Question
Hi everyone,
I have a student looking for the number of nurses (RNs) in Canada. Cansim has information going back to 1987. Do you know where I would find information for previous years. She would like to go back to 1900 if possible, but would be thrilled to have data back to the 1940s.
Thank you in advance for any ideas or suggestions you may have.
Answer
These historical statistics may be available in Statistics Canada's older print publications. Please let me know if you would like me to refer you to the StatCan Library Reference Desk. Their reference librarians could help you locate and access print publications in their historical print collection.
The following article from Canadian Social Trends looked at nursing in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and may be of interest to the student as well: Sedivy-Glasgow, Marie. Nursing in Canada. Canadian Social Trends, Spring 1992, no. 24.
For more recent years, the student may also wish to look at the statistics on nurses available on the CIHI website.
(While looking into your question I consulted a number of products including Labour Force Historical Review (2009 and 2008 issues) and Historical Statistics of Canada but their occupation tables unfortunately didn't have the level of detail the student needs or didn't provide earlier statistics than the ones you have already found on CANSIM.)
I hope that this information is helpful.
Showing posts with label historical statistics. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Historical Census Data, Churchill, MB
Question
I have a researcher looking for Census data for the town of Churchill, Manitoba between 1901 and 1996. I can access the complete Census from 1901 and 1961-1996 through the FTP, but I was unsure if Census data were available between 1901 and 1961.
They are only, as far as I know, in print publications. I have pdf files of the tables of contents of the print publications from of all censuses between 1901 and 1961 linked from: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/major/censusag.htm#1926
(It's the 'Content of tables' link in each respective census'. I find them useful, so that I can determine which of several volumes to look in, before actually heading out to where the print vols. are. Look for any
tables for 'cities, towns, and villages'..........those should include Churchill.
Answer
The StatCan library has the census books, the admin reports and the commissioner manuals for those years. The quinquennial censuses of 06, 16, 26, etc. are loaded with Manitoba data.
Additional Information
If needed, we have a fairly thorough collection of census materials in paper at the Elizabeth Dafoe Library, University of Manitoba. Our Government Documents stacks are open to the public to use within the Library. Not all our older Census materials are catalogued, but they are all in one location, so it is pretty easy to scan through specific Census years.
I have a researcher looking for Census data for the town of Churchill, Manitoba between 1901 and 1996. I can access the complete Census from 1901 and 1961-1996 through the FTP, but I was unsure if Census data were available between 1901 and 1961.
They are only, as far as I know, in print publications. I have pdf files of the tables of contents of the print publications from of all censuses between 1901 and 1961 linked from: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/major/censusag.htm#1926
(It's the 'Content of tables' link in each respective census'. I find them useful, so that I can determine which of several volumes to look in, before actually heading out to where the print vols. are. Look for any
tables for 'cities, towns, and villages'..........those should include Churchill.
Answer
The StatCan library has the census books, the admin reports and the commissioner manuals for those years. The quinquennial censuses of 06, 16, 26, etc. are loaded with Manitoba data.
Additional Information
If needed, we have a fairly thorough collection of census materials in paper at the Elizabeth Dafoe Library, University of Manitoba. Our Government Documents stacks are open to the public to use within the Library. Not all our older Census materials are catalogued, but they are all in one location, so it is pretty easy to scan through specific Census years.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Prohibition Statistics
Question
I`d like to ask for your ideas please on a request we have received for historic statistical information. Has anyone researched this subject or know of any useful starting points that you could help us with?
This is for an undergraduate history paper, so of course it is a rush. The student has requested "numbers that were results of prohibition. When I say criminal charges I mean in all forms from murder, violence, bootlegging, possession and trafficking. And for numbers in death I am referring to the deaths that were due to organized crime and alcohol
poisoning (naturally due to deadly alcohol)".
Without having researched this before, I think the student is looking statistics which I think are fairly unfindable without some pretty big interpretation of historic crime and cause of death statistics around prohibition times (which is a "patchwork", longest in PEI at the turn of the century, and varying by municipality, and then later mandatory in Alberta and Ontario from 1916 to the mid 1920's and never made mandatory by the federal government).
Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated :).
Answer
As mentioned off-list, the Canada Year Book Historical Collection may contain some interesting prohibition-related facts (http://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb_r000-eng.htm; http://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb_r002-eng.htm).
The student may also wish to try searching periodical indexes, newspaper indexes and books on the topic to locate relevant statistics.
I`d like to ask for your ideas please on a request we have received for historic statistical information. Has anyone researched this subject or know of any useful starting points that you could help us with?
This is for an undergraduate history paper, so of course it is a rush. The student has requested "numbers that were results of prohibition. When I say criminal charges I mean in all forms from murder, violence, bootlegging, possession and trafficking. And for numbers in death I am referring to the deaths that were due to organized crime and alcohol
poisoning (naturally due to deadly alcohol)".
Without having researched this before, I think the student is looking statistics which I think are fairly unfindable without some pretty big interpretation of historic crime and cause of death statistics around prohibition times (which is a "patchwork", longest in PEI at the turn of the century, and varying by municipality, and then later mandatory in Alberta and Ontario from 1916 to the mid 1920's and never made mandatory by the federal government).
Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated :).
Answer
As mentioned off-list, the Canada Year Book Historical Collection may contain some interesting prohibition-related facts (http://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb_r000-eng.htm; http://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb_r002-eng.htm).
The student may also wish to try searching periodical indexes, newspaper indexes and books on the topic to locate relevant statistics.
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