Today Statistics Canada released profile tables for two National Household Survey topics : Aboriginal Peoples and Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity. They have published three worthwhile reference documents to accompany the release: a user guide, "Data Quality and C
With the April 19 meeting behind us, it's important to take stock of what we accomplished together. Before we get into it, we should point out that the gathering in Brampton was productive for three reasons. First, we got the chance to meet one another in person. For those who knew each other it was a welcome opportunity to catch up. For the new kids on the block (like me!) it was reassuring to put faces to so many names. Second, we got the chance to see what others were up to, and to show off what we had done. Third, it gave us (the CDP team) the opportu
The Statistics Canada website has made standard Census products easy to find and download at any given geographic scale and file format. Because these products are now free and open, we won't worry about bringing them into the Community Data Catalogue -- at least not for now. For this reason, this blog post explains how to find standard Census products on the Statistics Canada website.
To date, two products have become available:
Update: Information from this blog post has been updated to the latest iteration of Schedule C, formally approved by the Steering Committee, and to be adopted this year.
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As new data become available in the catalogue, it is important for users to understand what they can and cannot do with it. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to understand the Legalese associated with data sharing and end use—Legalese to which you've already agreed by registering as users.
1. Introduction
2. Three quick notes before we start
3. TransUnion Credit Report Characteristics basics
4. Digging into the data: variables, values, and units
5. What the table actually looks like: a sample row
6. What to do now
What is the product profile?