on recense

14:35 May 1, 2017 

counted/....
lots of possibilities without being 100% literal

05:27 May 1, 2017 

not sure why posted as a discussion instead of an answer

15:13 Apr 28, 2017 

The trouble is, one can hardly say that there has been A survey — this is really a matter of collective knowledge, rather than properly speaking a certain number of specific surveys. In the sense, a 'census' is a more accurate term — accept that we are nowadays more used to seeing that in the specific context of a population census.

14:00 Apr 28, 2017 

surveys have found

12:53 Apr 28, 2017 

I don't think so, really... by the same token, you might want to use 'census'; but the problem is, when you move from the noun 'recensement' to the verb 'recenser', it is a bit more awkward in EN, as the primary meaning of 'to survey' that is likely to spring into the reader's mind is more to do with 'surveying', measuring land, etc. In EN, if we want to say the verb 'recenser' with this meaning here, then we'd probably be more likely to say express it as something like 'to carry our a survey on...'
Then again, we might say "in a worldwide survey of languages..." — it's relatively uncommon to find the verb 'to survey' used transitively with a direct object when it has this meaning: "to survey a plot of land for a road project" but "to carry out a survey of public opinion"

12:47 Apr 28, 2017 

Is it possible to use the word survey, according to the following site:
Programme du recensement
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/index-fra.cfm