2006 Census ABE/Literacy Kit

ABE Enrichment LEARNER ACTIVITIES 1 and 2

ABE Enrichment LEARNER ACTIVITY 1:

Questions and Answers about the Census of Canada

Details on census collection

• 1.1 Help is available
• 1.2 Everyone is included
• 1.3 Kids count too
• 1.4 How to get a census form
• 1.5 Every dwelling counts
• 1.6 What are statistics?

ABE Enrichment LEARNER ACTIVITY 2:

Reading Numbers, Tables and Bar Graphs

Basic tools for using and understanding data

• 2.1 What the census tells us
• 2.2 Reading large numbers
• 2.3 Comparing populations listed on a table
• 2.4 Identifying Canada’s provinces and territories
• 2.5 The parts of a table of data
• 2.6 Reading results from a table of data
• 2.7 Reading a bar graph
• 2.8 Constructing a graph using data in a table