Question:
According to the StatsCan website, 2017 was released in July, 2018 but doesn’t appear on the Nesstar server. Will this be uploaded at some point or am I missing something?
Answer:
Unfortunately you’re not missing anything. We’ve followed up numerous times now. Unfortunately the website is not accurate and subject matter has hit delays. As soon as it is actually released, we will make it available for our clients.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Census Data at Dissemination Block Level
Question:
I have a researcher really wanting to get ahold of Census data (2011 & 2016) for NS at the Dissemination Block level. Do we have access to this level of geography (if so – any guidance for grabbing it would be amazing) or should I refer to the local RDC?
Answer:
Subject matter had the following to relay:
“Data for dissemination blocks is not available as part as standard products, besides for population and dwelling counts through our GeoSuite tool.
Other data is available through custom tabulations (additional suppression is applied). The RDC file only goes down to the Dissemination Area (DA) level.”
I have a researcher really wanting to get ahold of Census data (2011 & 2016) for NS at the Dissemination Block level. Do we have access to this level of geography (if so – any guidance for grabbing it would be amazing) or should I refer to the local RDC?
Answer:
Subject matter had the following to relay:
“Data for dissemination blocks is not available as part as standard products, besides for population and dwelling counts through our GeoSuite tool.
Other data is available through custom tabulations (additional suppression is applied). The RDC file only goes down to the Dissemination Area (DA) level.”
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
PCCF/PCCF+ LibGuide
Queen's University Library has developed a PCCF/PCCF+ LibGuide, available at: https://guides.library.queensu.ca/PCCF
PCCF Terms of Use Question
Question:
I have a question regarding the restrictions outlined in the PCCF end-use license agreement.
Here is the question, in the researcher’s own words:
“I am inquiring in relation to end-use license agreement, and how much we would be able to expand the analysis geographically. We have done some organizing of the data according to PC, and then explored via geonames.org in order to get an approximate location just so we can get a sense of what size of town/small city is defined within urban and rural. However, I do not want to violate terms of use bullet #2. What we would like to be able to do is to separate into large urban/small urban and rural, which we think we can do with the information we have. Our research team is also wondering if there is a possibility to split north and south province. Can you provide any clarification to us on the agreement and what we can and cannot do?”
My understanding is that the researchers are worried that manipulating the data as outlined might count as “disassembling” or “decompiling” the data, as restricted by point 2 of the agreement. Do they have cause for concern?
Answer:
I’ve received the following response from subject matter:
“It seems that your client is using the PCCF only to correspond the postal codes to different geographies. That is the purpose of the product.
Using geonames.org to find locations, or other methods may not be necessary; that information is readily available at StatCan. Using the PCCF, most of the postal codes are linked to a dissemination block (DB), or perhaps a dissemination area (DA). There will be a representative point for those, with xy coordinates for more accurate location finding. Census Subdivision (CSD) is also provided, which is the postal code legal municipality.
Linking our Geographic Attribute File (GAF, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/ref/att-eng.cfm) to the PCCF provides links to higher level census geographies like population centres (PopCtr, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/geo049a-eng.cfm) and Census Divisions (CD). Using PopCtr, the client can determine rural/urban. Using CDs the client can determine north/south (http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/pUtil.pl?Function=getNote&Id=792561&NT=04).
We can provide an Excel file of the CDs in North/South, rather than the client having to get it from the website.”
I have a question regarding the restrictions outlined in the PCCF end-use license agreement.
Here is the question, in the researcher’s own words:
“I am inquiring in relation to end-use license agreement, and how much we would be able to expand the analysis geographically. We have done some organizing of the data according to PC, and then explored via geonames.org in order to get an approximate location just so we can get a sense of what size of town/small city is defined within urban and rural. However, I do not want to violate terms of use bullet #2. What we would like to be able to do is to separate into large urban/small urban and rural, which we think we can do with the information we have. Our research team is also wondering if there is a possibility to split north and south province. Can you provide any clarification to us on the agreement and what we can and cannot do?”
My understanding is that the researchers are worried that manipulating the data as outlined might count as “disassembling” or “decompiling” the data, as restricted by point 2 of the agreement. Do they have cause for concern?
Answer:
I’ve received the following response from subject matter:
“It seems that your client is using the PCCF only to correspond the postal codes to different geographies. That is the purpose of the product.
Using geonames.org to find locations, or other methods may not be necessary; that information is readily available at StatCan. Using the PCCF, most of the postal codes are linked to a dissemination block (DB), or perhaps a dissemination area (DA). There will be a representative point for those, with xy coordinates for more accurate location finding. Census Subdivision (CSD) is also provided, which is the postal code legal municipality.
Linking our Geographic Attribute File (GAF, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/ref/att-eng.cfm) to the PCCF provides links to higher level census geographies like population centres (PopCtr, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/geo049a-eng.cfm) and Census Divisions (CD). Using PopCtr, the client can determine rural/urban. Using CDs the client can determine north/south (http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/pUtil.pl?Function=getNote&Id=792561&NT=04).
We can provide an Excel file of the CDs in North/South, rather than the client having to get it from the website.”
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
New Files on Statistics Canada Nesstar
We are pleased to inform you that the following are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar WebView site.
- Canadian Travel Survey (CTS) 1982 - 1999 PUMF (English only)
- Survey of Financial Security (SFS) 1999 PUMF (French only)
- Travel Survey of Residents of Canada: Trip File (TSRC) 2016 PUMF (French only)
Time Series for Labour Force Characteristics
Question:
A researcher would like to know why Table 14-10-0095-01 (Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality) only go back as far as 2001; he'd like to go back as var as the mid-80s, if possible.
Answer:
We've received the following reply from subject matter:
"Comparable seasonally adjusted data by Census Metropolitan Areas is only available since 2001. We can produce unadjusted data back to March 1987. Please specify which characteristics you are requesting."
A researcher would like to know why Table 14-10-0095-01 (Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality) only go back as far as 2001; he'd like to go back as var as the mid-80s, if possible.
Answer:
We've received the following reply from subject matter:
"Comparable seasonally adjusted data by Census Metropolitan Areas is only available since 2001. We can produce unadjusted data back to March 1987. Please specify which characteristics you are requesting."
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Canadian Data on Disability and Mental Health Services
Question:
I am looking for information, data, and statistics on disparity to mental health services for the following Canadian populations: rural folks, people classified has having disabilities (blind, physical disability, cognitive disability, brain injury etc).
I'm also looking for any types of statistics on internet accessibility across Canada, more specifically related to rural areas.
I am looking for information, data, and statistics on disparity to mental health services for the following Canadian populations: rural folks, people classified has having disabilities (blind, physical disability, cognitive disability, brain injury etc).
I'm also looking for any types of statistics on internet accessibility across Canada, more specifically related to rural areas.
Answer:
I’ve checked with the team from CIHI and they’re provided us with the following response:
In response to your interest relating to mental health data, based on your specific data of interest, our Hospital Mental Health Database (HMHDB) team does not unfortunately have any sources that are readily available to be able to provide to you.
Customised data is typically obtainable through the submission of a formal data request. However, with that being said, even if you were interested in exploring this option, the data we have available, would only address the use of inpatient mental health services, and not access disparities. In terms of disabilities, we likely will not be able to capture historical diagnoses, rather would be able to identify only those that are captured on that episode of care.
Lastly for your interest regarding “any types of statistics on internet accessibility across Canada, more specifically related to rural areas”- such data is not a part of our data collection.
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