Thread by @perspicuity1

I got the long form census this year. Question 30 is about religion. The way it’s presented I could have answered with my childhood church, thereby validating/perpetuating it, but that doesn’t reflect my adult self. Click the link, study the suggestions and answer accurately.

https://twitter.com/perspicuity1/status/1390317143858765826

If anyone else is doing the long form and could get screen shots of both “question 30” and the “list” I’d be obliged.

30. What is this person's religion?
Indicate a specific denomination or religion even if this person is not currently a practising member of that group.

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For example, Roman Catholic, United Church, Anglican, Muslim, Baptist, Hindu, Pentecostal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jewish, Greek Orthodox, etc.
For additional examples of denominations and religions, visit...

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Choices are:

•Specify one denomination or religion only.
or
◦No religion

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I pulled that off the webpage statcan.gc.ca/eng/statistica…

Following the word visit is an URL that is not a link! In other words, for this particular presentation you have to copy the URL text and paste it into the address bar. This is a barrier to use. Why? www12.statcan.gc.ca/religion-e

As mentioned earlier if you’re completing the census online you can click a live link and get the list of denominations and religions in a new window.

My questions
• if Raelian is included why isn’t Pastafarianism?
• what is the reason for such a elaborate example list?

• why is the census, something I think of as a national statistical snapshot, asking for an religion “even if this person is not currently a practising member of that group”?

Isn’t religion a practice?

Why ask about the past? - That’s what previous censuses are for.

• what is the value in asking about a *specific* denomination when you’re only sampling a percentage of the population.

• does the way the question is asked risk skewing the results to make religion more dominant in Canadian profile and policy than is representative?

cui bono?

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