The Audience Has Spoken: CanUX 2019 Statistics

Immediately following CanUX 2019 we sent out an online feedback survey link hoping to evaluate how we’ve done (we are suckers for research, what can we say). 29.3% (154 of the 525) of participants responded, and this article is a distilled version of what we’ve learned. But before we proceed, we would like to once again thank each and every single one of you who took 2 minutes to answer our quick survey back in November.

The first set of figures shows how CanUX has progressed in its 10 years in Ottawa. Our geographical coverage is now reaching coast to coast from Halifax to Vancouver. Our speaker lineup is getting more diverse ever year, and our the ratings were up this year to 98%, tying the second highest score we’ve ever had. Our venue feedback went down 2% to 98%, likely a function of a faster registration process and improved food lines at the Canadian Museum of History last year, something we we plan on further improving in 2020.

<h2 style="font-family: gotham;">ATTENDANCE:</h2>The 2018 edition of CanUX was our 9th straight sellout.

2019: 525 Participants

2018: 525 Participants
2017: 525 Participants
2016: 525 Participants
2015: 527 Participants
2014: 463 Participants
2013: 452 Participants
2012: 374 Participants
2011: 226 Participants
2010: 175 Participants

<h2 style="font-family: gotham;">SPEAKER LINEUP:</h2>Overall, the CanUX speaker lineup was appropriate.

2019: 99%

2018: 97%
2017: 95%
2016: 96%
2015: 97%
2014: 98%
2013: 94%
2012: 97%
2011: 95%
2010: 87%

<h2 style="font-family: gotham;">VENUE:</h2>The CanUX conference venue was appropriate.

2019: CMH 98%

2018: CMH 96%
2017: CMH 99%
2016: CMH 98%
2015: CMH 98%
2014: CMH 98%
2013: CMH 99%
2012: OLT 66%
2011: U of O 89%
2010: U of O 87%

From a content perspective, our 15 speakers hailing from 4 countries on 3 different continents seem to have created a diverse and engaging program as shown by our content figures below. Also, the longer session lengths (from 30 to 50 minutes as we eliminated the 15-20 min short talks) seems to work quite well in a single track format.

From an organizational perspective, statistically, 2019 tied our best ever score, as our approval rating went up to 98%, up 2% from last year. Of note is that now more than 75% of you strongly agree that CanUX is well organized, which is by far an all time high. The new venue for the afterparty also got high marks, and we are very happy that so many of you agree or strongly agree that CanUX is a well organized endeavour as we directed all of our efforts to improve the areas where we’ve fallen a bit short last year. We consider this as another strong endorsement to keep doing our thing. And since 82% of you (our highest number ever, up significantly from our previous high of 72.5% last year) think that CanUX is better or significantly better than other conferences you’ve been to, we’re happy to see that overall we’re heading in the right direction.

<h2 style="font-family: gotham;">CONTENT:</h2>The CanUX 2018 session content was appropriate.

Strongly agree 42.9%
Agree 45.5%
Neutral 10.4%
Disagree 1.3%
Strongly disagree 0.0%

<h2 style="font-family: gotham;">ORGANIZATION:</h2>Overall, the 2018 edition of CanUX was well organized.

Strongly agree 75.3%
Agree 20.8%
Neutral 2.6%
Disagree 1.3%
Strongly disagree 0.0%

<h2 style="font-family: gotham;">COMPARISON:</h2>Compared to other conferences attended, CanUX is

Significantly better 41.6%
Better 40.3%
Neutral 16.9%
Worse 1.3%
Significantly worse 0%

So there you have it folks, thank you for another fantastic year and we really really hope you can make it again in 2019, as it’s going to be another epic few days of CanUX goodness at our 10th edition.
See you in the fall, eh?

*Image credit: CanUX & Elida Arrizza