Posted in Updates on Jan 21st, 2010
To facilitate browsing, two changes have been made to the DLI home directory of the FTP site (/DissFTP/dli/). 1: You will notice that an English list of surveys and products (except geography, Census and trade) is now available in a directory called DLI collection ** except Census; Geography and Trade** . An equivalent French list [...]
Posted in Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth on Jan 20th, 2010
Question A Graduate student in Business is looking for microdata on a snapshot of a person and his/her personal finances at time of bankruptcy. Specifically, data such as the person’s credit card debt, outstanding mortgage loan, outstanding car loan, age, race, sex, income, etc. He’s found US data (PACER http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/) and hopes there’s something similar [...]
Posted in Crime and Justice on Jan 8th, 2010
Question I have a researcher who is looking into the number of persons that go missing in Canada by year. I have been looking in the usual justice data locations but as this is neither a crime nor an offence I have not had much luck . Has anyone an idea where this data may [...]
Posted in Crime and Justice on Jan 8th, 2010
Question I have a student looking for ‘the number of homicides caused by illegal vs. legal guns in Canada up to 2005.’ I don’t see a product that includes this for registered or unregistered guns. Am I missing anything? Answer Our contacts in the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics have sent me two spreadsheets with data [...]
Posted in Culture and Leisure on Jan 8th, 2010
Question “I was recommended to speak to you regarding data on Montreal’s cultural employment. I was hoping to find a precise breakdown of arts workers, such as dancers, film makers, etc. rather than the broad category of “arts, culture, and recreation”. I have been looking at some American sources for inspiration, and they seem to [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership, Economic Accounts on Jan 8th, 2010
Question A student here is interested in determining the percentage or value of Canadian equities held by institutional investors (such as pension funds) as opposed to private investors. He would like these data over time, preferably since 1980, and preferably on a monthly basis (although quarterly or annual would suffice). Any ideas? Answer Please refer [...]