One of the biggest contributing factors in the decision was cost.

The analysis in the report suggests a discrepancy between racialized Canadians and non-racialized, or white, Canadians, as the authors define them.

Results from the civic census shows Calgary's population is now 1,285,711, up 18,367 from last year. That change represents a 1.45 per cent increase.

Instead, Trump says he's ordering every federal department and agency to provide the Commerce Department with all records it requests pertaining to the number of citizens and noncitizens in the country.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Barr said the Trump administration will take action in the coming days that he believes will allow the government to add the controversial census query.

President Trump insisted Wednesday that he is not dropping efforts to include a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 census, even as the U.S. Census Bureau has started the process of printing the questionnaire without it.

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday started the process of printing the questionnaire without the controversial query.

The city won't call Calgarians and knock on doors until after the provincial election, on April 22.

Statistics Canada is hoping to expand a study that tests what Canadians are flushing down the toilet to better understand cannabis consumption.

The census is voluntary for parents and students.