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Statistics Canada Random Web Sample sizes for 5- 10% margin of error with a confidence level of 90- 95%

10% margin of error

Population size  (number of Web pages)

Sample 90% confid. level

Sample 95% confid. level
≤60 32 37
61-80 37 44
81-100 41 49
101-150 47 59
151-200 *51 65
201-300 56 73
301-500 60 81
501-750 63 86
751-1,000 64 88
1,001-2,500 66 93
2,501-5,000 67 95
>5,000 68 96

  5% margin of error

Population size  (number of Web pages)

Sample 90% confid. level

Sample 95% confid. level
≤60 50 52
61-80 62 67
81-100 74 80
101-150 97 108
151-200 116 132
201-300 143 169
301-500 176 218
501-750 199 255
751-1,000 213 278
1,001-2,500 245 333
2,501-5,000 257 357
>5,000 271 384