A Fact-Finder's Guide to Local & Regional Data
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A FACT-FINDER'S GUIDE TO LOCAL & REGIONAL DATA: How To Find National Statistics 2017 Acknowledgements This document was prepared as a project of the Rural Ontario Institute under the Measuring Rural Community Vitality initiative which received financial assistance from the Government of Ontario. The information contained in this report is provided solely by the Rural Ontario Institute for general information purposes and is intended for the benefit of rural organizations, researchers and community stakeholders. Reproduction for non-commercial purposes is permitted and encouraged. The Government of Ontario is not responsible for the content or accuracy of the information contained in the report. The Government of Ontario makes no representations of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability or suitability of the information. The Guide was authored by Ray D. Bollman. A number of individuals graciously provided comment or suggestions on drafts of the Guide. The input and advice of the following individuals is acknowledged with gratitude: Tracey Birtch, Ken Clarke, Sam Coghlan, Michael Florio, Chris Fullarton, Jon King, Stephen Morris, Spencer Sandor, Nelson Rogers, plus numerous colleagues at Statistics Canada. The Rural Ontario Institute welcomes feedback on the utility of this information resource and its value for those making reference to it. In light of the many website links contained in the Guide, we anticipate that these will inevitably become out-dated. If we are made aware of these and how the Guide is being used we can consider up-dating it. Any such comments or testimonials can be directed to [email protected]. If you would like to get in touch with Ray, his email address: [email protected], his telephone number is: 613-297-5826. How to find national statistics Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Statistics Canada: Quinquennial data (every five years) ................................................................................ 8 a) Census of Population: short-form ............................................................................................................ 8 b) Census of Population: long-form ............................................................................................................. 9 c) Aboriginal Peoples Survey .....................................................................................................................10 d) Census of Agriculture .............................................................................................................................11 3. Statistics Canada: Annual data .....................................................................................................................12 e) Annual Demographic Estimates for sub-provincial areas .......................................................................12 f) Annual Income Estimates for Census Families and Individuals (T1 Family File) ....................................13 g) Agriculture Taxfiler Data Program ..........................................................................................................14 h) Field Crop Reporting Series ...................................................................................................................15 i) Canadian Income Survey .......................................................................................................................15 j) Survey of Household Spending (SHS) ...................................................................................................16 k) Canada Community Health Survey (CCHS) ...........................................................................................16 l) Stillbirth database and birth–related indicators .......................................................................................18 m) General Social Survey (GSS) .................................................................................................................18 n) Justice Statistics ....................................................................................................................................19 o) Radio and Television Broadcasting Survey ............................................................................................20 p) Residential Telephone Service Survey ...................................................................................................21 q) Construction Union Wage Rates Index ..................................................................................................21 r) Consumer Price Index for selected cities ...............................................................................................21 s) Monthly traffic for each airport ................................................................................................................22 t) Residential property values ....................................................................................................................22 u) Agricultural Water Survey ......................................................................................................................22 v) Canadian Business Counts ....................................................................................................................22 w) Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises ......................................................23 x) Other business-related data ...................................................................................................................23 4. Statistics Canada: Monthly data ....................................................................................................................24 y) Labour Force Survey (LFS) ....................................................................................................................24 z) Employment Insurance Beneficiaries .....................................................................................................25 aa) Building Permits .....................................................................................................................................26 bb) Retail Trade Survey ...............................................................................................................................27 5. Other federal government departments .........................................................................................................27 cc) Government of Canada Open Data Portal ..............................................................................................27 dd) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (formerly Citizenship and Immigration Canada) ...........27 ee) Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada ...............................................................................................28 ff) Canada Revenue Agency ......................................................................................................................29 gg) Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation ..........................................................................................29 hh) Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (formerly, Industry Canada) .........................30 ii) Environment and Climate Change Canada ............................................................................................31 jj) Natural Resources Canada ....................................................................................................................31 kk) Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) .........................................................................32 6. Appendix A: Geographic definitions ..............................................................................................................33 7. Appendix B: Definition of selected variables ..................................................................................................38 8. Appendix C: Data derived from taxfiler statistics (published for each Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) and for each Census Agglomeration (CA) and for Non-CMA/CA areas within each province) ..........................................40 9. Appendix D: Hints for manipulating and downloading Statistics Canada tables .............................................78 Table 1 – Summary of federal data ....................................................................................................................... 5 2 1. Introduction The objective of this Guide is to document the data from federal agencies that are available for geographic areas within a province – some of these areas are relatively small, lower-tier municipal geographies and others are larger economic regions. This publication is one component of the Rural Ontario Institute’s project on Measuring Rural Community Vitality and this Guide supplements the Focus on Rural Ontario Fact Sheet series that draw on the data described herein. There are many reasons to seek information at a regional or community level. For example: • Local governments and political officials need to track trends and to benchmark their municipalities against their peers to rationalize infrastructure planning, investment decisions and to set strategic priorities. • Business operators want demographic, income and spending information to understand the local market and to develop