• Re: [OT] Canadian census

    From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.tv on Sun May 24 11:01:51 2026
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    On Mon, 4 May 2026 15:17:28 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I'm just doing my census and can't help but notice how it's increasingly >"woke". (Canada does censuses in years ending in 1 but do a sort of >mini-census in years ending in 6.)

    For instance, it's asking me what sex I am and while it previously just
    had options for male or female, now I have an option to fill in anything
    I like in a blank. It also asked me what my sex at birth was, as
    observed at the time of birth. (Actually, the new versions of the
    questions may go back to a previous census; I just don't remember.)

    For the benefit of our American friends, Canada has 2 censuses - the
    main one every 10 years in the year ending in 1 (e.g. one year later
    than the US) and a second MUCH shorter census in years ending in 6.

    I filled in the 2026 census online and it was MUCH shorter than the
    2021 census - as in roughly 2 screen pages in 2026 vs about 10-20
    pages (print) back in 2021. Took me at most 10 minutes to fill in the
    2026 version - 2 people in our household, yes we're related and not
    married to each other (e.g. my adult daughter and I) and no questions
    about income which I imagine they could have gotten from the taxman
    had they needed it.
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  • From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.tv on Sun May 24 11:03:33 2026
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    On Fri, 8 May 2026 17:09:27 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-05-08 00:19:45 +0000, Donald J. Trump said:
    Ed Stasiak wrote:
    Rhino

    I'm just doing my census and can't help but notice how it's increasingly >>>> "woke". (Canada does censuses in years ending in 1 but do a sort of
    mini-census in years ending in 6.)

    For instance, it's asking me what sex I am and while it previously just >>>> had options for male or female, now I have an option to fill in anything >>>> I like in a blank.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPMDCJrRpT8

    I saw that. Why does the Canada Census want to know if I hate President
    Trump or not?

    It's the sanity test question ... every sane person hates Trump the Chump. :-p

    I must have missed that question on the census form :)
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  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun May 24 16:12:15 2026
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    On 2026-05-24 2:01 p.m., The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Mon, 4 May 2026 15:17:28 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I'm just doing my census and can't help but notice how it's increasingly
    "woke". (Canada does censuses in years ending in 1 but do a sort of
    mini-census in years ending in 6.)

    For instance, it's asking me what sex I am and while it previously just
    had options for male or female, now I have an option to fill in anything
    I like in a blank. It also asked me what my sex at birth was, as
    observed at the time of birth. (Actually, the new versions of the
    questions may go back to a previous census; I just don't remember.)

    For the benefit of our American friends, Canada has 2 censuses - the
    main one every 10 years in the year ending in 1 (e.g. one year later
    than the US) and a second MUCH shorter census in years ending in 6.

    I filled in the 2026 census online and it was MUCH shorter than the
    2021 census - as in roughly 2 screen pages in 2026 vs about 10-20
    pages (print) back in 2021. Took me at most 10 minutes to fill in the
    2026 version - 2 people in our household, yes we're related and not
    married to each other (e.g. my adult daughter and I) and no questions
    about income which I imagine they could have gotten from the taxman
    had they needed it.

    Do you remember giving your date of birth in previous censuses? I don't
    but maybe I just forgot. It seemed like they were trying to match me to records they might have in other databases.
    --
    Rhino
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@dtravel@sonic.net to rec.arts.tv on Sun May 24 15:48:24 2026
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    On 5/24/2026 11:03 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Fri, 8 May 2026 17:09:27 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-05-08 00:19:45 +0000, Donald J. Trump said:
    Ed Stasiak wrote:
    Rhino

    I'm just doing my census and can't help but notice how it's increasingly >>>>> "woke". (Canada does censuses in years ending in 1 but do a sort of
    mini-census in years ending in 6.)

    For instance, it's asking me what sex I am and while it previously just >>>>> had options for male or female, now I have an option to fill in anything >>>>> I like in a blank.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPMDCJrRpT8

    I saw that. Why does the Canada Census want to know if I hate President >>> Trump or not?

    It's the sanity test question ... every sane person hates Trump the Chump. :-p

    I must have missed that question on the census form :)

    No doubt a side effect of your TDS. :)
    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.
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