Posted in Census, Population and Demography on Mar 9th, 2012
The 2011 Census Dissemination Project is pleased to announce the official release of the 2011 Census population and dwelling counts. Wednesday, February 8, 2012, sees the official release, via the Internet, of the first data from the 2011 Census, covering the population and dwelling counts. All standard products are available free of charge. This release [...]
Posted in Families, Households and Housing, Population and Demography, Society and Community on Mar 9th, 2012
Question A researcher is looking for demographic information on the residents living in the riding of Edmonton-Ellerslie. Edmonton-Ellerslie is a riding which is represented within the Alberta provincial government. A map of it can be found here: http://www.elections.ab.ca/public%20website/files/maps/ED33_EDMONTON_ELLERSLIE_400.pdf They are interested in knowing the residents’ demograpics (e.g. income, ethnic background, average age, etc.). Answer This [...]
Posted in Families, Households and Housing, Population and Demography, Society and Community on Dec 2nd, 2011
Question For my project I would like to correlate low-income individuals/families with social service locations (e.g. location of homeless shelters) to determine whether there are enough services in poor areas of Hamilton. – An ArcGIS compatible shapefile that has census tract divisions (would be ideal) – Shapefiles of (some or all): – Location [...]
Posted in Population and Demography, Reference on Apr 1st, 2011
Question Are population projections available at the level of CSD similar to the one at the level of province (CANSIM 0520005)? I am looking specifically for the CSD of Weyburn, SK. Answer Unfortunately, CSD level population projections are not available from Statistics Canada at this time. The division that produces population projections hopes to strengthen [...]
Posted in Population and Demography, Updates on Apr 1st, 2011
March 30, 2011 Release of the Mobile Version of the 2006 Census Community profiles (part of Statistics Canada’s ‘Stay connected’ Release) As part of Statistics Canada’s release today of the new ‘Stay connected’ web module, the 2011 Census Dissemination Project is pleased to announce the official release of a condensed, mobile version of the 2006 [...]
Posted in Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth, Population and Demography on Mar 29th, 2011
Question I have a PhD student looking for number of hours worked for 2 CSDs for 1986 and 1991 censuses. Based on the example for later censuses here: http://www.communityaccounts.ca/communityaccounts/onlinedata/display_table.asp?_=0bfAjIydpaWrnbSTh5-FvKRsxKFjXHe6uJS8u5mBi8nAXWiP#footanch0, I’m guessing it will be one of two variables: Last week, how many hours did you work? and/or During most of the reference period, did you [...]
Posted in Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth, Population and Demography on Mar 22nd, 2011
Question Are there any income data available at the postal code level. If yes, can you point me in the right direction? Thank you. Answer The Profile for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Forward Sortation Areas, 2006 Census (94-581-XCB2006003) provides income data at the FSA level (first three characters of the postal code). http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/rel/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&A=R&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=01&GID=841141&GK=1&GRP=1&O=D&PID=94535&PRID=0&PTYPE=89103&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=81&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 The 2006 [...]
Posted in Population and Demography on Mar 4th, 2011
Question Does anyone know if there is an equivalent product for 2006 down to CMA? 2001 Census: analysis series Collective dwellings http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/coll/pdf/96F0030XIE2001004.pdf I am only finding down to province for 2006: http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/famil62a-eng.htm Specifically, our researcher needs shelter population for 2006 down to cma level. Answer The only 2006 topic based tabulation with information on population [...]
Posted in Education, Training and Learning, Population and Demography on Mar 4th, 2011
Question I have the following research question: “I am looking for information (from 2006) about employment of elementary teachers in Ontario. More specifically, I’m looking to find out information about the distribution of gender across elementary school teachers at that time.” Any suggestions would be appreciated. Answer The following products may be of interest to [...]
Posted in Population and Demography, Updates on Mar 4th, 2011
Statistics Canada is introducing new terminology that it will use with respect to geographic areas that have in the past been referred to as “urban areas”. Effective immediately, the term “population centre” will replace “urban area”. Population centres will be classified into one of three groups, based on the size of their population. The term [...]