“Accessing Statistics Canada Data and Resources”
Economics Seminar, York University
February 23, 2016
Resources and Web Links for the Presentation
1) The York University Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (RDC)
http://www.isryorku.ca/centres/statistics-canada-research-data-centre/
2) RDC Program
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/rdc-cdr/index-eng.htm
3) Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/
4) RDC Data, Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/rdc/data
5) RDC Data, Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN)
http://www.rdc-cdr.ca/datasets-and-surveys
6) All DLI Products, Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/products-eng.htm
7) List of Questionnaires by Subject, Statistics Canada
http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb-bmdi/pub/indexti-eng.htm?MM
8) Statistics Canada’s Nesstar server
Provides access to metadata for all Statistics Canada’s PUMFs and master files. No downloads are allowed.
http://www62.statcan.ca/webview/
9) Select Statistics Canada Surveys, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at McMaster University
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/rdc/surveys.html
10) Data & Statistics Library Guide, York University Libraries (YUL)
http://researchguides.library.yorku.ca/data
11) <odesi>, Ontario Council of Libraries (OCUL)
http://www.library.yorku.ca/e/resolver/id/1546562 (for York U. community members)
12) <odesi>, Ontario Council of Libraries (OCUL)
http://odesi.ca/ (for non-York U. users)
13) SDA Microdata Analysis & Subsetting, University of Toronto
http://www.library.yorku.ca/e/resolver/id/1544936 (for York U. community members)
14) Application process and guidelines for research projects at RDCs
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/rdc/process
15) Sample proposal for a research project at an RDC
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/rdc/sample
16) Ornstein, Michael. A Companion to Survey Research. London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2013.
Publisher’s information: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/a-companion-to-survey-research/book237402
17) Statistical Software Resources, Institute for Digital Research and Educations (idre), UCLA
http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/
18) Statistical Consulting Service (SCS), York University
http://www.isryorku.ca/centres/scs/
Presenters’ E-mail Addresses
Valerie Preston, Academic Director, York RDC <vpreston@yorku.ca>
Sara Tumpane, RDC Analyst, York RDC <yorkrdc2@yorku.ca>
Walter Giesbrecht, Data Librarian <walterg@yorku.ca>
Hugh McCague, Data Analyst and Statistical Consultant, Institute for Social Research <hmccague@yorku.ca>