In one week, more than 18,000 Red Deerians have clicked to be counted in the city census.
For the first time, residents have been able to fill in the annual municipal census online.
Since getting underway on April 2, some 18,000 people have logged onto www.reddeer.ca/census, entered their unique code, and answered the basic demographic questions.
“The response has been great thus far,” said deputy city clerk Erin Stuart.
Residents have until April 16 to submit their information through the online avenue.
Any residents who have not answered the census by computer will be visited by an enumerator starting on April 19.
Enumerators will be carrying picture identification cards. Any citizen with questions about the identity of a census worker can phone the census office at 403-342-8317.
This year’s census questions ask the number of people living at a residence, their genders, years of birth, and their citizenship status.
The questionnaire will be useful in providing information to community agencies, determining grant funding, and helping with infrastructure and program planning. It will update the city’s 2011 demographic count.
No census was done last year.