The 2026 Census is now underway only in select northern and remote communities. If you have received an invitation letter, please select the Start questionnaire button below to complete your census.
Before you start your questionnaire, here are some helpful resources:
Message from the Chief Statistician of Canada
Thank you for participating in the 2026 Census. The information you provide is used to produce statistics that communities, organizations, businesses, and governments rely on to plan services, develop programs, and make informed decisions about employment, child care, schools, health care and more.
Your answers are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act (opens in a new window) and kept strictly confidential. By law, your household must complete a 2026 Census of Population questionnaire.
Statistics Canada makes use of existing sources of information, such as immigration and income tax and benefits data, to reduce the response burden placed on households.
The information you provide may be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes or may be combined with other survey or administrative data sources.
Count yourself into Canada's statistical portrait—complete your census questionnaire today.
Thank you,
André Loranger
Which communities are included in early census collection?
To see if census collection has begun in your community, please consult the list below. For communities not listed below, census collection will begin in May 2026.
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Cartwright (Labrador)
- Charlottetown (Labrador)
- Hopedale
- Makkovik
- Mary's Harbour
- Mushuau Innu First Nation
- Nain
- North West River
- Port Hope Simpson
- Postville
- Rigolet
- Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation
- St. Lewis
Quebec
- Akulivik
- Aupaluk
- Baie-d'Hudson
- Cree Nation of Chisasibi
- Cree Nation of Eastmain
- Eeyou Istchee Baie-James
- Inukjuak
- Ivujivik
- Kangiqsualujjuaq
- Kangiqsujuaq
- Kangirsuk
- Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach
- Kuujjuaq
- Kuujjuarapik
- Lac-Juillet
- Lac-Vacher
- La Nation Innu Matimekush-Lac John
- Cree Nation of Mistissini
- Cree Nation of Nemaska
- Oujé-Bougoumou Cree Nation
- Puvirnituq
- Quaqtaq
- Rivière-Koksoak
- Salluit
- Schefferville
- Tasiujaq
- Umiujaq
- The Crees of the Waskaganish First Nation
- Cree First Nation of Waswanipi
- Cree Nation of Wemindji
- Whapmagoostui First Nation
Ontario
- Attawapiskat First Nation
- Bearskin Lake First Nation
- Cat Lake First Nation
- Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part
- Deer Lake First Nation
- Eabametoong First Nation
- Fort Albany First Nation
- Fort Severn First Nation
- Kasabonika Lake First Nation
- Keewaywin First Nation
- Kenora, Unorganized
- Kingfisher Lake First Nation
- Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First nation
- Marten Falls First Nation
- Mishkeegogamang Ojibwe Nation
- Moose Cree First Nation
- Muskrat Dam First Nation
- Neskantaga First Nation
- Nibinamik First Nation
- North Caribou Lake First Nation
- North Spirit Lake First Nation
- Ojibway Nation of Saugeen
- Pikangikum First Nation
- Poplar Hill First Nation
- Sachigo Lake First Nation
- Sandy Lake First Nation
- Thunder Bay, Unorganized
- Wapekeka First Nation
- Wawakapewin First Nation
- Webequie First Nation
- Weenusk First Nation
- Whitesand First Nation
- Wunnumin Lake First Nation
Manitoba
- Barren Lands First Nation
- Bunibonibee Cree Nation
- Garden Hill First Nations
- God's Lake First Nation
- Little Grand Rapids First Nation
- Manto Sipi Cree Nation
- Mathias Colomb Cree Nation
- Northlands Denesuline First Nation
- Pauingassi First Nation
- Red Sucker Lake First Nation
- Sayisi Dene First Nation
- Shamattawa First Nation
- St. Theresa Point First Nation
- War Lake First Nation
- Wasagamack First Nation
- York Factory First Nation
Saskatchewan
- Black Lake Denesuline First Nation
- Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation
- Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation
- Stony Rapids
Alberta
- Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
- Little Red River Cree Nation
- Mackenzie County
- Mikisew Cree First Nation
- Wood Buffalo
Yukon
- Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
Northwest Territories
- Aklavik
- Behdzi Ahda' First Nation
- Deline First Nation
- Fort Good Hope
- Gwichya Gwich'in
- Paulatuk
- Sachs Harbour
- Teetl'it Gwich'in Band Council
- Tuktoyaktuk
- Tulita Dene
- Ulukhaktok
Nunavut
All communities in Nunavut are included in early collection.
In which Indigenous languages and dialects are the census questions available?
The census questionnaire must be completed in English or French, but the census questions are available for reference in the following Indigenous languages and dialects.
To access the questions in any of the below languages, please visit Census information in many languages.
- Inuktitut (South Baffin)
- Nunavimmiutitut
- Innu (Montagnais)
- Atikamekw
- East Cree
- Oji-Cree
- Mi'kmaq
- Tlicho (Dogrib)
- Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree)
- Nihithawiwin (Woods Cree)
- Naskapi
- Blackfoot
- Saulteaux (Western Ojibway)
- Nehinawewin (Swampy Cree)
- Inuinnaqtun
Census spotlight
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