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Table 1
Location and collection method for the 2006 Census questionnaires
Questionnaire type	Collection method	Location of questionnaire use
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census.
Form 2A Short form	(1) Self-enumeration (2) Internet	Received by 80% of households throughout Canada.
Form 2B Long form	(1) Self-enumeration (2) Form 2C Long form Internet	Received by 20% of households throughout Canada.
Form 2C Long form	Self-enumeration	Used to enumerate people posted outside Canada including Canadian government employees (federal and provincial) and their families, and members of the Canadian Armed Forces and their families, as well as all other Canadian citizens and landed immigrants and non-permanent residents outside Canada who request to be enumerated.
Form 2D Long form	Canvasser method	Used to enumerate the Yukon, the Northwest Territories (with the exception of Whitehorse and Yellowknife), Nunavut, and Indian reserves, Indian settlements, Indian government districts and 'terres réservées'.
Form 3A Short form	Combination of the canvasser method and self-enumeration	Used in private dwellings enumerated on Form 2A, to enumerate usual residents who wish to be enumerated in private dwellings (e.g., roomers, lodgers, boarders). It is also used in collective dwellings enumerated from administrative records, to enumerate usual residents and live-in staff members.
Form 3B Long form	Combination of the canvasser method and self-enumeration	Used in private dwellings enumerated on Form 2B, to enumerate usual residents who wish to be enumerated in private (e.g., roomers, lodgers, boarders). It is also used in self-enumeration collective dwellings, to enumerate usual residents and live-in staff members.