canadian military?
Mobility
32.Where did this person live 1 year ago, that is, on May 12, 2025?
33. Where did this person live 5 years ago, that is, on May 12, 2021?
Homelessness
34.Considering homelessness experiences, over the past 12 months, has thisperson stayed in a shelter, on the street or in parks, in a makeshift shelter, in avehicle, or?
35.Considering other types of housing challenges, over the past 12 months, has thisperson lived temporarily with friends, family or others because they had nowhere elseto live?
36. What is this person’s sexual orientation?
Education
37. Has this person completed a high school (secondary school) diploma or equivalent?
38.a) Has this person completed a Registered Apprenticeship or other tradescertificate or diploma?
38.b) Has this person completed a college, CEGEP or other non-university certificateor diploma?
38. c) Has this person completed a university certificate, diploma or degree?
39.What was the major field of study of the highest certificate, diploma or degree thatthis person completed?
40.In what province, territory or country did this person complete their highestcertificate, diploma or degree?
41.a) At any time between September 2025 and May 2026, was this personattending school, such as high school, college, CEGEP or university?
41.b) What type of school was this person attending?
Labour market activities
42.During the week of Sunday, May 3 to Saturday, May 9, 2026, how many hoursdid this person spend working for pay or in self-employment?
43. During the week of May 3 to May 9, 2026, was this person on temporary lay-off or absent from their job or business?
44. When did this person last work for pay or in self-employment, even for a few days?
45.For whom did this person work?
46.What kind of business, industry or service was this?
47.What was this person's work or occupation
48. In this work, what were this person’s main activities?
49. Was this person an employee or self-employed?
50. Was this person’s farm or business incorporated?
51.Did this person look for paid work during the four weeks from April 12 to May 9,2026?
52.During the week of May 3 to May 9, 2026, did this person have definitearrangements to start a new job within the next four weeks?
53.Could this person have started a job during the week of Sunday, May 3 toSaturday, May 9, 2026, had one been available?
54.a) In this job, what language(s) did this person use on a regular basis?
54.b) Of these languages, which one did this person use most often in this job?
55.In a usual workweek, at which of the following locations does this person work
56.a) In a usual workweek, what modes of commuting does this person use to get towork?
56. b) In a usual workweek, what main mode of commuting does this person use to get to work?
56.c) How many workers, including this person, usually ride in this car, truck or vanto work?
57.a) What time does this person's trip to work usually begin?
57.b) How many minutes does this person’s trip to work usually last?
58.How many weeks did this person work for pay or in self-employment in 2025?
59. In 2025, did this person work mostly full time or part time?
60. In 2025, did this person usually attend any child care arrangement (for example, a daycare centre, a home-based child care, or other arrangement with or without costs)?
61.In 2025, did this person pay child or spousal support payments to a formerspouse or partner?
62.Does this person pay, partly or entirely, the rent or mortgage, taxes, electricity,etc. for this dwelling?
Step E
E1. Is this dwelling:
E2. Is this dwelling part of a condominium development?
E3. a) How many rooms are there in this dwelling?
E3. b) How many of these rooms are bedrooms?
E4. When was this dwelling originally built?
E5. Is this dwelling in need of any repairs?
E6. a) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for electricity?
E6. b) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for oil, gas, coal, wood or other fuels?
E6. c) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for water and other municipal services?
E7. For renters only, answer parts E7. a) and E7. b):
a)What is the monthly rent paid for this dwelling?
E7. b) Is this dwelling subsidized?
E8. For owners only, answer parts E8. a) through E8. e):
a)What are the total regular monthly mortgage or loan payments for this dwelling?
E8. b) Are the property taxes (municipal and school) included in the monthly mortgage or loan payments indicated in the previous question?
E8. c) What are the estimated yearly property taxes (municipal and school) for this dwelling?
E8. d) If you were to sell this dwelling now, for how much would you expect to sell it?
E8. e) What are the monthly condominium fees?
Step F
Comments
The law protects what you tell us
Part 2
What is the census?
Why is the 2026 Census of Population important?
What happens to the information you provide?
Your role
Why we ask the questions
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