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Using Statistics Canada Census Data in Institutional
Research
Karen Menard and James MacLean
Presentation to CUPA – June 23, 2009
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Presentation Format
• Census data
• Practical application using census data
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Census Data
• The Data Liberation Initiative– Offers Canadian universities and colleges
affordable access to data for the purposes of academic teaching and research.
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Census Data
• How to access the data?– Through OCULA using Odesi software.– Through IDLS – but must have subscription
service to download files.– Both services allow you to select standard
datasets produced by Statistics Canada.– Files can usually be downloaded in either
Beyond 20/20 or ASCII format.– Customized datasets available through
Statistics Canada for a fee.
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Census Data
• What data is available?– Information on population, families,
households, dwellings, income, education, employment, housing, ethnicity, marital status, gender, etc.
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Census Data
• Geographical levels for dissemination– Canada– Ontario– Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA)– Census SubDivisions (CSD)– Forward Sortation Area (FSA)– Census Tracts (CT)– Dissemination Area (DA)
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Census Data
• Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA)– Formed by one or more adjacent
municipalities centered around a large urban area. Smaller centers must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area as measured by commuting flows from the census place of work data.
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Census Data
• Census Subdivisions (CSD)– Area that is a municipality or deemed to be
equivalent for reporting purposes. – As an example, the London CMA includes
nearby towns such as St. Thomas, Port Stanley, Strathroy. The London CSA will include only the city of London.
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Census Data
• Forward Sortation Areas (FSA)– A Canada Post code which is based on the
first 3 characters of a postal code. Limited census data is available at this level.
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Census Data
• Census Tract (CT)– Small, relatively stable areas that usually
have a population of 2500 to 8000 with a preferred average of 4000 - - equivalent to about 1650 households.
– CT area is reasonably homogenous in economic status and social living conditions.
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Census Data
• Dissemination Area (DA)– Smallest standard geographic area for which
all census data are disseminated, with a population between 400 – 700 persons - - equivalent to about 250 households.
– Respect the boundaries of census tracts.
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Census Data
• City of London
Population 350,000
Households 145,000
No. of FSAs 17
No. of Census Tracts 85
No. of Dissemination Areas 615
No. of Postal Codes 9,860
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London Neighborhood near University showing Census Tracts and Dissemination Areas
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Hierarchy of standard geographic units (from Statistics Canada)
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Census Data
• Using Dissemination Area Data– Statistics Canada makes available a Postal
Code Conversion File that provides a ‘best-fit’ match between a six-character postal code and standard geographical areas such as census tracts and dissemination area.
– This file is your link between the census data and your internal data using postal code as the common variable.
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Postal Code Conversion File showing 6-character postal code and ‘best-fit’ dissemination area
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Extract from Beyond 20/20 census file showing Dissemination Area (col 1-4 and col 8-11) and selected census variables