Posted in Health on Feb 15th, 2008
Question A student wants to get health and economic (income, etc.) indicators for a community, which in this case is a subset of a CMA (meaning a neighbourhood or even a postal code area, etc.). I think that the Community Profiles can be used to get the income information. But, the CCHS seems to only [...]
Posted in Crime and Justice on Feb 15th, 2008
Question I have a researcher who would like to link the crime statistics data in the B20/20 justice files to over 500 corresponding census subdivisions. I know that the data in the justice tables is at the detachment level; however, there is a geographic code attached to each detachment which looks census-like. Is there a [...]
Posted in Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth, Updates on Feb 15th, 2008
Question 1996 Census Low income data at the EA level A Beyond 20/20 table called Low Income Status for Canada, Provinces and Enumeration Areas, 1996 Census, 20% sample data has been added to the DLI FTP site. This table was produced for the DLI and does not have a catalogue number. We will be receiving [...]
Posted in Business, Consumer and Property Services on Feb 12th, 2008
Question I have a student here wanting to find all companies that export bottled water out of BC (i.e., the actual water comes from BC). Anyone have any ideas? I can use the NAICS code 312112 (Bottled Water Manufacturing) to search several products to find companies that bottle water, but that doesn’t help us determine [...]
Posted in Education, Training and Learning on Feb 12th, 2008
Question I have a few students who are working on an academic project where they want to get data on students (in most cases, postsecondary, but also secondary). They have found NELS from ICPSR and this seems to answer a lot of the questions they’re looking at (they’re investigating things like dropout rates, impact of [...]
Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (EICS) 2006 – Public Use Microdata File The Employment Insurance Coverage Survey provides a meaningful picture of who does or does not have access to EI benefits among the jobless and those in a situation of underemployment. The survey also covers access to maternity and parental benefits. WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/eics/eics2006.htm FTP: /ftp/dli/eics/2006
Posted in International Trade on Feb 7th, 2008
Question A faculty member here is interested in obtaining international trade flows for South-Western Ontario – does Statistics Canada have these data, and could a custom tabulation be prepared from them? If not at Statistics Canada, would the CRA collect these (thinking that they might at least have value of imports by destination and/or exports [...]
Posted in Education, Training and Learning, Updates on Feb 5th, 2008
Education – Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs for Full-time Students at Canadian Degree-granting Institutions Survey (TLAC) 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 data from the Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs for Full-time Students at Canadian Degree-granting Institutions has been added to the DLI FTP and website. The Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs for Full-time Students at Canadian Degree-granting [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership, Updates on Feb 5th, 2008
Inter-corporate ownership (ICO) Q4 2007 The Inter-corporate ownership CD ROM (61-517-XCB) 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 [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership on Feb 4th, 2008
Question A professor is looking for information on corporations, such as partnerships and sole proprietorships, including revenue, profit, etc. Some of this seems to be collected by the Business Register, but is not reflected in Canadian Business Patterns, which is the main product generated from this register. I am guessing that he will not get [...]