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How does Statistics Canada ensure that confidentiality is maintained in published data?

April 26, 2017confidentiality Data ensure maintained published statistics

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How does Statistics Canada ensure that confidentiality is maintained in published data?

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Statistics Canada is bound by law to protect the identity of individuals in all published data. As a result, the Agency has established careful procedures to ensure that confidentiality is protected. For example, no information is published for areas with populations below a certain size. In the case of income, no information is published for areas with populations below 250. Census information available to the public cannot be related to any individual, any family or any single household.