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What’s new for 2001
Data dissemination
New topics
New definition of the family
Data dissemination
Electronic formats (Internet/CD-ROM) replace paper as the primary dissemination
media for 2001 Census of Agriculture data products. A full edition of
The Daily featuring analytical text and charts is available
on Statistics Canada’s Web site.
New topics
Computer use for farm management
As it has since 1986, the 2001 Census of Agriculture has data
on the number of farmers using a computer to manage their farm. In 2001
however,
data is also available for the first time on whether they
are using it for accounting, inventory control, word processing, Internet,
e-mail or some other application.
Leased machinery
In 2001, the Census of Agriculture asked respondents to distinguish
between
"owned" and "leased" for each type of farm machinery
and equipment. Past censuses have not made this distinction.
Certified organic products
The 2001 data also include information on how many farmers are producing
certified organic commodities and categorizes them by type (fruit, vegetables,
greenhouse products, field crops, animals or animal products, or "other").
New definition of the family
For the 1996 Census, the definition of census family referred to a
now-married couple (with or without never-married sons and/or daughters
of either
or both spouses), a couple living common-law (with or without never-married
sons and/or daughters of either or both partners) or a lone-parent
of any marital status, with at least one never-married son or daughter
living in the same dwelling.
This concept of the family had not changed since 1976. However, during
the planning for the 2001 Census of population, it was decided that some
changes were required because changes to federal and provincial legislation
put same-sex couples on an equal footing with opposite-sex common-law
couples; because the United Nations recommended the change to help standardized
concepts with censuses of member countries; and also because a significant
number of persons less than 15 years of age classified as "non-family
persons" in previous censuses.
As a result, the census family concept for the 2001 Census reflects
the following changes:
- Two persons living in a same-sex common-law relationship, along with
any of their children residing in the household, are considered a census
family.
- Children in a census family can have been previously married (as
long as they are not currently living with a spouse or common-law partner).
Previously, they had to be "never-married".
- A grandchild living in a three-generation household where the parent
(middle generation) is never-married is, contrary to previous censuses,
now considered as a child in the census family of his or her parent,
provided the grandchild is not living with his or her own spouse,
common-law partner, or child. Traditionally, the census family usually
consisted
of the two older generations.
- A grandchild of another household member, where a middle-generation
parent is not present, is now considered as a child in the census
family of his or her grandparent, provided the grandchild is not
living with
his or her own spouse, common-law partner, or child. Traditionally,
such a grandchild would not be considered as a member of a census
family.
For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary,
catalogue numbers 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.
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