The federal agency will be calling up to 1,800 homes in CBRM next week to conduct a survey for the municipality's planning department. Planning director Malcolm Gillis said the survey has benefits for both the municipality and Statistics Canada. "What Statistics Canada gets is their staff trained using real questions for real answers for real municipalities," he said. Malcolm Gillis says the municipality will get a professional survey for free and Statistics Canada will get an opportunity for staff to train and practice. In the letter to residents, Statistics Canada says the data will be provided to the CBRM, but it will not identify individuals or households.

Source: CBC News May 25, 2018 21:22 UTC