Census 1971 - microdata public files

Question

One of the researchers at the UdeMoncton is working with the public files from the census 1971, namely indiv1971_prov. He has reasons to believe that even though the code (three empty spaces) indicates that the person leaves outside of Montreal, in fact in should include the CMR of Montreal. So, the question is : does this file include the CMR of Montreal or does it not?

Answers and Responses

1. Page 2.3.2 of the codebook for the 1971 census pumfs says Sample units on the Quebec tape, residing in Montreal are not the same as those on the Montreal tape. On the Quebec tape residents from Montreal cannot however be recognized as such. The same holds true for Ontario, Toronto sample units.

As I interpret this, the sample of Quebec (including Montreal) and the sample of Montreal (excluding the remainder of Quebec) were drawn independently. The Quebec sample does include Montreal residents, but the CMA variable remains blank for those respondents, so they are not identified as living in Montreal, just somewhere in Quebec. Put another way, the CMA variable, to all intents and purposes, is not used at all in the province-level file, regardless of whether the respondent lives in Montreal or Toronto, or not. The CMA variable is only actually coded in the Montreal & Toronto sample file.

2. You fill find a file that you should be using from the DLI FTP for the CMA of Montreal:
Directory name: Census/1971/Pumf71, File name: indiv71_cma.zip

DMTI Data - 2005

I am starting to load the new DMTI data for this year. I received it on DVDs this year which will mean the procedure for download is going to be a bit different. I have now loaded all the CanMap Routelogistics data onto the server. You will notice, for one, that the edition naming is now different. The current edition is now named V2005.3. Secondly, you will notice that you will not be required to "install" the data. You will simply have to download a provincial zipped file for each province you want and unzip the data. As an example. If you want the CanMap routelogistics data for Ontario, you will need to navigate, on the server, to the following location:
prod.library.utoronto.ca/RouteLog/Arcview/V2005.3/
once in this folder you can download the Ontario files from the ON.zip file and so on. Does anyone require the mapinfo files?
I will update the list as more data is added to the server.

NEW: All DMTI data is now on the server (except the SSV data) in both Shapefile and Mapinfo formats.

1981 to 2001 census of population data tabulated within constant boundaries

I have assembled a set of data from the Census of Population from 1981 to 2001, tabulated for Census Divisions and Census Consolidated Subdivisions, within constant boundaries.

I would like to offer it to academic colleagues via the DLI = Data Liberation Initiative.

The present version is a Beta2 test version and I need some feedback on its usefulness before I proceed.

Thus, if you or your colleagues would be interested in reviewing this database -- or better yet, using these data for academic papers, I would encourage you to ask your DLI librarian (in your university library) to obtain a copy from the DLI gurus in Statistics Canada {Michael Sivyer -- Sivyer@statcan.ca 613-951-6185 or Andre.Blondin@statcan.ca 613-951-6322}

Manitoba GDP - Monthly

Question

I have a student requesting _monthly_ GDP for Manitoba from 1990 to 2004. I thought that would be easy - but the closest I can come is quarterly.

Is monthly available?

Answer

Statistics Canada only produces Provincial GDP annually.

Here is the link to the quarterly e-pub that the Manitoba Ministry of Finance produces using our data and their forecasts.

http://www.gov.mb.ca/iedm/invest/busfacts/economy/ec_outlook.html

Also find an economic highlights pdf that the Ministry of Finance (Manitoba) creates that may be helpful in addressing your student's request.

http://www.gov.mb.ca/finance/reports/pdf/highlights.pdf

Income deciles

Question

A faculty member here wants data from both SLID and SHS by income decile (not quintile, as has already been provided for us in SHS 2003). I know that I can use SPSS to generate the deciles, using

FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=variable
/NTILES= 10
/ORDER= ANALYSIS.

and then, by using these figures to derive another variable, do crosstabs by income decile. What I'm not sure about is whether I
should calculate the deciles to create the derived variable before or after applying the weight variable. Could someone out
there give me some advice?

Answer

If you want the decile variable to indicate membership in the weighted sample, keep the weight variable on when calculating the deciles using the Frequencies command. To satisfy your curiosity, run the Frequencies command with the weight variable on and then off and compare the differences between the deciles of these two runs. You should see differences between the values of the deciles as a result of the sampling design.

When recoding income into deciles, the weight variable will not be invoked and can be either on or off.

NPHS supplement

Question

I have a grad student looking for the Nutrition Supplement Survey for thefollowing years:
1994-1995
1996-1997
1998-1999
2000-2001
2002-2003
2004-2005

In the StatCan online catalogue it lists supplements of NPHS as being available to DLI members.

http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=82M0018S

Is this still the case? If so, can we obtain these files for our student?

I do see the 1994-1995 supplemental files on the ftp site but those are the only ones available.

Is this a matter of custom tab or RDC as options for receiving the data?

Answer

First, there was never any supplement on nutrition in either of our surveys. We did have something related to nutrition but it is the Food Insecurity Supplement of the NPHS, and it was done as a one-time special survey in 1996-1997. This Supplement was sponsored by Human Resource Development Canada to help them in developing policies. The file was never released as a public use microdata file, unfortunately, and is available on request in Research Data Centers.

Second, we recently published the CCHS - Nutrition - General Health component, which is focused on nutrition. The Public file will be available at the end of November, and is also available in request in Research Data Centers.

Weather Data

Question

Does anyone know if weather data is available in either ASCII or GIS format? A student wants Hourly data for 200+ weather
stations in Alberta for 1990-2002.

Answer

You'll find what you need at the national climate archive:
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/