CANSIM Table 381-5000 (GDP at CMA)

Question

A student has found CANSIM Table 381-5000, which according to footnote 1 is a table “based on the research paper "Metropolitan Gross Domestic Product: Experimental Estimates, 2001 to 2009" by Mark Brown and Luke Rispoli,” so now of course would like past and more current years worth of data.

The Daily article (dated Nov. 10, 2014) on this report <http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/141110/dq141110a-eng.htm> gives some explanation, including:

Traditionally, Statistics Canada has produced estimates of GDP nationally and by province, but not at the metropolitan level. With growing interest in measuring the dynamics of metropolitan economies, new experimental estimates of GDP by CMAs have been developed.

These include estimates of GDP over the 2001 to 2009 period for 33 CMAs and the non-metropolitan regions of the nine provinces with a CMA.

Are these the only years for which GDP at CMA is currently available? Will data for future (or past) years will be forthcoming at some point?

Answer

The subject matter has confirmed that:

The study mentioned in your correspondence was the result of a pilot project undertaken by our colleagues in the Economic Analysis Division. I do not think there is any data in this series that goes back before 2001 or is more current than 2009.

There is no set date for new data from the experimental project:

“We hope in the coming year to develop a set of more recent estimates, but no delivery date has been set for these.”

APS 2012 PUMF release date

Question

I am wondering when a PUMF is due to be released for 2012 APS. I see reference that it was tentatively due to be released this past January, but find no data file on the FTP server or and only Excel files available through Nesstar.

Answer

The file is set to be released on Tuesday March 24, 2015.

Survey of Financial Security Release (SFS)

Question

We have users again asking when the Survey of Financial Security PUMF will be released. The pending surveys page says Fall 2014.

I am pleased to see that they have released 3 CanSim tables from the survey. Can we get an update on when the PUMF might get released ?

Answer

I was informed that there were changes to be made. The survey division is presenting to an internal committee on February 16th to approve it release. If approved it should be shortly after that.

CCHS 2013 PUMF

Question

When can we expect a PUMF for the 2013 CCHS? Will it be available on its own or will it be combined with 2014?

Answer

The 2013/2014 PUMF will be released this fall and will be mostly unchanged from the previous PUMFS.

In 2015, the CCHS is undergoing a redesign. The 2015/2016 PUMF is not going to be released for over 2 years and therefore we [Health Statistics Division] cannot say at this time what those changes will be. There are changes to the content and we will need to look at new content and decide what will be included. That will not be done until January/February of 2017 most likely.

CCHA PUMFs

Hello,

We received an off list question about the release dates for the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) public use microdata files (PUMFs). The tentative release dates for the CCHS PUMFs are currently as follows:

Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2009/2010 PUMF
- Expected release date : September 2011

Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) - Healthy Aging 2008/2009 PUMF
- Expected release date: April 2011

Thank you.

2011 Census Topics and Release Dates

The 2011 Census Dissemination Project is pleased to announce the 2011 Census topics and release dates.

From the Statistics Canada home page, users can find this information under the ‘Census' header and can access the 2011 Census module (topics/dates presented under ‘Quick links' in the right-hand side bar) or through ‘Latest census data' (census dissemination web module – 2011 Census topics and release dates in left-hand side bar and featured in ‘Spotlight').

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