Audit Trail · Article #2346749

Canadians most likely to be born on Sept. 20, Statistics Canada reports

Source article ↗ · National Post · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-16T17:29:44 · ingested 2026-10-16T13:48:10.683057

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

triggers: statistics canada(+0.00×3)

      computed at 2026-10-16T13:48:10.683057
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 73% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-16T13:56:50.649616-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-16T13:56:04.950409

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Canada's central statistics agency calculated that Canadians are most likely to be born on September 20 over the past 30 years.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-16T13:56:11.344286
      

unverified The least likely date for being born in Canada is February 29 and Christmas.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-16T13:56:11.344286
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Canadians most likely to be born on Sept. 20, Statistics Canada reports 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-16T13:48:10.691014
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-16T13:48:10.683057 ingested

payload

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2026-10-16T13:56:50.649616 bias_v2_scored

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