With the consent of the National Archivist of Canada, obtained as required under section 5 of the National Archives of Canada Act, the Chief Statistician may destroy or dispose of census records, including individual census returns, but only after all of the information contained in the record has been transferred to an alternative recording medium. When 92 calendar years have elapsed following the year in which a census was taken, the Archivist shall provide public access to the records of the census for statistical purposes, for historical, genealogical or scientific research purposes, or for such other research purpose as the Archivist may establish. An individual may object to the Archivist to the disclosure of any personal information provided by that individual in the course of a census. Every individual who filed a return in a census and in respect of whom a valid written objection has not been made under this section is deemed, when 92 calendar years have elapsed following the year in which the census was taken, to have given an irrevocable consent to public access to the information as provided for in this Act.
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