Deonandan, Raywat2011-11-252011-11-2520112011-11-25Can J Public Health 2011;102(6):414-16.http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20447The discontinuation of the Canadian long-form mandatory census presents a crisis for data users. Examined as a tension between the need to preserve individual civil liberties and the need to curtail those liberties for the public good, the census crisis presents an opportunity for a public discussion on the specifics of our national values, beliefs and expectations.enpublic policycensusesinformed consentethicsresearchArticle