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Statistics Canada Research Data Centre

York University Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (RDC)

A partnership with Statistics Canada, supported through the York University Division of the Vice-President Research & Innovation and is a centre housed in the Institute for Social Research.

The York University Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (York RDC) provides social science, health, economics, business, and policy researchers access to analyze Statistics Canada’s master data sets. In the RDC’s secure environment researchers can access surveys in full detail, without the removal of geographic and other information required to protect respondent confidentiality in the public use data files.

The York RDC is a Branch of the Toronto Region RDC and is funded by the office of York University’s Vice President of Research and Innovation (VPRI), SSHRC, CIHR, and managed by York University’s Institute for Social Research.

Data sets

The York RDC hosts the core RDC Program Data Sets. Please consult the RDC Program’s Application process and guidelines page for more information about submitting a proposal. York University researchers can check York University Libraries Data and Statistics web site to ensure that data needs cannot be met using Statistics Canada’s publicly available microdata provided through the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI).

How to apply

Research at the RDC requires acceptance of a proposal submitted to both SSHRC and Statistics Canada. For details, consult application process and guidelines.

Booking a Workstation

Users of the York RDC can book a workstation through Skedda:
https://yorkrdc.skedda.com/booking

Please follow the daily COVID screening procedures of York University before coming to campus.

General Inquiries:
York University RDC
York Lanes 282
Phone: 416-650-8498 (campus ext. 58498)
Email: yorkrdc@yorku.ca

Website: https://www.yorku.ca/research/isr/centres/statistics-canada-research-data-centre/

York University RDC Personnel

Professor Ben Sand
Academic Director
bmsand@yorku.ca

Hugh McCague
Statistical Consultant
hmccague@yorku.ca

Statistics Canada Analysts

Jing Liang
RDC Analyst
416-650-8498
yorkrdc@yorku.ca

Sara Bimo
RDC Assistant Analyst
416-650-8498
yorkrdc3@yorku.ca

Notices

The York RDC reopened on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. The RDC space has been cleaned by custodial services and we have not had further evidence of squirrel entrance since last week. However, in accordance with OHS guidelines, we ask that you do not bring food into the RDC facility until further notice as squirrels and rodents would be attracted by the smell of food. Thank you for your patience.

Hours

Monday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Wednesday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Thursday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday and Sunday Closed

Location

Getting to the York RDC
The secure data area of the York RDC is located in Room 282, on the 2nd floor of York Lanes building, located on the campus of York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3. York University Keele campus map

Directions to the Keele campus.

Parking
York University Parking Services provides complete information on the availability of visitor parking and the acquisition of parking permits

Accessibility
The second floor of York Lanes is accessible by elevator.

The York RDC houses one accessible workstation with a height adjustable work surface. An accessible restroom is located close to the facility.

Upcoming Events and Newsletters

Federal Government Employment Workshop open to CRDCN researchers, May 14, 2024, McMaster University

March 2024 Data Dispatch

Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) Newsletters

New Datasets and Updates to Earlier Datasets

A number of new datasets and updates to old datasets have recently become available for researchers with approved projects.  A brief description is provided below for your perusal. Researchers interested in gaining access can get in touch with us for more information.

  1. The Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) – International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 2018 and the The Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) – Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 2018 are now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects
  2. The Vital Statistics – Death Database (CVSD) 2017-2019update is now available for download
  3. The Employment Insurance Status Vector (EISV) – 2021 is now available for download. Microdata from the Employment Insurance Program’s administrative records on EI beneficiaries has been updated.
  4. The Canadian Income Survey (CIS) 2020 and Canadian Income Survey (CIS) 2012-2019 Rebased are now available for download
  5. Vital Statistics 2020 Death Database (VSDD)is now available for download
  6. New Survey of Household Spending data linked to various health surveys, is now available. This data integration project brings together data from the Survey of Household Spending (SHS), the Canadian Cancer registry (CCR), the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), the Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database (CVSD), and the T1 Family (T1FF).
  7. The Nunavut Government Employee Survey (NGES) is now available for download. The Nunavut Government Employee Survey (NGES) is an online survey of all current Government of Nunavut (GN) and Government of Canada (GoC) employees working in Nunavut.
  8. The Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements (SELCCA) 2020 is now available for download.
  9. The Linkage of APEX-AMI clinical cohort to hospitalization and socioeconomic data (016-2021) is now available for download. The purpose of this project is to create a series of outcome files resulting from the clinical trial known as the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX AMI) files being linked to the T1 Family file (T1FF), the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database (CVSD), and the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD).
  10. The Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) 2021is now available for download
  11. The Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy (SIBS) All Years is now available for download
  12. The Canadian Social Survey ─ Well-being and Family Relationships is now available for download. From January 28 to March 13, 2022, Statistics Canada conducted the Canadian Social Survey – Well-being and Family Relationships (CSS-WFR). This survey was the fourth wave of the CSS.
  13. Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP) update: An update to the British Columbia Kindergarten to Grade 12 (BC K-12) files is now available. These files are part of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform.
  14. The Canadian Community Health Survey – Rapid Response – Positive mental health (CCHS_RR_PMH) is now available for download
  15. An update to the Discharge Abstract Database, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System and Ontario Mental Health Reporting System linked to the Canadian Vital Statistics Deaths Database (CIHI_CVSD) is now available for download/ This change involves deleting a variable used during data processing from nacrs_link2019.sas7bdat for the CIHI-CVSD linkage that was delivered to the RDCs. This change aligns the 2019 data file with those previously transferred to the RDCs for NACRS from 2002 to 2018
  16. The Longitudinal Immigration Statistical Environment (LISE) – IMDB linked to CEN 2016 keys is now available for download
  17. Update to the Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD): new files released (KID1999-KID2006) to replace those that were missing the BRDT in the 2019 release.
  18. The Canadian Housing Survey (CHS) 2018 rebased, 2021 and APIM are now available for download
  19. The Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) has produced the following updates:
     New file released: -Express Entry IMDB 2020
     New document: -Introduction to the IMDB Express Entry file 2020
  1. The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2019, 2020 Wave 1 and Wave 2, RR TBI, RR HLV, and RR SCH2TAV are now available for download
  2. The Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP) has produced several new concordance files:
    LAD linkage:
  • PSIS – 2019/2020 and RAIS – 2020 to LAD All Years

Census linkage:

  • PSIS – 2019/2020 and RAIS – 2020 to Census 2016 long-form

IMDB linkage:

  • PSIS – 2019/2020 and RAIS – 2020 to IMDB All Years

EISV linkage:

  • PSIS – 2019/2020 and RAIS – 2020 to EISV All Years Keys
  1. The Impact of Surgery on Work and Earnings for those with Degenerative Conditions of the Spine, Hip and Knee (017-2021): The Linkage of the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), and the T1 Family File (T1FF)is now available for download.
  2. The Survey on Health Care Workers’ Experiences During the Pandemic (SHCWEP) is now available for download