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Census day coming up June 3rd You will see and he message every where days leading up to Cana das national Census It will be advertised in newspapers and an tele- the Count yourself in Beginning on May Census Representatives will drop off questionn aire at your home You are expected to complete as of employee Mary with the new census questionnaire which will be delivered to ail n4i vision and radio It will he displayed on bank count ers on wall posters in offices post offices and stores June 3 is Census Day June all applicable questions on the form In larger urban areas the completed questionnaires are to be returned in the postagepaid envelope pro vided In smaller centres and rural areas questionn aires will be collected by Census Representatives Householders will he advised which method applies to them Approxi mately 70 per cent of all the 1981 Census of Population and Housing questionn aires will be mailed back and about 30 per cent wilt be collected Less than one per cent of the population those in remote areas will be enumerated by inter view About enumerat ors 1895 commissioners or supervisors and 191 Census Area Managers will he recruited locally to con duct the Census Commiss ioners will earn for a lateMarch to midJuly work contract and enumer ators will make between and an hour in May and June Over a fouryear period from to the preparation collection data processing and publi cation of the Census is expected to cost about million says Statistics Canada spokesman David Roy This works out to about per household a saving of about 20 per cent from the last major Census in The 1981 Census has been streamlined There are 25 per cent fewer questions than in the 1976 Census and only one in five households instead of one in three will be re quired to answer the longer form Four fifths of households will fill out a form By law all informi provided on the Census questionnaire is strictly confidential and can be used only Tor statistical purposes Severe penalties of up to in fines or up loan months imprison ment or both are provided for anyone who breaches the confidentiality of the The Census is import ant for governments busi nesses labour unions churches and other organ izations which affect the daily lives of Canadians That is why so many organ isations are making their employees clients or members swore of the Census to ensu that they have the Beat pBIsftle data to plan their undertak ings said Edward 1981 Census Manager LEARN TO DRIVE THIS SPRING BRAMPTON AND BRAMALEA CENTRES 4 WEEK COURSES SPECIAL SAT COURSE MAY 23rd81 MAY TUES MAY 630 to pm JUNE TUES JUNE 9th 6 30pm to 9 30 p WED MAY 13th 930 pm Young Drivers of Canada Census data tracks The Big Generation Who ore the boomies Baby food suppliers record companies and fris- manufacturers have made a fortune out of them They have left the educat ion system in a shambles They eventually will gain control of the political system and the economy and threaten the future of pension funds They arc what futurist and author John Kettle calls the Big Generation the seven million Canad ians bom between 1951 and who are moving with the calendar through the political social and econ omic systems of the coun try Information from past censuses provides much of the data for Kettles recent book about Canadas baby boom The Big Generat ion The June 3 1981 Census will update the pro gression of the Kettles book is a fascin ating profile of the Big Generation why it happen ed how it developed how it has influenced the nation and what effect it will have in the future From 1952 to between and children were born in Canada each year com pared to an annual average of only 275000 for all other years of the century On Census Day one- third of all the people in Canada had been born in the preceding 15 years Today according to the 1976 census data there are 100 workers for every pensioners If the retire ment age stays at years by the year 2026 one hund red workers will have to support pensioners The Big Generation is also making itself felt in the economy Members of the baby boom onethird of Canadas total population account for about per cent of the money spent by Canadian consumers today By the first decade of the next century will account for between and per cent of all consumer spending yet the baby boom members by then in their and 50s will make up only about a quar ter of the total population Remember Mom With a gift shell remember every day of the year I I MICRO WAVES Manufactured In Available at DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN 8772551 The Paint and Wallpaper Loft are pleased to announce their imams are Grand Opening Saturday May 9th at 900 am We will help YOU do it right The Paint and Wallpaper Loft Above the Carpet Barn Wat ThU Slu at Mill Georgetown 8776729