Posted in Population and Demography on Aug 23rd, 2004
Question I have someone looking for number of births annually, 1977 – 2004, at the community level of geography (FSA? CMA?) for Newfoundland. I was able to find the data by CSD in CANSIM. Is there data available at a lower level through DLI? Answer Canada Health has a publication titled General Summary of Vital [...]
Posted in Crime and Justice on Aug 18th, 2004
Question Does anyone know if any government department or agency in Canada releases point locations of crimes committed as lat/long coordinates? Answer From Justice Division: “We have never collected this type of information and we have no intention of collecting this location of crime data in the future. We only collect data by police department.That [...]
Posted in Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth on Aug 17th, 2004
Question A faculty member here wants the percent of people below the poverty line in Canada and the provinces back as far as possible (ideally to the 50s, but he would be satisfied with as far back as possible). I found an article on the Stats. Can. site entitled “On Poverty and Low Income” (http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/13F0027XIE/13F0027XIE.htm), [...]
Posted in Economic Accounts on Aug 13th, 2004
Question I have a patron who wants historical input-output tables by province between 1980 and 1997. There is no trouble finding canada I/O data, but the provinces seem elusive prior to 1997. I know that it is muggy in most areas of the country, but does anyone have any ideas on the best place to [...]
Posted in Education, Training and Learning on Aug 12th, 2004
Question Is the following available through DLI? I can’t find record of it anywhere on the StatCan site, and our Library Catalogue indicates the print publication ended in 1991. Catalogue No. 81-204, Universities: Enrollment and Degrees — Table 12: Enrolment by Level, Home Province of Canadians and Permanent Residents, Province of Study, Registration Status and [...]
Posted in Reference on Aug 10th, 2004
Question A researcher would like more details concerning the definition of “generation status”. Here is the definition in the census dictionary: Generation status of the respondent, i.e. “1st”, “2nd” or “3rd” + generation, refers to whether the respondent or the respondent’s parents were born in or outside Canada. I’m probably missing something but how do [...]
Posted in Education, Training and Learning, Ethnic Diversity and Immigration on Aug 5th, 2004
Question I am looking for the numbers of international students entering and/or residing in Canada by year and country of citizenship. CIC has these numbers, but the ones I have been able to find are either aggregated or include only the top ten source countries. Answer Education can provide international students enrollments by institution and [...]
Posted in Population and Demography on Aug 5th, 2004
Question I’m looking for provincial statistics on urban and rural population counts. I found this table in CANSIM (terminated table which ends in 1971) but I was wondering if we can get the same statistics between 1971-2001? Table 075-0010 – Historical statistics, urban and rural population, every 10 years (Persons) Answer If you just want [...]
Posted in Reference on Aug 4th, 2004
Question Is there a EA concordance file for 1996 and 1991 that has been produced by Stat Can? Answer Yes there is a concordance file, you can get it using the 1996 Geosuite. If you go in under Name search, use Canada, then ask for the EACorr on the next window you get the concordance [...]