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I love it that the Canadian census collects such detailed information about languages.

But I *hate* the user interface.

I just spent the better part of an hour creating a table that gives me the number of English and Dene speakers in two communities by age.

And even worse: I'm sure that in next year's census, they'll change the age groups, the language names, the census subdivisions, and/or the questions they ask. Plus of course the user interface.
#census #canada #linguistics

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Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: New Database Provides Insights Into Black Americans Born Before Emancipation. “Michigan State University’s ‘Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade’ website has recently published new data on more than 2 million Black Americans born before emancipation who were included in the 1900 census.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/25/journal-of-blacks-in-higher-education-new-database-provides-insights-into-black-americans-born-before-emancipation/

Morena New Zealand. It's another chilly morning in the south.

NZ CENSUS
After proving ineffective in the role of Health Minister, Shane Reti wearing his 'Statistics Minister' hat is lauding Stats NZ's plan to kill off the NZ census in favour of "administrative data from government agencies". Reti cites the UK as an example of what they're trying to achieve.

stuff.co.nz/politics/360727650

So how's it going in the UK? Whoops! They're on the verge of abandoning the reform, with leading academics and statisticians warning the approach “risks an increasingly fragmented and inaccurate data landscape”, describing the government’s plans as “wishful thinking”.

NZ's 2023 Census cost $325m. Luxon's losers have only budgeted $227m for the 2030 Census. They've grabbed $100m to feed their tax cuts for the rich. That's their main motivation for "reform".

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j

www.stuff.co.nzStuff

The ABS is starting to hire temp staff to help out with the 2025 Census.

Listings here: livehire.com/careers/abscensus

Key details:
- $32.86 + super + motor vehicle allowance
- Need to have comprehensively insured car (and ability to drive it).
- Need to have space to store blank census papers.
- Public facing role, so lots of talking to people and answering questions.
- Work period from 9 June to 21 July 2025.

EDIT: So the info PDF link seems to expire automatically after a while. You can download your own by clicking on your local area and then scrolling down to Related Documents.

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