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The 2005 Act creates section 18.1 of the Statistics Act which releases personal census records for censuses taken between 1911 and 2001, inclusive, 92 years after each census. In addition, starting with the 2006 Census, Canadians can consent to the public release of their personal census information after 92 years.
Trociuk v British Columbia (AG), 2003 SCC 34 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms where a father successfully challenged a provision in the British Columbia Vital Statistics Act which gave a mother complete control over the identity of the father on a child's birth certificate on the basis it violated his equality rights.
Statistics Canada was formed by the Statistics Act, [20] which came into force on May 1, 1971. [21] It replaced the Dominion Bureau of Statistics , [ 22 ] which was formed in 1918. Statistics Canada published a print copy of the yearly almanac entitled Canada Year Book from 1967 to 2012 [ 23 ] when it ceased publication due to ebbing demand and ...
The census was started on June 1, 1901. All reports had been received by February 26, 1902. The total population count of Canada was 5,371,315. [1] This was an increase of 11% over the 1891 census of 4,833,239. The previous census was the 1891 census and the following census was the Northwest Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba ...
The Act outlines the powers and rules governing the executive and legislative branches of the provincial government of British Columbia. British Columbia is the only province of Canada to have such an act; the constitutions of other provinces are made up of a diffuse number of sources. [ 1 ]
The census count was taken as at June 1, 1931. The total population count was 10,376,379 representing a 17.9% increase over the 1911 census population count of 8,800,249. [1] The 1931 census was the seventh comprehensive decennial census since Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867.
It receives enquiries and complaints about the administrative practices and services of public agencies in British Columbia. [1] It is headed by the B.C. Ombudsperson, an officer of the provincial legislature who is independent of government and political parties.
In 1872, unification of labour began in Canada with the regionally popular Trade Unions Act, enacted by the Conservative Party of the first Canadian Parliament. [3] [4] The new act removed penalties for being a member of a union, which were capable of striking for improved employment, closing a company, and/or disrupting access to goods and services in Canada.