Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2012
Question Can anyone suggest a source for the following: the influence business has on policy making opinions on lobbyists / lobbying opinions on politicians and the way policy decisions are made the perceived impact of lobbying on legislation/ regulations Answer The Environics Focus Canada (EFC) polls (accessed through the Canadian Opinion Research Archive) contains historical [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2012
Are you a young Canadian doctoral student or have you earned your Ph.D. within the past three years? Do you work in a data-intensive environment? Are you interested in traveling to Taipei, Taiwan in October, 2012, to participate in a conference on advancing science and technology? Then the Sangster Award may be your ticket! Established [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 7th, 2012
Question A researcher is trying to define “Rural” using a Statistics Canada definition that will work in rural and northern areas. Any suggestions? Answer A Statistics Canada document that may be of assistance is “Definitions of Rural”; it provides alternative definitions for “rural”. It is available at http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/21-601-m/2002061/4224867-eng.pdf
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2012
The ACMLA Conference Program Committee invites professionals, students and others from academia, libraries, archives, government or other organizations dealing with maps, GIS and cartographic materials to submit proposals for the 2012 Annual ACMLA Conference taking place in Toronto, June 12-15, 2012. Proposals for presentations in a variety of formats including papers, posters, round table discussions [...]
Posted in Health, Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2012
Question A student is looking for a survey that asks people if they have had the flu in the past X period of time. He is looking at factors that impact getting the flu (age, illness, pregnancy etc). We looked at the Canadian Community Health Survey, but this survey only asks about getting the flu shot, rather [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2012
Question I have a patron who is looking for data on scrap metal and rubber exports by volume and value. In CANSIM, there is Table 228-0003 Merchandise imports and exports, by major groups and principal trading areas for all countries, annual (dollars), but it includes scrap metal with other ores and concentrates (I didn’t see [...]
Posted in Education, Training and Learning, Uncategorized, Updates on Jan 4th, 2012
Hello, Please note the updated products listed below: University and College Academic Staff System (UCASS) 2009-2010 data are now available for the following tables: Faculty counts by Province and institution, 1970-1971 to 2009-2010 Faculty count and salary statistics by Institution, Medical or Dental Appointment Category and by Rank, 2000-2001 to 2009-2010 Full-Time University Teachers – [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2011
Question Where can I get MARC records for all the DLI products? From this message on the STC website, I’m guessing they exist: “If you are a member of the Depository Services Program (DSP) or the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) you can download the MARC record(s) for this Statistics Canada product directly into your cataloguing [...]
Posted in Languages, Population and Demography, Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2010
A Portrait of Official-Language Minorities in Canada: Anglophones in Quebec is being released today. This study paints a general statistical portrait of the official-language minority in Quebec based on data from the Census of Population and the Survey on the Vitality of Official-language Minorities in Canada, conducted in 2006. The purpose of such a portrait [...]
Posted in Ethnic Diversity and Immigration, Population and Demography, Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2010
A Statistical Portrait of the French-Speaking Immigrant Population Outside Quebec (1991 to 2006) is released today. This report concerns French-language immigration outside Quebec and its recent evolution, focusing on its numbers, its geographic distribution and its demographic and social characteristics. Enclosed is the link to the Spotlight on the Census web page http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfm