Financial Performance by Individual Business

Question:
I have a researcher looking for financial performance information (revenue, profit) at the individual level for Bed and Breakfast operators (NAICS 721191) in NS.

Is this information available via a custom tab through the Business Register…or at all?

Answer:
We’ve received the following response from subject matter:

“As far as data from the Business Register, we would not have any revenue or profit figures available, only business counts by NAICS, geography and employment size range (or revenue ranges for 3 digit NAICS by provinces).”

WSIB and Income

Question:
I have a faculty member looking for WSIB claimants and their income.

I understand that individual Social Insurance numbers will be linked to income with the individual's name and private information hidden.

Any ideas about how to find this information?

Answer:
I couldn’t find anything on the StatCan side. WSIB is run by the Ministry of Labour in Ontario. Upon doing a quick search, their website offers a Statistical report builder which allows users to customize reports.

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PUMF for 2016 Survey of Financial Security

Question:
Is there a PUMF available for the 2016 Survey of Financial Security?  Nesstar had up to 2012.

Answer:
The Survey of Financial Security (SFS) 2016 is available on the EFT at the following location: 

EFT: /MAD_PUMF_FMGD_DAM/Root/2620_SFS_ESF/2016

The survey is currently in queue for DDI coding and is not yet available on Nesstar Webview. A notice will be sent to the community once it becomes available on this platform.

Cement Survey

Question:
I’m helping a researcher who is interested in the following table of data from the Cement Survey: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1610004301. He was really hoping to obtain numbers for the row on “Clinker” (last row in the table), and we are curious whether a custom tabulation of this data aggregated by year instead of month would allow for the clinker numbers to be released?

Also, is there any way to access microdata for the Cement Survey?

Answer:
Subject matter has informed us that unfortunately, the data for clinker could not be released even if it was aggregated to annual data. The only way that a researcher could access this data is if they were to enter in a contract with STC  do some analysis through the Canadian Centre for Data Development and Economic Research (CDER). Please see the following links for CDER proposal requirements: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/cder/prop and http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/cder/price.

Any proposal for submission must have sufficient details, so as to determine the feasibility of the project. This will include a data perspective, costs, and professional merit. Note that CDER only considers research projects that are not descriptive in nature.

CDER is run on a cost-recovery basis; as such, all researchers must be able to cover all project costs, including the cost of having their project proposals peer and committee-reviewed.

The costs of a project depend on a variety of factors such as
1. length of time required to access the CDER facilities
2. whether the data set exists or needs to be developed
3. how much output needs to be reviewed for confidentiality.

This means that there is no standard project cost. Each project will be reviewed by CDER to determine the individual cost. Here are some elements to consider for a simple project:
•whether a project makes use of an existing database
•whether the project can be completed in 3 months (66 days)
•if the expected output of the project would take no more than 2 days for a Statistics Canada analyst to review for confidentiality issues
•if there are project submission fees (see below)
•whether there is a need for housing the researcher(s) and providing them with access to CDER facilities (office workspace, workstation, server, data storage, etc.), which is the largest element affecting the cost

Based on current costs, a simple project, such as the aforementioned would cost approximately $7,200.00.

Postal CodeOM Conversion File Plus (PCCF+) version 7A: Revised SAS Program

Notice

Postal CodeOM Conversion File Plus (PCCF+) version 7A: Revised SAS Program / Version 7A

Two errors in the PCCF+ 7A SAS code were identified as follows:
The first error resulted in some income quintiles being misclassified. The income information was being merged using the 2006 DAuid instead of the 2016 DAuid.  This error does not impact the majority of dissemination areas (DAs) since DAs have a high correspondence from one census to the next (Statistics Canada, Correspondence Files, Reference Guide – Census year 2011; Census year 2016;  Catalogue no. 92-156-G). 
The second error resulted in some variables (FED16uid, Fed16name and CSDtype) not being initialized within the SAS code due to name changes. This resulted in the removal of these variables from the final geocoded output file.

Since the SAS input data files in PCCF+ version 7A were not affected by this error, a new version of the full product was not created. Instead, the SAS program has been revised to correct these errors.  Users should replace PCCFplus_7A_v1.sas file with the PCCFplus_7A_v2.sas in order to resolve these errors. 

EFT: /MAD_PCCF_FCCP_DAM/Root/2017/pccf-fccp-plus/pccf+fccp+7A/data

Census 2016 PCCF+ Release Date

Question:
Is there an update for the release date for the PCCF+ based on census 2016?  I have researchers waiting for this product and would like to provide an answer.

Answer:
The PCCF+ version 7A is already indexed to the 2016 Census and available through the DLI. It can be found in the following subdirectory:

EFT: /MAD_PCCF_FCCP_DAM/Root/2017/PCCF7A

Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF) - available from Canada Post in the future?

Question:
I'm in the process of replying to a non-UNB person to let her know that she cannot obtain a copy of the PCCF from us; however, when I went to the PCCF catalogue page, I see that the June 2017 version, issued on Dec. 13, 2017, is listed as the last one available from Statistics Canada.  The status is listed as discontinued, and the note says [their bolding]: This product has been discontinued as of February 2018. The last issue of this publication was a December 2017 update.  Canada Post Corporation will assume the distribution of this product, and its guide, in the future.

So my questions are what are the implications for DLI access to this product, and was there some announcement that I missed?

Further to my message, I notice that the note for the PCCF+ indicates that it will be available from Canada Post and through the DLI.  While I do like the fact that I now know we'll still be getting licensed copies, I'm wondering if there shouldn't be the hyper link on Canada Post on the PCCF+ page like there is on the PCCF page, and if there shouldn't be an additional comment preceding DLI.  For example (emphasis mine): "PCCF+ will be available via Canada Post and the Data Liberation Initiative (for authorized users within DLI institutions)."  Or some such thing.

Answer:

Yes, you are correct. Although Canada Post has assumed the distribution of this product, a copy of the PCCF will continue to be distributed by the DLI for researchers that fall under the parameters of our End-User Licence Agreement found in Appendix II of the Licence Agreement. We will pass your website recommendation on to our management. 

Follow Up Questions:

1. One more question I have is whether my researcher can contact StatCan for the June 2017 version (issued Dec. 2017), as seems to be indicated on the PCCF page, or if she'd need to contact Canada Post.  According to the note I mentioned in my first (of accidentally many) messages, versions of the PCCF after Feb. 2018 must be obtained from Canada Post; however, when you click on the "More information" link beside the three more recent versions listed on the page, there's no "contact us" link (or any further information, for that matter).

Could you check and let me know what the situation is with this?  I can give the researcher the general contact info for StatCan as needed, but I wanted to double check to see if the above situation was just a typo or intentional.

2. We just got a request for PCCF plus. It says on this page that the product has been discontinued as of Feb. 2018. Is this correct?

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/82F0086X

Answer:

We have confirmed that the DLI will continue to be provided with the PCCF, PCFRF and PCCF+ files for usage under the parameters of our End-User Licence Agreement found in Appendix II of the Licence Agreement. 

Please note that the Statistics Canada catalogue (the PCCF and PCCF+ webpages referenced below) will no longer provide information on the latest release. As such, the DLI program will work towards including the PCCF, PCFRF and PCCF+ in their list of available products for your referencing. 

Follow Up Question:

Thank you for your updates about distribution. I noticed that the statement for the PCCF and the PCRFR in the STC catalogue simply states:

Canada Post Corporation will assume the distribution of this product, and its guide, in the future. 

Whereas the note for the PCCF Plus is:

PCCF+ will be available via Canada Post and the Data Liberation Initiative.

Do you have a sense of what this will mean for user support for DLI contacts?  Will Health Geography and the Geography Division at Statistics Canada still be involved for the three postal code products? 

Just a last question, is it desirable for the statements for the three products to be more consistent re: DLI?

Answer:

We have made subject matter aware of the confusion caused by the wording on the PCCF, PCRFR and PCCF+ Statistics Canada catalogue pages. I agree that is it currently a little confusing. However, since the PCCF, PCFRF and PCCF+ files are separate from the Statistics Canada Open Licence Agreement and since the DLI grants access to these files through its own licence agreement, please reference the DLI collection webpage for the most up to date information on the availability of these products. We are actively working towards listing these files on our all DLI products page.

The subject matter area internally responsible for these files has an agreement with Canada Post and will continue to be involved in the production of these files. For the purposes of the DLI, the PCCF, PCFRF and PCCF+ files, and any associated support we provide will continue to be unaffected. 

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