Posted in Updates on Oct 28th, 2011
Hello, The following product is now available on the DLI FTP and website. Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+) – version 5J “The Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+) is a complementary product to the Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF). It is an automated system that uses postal codes to assign census geography. PCCF+ is [...]
Posted in Population and Demography, Reference on Jan 21st, 2011
Question The researcher was using the 2006 Census Complete Cumulative Profile at the DA level and the PCCF to map socio-economic indicators by postcode – something he´s done before for the 2001 census. He had no problem for most of the country, but for the Saskatchewan he came across an abnormally large number of DAs [...]
Posted in Reference on Jan 14th, 2011
Question Is there a way to know for any given CD or CSD how many DAs, EAs, CTs, FSAs, Postal codes they contain? I was looking at the StatCan website and I could not find that information. I am trying to see how many of these sub-geographies there are for 32 CDs/CSDs in Canada. Answer [...]
Posted in Reference on Nov 19th, 2010
Question We would like to request descriptions please for the Economic Regions in the Postal Code Conversion File, if available. For your information, please find below* background geography documentation on Economic Regions. If there are no descriptions per se for the (18) Economic Regions, are there are characteristics that distinguish the 18 Economic Regions from [...]
Posted in Reference, Transportation on Oct 21st, 2010
Question A Student Association is trying to determine how many students do not have convenient access to transit, which it defines as being more than a 15-minute walk from a transit station or bus stop. It is in negotiations with the local transit company about a proposed student transit pass. I have a couple of [...]
Posted in Population and Demography, Reference on Oct 2nd, 2009
Question I have a question regarding the Urban Areas Rural Areas (UARA) code field in the Postal Code Conversion File. A researcher would like to find out the best way to determine whether a postal code is rural or urban. He wanted to use the UARA field, but is unclear about what a “0″ value [...]
Posted in Families, Households and Housing on Oct 2nd, 2009
Question A bit of a broad question, but I’m more looking for advice on how to proceed rather than references to specific datasets (though the latter are always welcome!). I have a faculty member engaged in research looking at expectant mothers’ distance to hospitals in Canada. He is working with CIHI to obtain hospital administration [...]
Posted in Reference on Jan 23rd, 2009
Question Can someone tell me if a SPSS syntax file has been created for the March 2008 PCCF? Or will it be created soon? Answer I can confirm that the DLI does not have any SPSS syntax files for the PCCF, nor do we anticipate creating any. However, as Laine suggests below, the SPSS file [...]
Posted in Reference on Jan 23rd, 2009
Question We are having difficulties with the latest PCCF file for Sept 2008. Several hundred postal codes, e.g., for postal codes A1A5K7, A1A5K8 … , have more than one record which are labeled SLI=1 (1 = the best or only record for the postal code) There appears to be a coding problem for the variable [...]
Posted in Reference on Nov 21st, 2008
Question I’m writing to see about getting older versions of the PCCF (Postal Code Conversion File). The DLI FTP site has files from 2007 to March of 2008, but nothing older. I have locally stored files from earlier years, but lack 2004 through 2006. A researcher here needs a version of the PCCF from this [...]