Editing Statistics Act (section)

==Consent to release future census records==

After years of study by expert panels, discussion, debate (privacy vs the interests of genealogists and historians), and two earlier legislative attempts, Bill S-18 ''An Act to Amend the Statistics Act'' received Royal Assent on June 18, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=BILL S-18: AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATISTICS ACT|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/LegislativeSummaries/bills_ls.asp?lang=E&ls=s18&Parl=38&Ses=1&source=library_prb|publisher=Parliament of Canada|accessdate=8 August 2013}}</ref> The 2005 Act creates section 18.1 of the ''Statistics Act'' which releases personal census records for censuses taken between 1911 and 2001, inclusive, 92 years after each census.  In addition, starting with the 2006 Census, Canadians can consent to the public release of their personal census information after 92 years.  (See Question 53 of [[Canada 2006 Census]].) Census returns are in the custody of [[Statistics Canada]] and the records are closed until 92 years after the taking of a census, when those records may be opened for public use and transferred to [[Library and Archives Canada]] subject to individual consent where applicable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/S-19/index.html|title=Statistics Act|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=9 June 2013|quote=18. (1) The information contained in the returns of each census of population taken between 1910 and 2005 is no longer subject to sections 17 and 18 ninety-two years after the census is taken. (3) When sections 17 and 18 cease to apply to information referred to in subsection (1) or (2), the information shall be placed under the care and control of the Library and Archives of Canada.}}</ref>