Grenada: Carriacou and Petite Martinique begins Census enumeration from April 1

Grenada: Ministry of Finance’s Central Statistical Office (CSO) will send around a 15-member delegation to Carriacou and Petite Martinique on April 1, 2022 (Friday). The delegation will visit to conduct the enumeration for the National Population and Housing Census.

“The Central Statistical Office (CSO), Ministry of Finance, will send a 15-member delegation to Carriacou and Petite Martinique on Friday to conduct enumeration for the National Population and Housing Census,” the Grenadian Government informed.

The delegation which will conduct the Census will consist of IT personnel, coordinators, and enumerators who will complement the team of census workers on the sister islands, as per the government.

This mission would be conducted for around a month. The timing of this mission is between April 1 and April 26, 2022.

The CSO has urged the general public to cooperate and informed them that the interview could be conducted telephonically and face-to-face. While informing about the timing of the interview, the government notified us that the interview would be for around one (1) hour.

“The Central Statistical Office appeals for the public’s cooperation with enumerators and reminds citizens that their interview can be done via telephone or face-to-face. Interviews are approximately one hour long,” the government outlined.

The Government further informed that the national census is usually conducted every ten years to capture information that will allow the CSO to have a greater appreciation of the overall living conditions of citizens while also providing an accurate count of the population and households.