Modernization Bulletin - July 2019

The July 2019 issue of the Statistics Canada Modernization Bulletin is now available on the EFT. The bulletin aims to keep you up to date on the latest Statistics Canada initiatives and transformations.  

EFT: /MAD_DLI_IDD_DAM/Root/ModernizationBulletinModernisation

BC Provincial Electoral Districts

Question:
A PhD student is looking to compare BC provincial electoral results with socioeconomic variables from the electoral districts, such as; visible minority and income. Is someone aware of a custom census tabulation for the provincial electoral districts in BC? I look on BC provincial website and couldn’t find anything.

Answer:
Have you looked at https://elections.bc.ca/resources/statistics/

New Release: DLI Standard Tables: FIUC-CAUBO 2017-2018

New Release:
DLI Standard Tables: FIUC-CAUBO 2017-2018
EFT: /MAD_DLI_IDD_DAM/Root/other_autres/3121_FIUC_IFUC/FIUC-IFUC 2017-2018

Update: CCHS 2015-2016 PUMF

Update: 
For the CCHS 2015-2016 PUMF—released in January— a new geographic classification variable (ALECLASS) based on open source data was added to the file. This variable is a categorical measure of the favourability of active living environment of each respondent based on their dissemination area and its intersection/dwelling density, as well as points of interest. Due to the addition of this variable, further data suppression was applied on the 2015-2016 PUMF to avoid disclosure risks. We are looking for any feedback you may have on the usefulness of the ALECLASS variable to help us determine if it should be added to the 2017-2018 PUMF. For the 2017-2018 PUMF there will be data on both physical activity and sedentary behaviors, so we see a potential usefulness, but would like to get a sense of how much the concept has been used so far.

Census data for Canadians of Bangladeshi origin

Question:
I have a faculty member looking for all census data (income, education, work, housing, etc) for people of Bangladeshi origin for Edmonton, Calgary, Alberta, and Canada. Does this require a custom tabulation?

Answer:
I’ve received the following reply from subject matter:

“We have the following 2016 data table available. Your client can use the filters to select their desired Geography and Ethnic origin at the top of the page.”

 If this is not sufficient, we will have to go the custom tab route.

ADAs and DAs correspondence files pre-census 2016

Question:
A researcher at Dalhousie has expressed interest in using the ADA as her unit of analysis. Since ADA is a new dissemination geography created for census 2016 and her research included pre-census 2016 time period, she would like to know if it is possible for Stat Can to provide

• DAs and ADAs correspondence for each census year pre-census 2016.  Using GeoSuite 2016 it is possible to generate DAuid corresponding to ADAcode.  This is not possible pre-census 2016.
• correspondence file that describe the ADAs between two censuses.  For examples
• census 2016 ADAs  corresponding to census 2011 ADAs
• census 2011 ADAs corresponding to census 2006 ADAs
• and so on

Answer:

I’ve received the following response from subject matter:

“As noted, there are no ADAs prior to 2016. Correspondences could be created between different census years, since a link is maintained on the geoframe between current census and previous census, at the lowest levels of geography. So, what could be created would be: 

2011 DA — 2016 ADA

2006 DA — 2016 ADA

2001 DA — 2016 ADA

Etc.

Because there is no such thing as an ADA prior to 2016, the concept of 2011 ADA — 2016 ADA does not really exist. All that could be provided is groupings of previous DAs that are close to equivalent to the current ADAs.”

This would all need to be done through a custom tabulation however. 

We do also produce correspondence files between the DAs for each census and its previous census. Those files are available on the Geography website, or I could see about the potential of having them added to the EFT (if they are not already there).

 

a different PCCF+ question: collaboration btwn 2 institutions, each with a PCCF+ license

Question:
I’ve been contacted by a researcher at [the university] who is collaborating with the regional government on a project. Both [the university] and the government group have PCCF+ licenses that forbid access to the data by anyone outside the institution named in the license. Do they each have to work in parallel with separate copies of the PCCF+ and essentially produce two separate but equal copies of the results, or can common sense prevail here since both groups have licensed access?

Answer:
Since both parties have valid end use licences and are collaborating on the same project, they can produce the results together