Posted in Education, Training and Learning on Jul 31st, 2006
Question I have been asked for the number of new 1st year students in Canadian universities by gender. Does anyone know where to get this information? Cansim provides overall enrollment, but not by year. Answer I just confirmed with the author division and this information is not available from Statistics Canada. Apparently we once did [...]
Posted in Information and Communications Technology, Updates on Jul 31st, 2006
Social Policy Simulation Database and Model – Version 14.1 The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M), Version 14.1, based on 2002 microdata is now available. The most recent SPSD/M can be used to study the impacts of changes to federal and provincial tax and benefit programs on families and governments from 1991 through 2010. [...]
Posted in Agriculture on Jul 21st, 2006
Question I have a graduate student looking for ‘Total Hectares of farmland within Toronto Municipal Boundaries for 1991,1996 and 2001′. The Census of Agriculture does not have these figures for the Municipal level. Can any one suggest where I should look? Answer The lowest level of dissemination for standard products for agricultural tables are CCS [...]
Posted in Education, Training and Learning on Jul 14th, 2006
Question The students are hoping to find data on student debt loads of rural and urban post-secondary students. They want the data based on whether students classify themselves to be of rural or urban origin. Any suggestions? They have looked at CANSIM and beyond Response Unfortunately we do not collect this information by rural and [...]
Posted in Ethnic Diversity and Immigration on Jul 14th, 2006
Question One of my Faculty Members has a question about people who list multiple ethnic origins in the census. He has specifically asked that I forward his question to those who are knowledgeable about the Census. His question: “I am wondering whether the multiple origins option results in duplication, or whether some method is used [...]
Posted in Education, Training and Learning on Jul 14th, 2006
Question Would anyone know where to find actual numbers of high school graduates in the 1930s? We have a student looking for this information. He is looking for Canada and by province if possible. Response The Education Division’s information dates back to the 1970s at the earliest.
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership, Updates on Jul 13th, 2006
The Inter-Corporate Ownership 2006-Q2 The Inter-corporate ownership directory is the most authoritative and comprehensive source of information available on corporate ownership, a unique directory of “who owns what” in Canada. It tracks the ownership of the largest Canadian corporations and provides up-to-date information reflecting recent corporate takeovers and other substantial changes. Ultimate corporate control is [...]
Posted in Health on Jul 12th, 2006
Questions 1. When will the CCHS 2.2 synthetic files be available? 2. The userguide (page 20, section 5.7, second paragraph) states: “The reader should however note that the variable “aboriginal status” has been removed from the Public Use Microdata File for confidentiality purposes. This variable can only be accessed through the use of the master [...]
Posted in Ethnic Diversity and Immigration, Society and Community on Jul 10th, 2006
Question A religion grad student at Concordia is looking for the following: population of Jews and Arabs in Canada as a whole and in the Montreal CMA (or, if not available, for the province of Quebec) for the 1901-2001 period. She would also like to have the number of Muslims for the same geographic areas [...]
Posted in Reference on Jul 7th, 2006
Question Is there a complete set of the PCCFs available on the ftp site or elsewhere? Specifically a researcher needs the PCCF 2000 – on to link to medical data identified by postal codes and time. Answer The file you want is pccf_nov00 on the dli ftp site. dli/geography/1996/pccf_nov00