Media advisory - Statistics Canada to hold news conference to present 2021 Census data on First Nations people, Métis and Inuit in Canada and Canada's housing

OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 14, 2022 /CNW/ - On September 21, 2022, Statistics Canada will release the fifth set of results from the 2021 Census. This release will focus on First Nations people, Métis and Inuit in Canada as well as Canada's housing portrait.

The release will be published in Statistics Canada's Daily at 8:30 a.m. eastern time on September 21, 2022. Information about subsequent releases throughout 2022 is available here.

Statistics Canada releases 2021 Census data on First Nations people, Métis and Inuit and on Canada's housing portrait

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Statistics Canada officials will hold a news conference to present high-level national, provincial, and territorial findings for the fifth release from the 2021 Census. Officials will be available to answer questions from the media following their remarks.

On September 21 and the following days, Statistics Canada will also grant interviews regarding this 2021 Census data release. Members of the media are invited to submit their requests for interviews and/or custom tabulations ahead of the release date to the Media Hot Line .

Date
September 21, 2022

Time
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM (EDT)

Location
The news conference will be held virtually.

Participation in the question and answer portion of this event is for accredited members of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery only. Media who are not members of the Press Gallery may contact [email protected] to request temporary access. A teleconference line is also available for media who wish to listen to the event:

Toll-free dial-in number (Canada/US): 1-866-206-0153
Local dial-in number: 613-954-9003
Participant passcode: 6871810#

Associated link:
2021 Census of Population – Backgrounder for Media

SOURCE Statistics Canada

Media Relations, Statistics Canada, [email protected]