CDP's winter newsletter is now available in your mailbox or here on our site.

In this brief bulletin, we direct members to our annual User Survey, which we ask you to take 10 minutes to complete before Feb 26.

Statistics Canada is offering a “Chat with an expert” this Friday on the Full-time University and College Academic Staff (FT-UCASS): 2016-2017 survey.

From Statistics Canada:

In September 2016, the FT-UCASS survey was re-instated after having been cancelled for 4 years. On November 28, 2017 we released a complete file of the 2016-2017 data which included all institutions in the survey

Statistics Canada is working with CMHC to fill in gaps in housing data. Yesterday the Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) released their first data, covering the residency status of property owners in Toronto and Vancouver.

Still hungry for data after the final census release? You’re in luck! Statistics Canada has an early holiday gift for CDP members.

Today, December 12, Statistics Canada is releasing the report, Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2017. Jointly produced with the Council of Ministers of Education, it provides education statistics for every province and territory and Canada as a whole.

Want to learn more? Join a chat session with Statistics Canada experts to discuss the finding.

Today, Statistics Canada released its final data series from the 2016 Census. Read CDP’s latest newsletter to get more information about what’s available.

Here are Key Results from The Daily:

This Wednesday (Nov 29) Statistics Canada will release the final installment of the 2016 Census data. This release will include education, labour, journey to work, language of work, mobility and migration. CDP will prepare a summary for members on Wednesday.

Want to learn more? Statistics Canada is offering chat sessions with their experts to discuss the findings of this release.

Chat with an expert

1) 2016 Census: Education and labour

Consortium Lead Cheryl Hitchen (also Kingston's manager of social policy and strategic development) is making news with a data-based proposal to replace senior discounts with discounts for low-income residents.

From CBC Ottawa:

From Environics Analytics:

CDP members, and the public at large, have until Dec 8 to provide feedback for the next census. Let Statistics Canada know how you use the census and what information would be helpful for your community to have.

From Statistics Canada:

Before each census, Statistics Canada initiates an extensive consultation program that allows data users and interested parties across Canada to share their views on how they use census data and the type of information they believe should be available from the census.

From the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and Statistics Canada:

Core housing need is the indicator used in Canada to identify households not living in, and not able to access acceptable housing. It describes households living in dwellings considered inadequate in condition, not suitable in size, and unaffordable.