| On October 22, 2002, Statistics Canada released the first figures pertaining to same-sex couples in Canada. Even though the Census announced a lot of information, it is somewhat difficult to parse and anaylize. First, the tables released have been rounded-off to five. This fact, inexplicable from a serious statistical standpoint, makes a statistically pure analysis rather hit-and-miss. It becomes more hairy when examining small figures, such as, for example, Prince Edward Island. Statistics Canada says that there are 45 men living as couples in Prince Edward Island. Of course, this is imposible. It may be 44, 46 or 48. The problem then becomes that when 45 is split in two, to obtain the number of couples, then one gets 22.5, which by necessity has to be rounded off to 23. As a result, that 23 can also be a 22 or a 24. The second problem with the data is that it's available at the national and provintial level, but then only at the Metropolitan level, and that from an abstract. So for the Metropolitan level I still have not found the number of total couples. After those caveats, following is the information that Statistics Canada has released:
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