New Data Available

The Survey of Digital Technology and Internet Use (SDTIU) 2023 is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

The purpose of the 2023 Survey of Digital Technology and Internet Use (SDTIU) is to measure the impact of digital technologies, including the Internet and specific information and communication technologies (ICTs), on the operations of Canadian enterprises.

The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2023 is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

The central objective of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) is to gather health-related data at the sub-provincial levels of geography (health region or combined health regions). 

New Canada Student Financial Assistance (CSFA) data linked to Census, IMDB, LAD and T1FF is now available in Research Data Centres across Canada.

Statistics Canada, in collaboration with the provincial and territorial ministries of education, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), and other stakeholders, has developed the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP).

The ELMLP allows longitudinal integration of administrative data related to education with other data sources to create anonymized, customized datasets for analytical purposes.

The ELMLP has produced new cohort, concordance and integrated files:

        Cohort files:

• CSFA AllYears

Concordance files^[[1] To use these concordance files, researchers are to request access to (1) Cohort files (e.g. CSFA Allyears), (2) concordance file (e.g. CSFA-CEN 2016 Keys) and (3) Additional corresponding data source(s) (e.g. Census 2016). ^1] : 

Census linkage:

• CSFA AllYears to Census 2016 and 2021

IMDB linkage

• CSFA AllYears to IMDB AllYears

LAD linkage

• CSFA AllYears to LAD AllYears

Integrated files:

T1FF:

• T1FF integrated with CSFA AllYears

Administrative data for the Canada Student Financial Assistance (CSFA) Program for the period 2009 to 2021 are now available in the Research Data Centres (RDCs). The Canada Student Financial Assistance Program was formerly known as the Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP). Data made available as part of this update (“Wave 2”) include six additional loan years (2016-2017 to 2021-2022) compared with the previous CSLP data (“Wave 1”). However, the earliest eight years of data (2003-2004 to 2008-2009) have been removed from the new files by the data provider (Employment and Social Development Canada) due to structural differences. Please see codebook for more information on this restructuring. CSLP/Wave 1 data will remain available in the RDCs.

The CSFA data will allow research and analysis on the impact of government-sponsored student loans and grants on enrolment and graduation of postsecondary students in select provinces and territories in Canada. For more information on the CSFA program, please consult Canada Student Financial Assistance Program reports and statistics - Canada.ca.

Updated data files include:

• Csfa2009to2021_disbursement (CSFA program disbursement file)
• Csfa2009to2021_needs (CSFA program needs file)
• Csfa2009to2021_repayment (CSFA program repayment file)
• Csfa09_21_lad82_21_keys (CSFA to Longitudinal Administrative Databank)

New for this update:

• Csfa09_21_cen16_keys (CSFA to Census of Population 2016 long form questionnaire concordance key)
• Csfa09_21_cen21_keys (CSFA to Census of Population 2021 long form questionnaire concordance key)
• Csfa09_21_imdb52_22_keys (CSFA to Longitudinal Immigration Database concordance key)
• T1ff92to21_for_csfa09to21 (Subset of the T1 Family File income tax data for the CSFA population)
• Include_repayFormats (SAS format file for the CSFA program repayment file)

The Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP) allows researchers access to information about past cohorts of college/university students and registered apprentices, to better understand the pathways of post-secondary students in Canada and how their education and training affects their labour market outcomes and earnings. This platform permits the use of the CSFA data with other ELMLP-integrated data sources in the RDCs.

The Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) - 2023  is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

The IMDB provides detailed and reliable information on the performance and impact of immigration programs.

The IMDB includes administrative immigration data for all immigrants since 1952 and non-permanent residents since 1980. Outcomes for this population are available from tax files since 1982. The IMDB provides detailed and reliable information on socioeconomic outcomes of immigrants after their admission, such as employment income and mobility. It connects short- and long-term outcomes with characteristics at admission, such as immigrant admission category, source country and knowledge of official languages.

The CCHS 2023 Rapid Response - Smoking - stages of change 2 (SCH2) and Tobacco alternatives products (TAL) is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

This file is part of the rapid response component of the Canadian Community Health Survey. It contains data collected from January to December 2023, with content on smoking - stages of change and tobacco alternatives.

This is a continuation of a rapid response from the 2020 CCHS.

The CCHS 2023 Rapid Response - Work family balance (WLB) is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

This file is part of the rapid response component of the Canadian Community Health Survey. It contains data collected from July to December 2023, with content on work-family balance (WLB).

The Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces (SSMCAF) 2022 is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

The Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces (SSMCAF) collects information on experiences of sexual misconduct in the military workplace. The results will be used to inform policies and training to promote culture change and future support services for those affected by sexual misconduct. Results will be compared with those of previous surveys to monitor progress.

The Survey of Financial Security (SFS) 2023 has been updated and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

The purpose of the survey is to collect information from a sample of Canadian households on their assets, debts, employment, income and education. The SFS provides a comprehensive picture of the financial health of Canadians. Information is collected on the value of all major financial and non-financial assets and on the money owing on mortgages, vehicles, credit cards, student loans and other debts.

Updates:

1. Updated documentation 

A new flag variable has been added to the family-level file that indicates whether the primary (highest) income earner identified as being Indigenous

Updates to the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2022  are now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

Update:

• The file 'marital_status_replacement' contains a derived variable for all respondents to the 2022 cycle of CCHS (including the Territories). The derived variable DHHDVMS indicates whether the selected respondent was indicated to be married or in a common-law relationship with another person in the household. The source for the derivation is the collected information on the relationship of each person in the household roster to the selected respondent.
• When a selected respondent is indicated to have both a spouse and common-law partner in the household (which would be different household members), precedence is given to married (n=3, master file). When a respondent indicates being married to more than one person (n=21, master file) or have more than one common-law partner (n=3, master file), the erroneous extra relationship is ignored.
• The values for DHHDVHSZ are:
  • 1-Married to another person in respondent's household
  • 2-Common-law relationship with another person in respondent's household
  • 3-Respondent lives alone
  • 4-Respondent not married or in common-law relationship within household
  • 9-Not stated (partially or fully missing relationship data)

• Notes: If respondent relationship information is incomplete, but there is a spouse/common-law partner, the variable is coded as 1-married or 2-common-law, respectively. If the respondent relationship information is partially or fully incomplete (missing), then the derived variable is coded to the 9-Not Stated category. Respondents with no spouse or common-law partner and full relationship data are coded to the category 3-Respondent is not married or in common-law relationship within household. Since respondents who live alone are not asked about relationships, these cases are coded to the value 4-Respondent lives alone.