Posted in Government on Mar 28th, 2012
The following municipal open data portals may be of interest: Regina: http://www.regina.ca/residents/open-government/ Quebec City (in French): http://donnees.ville.quebec.qc.ca/demarche.aspx Montreal (in French): http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/ Interested individuals may also find the community information database of use: http://www.cid-bdc.ca/welcome-bienvenue and the datalibre resource page: http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/
Posted in Agriculture on Mar 28th, 2012
Question I have a student looking for agricultural data for the Sainte -Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier for 2001 and 2006. More specifically, they are looking for crops by type. Answer The information sought can be retrieved at the following link: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/95-629-x/2007000/4123849-eng.htm
Posted in Updates on Mar 26th, 2012
Hello, International Merchandise Trade Data by Commodity Classification 2011 2010 – Revised 2009 – Revised International Merchandise Trade Data by Commodity Classification data are now available on the DLI FTP and website. This was a scheduled revision. WEB: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/can-trade-commerce-eng.htm
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2012
Question Can anyone suggest a source for the following: the influence business has on policy making opinions on lobbyists / lobbying opinions on politicians and the way policy decisions are made the perceived impact of lobbying on legislation/ regulations Answer The Environics Focus Canada (EFC) polls (accessed through the Canadian Opinion Research Archive) contains historical [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2012
Are you a young Canadian doctoral student or have you earned your Ph.D. within the past three years? Do you work in a data-intensive environment? Are you interested in traveling to Taipei, Taiwan in October, 2012, to participate in a conference on advancing science and technology? Then the Sangster Award may be your ticket! Established [...]
Posted in Health on Mar 9th, 2012
The Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI) of the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is pleased to release Urban Physical Environments and Health Inequalities: A Scoping Review of Interventions, the second report in a two-part series focused on urban physical environments. The first report in the series, Urban Physical Environments and Health Inequalities, presented analyses [...]
Posted in Census, Population and Demography on Mar 9th, 2012
The 2011 Census Dissemination Project is pleased to announce the official release of the 2011 Census population and dwelling counts. Wednesday, February 8, 2012, sees the official release, via the Internet, of the first data from the 2011 Census, covering the population and dwelling counts. All standard products are available free of charge. This release [...]
Posted in Families, Households and Housing, Population and Demography, Society and Community on Mar 9th, 2012
Question A researcher is looking for demographic information on the residents living in the riding of Edmonton-Ellerslie. Edmonton-Ellerslie is a riding which is represented within the Alberta provincial government. A map of it can be found here: http://www.elections.ab.ca/public%20website/files/maps/ED33_EDMONTON_ELLERSLIE_400.pdf They are interested in knowing the residents’ demograpics (e.g. income, ethnic background, average age, etc.). Answer This [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 7th, 2012
Question A researcher is trying to define “Rural” using a Statistics Canada definition that will work in rural and northern areas. Any suggestions? Answer A Statistics Canada document that may be of assistance is “Definitions of Rural”; it provides alternative definitions for “rural”. It is available at http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/21-601-m/2002061/4224867-eng.pdf
Posted in Census on Mar 7th, 2012
Question Is it possible to locate the CT profiles of Toronto for the 1951 Census in electronic format? Answer Here is a link to the .pdf scan of the 1951 Profile Series for Toronto at the CT level: http://prod.library.utoronto.ca:8090/datalib/data/cc51/cc51pr_toronto.pdf. .csv’s of these Toronto tables are expected to be released in the near future.