Posted in Families, Households and Housing on Nov 30th, 2007
Question A student has been told by a professor that statistics on a given topic exist on the STC website, yet I have found no evidence of it. In this case, it’s about the amounts of money people get as a result of divorce settlements. Or am I missing something? I would welcome any advice! [...]
Question I have a student who is looking for data on staffing in Ontario hospitals – her question was “Are there any data bases that list staff in hospitals by occupation?” By staff she means members of the health care team — doctors, nurses, pharmacists etc., and she wants this by hospital if at all [...]
Posted in International Trade, Updates on Nov 28th, 2007
World Trade Data is now called World Trade Analyzer Canadian Trade Data is now called World Trade Atlas — Canadian Edition The content of these products has not changed, only their names have been modified. Web: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/worldtrade.htm http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/cantrade.htm FTP: /ftp/dli/trade/world-trade-analyzer /ftp/dli/trade/world-trade-atlas-canada-edition
Posted in Education, Training and Learning on Nov 28th, 2007
Question Will the DLI be receiving the Survey of Canadian Attitudes Towards Learning 2007? It was announced in Today’s Daily: Results from the second Survey of Canadian Attitudes towards Learning will be released on Monday, November 26, 2007 in the Statistics Canada Daily. The Daily can be downloaded at no charge from the Statistics Canada [...]
Posted in Transportation, Updates on Nov 22nd, 2007
Road Network File, 2007 The 2007 Road Network File (RNF) (92-500-XWE2007001) is now available. The Road Network File (RNF) is a digital representation of Canada’s national road network, containing information such as street names, types, direction and address ranges. The information comes from the National Geographic Database (NGD). A reference guide is also included. The [...]
Posted in Information and Communications Technology on Nov 16th, 2007
Question Looking for data on use of Internet by citizens and businesses for municipalities in Ontario. Researcher wants to know: can we expect CMA level only for this kind of data from Statcan ? 1. For each geographical area, rate of Internet use for citizens. 2. For each geographical area, rate of Internet use for [...]
Posted in International Trade on Nov 16th, 2007
Question I have a student who wants BC forest product export data to China. She wants it broken down by type of product. I was able to help her with the Trade Analyser from CHASS, but she would like more detailed data if she can get it. What she is looking for is a breakdown [...]
Posted in Reference on Nov 15th, 2007
Question I am interested in descriptions how Data Librarians offer and when they used Beyond 20/20 data. Answers 1) The B2020 files have a great deal of value. The first thing is the interface. It is extremely intuitive and powerful – students pick it up very quickly. (the intuitiveness of B2020 has been challenged by [...]
Posted in Reference on Nov 14th, 2007
Question With regard to census data, if I only want the top Province level data in any given file – how would I do that without selecting each line separately? Is there a trick here? Right now – as far as I’m aware the only way to obtain this would be to hold my Ctrl [...]
Posted in Health on Nov 13th, 2007
Question I have a researcher using health indicators for Health Region 3557 Renfrew County and District Health Unit who would like to confirm if this includes, as it does geographically, the Petawawa base hospital? Answer If you are using the health indicators from STC, it provides health information related to the population in that Health [...]