Wednesday, May 27, 2015

New Files on Statistics Canada Nesstar

We are pleased to inform you that the following are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar Webview site (http://www62.statcan.ca/webview/ ).

PUMFs

Residential Telephone Service Survey, 2013
National Graduates Survey 2013 (class of 2009/2010)
National Household Survey, 2011 (Hierarchical File)
Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey, 2013
And more to come!...

Anyone can view the metadata for these files on the Statistics Canada Nesstar site. Only DLI Contacts however will be able to access the data files on the site (PUMFs). If you are a DLI Contact and would like to access and manipulate data files on the Statistics Canada Nesstar site you will need to request a password. Please note that the PUMF data files available through Nesstar are subject to the PUMF Licence agreement.

To access the microdata housed in the Research Data Centres (RDCs), researchers must submit a project proposal to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Statistics Canada.