Consultation with census data users, clients, stakeholders and other interested parties closed in November 2012.

[6] On November 5, 2015, during the first Liberal caucus meeting after forming a majority government, the party announced that it would reinstate the mandatory[7] long-form census,[8] starting in 2016.

[13] Because of a wildfire in early May in northeast Alberta, Statistics Canada suspended enumeration efforts in the Fort McMurray area with alternate means to collect data from its evacuated residents to be determined at a later date.

[14] Shortly after re-entry, residents were encouraged to complete their census form online or over the phone; however door-to-door enumeration remained suspended.

[15] Non-binary activists expressed concern that the choice between "male" and "female" on the "sex" question left them with no valid options.

The census data in 2016 shows that people have been using other modes of transportation more than other years, this includes walking and cycling.