New Data Available

The Households and the Environment Survey (HES) 2015, 2017 and 2019 are now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

The HES provides context to scientific measures of air and water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions, by gaining a better understanding of household behaviour and practices with respect to the environment.

Since the HES was first conducted in 1991, environmental priorities and concerns have changed for Canadians. The quality of drinking water, the impact of residential pesticide use and the impact of hazardous waste on human health are only some of the newer issues that have moved to the forefront of Canadians' collective consciousness. Changes in environmental practices and behaviours are reflective of these growing concerns.

The Survey of Advanced Technology is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

The objective of the Survey of Advanced Technology is to collect important information about the extent to which Canadian enterprises use advanced technologies.

Statistics Canada has undertaken this survey to provide statistical information on the use of advanced technologies by Canadian firms in the following industry sectors: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction, Utilities, Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, Transportation and Warehousing, Information and cultural industries, Finance and Insurance, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, Health care and social assistance, Arts, entertainment and recreation, Accommodation and food services, and Other services (except public administration).

The survey's questions address the following themes: type of technology used including, advanced material handling, supply chain and logistics, advanced business intelligence, advanced design and information control, advanced green technologies, geomatics and geospatial, nanotechnologies and biotechnologies; objectives and obstacles to adoption, capital expenditures and sources of funding; skill requirements and training; expenses tied to advanced technologies; development and implementation of advanced technologies; reasons for not investing in advanced technologies; business practices; product/process/marketing/organizational innovation.

To increase the analytical potential of this survey, Statistics Canada plans to combine the data obtained from this survey with data from other Statistics Canada surveys or administrative data.

The information compiled from this survey will be used by the Canadian and provincial governments to better understand innovation activities linked to the modification and creation of technology as well as to develop policies to help businesses improve their productivity and competitiveness via the technology.

The information compiled from this survey may also be used for market analysis, by industry associations to study the characteristics of advanced technology use within their industry, and by academic researchers to perform research on the characteristics of advanced technology use and its business impacts.

The Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD) 2022 and updates to previous years are now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

The LAD databank has been updated and now includes income and family information up to 2022. As well, Research Data Centres are strongly encouraged to download updated LAD data for the years 1982 to 1990 due to a modification of some variables. 

The modification affects the capital gains variable (CLKGX ) and the calculation of gross taxable gains for reference years prior to 1991. This also affects aggregated variables that include capital gains: - Total Income plus capital gains (XTIIC), After Tax income plus capital gains (AFTIC), and Market income, plus capital gains (MKIIC) for the years prior to 1991.

All of these variables reside on the LAD database “LADyear”. It is not necessary to download again the databases files REG” year” or KID” year” for the years prior to 1991.

The Canadian Social Survey - Quality of Life, Health and Impacts of Rising Prices (CSS-QLHIRP) (CSS13) (CSSW1 2024) is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

The Canadian Social Survey (CSS) will collect information on a variety of social topics such as health, well-being, impacts of COVID-19, activities, time-use, emergency preparedness, quality of life, energy use, virtual health care and trust. The CSS will provide data at the national level (excluding the territories).

The Survey of Financial Security (SFS) 2023 is now available for download 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.

The Criminal Justice Relational Database (CJRD) was created to allow multivariate analyses on the demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with (repeated) criminal justice system involvement in Canada. It consists of de-identified, integrated criminal justice data, as well as other integrated social data sources (e.g., economic, health, and education data). Integrated files refer to microdata files that are equipped with unique de-identified identifiers that allow the merging of variables at the person level between files. 

New CJRD data linked to CVSD data is now available in Research Data Centres across Canada.

Files for the Canadian Vital Statistics Deaths (CVSD) Database have been added to the Criminal Justice Relational Database (CJRD). These files allow for the CJRD Core Files to be integrated with the CVSD. 

The Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and Cybercrime (CSCSC) is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.

The purpose of the 2023 Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and Cybercrime is to measure the impact of cybercrime on Canadian businesses.

The 2023 Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and Cybercrime is conducted on behalf of Public Safety Canada. This survey was launched because of the need to benchmark and monitor the rapidly evolving environment surrounding cyber security and cybercrime. The data collected serves the following broad objectives: to further understand the impact of cybercrime on Canadian businesses including aspects such as investment in cyber security measures, cyber security training, the volume of cyber security incidents and the costs associated with responding to these incidents.