CANSIM 153-0037

Question

A student is trying to access Table 153-0037 via CANSIM at E-STAT. I can identify it when searching CANSIM from the StatsCan page, but of course at this point it wants me to pay. When I try the search in E-STAT/CANSIM, it claims the table does not exist.

I can get find the table using the CHASS interface but then I have that very long list of vector numbers to work through which is why I would prefer to use the E-STAT interface. Why is it telling me that it doesn't exist?

B.t.w., as we both searched for the table by means of the E-STAT/CANSIM subject approach, we didn't get the same number of tables. She got 75 and I got 73. The table she is looking for is in her list of 75 and is not in mine of 73. The search was Population and Demography; Population Characteristics. Does this make sense to anyone?

Answers and Responses

1. Something is very strange because when I used E-Stat, and performed a search for table # 153-0037, it came up. Then I tested it on another computer and it did not come up. Then I retested on my computer and it no longer comes up.

2. I have checked a few of the series in the CHASS version of 153-0037, and so far, all were update on Dec. 14, 2005. The E-stat edition of CANSIM was last updated July 4, 2005, hence the discrepancy. I would suggest using the STC CANSIM interface to identify the vector numbers (Vnnnnnnn) of the series you need, and then retrieving them via the CHASS interface.

3. The table is definitely a new one. Take a look at http://cansim2.statcan.ca/CII/Communique/2005121420463_E.htm. Under "Environment Accounts and Statistics Division" there is an announcement of new tables for drainage areas in Canada and 153-0037 is one of them.