Changes and additions to DLI

New announcements:

1) Licensing Portal has been updated!

The Licensing Portal has been updated with 16 new examples:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/caselaw/assess.htm
(click on left-hand side menu "Decisions on past licensing questions")

The patterns used to assess the licensing questions are:
a) Is the user authorised?
b) Is the proposed use within the licence?
c) Will funding be received for this project?

2) Aboriginal Peoples Survey - Errata

Notice to users of the Arctic analytical file, 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS)

Please be aware of a textual error in the data dictionary (English) for the following variables:

I02L30_H - the description should read

"During the year ending December 31st, 2000, did any household member have a paid part-time job (less than 30 hours a week), not including self-employment?"

I02L30_P - the description should read

"During the year ending December 31st, 2000, did.......have a paid part-time job (less than 30 hours a week), not including self-employment?"

3) Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) available on the web!

The SLID was announced as being available on the FTP as of March 1, 2006. This is a follow-up message to inform you that the web pages are available on the web site at
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/slid.htm.

4) New Product - Census 1971 and 1981 files and documentation received!

Now available on the FTP, 1971 and 1981 Census files and documentation:

FTP: /census/1971/bst71/Record_Layout/ea/a2ecn002.pdf

FTP: /census/1981/bst81/Record_layout/csd

sddemb10_rcl.pdf
sdf81a10_rcl.pdf
sdy81b50_rcl.pdf
sdy81b60_rcl.pdf

FTP: /census/1981/bst81/Record_layout/ea

eae81b10_rcl.pdf
ead81a10_rcl.pdf
eaf81a10_rcl.pdf
eay81b10_rcl.pdf
eay81b20_rcl.pdf
eay81b30_rcl.pdf
eay81b40_rcl.pdf

FTP: /census/1981/bst81/Record_layout/fd/fdp81a10_rcl.pdf

5) New Product - Projections of the Aboriginal Populations Canada, provinces and Territories (2001 - 2017)

The Aboriginal population could account for roughly 4.1% of Canada's population by 2017 when the nation celebrates its 150th anniversary, according to new population projections. This report is the result of a project initiated in 2004 by the Multiculturalism and Human Rights Program at the Department of Canadian Heritage.

FTP: /dli/aps/Projections-2001-2017
WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/aps/projections-2001-2017.htm

6) New Product - Postal Code Counts 1996

FTP: /dli/census/1996/pcc-ccp

7) New Product - Canadian Business Patterns IVT data 1988-1996

FTP: /dli/cbp/1988-1996-ivt-data

8) New Product - Residential Telephone Service Survey - December 2005

FTP: /dli/rtss/2005/12
WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/rtss/rtss200512.htm