Question
Is it possible to purchase block-face data?
There is an area of Montreal which is currently “gentrifying” – but it is part of an former industrial area and the DA is almost the entire CT – so the students from Urban Planning are hoping to get shape-files and block face data since 1996. Possible? Expensive??
Answer
I spoke with an Account-Executive and a Custom Product Consultant about your question and they indicated that it may be possible to purchase block-face data as a custom service if the area of interest has a population of 100 or more. The minimum cost would be $1200. Shape files would not be available but a representative point file could be provided. Please let me know if the students wish to look into this custom service option and I will refer you to an Account-Executive in our Montreal Regional Office.
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Showing posts with label Students. Show all posts
Friday, October 2, 2009
Licensing question: sharing report based upon DLI data with company
Question
Some student assignments in our Business School involve developing marketing (or other) plans for actual companies and organizations, in order to give students real-world experience. These reports are often shared with the organization at the end of the project. Instructors have asked whether students can use DLI resources in their assignments, if the results are going to be shared with a company. This is a different scenario than the one in the list of licensing examples ("Students doing an independent study for a professor, a business proposal, which might then be used to start a Centre within the university") which was approved, since the end user will be a profit-making enterprise. [Note: the data is not being shared, but rather the conclusions based upon the data obtained through the DLI.]
I suspect that the answer is no but thought I should check.
Answer
Since these projects are assignments that are required for a course, they can use the DLI data to prepare their assignment and share the plan or analysis with companies and organizations. They cannot share the data but the analysis and/or plans can be shared with anyone.
Hope this helps.
Some student assignments in our Business School involve developing marketing (or other) plans for actual companies and organizations, in order to give students real-world experience. These reports are often shared with the organization at the end of the project. Instructors have asked whether students can use DLI resources in their assignments, if the results are going to be shared with a company. This is a different scenario than the one in the list of licensing examples ("Students doing an independent study for a professor, a business proposal, which might then be used to start a Centre within the university") which was approved, since the end user will be a profit-making enterprise. [Note: the data is not being shared, but rather the conclusions based upon the data obtained through the DLI.]
I suspect that the answer is no but thought I should check.
Answer
Since these projects are assignments that are required for a course, they can use the DLI data to prepare their assignment and share the plan or analysis with companies and organizations. They cannot share the data but the analysis and/or plans can be shared with anyone.
Hope this helps.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Average years of schooling
Question
I am wondering if there is an easy answer to this question of “average age of schooling for Canadians”. Although not conveyed in the email from the Grad student, the key to this request (communicated during a phone chat) is the desire to have annual data on this topic, back to the 1970’s. Also, if possible, to have the data by province. The student adds via email:
Pertaining to our discussion yesterday, the data that I'm looking for is this:
What is the average years of schooling for Canadians?
By schooling, I mean elementary, high school (secondary), and university or an accredited/recognized post-secondary educational institution.
So for example, I have:
elementary through high school so that's 12 years
my bachelor's degree so that's 5 years
one master's degree so that 2 years
my second master's degrees (in progress) 2 years.
total years of schooling is 12 + 5 + 2 + 2 = 21 years.
The data can be aggregated to all Canadians.
Thanks for any help. We have looked at the Labour Force Survey (educational attainment) via SDA, but there appears to be no simple (single) answer for the question asked, in terms of annual data for “average years” of schooling for Canadians.
Answer
Here is a summary of what the author divisions have told me about the years of schooling variable:
- census data for this variable is not available for 2006 due to changes in the questionnaire. This matches some information I found on the following page of the Statcan site (scroll down to the heading "Modified Questions - Education)": http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/reference/dictionary/ovpop4a.cfm#04. This means they cannot provide a custom tabulation for 2006 on years of schooling
- total years of schooling is available for census years between 1971 and 2001 as a custom tabulation. Note that the population for 1976 was 1/3 sample and 1971 1/3 sample. Here is the link to the 2001 Census Dictionary stating the comparability years for total years of schooling:
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Reference/dict/pop121.htm
- LFS has only annual data on "educational attainment" starting in 1990. They suggested that you check the CANSIM table 282-0004 to see if it would correspond to your needs.
I am wondering if there is an easy answer to this question of “average age of schooling for Canadians”. Although not conveyed in the email from the Grad student, the key to this request (communicated during a phone chat) is the desire to have annual data on this topic, back to the 1970’s. Also, if possible, to have the data by province. The student adds via email:
Pertaining to our discussion yesterday, the data that I'm looking for is this:
What is the average years of schooling for Canadians?
By schooling, I mean elementary, high school (secondary), and university or an accredited/recognized post-secondary educational institution.
So for example, I have:
elementary through high school so that's 12 years
my bachelor's degree so that's 5 years
one master's degree so that 2 years
my second master's degrees (in progress) 2 years.
total years of schooling is 12 + 5 + 2 + 2 = 21 years.
The data can be aggregated to all Canadians.
Thanks for any help. We have looked at the Labour Force Survey (educational attainment) via SDA, but there appears to be no simple (single) answer for the question asked, in terms of annual data for “average years” of schooling for Canadians.
Answer
Here is a summary of what the author divisions have told me about the years of schooling variable:
- census data for this variable is not available for 2006 due to changes in the questionnaire. This matches some information I found on the following page of the Statcan site (scroll down to the heading "Modified Questions - Education)": http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/reference/dictionary/ovpop4a.cfm#04. This means they cannot provide a custom tabulation for 2006 on years of schooling
- total years of schooling is available for census years between 1971 and 2001 as a custom tabulation. Note that the population for 1976 was 1/3 sample and 1971 1/3 sample. Here is the link to the 2001 Census Dictionary stating the comparability years for total years of schooling:
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Reference/dict/pop121.htm
- LFS has only annual data on "educational attainment" starting in 1990. They suggested that you check the CANSIM table 282-0004 to see if it would correspond to your needs.
Friday, February 13, 2009
High School Drop Outs
Question
A Social Work MA student researching high school drop out rates saw this
article in the Globe and Mail, and we are trying to determine what "new
data" might have prompted it:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090209.NATS09-1/TPStory/National
When I search "high school dropout" on the Statscan website, I do not
find anything more recent than 2006. The article implies that such data
are collected annually. IF they are, we would be interested to acquire
them.
Answer
1) See
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/051216/dq051216c-eng.htm
It uses Labour force survey data, and
"The high school dropout rate is defined as the proportion of young people
aged 20 to 24 who are not attending school, and who have not graduated
from high school"
2)That 2005 study mentioned above below is referenced by a Canadian Council
on Learning (CCL) study that was released on February 4, 2009. The CCL
study draws on Statistics Canada and other data, particularly custom
extractions from the 2001 Census and 2004 SLID. This CCL study is also
mentioned in other, longer news articles similar to the short Globe and Mail
one that you found. Here is a link to the CCL study:
http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Reports/Other+Reports/20090203CostofDroppingOut.htm
So I suspect that the "new data" is actually the data synthesized in the CCL
report. I find that newspaper stories are often vague about the exact
source of data and tend to attribute everything to Statistics Canada. The
Globe and Mail article may be an example of this.
However, I am going to talk to one of the authors of the study
mentioned because he was consulted on the CCL study. Hopefully he can
provide some insight, or at least confirm that we haven't missed anything.
A Social Work MA student researching high school drop out rates saw this
article in the Globe and Mail, and we are trying to determine what "new
data" might have prompted it:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090209.NATS09-1/TPStory/National
When I search "high school dropout" on the Statscan website, I do not
find anything more recent than 2006. The article implies that such data
are collected annually. IF they are, we would be interested to acquire
them.
Answer
1) See
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/051216/dq051216c-eng.htm
It uses Labour force survey data, and
"The high school dropout rate is defined as the proportion of young people
aged 20 to 24 who are not attending school, and who have not graduated
from high school"
2)That 2005 study mentioned above below is referenced by a Canadian Council
on Learning (CCL) study that was released on February 4, 2009. The CCL
study draws on Statistics Canada and other data, particularly custom
extractions from the 2001 Census and 2004 SLID. This CCL study is also
mentioned in other, longer news articles similar to the short Globe and Mail
one that you found. Here is a link to the CCL study:
http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Reports/Other+Reports/20090203CostofDroppingOut.htm
So I suspect that the "new data" is actually the data synthesized in the CCL
report. I find that newspaper stories are often vague about the exact
source of data and tend to attribute everything to Statistics Canada. The
Globe and Mail article may be an example of this.
However, I am going to talk to one of the authors of the study
mentioned because he was consulted on the CCL study. Hopefully he can
provide some insight, or at least confirm that we haven't missed anything.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Survey of Earned Doctorates
Question
I have a researcher wondering about the following:
Table 2.2 in the 2003/2004 files - do these numbers exclude foreign students? or are they included? In some of the following tables foreign is listed separately.
Answer
My contact in the Education Division confirmed that foreign students are included in the numbers for Table 2.2 of the 2003/2004 SED files.
I have a researcher wondering about the following:
Table 2.2 in the 2003/2004 files - do these numbers exclude foreign students? or are they included? In some of the following tables foreign is listed separately.
Answer
My contact in the Education Division confirmed that foreign students are included in the numbers for Table 2.2 of the 2003/2004 SED files.
Post-secondary enrollments and faculty members
Question
I am trying to determine if we have access through the DLI to university enrollments (by institution) and faculty numbers (by institution). We do have access to the Financial Information of Universities and Colleges (FIUC) by institution.
The Enhanced Student Information System (ESIS) should be the source for the enrolment data by institution but I don't see any access to that. The University and College Academic Staff Survey (UCASS) should be the source for the faculty data by institution; we do have access to UCASS through DLI but I could only find the data at the provincial level and not by institution.
I am surprised that we can get financial information at the institution level but apparently not enrolment and faculty numbers. Is this data only available through custom tabulations? Any assistance with this would be very much appreciated.
Answer
1) Check out http://www.caut.ca/pages.asp?page=442. Specifically Section 2, Table 2.12 and Section 4, Tables 4.4 and 4.5. There may be other tables of interest.
2) That suggestion is a good one because institution-level data for university enrolments and faculty numbers are not available through the DLI. They can, however, be ordered for a fee. A similar question came up in the summer so I have provided a link to the complete answer which will give you some idea of what you could expect to pay:
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Information on Visa Students
Question
I received the following request: "I am interested in gaining access to Stats Can info through the Data Liberation Initiative, especially as concerns statistics for international education. Can you please tell me how I may search/access this data?
For example, we are currently in need of the most up-to-date stats on country of origin for visa students in Canada and how many of those come from the U.S."
I thought this would be fairly straightforward; not quite. I found an AUCC publication on Enrolment but the data go only to 2004. And I have looked all through PSIS and found several tables, but none that fit the bill. There's a Daily article from Feb 2008 with 2005-06 data, but they aren't detailed enough.
Any other thoughts? I called our planning folks and they actually provide data to PSIS so we only have our own here taken from our admin system.
Answer
1) It's not Stats Can that collects that info, but rather Citizenship and Immigration. For example, the 2006 Facts and figures at: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2006/index.asp has a bunch of tables on foreign students, including the top 10 countries of origin.
Before 2003, they were reported in:
Facts and figures [yyyy]: statistical overview of the temporary resident and refugee claimant population.
I am not sure whether or not LAC has those on its web site, but I have copies from 1999-2002 (pdf files), if you need them.
2) I have found statistics on foreign or international students enrolled in Canadian universities in OECD sources. Look in SourceOECD under OECD databases: OECD.Stat (2004-2006) or Education Statistics, where one of the databases is called Foreign Students Enrolled (1998-2003).
3) Our Education consultant told me that data on country of origin for visa students in Canada is available as a custom tabulation:
"This would be available from a custom extraction from PSIS. The cost would be $160 for one year and $10 for each additional year added at the same time. Turn-around time for delivery is 5-10 working days and pre-payment by credit card would be required."
I received the following request: "I am interested in gaining access to Stats Can info through the Data Liberation Initiative, especially as concerns statistics for international education. Can you please tell me how I may search/access this data?
For example, we are currently in need of the most up-to-date stats on country of origin for visa students in Canada and how many of those come from the U.S."
I thought this would be fairly straightforward; not quite. I found an AUCC publication on Enrolment but the data go only to 2004. And I have looked all through PSIS and found several tables, but none that fit the bill. There's a Daily article from Feb 2008 with 2005-06 data, but they aren't detailed enough.
Any other thoughts? I called our planning folks and they actually provide data to PSIS so we only have our own here taken from our admin system.
Answer
1) It's not Stats Can that collects that info, but rather Citizenship and Immigration. For example, the 2006 Facts and figures at: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2006/index.asp has a bunch of tables on foreign students, including the top 10 countries of origin.
Before 2003, they were reported in:
Facts and figures [yyyy]: statistical overview of the temporary resident and refugee claimant population.
I am not sure whether or not LAC has those on its web site, but I have copies from 1999-2002 (pdf files), if you need them.
2) I have found statistics on foreign or international students enrolled in Canadian universities in OECD sources. Look in SourceOECD under OECD databases: OECD.Stat (2004-2006) or Education Statistics, where one of the databases is called Foreign Students Enrolled (1998-2003).
3) Our Education consultant told me that data on country of origin for visa students in Canada is available as a custom tabulation:
"This would be available from a custom extraction from PSIS. The cost would be $160 for one year and $10 for each additional year added at the same time. Turn-around time for delivery is 5-10 working days and pre-payment by credit card would be required."
Friday, October 17, 2008
Statistics on First Generation Students
Question
I have a request for statistics on ‘first generation students’ (i.e. students who are the first in their family to pursue post-secondary education) in London, either current or future. I haven’t found anything that specific, so I have been trying to find data that links education with family size.
The only statistics I’ve come up with so far is a 2001 table: Highest Level of Schooling of Father (9), Highest Level of Schooling of Mother (9), Age Groups of Children (5) and Family Structure (3) for Children Under 18 Years of Age in Couple Families, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data - Cat. No. 97F0021XCB2001003
I found this under the 2001 topic: Social and economic characteristics of individuals, families and households. I haven’t located anything similar, either table or topic, in the 2006 Census.
Any suggestions on further statistics, either from the 2006 Census or otherwise, would be greatly appreciated.
Answer
Questions pertaining to education on the census questionnaire changed substantially between 2001 and 2006, principally to reflect developments in Canada's education system. These changes mean that comparisons with data from previous censuses is not always possible. That may be why you are having trouble finding an equivalent table from the 2006 Census. More information on the changes is provided at the following link:
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/analysis/education/changes.cfm
I have a request for statistics on ‘first generation students’ (i.e. students who are the first in their family to pursue post-secondary education) in London, either current or future. I haven’t found anything that specific, so I have been trying to find data that links education with family size.
The only statistics I’ve come up with so far is a 2001 table: Highest Level of Schooling of Father (9), Highest Level of Schooling of Mother (9), Age Groups of Children (5) and Family Structure (3) for Children Under 18 Years of Age in Couple Families, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data - Cat. No. 97F0021XCB2001003
I found this under the 2001 topic: Social and economic characteristics of individuals, families and households. I haven’t located anything similar, either table or topic, in the 2006 Census.
Any suggestions on further statistics, either from the 2006 Census or otherwise, would be greatly appreciated.
Answer
Questions pertaining to education on the census questionnaire changed substantially between 2001 and 2006, principally to reflect developments in Canada's education system. These changes mean that comparisons with data from previous censuses is not always possible. That may be why you are having trouble finding an equivalent table from the 2006 Census. More information on the changes is provided at the following link:
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/analysis/education/changes.cfm
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Educational & Student Data
Question
I have a few students who are working on an academic project where they want to get data on students (in most cases, postsecondary, but also secondary). They have found NELS from ICPSR and this seems to answer a lot of the questions they're looking at (they're investigating things like dropout rates, impact of being an immigrant on student success, etc.). I don't think there is any comparable Canadian studies, but perhaps someone knows of something that I'm missing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. A couple of the students found the Youth in Transition Survey, but I understand this is not available for download.
Answer
The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) may have some of the data your students require.
We have microdata files for cycles 1, 2 and 3 of NLSCY but it is my understanding that the population that is in those cycles wouldn't be in high school yet so they probably won't help your students. We also have synthetic files for both NLSCY
(http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/nlscy.htm)
and YITS in the DLI collection, but your students couldn't use these to obtain estimates for analysis as these synthetic files contain modified data. The students would need to prepare computer programs that would be run against the master file by the author division through remote job submission or use the master files through the RDCs if they meet the eligibility criteria.
Your students may wish to consult the publications that are based on the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). You can access many of these from links that are under Links to related products on the left side bar on these pages in the IMDB:
YITS: http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=4435&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2
NLSCY: http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=4450&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2
Some of these publications discuss dropout rates and one of these also compares "high school graduates and dropouts on a number of dimensions, including family background, parental education and occupation, engagement with school, working during high school, peer influence, and educational aspirations" (see "At a Crossroads: First Results for the 18-20-year-old Cohort of the Youth in Transition Survey" for example
http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=81-591-X).
I have a few students who are working on an academic project where they want to get data on students (in most cases, postsecondary, but also secondary). They have found NELS from ICPSR and this seems to answer a lot of the questions they're looking at (they're investigating things like dropout rates, impact of being an immigrant on student success, etc.). I don't think there is any comparable Canadian studies, but perhaps someone knows of something that I'm missing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. A couple of the students found the Youth in Transition Survey, but I understand this is not available for download.
Answer
The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) may have some of the data your students require.
We have microdata files for cycles 1, 2 and 3 of NLSCY but it is my understanding that the population that is in those cycles wouldn't be in high school yet so they probably won't help your students. We also have synthetic files for both NLSCY
(http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/nlscy.htm)
and YITS in the DLI collection, but your students couldn't use these to obtain estimates for analysis as these synthetic files contain modified data. The students would need to prepare computer programs that would be run against the master file by the author division through remote job submission or use the master files through the RDCs if they meet the eligibility criteria.
Your students may wish to consult the publications that are based on the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). You can access many of these from links that are under Links to related products on the left side bar on these pages in the IMDB:
YITS: http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=4435&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2
NLSCY: http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=4450&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2
Some of these publications discuss dropout rates and one of these also compares "high school graduates and dropouts on a number of dimensions, including family background, parental education and occupation, engagement with school, working during high school, peer influence, and educational aspirations" (see "At a Crossroads: First Results for the 18-20-year-old Cohort of the Youth in Transition Survey" for example
http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=81-591-X).
Monday, July 31, 2006
Number of first year university enrollments
Question
I have been asked for the number of new 1st year students in Canadian universities by gender. Does anyone know where to get this information?
Cansim provides overall enrollment, but not by year.
Answer
I just confirmed with the author division and this information is not available from Statistics Canada. Apparently we once did collect it, but it is not longer being collected at this time.
I have been asked for the number of new 1st year students in Canadian universities by gender. Does anyone know where to get this information?
Cansim provides overall enrollment, but not by year.
Answer
I just confirmed with the author division and this information is not available from Statistics Canada. Apparently we once did collect it, but it is not longer being collected at this time.
Friday, July 14, 2006
High school graduates in the 1930s
Question
Would anyone know where to find actual numbers of high school graduates in the 1930s? We have a student looking for this information. He is looking for Canada and by province if possible.
Response
The Education Division's information dates back to the 1970s at the earliest.
Would anyone know where to find actual numbers of high school graduates in the 1930s? We have a student looking for this information. He is looking for Canada and by province if possible.
Response
The Education Division's information dates back to the 1970s at the earliest.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Distance Education Enrollment in Universities across Canada
Question
I just checked to see if the AETS covers distance education enrollment in universities across Canada but it does not. Is there something I've missed or would this require a customized tabulation?
Answer
In reference to your question, please find the Education Division's reply:
The only distance learning we have is in the enclosed link. There really is not a lot to offer at the university level.
http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/index.htm
I just checked to see if the AETS covers distance education enrollment in universities across Canada but it does not. Is there something I've missed or would this require a customized tabulation?
Answer
In reference to your question, please find the Education Division's reply:
The only distance learning we have is in the enclosed link. There really is not a lot to offer at the university level.
http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/index.htm
Thursday, October 13, 2005
International Students
Question
I am looking for the information re: international students, by province and - university, number of, how many graduated, how many dropped out. Does such information exist?
I was also wondering if we have some local (Atlantic) statistics.
Answers
1. This might be helpful:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/monitor/issue07/04-students.html
2. I have had similar requests in the past so was interested in this. I explored further and found more at
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/index-2.html#statistics and
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/research/menu-fact.html.
Lots here on numbers, where they're coming from, and where they're going.
I am looking for the information re: international students, by province and - university, number of, how many graduated, how many dropped out. Does such information exist?
I was also wondering if we have some local (Atlantic) statistics.
Answers
1. This might be helpful:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/monitor/issue07/04-students.html
2. I have had similar requests in the past so was interested in this. I explored further and found more at
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/index-2.html#statistics and
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/research/menu-fact.html.
Lots here on numbers, where they're coming from, and where they're going.
Friday, June 24, 2005
International students and immigration status
Question
Statistics on the number and source countries of international students in the Canadian post-secondary system who have applied for/been granted permanent resident status subsequent to graduation.
It was suggested to her that DLI products would help. Can anyone suggest which one? I looked through the list and found the National Graduates survey but when I read the description and checked the questionaire it did not seem appropriate.
Answer
I just confirmed with our Education Division and we can provide university enrolments/graduates by country of citizenship and
immigration status from 1992 to 2001. However, we do not have data on how many students remain in Canada after they finish school.
Statistics on the number and source countries of international students in the Canadian post-secondary system who have applied for/been granted permanent resident status subsequent to graduation.
It was suggested to her that DLI products would help. Can anyone suggest which one? I looked through the list and found the National Graduates survey but when I read the description and checked the questionaire it did not seem appropriate.
Answer
I just confirmed with our Education Division and we can provide university enrolments/graduates by country of citizenship and
immigration status from 1992 to 2001. However, we do not have data on how many students remain in Canada after they finish school.
Thursday, August 12, 2004
Universities: Enrollment & Degrees
Question
Is the following available through DLI? I can't find record of it anywhere on the StatCan site, and our Library Catalogue indicates the print publication ended in 1991.
Catalogue No. 81-204, Universities: Enrollment and Degrees -- Table 12: Enrolment by Level, Home Province of Canadians and Permanent Residents, Province of Study, Registration Status and Sex, for the most current two years.
Answer
I believe that the information you are looking for is not available via the DLI but from STC Centre for Education Statistics directly. In July I sent out the message below that I had received from them about their latest release on university enrolments. I have also included the link to the Daily that they mentioned in this news release. If the product they mention that is available to download does not meet your needs then you should contact the division directly.
Previous message:
UNIVERSITY ENROLMENTS, 2001-2002
Data on university enrolments will be released on Friday, July 30, 2004 in the Statistics Canada Daily.
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040730/d040730b.htm
The Daily can be downloaded at no charge from the Statistics Canada website.
The following variables will be available:
* Province of study*
* Institution of study
* Gender
* Age
* Mother tongue
* Province or state of permanent address
* Immigration status of student
* Country of citizenship
* Student registration status*
* Field of study (Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP))*
* Program level*
Data for variables marked with an asterisk (*) above will be available in the CANSIM table 477-0011.
To preserve confidentiality, the available data will be rounded to the nearest five (5) and figures below five (5) will be identified as
confidential.
University enrolment data for 2001-2002 are obtained using information from the Enhanced Student Information System and the University Student Information System.
Preliminary data on university enrolment for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 were previously released in The Daily on March 31 and April 17, 2003. This release provides the final data for the same periods.
Data on Field of Study are coded according to the new Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). Before the ESIS was implemented, the Postsecondary Education and Adult Learning Section of the Centre for Education Statistics (CES) used the University Student Information System (USIS) for fields of study at the university level. USIS-to-CIP and CIP-to-USIS conversion tables are available on request.
Data on education levels, citizenship and immigration status were coded using the new classifications in the Enhanced Student Information System (ESIS). Conversion tables are also available for these variables.
For the purposes of the release, a foreign student is defined as a non-Canadian student who does not have "permanent resident" status and has had to obtain the authorization of the Canadian government to enter Canada with the intention of pursuing an education.
Historical data on enrolments for 1992-1993 to 2001-2002 were converted using ESIS variable definitions and code sets, so as to maintain the historical continuity of the statistical series.
You may also wish to look at:
Chapter D: Postsecondary education are the tables in .xls
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/81-582-XIE/2003001/figures.htm
Some updated tables:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/81-582-XIE/2003001/update200406.htm
Is the following available through DLI? I can't find record of it anywhere on the StatCan site, and our Library Catalogue indicates the print publication ended in 1991.
Catalogue No. 81-204, Universities: Enrollment and Degrees -- Table 12: Enrolment by Level, Home Province of Canadians and Permanent Residents, Province of Study, Registration Status and Sex, for the most current two years.
Answer
I believe that the information you are looking for is not available via the DLI but from STC Centre for Education Statistics directly. In July I sent out the message below that I had received from them about their latest release on university enrolments. I have also included the link to the Daily that they mentioned in this news release. If the product they mention that is available to download does not meet your needs then you should contact the division directly.
Previous message:
UNIVERSITY ENROLMENTS, 2001-2002
Data on university enrolments will be released on Friday, July 30, 2004 in the Statistics Canada Daily.
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040730/d040730b.htm
The Daily can be downloaded at no charge from the Statistics Canada website.
The following variables will be available:
* Province of study*
* Institution of study
* Gender
* Age
* Mother tongue
* Province or state of permanent address
* Immigration status of student
* Country of citizenship
* Student registration status*
* Field of study (Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP))*
* Program level*
Data for variables marked with an asterisk (*) above will be available in the CANSIM table 477-0011.
To preserve confidentiality, the available data will be rounded to the nearest five (5) and figures below five (5) will be identified as
confidential.
University enrolment data for 2001-2002 are obtained using information from the Enhanced Student Information System and the University Student Information System.
Preliminary data on university enrolment for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 were previously released in The Daily on March 31 and April 17, 2003. This release provides the final data for the same periods.
Data on Field of Study are coded according to the new Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). Before the ESIS was implemented, the Postsecondary Education and Adult Learning Section of the Centre for Education Statistics (CES) used the University Student Information System (USIS) for fields of study at the university level. USIS-to-CIP and CIP-to-USIS conversion tables are available on request.
Data on education levels, citizenship and immigration status were coded using the new classifications in the Enhanced Student Information System (ESIS). Conversion tables are also available for these variables.
For the purposes of the release, a foreign student is defined as a non-Canadian student who does not have "permanent resident" status and has had to obtain the authorization of the Canadian government to enter Canada with the intention of pursuing an education.
Historical data on enrolments for 1992-1993 to 2001-2002 were converted using ESIS variable definitions and code sets, so as to maintain the historical continuity of the statistical series.
You may also wish to look at:
Chapter D: Postsecondary education are the tables in .xls
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/81-582-XIE/2003001/figures.htm
Some updated tables:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/81-582-XIE/2003001/update200406.htm
Thursday, August 5, 2004
Foreign Students Entering or Residing in Canada
Question
I am looking for the numbers of international students entering and/or residing in Canada by year and country of citizenship. CIC has these numbers, but the ones I have been able to find are either aggregated or include only the top ten source countries.
Answer
Education can provide international students enrollments by institution and province, ft/pt, etc.
They don't have the data published so you have to contact them directly for it.
I am looking for the numbers of international students entering and/or residing in Canada by year and country of citizenship. CIC has these numbers, but the ones I have been able to find are either aggregated or include only the top ten source countries.
Answer
Education can provide international students enrollments by institution and province, ft/pt, etc.
They don't have the data published so you have to contact them directly for it.
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