DLI and StatsCan Updates (October 2005 - February 2006)

Please note the updated products listed below and the path to access it via FTP. The web site will be updated shortly.

Small Area and Administrative Data
Canadian Capital Gains 1998 - 2003
Charitable Donors 1995 - 2003
Canadian Investment Income 1995 – 2003
Canadian Investors 1995 - 2003
Canadian Savers 1995 - 2003
Canadian Taxfilers 1995 - 2003
Economic Dependency Profiles 1989 – 2001 and 2003
Families 1995 - 2000 and 2003
Labour Force Income Profiles 1989 - 2000 and 2003
Neighbourhood Income and Demographics 1995 - 2000 and 2003
RRSP Contribution Limits (Room) 1995 - 2004
RRSP Contributors 1995 - 2003
Seniors 1995 - 2003
FTP: /ftp/dli/saad

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Inter-corporate ownership (ICO) 2005-1, 2005-2, 2005-3
FTP: /dli/ico_CD
Web: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/ico.htm

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We have just completed a new and improved “Browse by subject” feature on the Statistics Canada website. We would appreciate your feedback/comments on the changes and any further improvements we could make.
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html

Please use the feedback button provided at the bottom of the first page of “Browse by subject”.

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General Social Survey - Cycle 16

Please note that new SPSS/SAS codes have been included on the revised CD-ROM.

FTP: /ftp/dli/gss/cycle16-2002
web: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/gss/gssc1602.htm

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Please note that E-Stat is looking at adding “Canada Food Stats 2005″ (cat. No. 23F0001XCB) onto their site in the new year. Only the most recent issue of the cd-rom will be available through E-Stat. As I receive more information, I will let you know.

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Postal Code Conversion File Plus V4G - October 2005

The Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+) (82F0086XDB), Version 4G with postal codes through October 2005, complements the Postal Code Conversion File

(PCCF). When the association between the postal code and census geography is not unique, the PCCF+ allows for a proportional allocation based on the population count.

In Version 4G, federal electoral districts according to the 2003 representation order, riding names and definitions have been updated to include changes in 2004 and 2005. Also, Ontario health region definitions have been updated to include changes through August 2005.

Users also need SAS to run this application.

FTP: dli/health/pccf4g-fccp4g
WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/health.htm

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Labour Market Activity Survey - 1986 - 1990 (SPSS codes)

FTP: /ftp/dli/lmas/1986 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) /doc

FTP: /ftp/dli/lmas1986 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)job.sps
FTP: /ftp/dli/lmas1986 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)per.sps

WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/lmas.htm

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Social Policy Simulation Database Model - V 14.0
The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M) Version 14.0, based on 2002 microdata, is now available. The most recent SPSD/M can be used to study the impacts of changes to federal and provincial tax and benefit programs on families and governments from 1991 through 2010.

The SPSD/M is a static microsimulation model. It is comprised of a database, a series of tax/transfer algorithms and models, analytical software and user documentation. The SPSD/M has been produced as an occasional product starting in 1985. It has been in wide use by policy analysts in Canada studying virtually every change to the tax and transfer system since that time.

The SPSD/M is a tool designed to analyze the financial interactions of governments and individuals and families in Canada. It estimates the income redistributive effects or cost implications of changes in the personal taxation (including the GST and other commodity taxes) and the cash transfer system. The SPSD/M also helps researchers examine the potential impacts of changes in taxes, earnings, demographic trends, and a wide range of other factors.

The SPSD/M allows users to answer questions such as what if there are changes to the taxes Canadians paid or transfers they received who would gain and who would lose? Would single parent households in a particular province be better off and by how much? How much extra money would federal or provincial governments collect or pay out?

WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/spsdm.htm
FTP: /dli/spsdm/spsdm-v14