Data news

New data and updates in the catalogue

We now have 2015 taxfiler data!  Click here for a list of taxfiler tables from Data by Theme search.

Family tables:

• F-01: Summary census family income table, 2015
• F-02: Taxfilers and dependents by age groups and census family type, 2015
• F-03: Census families by age of older partner or parent and number of children, 2015
• F-04: Distribution of total income by census family type and age of older partner, parent or individual, 2015
• F-05: Census families by total income, family type and number of children, 2015
• F-06: Sources of income by Census family type, 2015
• F-07: Economic dependency profile of couple families, 2015
• F-08: Economic dependency profile of lone-parent families and persons not in census families, 2015 
• F-09: Labour income profile of couple families, 2015
• F-10: Labour income profile of lone-parent families and persons not in Census families, 2015
• F-13: Single-earner and dual-earner Census families by number of children, 2015
• F-14: Couple families by percentage of wife's contribution to couple’s employment income and by number of children, 2015
• F-15: Census families with children by age of children and children by age groups, 2015
• F-17: Before-tax low income status (based on census family low income measures, LIMs) by family type and family composition, 2015
• F-18: After-tax low income status (based on census family low income measures, LIMs) by family type and family composition, 2015

Individual tables:

• I-1: Taxfilers and dependents, summary table, income and demographics of individuals, 2015
• I-2: Taxfilers and dependents by sex, marital status and age groups, 2015
• I-3: Taxfilers and dependents by single years of age, 2015
• I-4: Taxfilers and dependents with income by source of income, 2015
• I-5: Taxfilers and dependents with income by total income, sex and age groups, 2015

Seniors tables:

• S-1: Senior census families by family type and age of older partner, parent or individual, 2015
• S-2: Taxfilers and dependents in senior census families by family type, sex and age groups, 2015
• S-3: Sources of income of senior couple families by age of older partner, 2015
• S-4: Sources of income of senior lone-parent families and senior persons not in census families by age of parent or individual, 2015
• S-5: Taxfilers and dependents, seniors with income by source of income and age groups, 2015

Other tables:

• Canadian Capital Gains, 2015
• Charitable Donations, 2015
• Canadian Investors, 2015
• Canadian Investment Income, 2015
• Canadian Savers, 2015
• Canadian Taxfilers, 2015
• RRSP Contributors, 2015
• RRSP Contribution Limits (Room), 2015

Webinars

Community Snapshots

GEMS (Geographic and Effective Measures Services)

Whether you want a profile of your neighbourhood, a wall map for a community meeting or a set of custom maps using your own data, the mapping services in GEMS offer a range of options. Maps can be available on-line on our website or yours, in printable form or as confidential interactive files on your own IT system.

• See data from organizations such as Statistics Canada and Industry Canada as on-line maps or as a profile for your catchment area.

• Maps showing custom information such as agency service statistics or survey responses are a powerful tool to improve understanding and planning.

• Get wall maps for community meetings in a choice of styles. Meeting participants can add information which matters to them – such as areas with poor lighting or the location of fruit trees.

• Rural Community Vitality and Seniors – Western Ontario
• Healthy Kids Community Challenge (Ottawa)
• OCYI Playgrounds Program, 2014: Helping Children Get the Best Possible Start in Life
• Ottawa Neighbourhoods Social Capital Forum
• Improving Access to Healthy Food for Children and Youth
• Improving Success at School Through Critical Hours Programming
• Growing Up Great: Report Cards

News from our friends and partners

State of the North

Northern Policy Institute's State of the North is an annual conference that brings together policy experts and community leaders to explore the state of Northern Ontario from economic, social and environmental perspective. 

This year's theme: Responding to Northern Ontario's Demographic Shift

The conference will be held on September 27th and 28th, 2017 in Timmins, Ontario.

Go to www.stateofthenorth.ca for more information and register for this event!

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking Report Release

On Thursday, September 7, the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking released their mandatory report. The report includes over 20 recommendations to facilitate the sharing of data across agencies and the evaluation of federal programs.

The report includes recommendations on:

1. How the Federal government can provide the infrastructure for secure access to data.
2. The mechanisms to improve privacy protections and transparency about the uses of data for evidence building.
3. The institutional capacity to support evidence building.

Getting to know Canada's nonprofit sector: why we need better data

CCSD is involved in a working group on Sector-Wide Data. This group aims to improve the availability and accessibility of data in the charitable and nonprofit sector (meet the working group).

The working group’s mandate is to:

1. Map out currently available federal data resources for the charitable and nonprofit sector and identify data gaps
2. Develop policy recommendations on what the federal government can do to address the gaps in data

The Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (CCVO) is an organization that promotes and strengthens the nonprofit and voluntary sector by developing and sharing resources and knowledge, building connections, leading collaborative work, and giving voice to critical issues affecting the sector. 
 

Review of existing quality of life/wellbeing indicators frameworks in use in Canada

The Government of Canada initiative on Measuring Poverty Reduction wants to work together to reduce poverty in Canada. In support of this, the CDP team has prepared an indicator review document!

Introduction:

The incorporation of indicators of social impacts into composite social indices has been the subject of considerable effort in North America since the late 1960s. Over the past decade, literally hundreds of indices have been developed to measure social change at international, national, and local scales by governments, institutes, non-profit organizations, and others. Most indices are not linked to natural resource or land use, but some include environmental variables.

The following compendium presents short profiles of two dozen indicator-based social development indicator models currently in use in Canada. Each profile includes a summary description, illustrates the indicators employed, identifies data sources and provides a link to the initiative. The compendium also includes a review of measures of poverty by province.