▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁Qual itative ▁content ▁testing , ▁which ▁involved ▁solic iting ▁feedback ▁regarding ▁the ▁question naire ▁and ▁tests ▁responses ▁to ▁its ▁questions , ▁was ▁scheduled ▁for ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁with ▁more ▁extensive ▁testing ▁occurr ing ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁Statistics ▁Canada ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁submit ▁its ▁census ▁content ▁recommend ations ▁for ▁review ▁by ▁the ▁Parliament ▁of ▁Canada ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁for ▁subsequent ▁final ▁appro val ▁by ▁the ▁Cab inet ▁of ▁Canada . ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁Liberal ▁c au cus ▁meeting ▁after ▁forming ▁a ▁majority ▁government , ▁the ▁party ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁re inst ate ▁the ▁mand atory ▁long - form ▁census , ▁starting ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁By ▁early ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Statistics ▁Canada ▁had ▁announced ▁a ▁need ▁for ▁ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁to ▁complete ▁this ▁survey ▁to ▁commence ▁in ▁May . ▁ ▁Data ▁release ▁schedule ▁▁ ▁The ▁release ▁dates ▁for ▁ge ography ▁products ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Census ▁were : ▁November ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁for ▁boundary ▁files ▁( first ▁edition ), ▁road ▁network ▁files , ▁hydro graph y ▁files , ▁reference ▁maps ▁( first ▁edition ), ▁attribute ▁information ▁products ▁( cor respond ence ▁files ), ▁and ▁reference ▁gu ides ▁and ▁documents ▁( first ▁edition ); ▁and ▁February ▁ 8 ,