Statistics are based on that. At Statistics Canada, we conduct extremely high quality surveys with extremely large samples, but none is as large as the long-form census. With the long form, we ask questions to 7 million people or more.
In 2021, if we ask those questions to 10,000 people, will we get less accurate data?
Even for small geographic areas, we do not think that will be the case. We have in fact demonstrated that we now have extremely accurate data. Since we address a fairly small population and ask a certain number of questions, as in this case, we want to be sure we choose the most reliable and effective methodology. That is what has to be clearly identified. That is all I can say on the matter.