What is the Progress of Seeding Follow-up Survey? How does it affect comparability with previous censuses?
Statistics Canada developed the Progress of Seeding (POS) follow-up to respond to the change to a mid-May Census Day when farmers have not finished seeding. Questionnaires from larger field crop farms reporting less than 90% of crops seeded were selected and followed up by telephone. A short telephone call verified the crops and areas actually seeded. In 2001, over 40,000 farmers were contacted across the country in this follow-up. The POS data replaced the figures reported on the Census of Agriculture questionnaire.
