Posted in Business, Consumer and Property Services on Nov 24th, 2005
Question In Canadian Business Patterns 2005 the Alberta CSD’s of Bassano (pop. 1,320); Champion (pop. 355); and Lomond (pop. 171) are listed but the NAICS data lists zero industries in all categories. There may not be many industries in these communities but we know for sure there are a few, such as eateries, gas stations [...]
Posted in Reference on Nov 23rd, 2005
Question I’ve questions about the three versions of census subdivision digital boundary files available on the DLI ftp site in directory geography/1981/arcinfo – csd1981_dbf.zip, csd_sdr81.zip, and csd_sdr1981.zip (as listed on the Spatial Product Inventory found in geography/1981/document). Having extracted them out to disk, I see that the ArcInfo interchange files have different dates (12/16/1998, 11/17/1998, [...]
Posted in Prices and Price Indexes on Nov 21st, 2005
Question I have a faculty member looking for historical P/E Ratio data for the S&P/TSX Composite Index. I could find the current ratio on both the TSX site and on Datastream, but I could not find any historical data. He’d like to get it for as far back as he can go. Answer It is [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership on Nov 17th, 2005
Question A student would like to know the percentage of revenue that is spent for marketing in most of the companies that sell computer equipment and printers, etc. such as Future Shop, Office Depot, Compusmart, etc. I can find sales and revenue information, but not expenditure by the companies. Answer Presuming you are after Canadian [...]
Posted in Labour on Nov 17th, 2005
Question A UBC researcher has been using the KLEMS CD-ROM and wonders whether the data for 2004 are available yet? Answer KLEMS is not a standard product and may not be updated on a regular basis. We receive this as an “experimental database” from the author division and this is the reason we have members [...]
Posted in Reference on Nov 17th, 2005
Question When I go to CHASS’ CANSIM II homepage and click on: Browse CANSIM II by subjects —- Trade —- Retail trade I get a listing of 24 tables. When I browse the same subject list on Statistics Canada’s CANSIM webpage (or even on the CANSIM E-Stat page) I get 30 tables. Why? Answer All [...]
Posted in Labour on Nov 15th, 2005
Question I am trying to find some census/employment data. I have tried E-stat, and I can almost get what I need, but not quite. Ideally, what I would like is the number of people employed in the following NOC codes for Canada, Ontario and if possible for specific regions/cma’s/subdivisions within Ontario. Through e-stat, I have [...]
Posted in Updates on Nov 10th, 2005
An error has been detected in the coding of the variable INCSTP which is contained in the 2001 Census PUMF Individuals File (95M0016XCB – Re-issued on August 24). The way the variable is currently coded results in a bias. Following a meeting with management on October 17, it was decided to re-issue the file. We [...]
Posted in Health on Nov 10th, 2005
Question Does anyone know where I can find statistics on postpartum depression in Canada? Answer For sure in the microdata (and basic frequencies) for Items 1,2,3, as postpartum; item 4 as post-partum 1. National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth: Cycle 2 (Primary File) 2. National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth: Cycle 1 Release [...]
Posted in Reference on Nov 10th, 2005
Question One of the researchers at the UdeMoncton is working with the public files from the census 1971, namely indiv1971_prov. He has reasons to believe that even though the code (three empty spaces) indicates that the person leaves outside of Montreal, in fact in should include the CMR of Montreal. So, the question is : [...]