Updated Product - Survey of Household Spending

Survey of Household Spending, Public-use Microdata File 2005

Understanding consumer spending is important for a wide variety of users, including social policy analysts, advocacy and community groups, businesses and all levels of government. The public-use microdata file for the 2005 Survey of Household Spending gives users the ability to conduct their own analysis of spending on a wide variety of goods and services, dwelling characteristics and possession of household equipment and services. Results from the 2005 Survey of Household Spending were originally released in The Daily on December 12, 2006.

The public-use microdata file for the Survey of Household Spending contains household level information about expenditures on a wide variety of goods and services: food, shelter, clothing, transportation, health care, child care, education, reading materials, communications, recreation, furniture, tobacco and alcohol, gambling, taxes, insurance premiums, pension contributions, money gifts and charitable contributions. All records have been thoroughly screened to ensure the anonymity of respondents.

WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/shs/shs2005.htm

FTP: /dli/shs/2005

Updated Products - International Travel Survey (ITS) 2007

International Travel Survey -- 2007 Q1

Data for the first quarter of 2007 has been added.
The International Travel Survey (ITS) provides statistics on travellers, to and from Canada.

WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/its/its2007.htm
FTP: /dli/its/2007

Saskatchewan GDP

Question

A patron is looking of Saskatchewan GDP by Industry, Current Dollars from 2004-2006 (or latest). Cansim table 379-0025 provides figures till 2003 by province. I am wondering if the data is available after 2003.

Answer

The current dollar GDP by industry for 2004 for Saskatchewan will be released this fall. The author division has indicated that these tables come from the Input Output tables which are released 3 years after the reference period (2004 would be released in 2007, etc).

PUMF for National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses Survey

Question

Are there any plans to create a PUMF from the National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses (NSWHN) survey?

Answer

The author division has confirmed that a PUMF will not be created for the National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses (NSWHN). The Microdata Release Committee has indicated that it is not possible to create a PUMF for this survey so there are no plans to change this decision in the future.

Interesting details regarding the disclosure and availability of NSWHN data are available in the Data, definitions and sources section of the Statistics Canada website (click here). According to this page, the master file for this survey should be available through the RDCs.

Updated Products - Small Area and Administrative Data (SAAD)

Title, Years added

Canadian Capital Gains, 2004 - 2005
Charitable Donors, 2004 - 2005
Canadian Investment Income, 2004 - 2005
Canadian Investors, 2004 - 2005
Canadian Savers, 2004 - 2005
Canadian Taxfilers, 2004 - 2005
Economic Dependency Profiles, 2004
Families, 2004
Labour Force Income Profiles, 2004
Migration Estimates, 2004 - 2005
Neighbourhood Income and Demographics, 2004
RRSP Contribution Limits (room), 2005 - 2006
RRSP Contributors, 2004 - 2005
Seniors 2004

WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/saad.htm
FTP: /usr2/ftp/dli/saad

Updated Products - NLSCY Cycle 6 Synthetic files

The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) is a long-term study of Canadian children that follows their development and well-being from birth to early adulthood. The study is designed to collect information about factors influencing a child's social, emotional and behavioural development and to monitor the impact of these factors on the child's development over time.

Additional information regarding the NLSCY is available here.

WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/nlscy.htm

FTP: /usr2/ftp/dli/nlscy/synthetic/synthetic-cycle6-2004-2005

New Product - Your Guide to Data Sources on Census-related Topics

The 2006 Census Dissemination Project is pleased to announce the release of 'Your Guide to Data Sources on Census-related Topics', catalogue no. 92-135-GWE.

In this guide you will find lists of surveys and data sources available at Statistics Canada. Used to obtain information on a variety of subjects, including census-related topics, these surveys and data sources complement the existing information obtained through the census.

This product is available in HTML on the Internet and can be found by clicking on the Census button located on the sidebar of the Statistics Canada home page, under the headings Spotlight and Census consultation. This guide is also available free of charge in the on-line catalogue at
http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=92-135-GWE