Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Health, Updates on Feb 1st, 2012
We are pleased to inform you of upcoming releases from Statistics Canada using Health Statistics data. On February 9, Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database: Annual Report will be available. This annual report presents national data on the deaths investigated by Coroners and Medical Examiners (C/ME). These deaths are examined based on their type – [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples on Jan 18th, 2012
Question I have a researcher who wants to know the proportion of aboriginal versus non-aboriginal people aged 25-34 who have completed post-secondary education. This is easily obtainable at the provincial level but the researcher would like this info by city. Answer The following 2006 Census topic tabulation may be of interest to your client. It includes [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Crime and Justice on Apr 13th, 2011
Question Hello, We would like to request information please on the GSS 23 microdata files and also have one question about comparability with the GSS 18. I have been assured by a researcher, in communication with the CCHS, that since cycle 18, when it was covered as a pilot – http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85f0033m/85f0033m2006011-eng.htm , the North has [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Health on Apr 6th, 2011
Question I am looking for the rate of diabetes, suicide rate, and addiction rates for the indigenous peoples of the Tsuu T’ina Nation near Calgary, AB. Please let me know where I can find these rates. Answer Health Canada has produced “Acting On What We Know: Preventing Youth Suicide in First Nations” http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/pubs/promotion/_suicide/prev_youth-jeunes/index-eng.php Statistics are [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Reference on Mar 30th, 2011
Question I am trying to locate the documentation for the Aboriginal Children’s Survey and the Survey of Northern Children. I found a page on which it said you could link to the questionnaire for ACS http://www.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/af-fdr.cgi?l=eng&loc=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/imdb-bmdi/instrument/5108_Q2_V1_E-eng.pdf but when I tried that I got to a File Not Found page. I didn’t find the questionnaire or [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Crime and Justice on Mar 29th, 2011
Question Does anyone know where to find the number of aboriginal police officers in Canada? Answer I checked the Police Administration Survey and it does not provide this information. Our Census consultant confirmed that this figure could be provided as a custom tabulation. However, the detailed data tables in the following article provide you with [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Health on Mar 16th, 2011
Question 1) When will the 2009 – 2010 CCHS pumf be released? Also, in the CCHS 2009- 2010 questionnaire, there is an Aboriginal/ non-Aboriginal flag. Will this question make it into the pumf? I hope it does. 2) In the APS 2006 questionnaire, it states that people who answered the survey who were non-Aboriginal were [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Culture and Leisure, Information and Communications Technology on Jan 28th, 2011
Question I spoke with someone from StatsCan and they suggested that I contact you directly. We are conducting a study on the use of MEDIA (Audio Visual, Internet etc) in classrooms (i.e primary, secondary and post-secondary). We would like to retrieve information on the number of teachers in Canada (per province if possible), that have [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Updates on Jan 25th, 2011
Hello, We are pleased to inform you that the following files are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar Webview site (http://www62.statcan.ca). Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006: Adults Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006: Children and Youth Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2001: Adults off the reserve Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2001: Children off the reserve Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 1991 Anyone [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Updates on Jan 25th, 2011
Revised French and English codebooks (aps1991cbk-ver2.doc and eapa1991cbk-ver3.txt) for the Aboriginal Peoples Survey 1991 PUMF are now available on the DLI FTP and website. Please delete the previous version of these documents and replace them with the new versions. A description of the revisions is available in two notes (aps91_guide_note_corr.doc and eapa91_guide_note_corr.doc) that have also [...]