Monday, August 10, 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/ ).

Public Master Files (metadata only):
- Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CTADS), Cycle 2013

PUMF:

- Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CTADS), Cycle 2013 – Household File
- Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CTADS), Cycle 2013 – Person File
- The General Social Survey (GSS), Cycle 26, 2012 - Caregiving and Care Receiving File

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, please send us an email at dli-idd@statcan.gc.ca 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.