Question We have a researcher looking for data sources on:”enrollment numbers of international graduate (not undergraduate) students in each province in Canada (preferably over a number of years). ” This report has some background information on the survey used to provide some output data that is available from CANSIM: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/080207/dq080207a-eng.htm But the data within the [...]
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Question I am having a tough time locating the number of people on waiting lists for social housing in Canada. It appears as though there has been a diminishing federal involvement over time and at the present, because most social housing is either provincially or municipally handled, there is no single central group overseeing it [...]
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Question Does anyone know of a source of youth crime/justice data at the city level? I have a grad student who’s looking at Aboriginal youth representation in the justice system, specifically in Saskatoon and on reserves near the city. The resources we’ve found (YCS, YCCS, etc.) go no deeper than the provincial level. Answer Usually, [...]
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Question I have a faculty member looking for updated numbers of total and female workers by occupation in Canada. (He has 1991 and 1996). He is looking for all 713 categories of the National Occupational Classification. I know I can find this information in the Census for the main occupation categories, but he needs it [...]
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Posted in Children and Youth, Health on Nov 23rd, 2009
Question I am looking for a breakdown by province of the percentage of children immunized against measles, mumps, rubella, etc. I have found the national statistics on this topic, but am wondering where to find the same breakdown by province. Answer I have not located data on childhood immunization rates in our surveys but I will [...]
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Posted in Environment, Health on Nov 23rd, 2009
Question I’ve got a student who’s looking for 2006 air pollution data (PM10, carbon monoxide, etc.) at the health region level. Something tells me that kind of information probably isn’t collected by health region. I’ve found a few sites that have region data available, the Ontario Air Quality Index and CASA Data (Alberta) for example, but nothing national. [...]
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Posted in Environment, Health on Nov 23rd, 2009
Question I’ve got a student who’s looking for 2006 air pollution data (PM10, carbon monoxide, etc.) at the health region level. Something tells me that kind of information probably isn’t collected by health region. I’ve found a few sites that have region data available, the Ontario Air Quality Index and CASA Data (Alberta) for example, but nothing national. [...]
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Posted in Reference on Nov 13th, 2009
Question I’ve got a researcher who wants to know how to determine what’s urban, what’s rural within the Gr. Sudbury CMA. Is this possible? The census geography is, well, rather complex! Answer I am forwarding an off-list reply to your question to the dlilist as I am sure that others will be interested in the [...]
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Posted in Reference on Nov 13th, 2009
Question We are assisting a local non-profit heritage conservancy group with a GIS project. This group works closely with a number of researchers at Trent University and hopes to eventually publish a map which would provide data about our local region. At the moment, they are particularly interested in information about Number of Farms and [...]
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Question A professor here is looking for monthly unemployment rates for census metropolitan areas back to 1990 that do not say “3 -month moving average” on the table ( for example CANSIM Table 2820090).” He just wants the monthly rates. Are any unemployment rates available without the “3-month moving average” at the census metropolitan area [...]
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