You might be hearing for Statistics Canada over the next few months.

You may be contacted by telephone, mail, email, text message, or in-person at your home. For most surveys, Statistics Canada will first send an invitation letter or email to let respondents know about the purpose of the survey and to inform them that an interviewer will contact them. Statistics Canada interviewers work at different times of the day, seven days a week and sometimes on holidays.

Please take the time to complete these important surveys. Survey data helps provide an accurate picture of the job situation, cost of living, and economy in Canada. Survey data will be used to guide government decisions and assist Canadians in their everyday lives.

Worried it’s a scam? Here’s how you can verify a survey is being conducted by Statistics Canada:

• Look up the name of the survey in the list of surveys in collection
• Contact Statistics Canada toll-free at 1-877-949-9492 or TTY: 1-800-363-7629
• Email infostats@statcan.gc.ca

Thanks!