2006 Census Dissemination Releases, Products and Services, Census Web Module DLI / ACCOLEDS Training 2008 Mount Royal College Calgary, Alberta December 2 – 4, 2008

Presentation Outline  2006 Census Release Schedule  Products and Services Line … (via Census Web Module “Walkthrough”):  ‘Common Look and Feel’ … CLF 2.0 conversion  Product Categories, Highlights, What was NEW for 2006  2006 Census Data Search  Census Web Module … Access Levels  Looking Towards 2011 …

2006 Census Release Schedule – Topics and Variables 2007 Release no. 1: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Population and dwelling counts Release no. 2: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Age and sex Release no. 3: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Families and households Marital status (including common-law status) Housing and shelter costs* (including dwelling characteristics) Release no. 4: Tuesday, December 4, 2007 Language Mobility and migration Immigration and citizenship

2006 Census Release Schedule – Topics and Variables 2008 Release no. 5: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Aboriginal peoples Release no. 6: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Labour (including labour market activity, industry and occupation) Place of work and commuting to work (including mode of transportation) Education (including school attendance and educational attainment) Language (including language of work) Release no. 7: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Ethnic origin and visible minorities Release no. 8: Thursday, May 1, 2008 Income and earnings Housing and shelter costs

Census Web Module via STC Website

Standard Data Products  Population and dwelling countsPopulation and dwelling counts  National overview highlight tables, free, download-able  A National Overview: Population and dwelling counts (print publication), fee  Down to CSDs, UA/DPL, GeoSuite … down to the Block level  Highlight tablesHighlight tables  Highlights for each release presenting key indicators  Rank and sort functionality, free, download-able, charting  Some have all CSDs … some to population 5,000 + (e.g. immigration)

Standard Data Products  Topic-based tabulationsTopic-based tabulations  Series of simple to complex cross-tabulations, current and historical census data – some available day of release, some follow  Major ‘streamlining’ from 2001  Down to CD/CSD now available for free  Lower level geographies for fee (DLI down to DA)  HTML, CSV, Beyond 20/20  Cumulative profile and release components and Print profile seriesCumulative profile and release components  Overview of geographic areas for detailed variables/variable groups  Release component ‘piece’ available on day of release … builds to complete (2,175 stublines – up from 1,709 in 2001)  CMA/CA now available for free / Lower level geographies for fee (DLI to DA)  Dissolved CSDs between  Print profile publications (CD/CSD and CMA/CA/CT), 612 stublines, fee

Standard Data Products  Community profilesCommunity profiles  Overview of Canadian communities based on variables/variable groups  279 stublines, ‘built-upon’ throughout release cycle, free  New for 2006 – compare two regions, custom view, CSV, print, chart  Aboriginal population profileAboriginal population profile  Overview of geographic areas for detailed variables/variable groups – aboriginal identity population at least 250 persons, two-phased release  Federal electoral district profileFederal electoral district profile  Census trends (NEW)Census trends  Summary data trends (i.e. 70 indicators) for 2006, 2001, 1996  Three-phased release, free, ability to compare  Canada/provinces/territories, CMA/CAs, and CSDs with population 5,000+

Standard Data Products  Census tract (CT) profile (NEW)Census tract (CT) profile  ‘Neighbourhood data’, search by postal code, GeoSearch, free, charting  Special interest profiles (NEW)Special interest profiles  Will present data for 10 specific census topics and population groups  Special CD-ROMS (Aboriginal peoples / Official language communities)  Teacher’s Kits (provides teachers w/classroom materials, activities)Teacher’s Kits  Public use microdata files (PUMF) … 2006 = INDIV (single file, summer 2009) + FULL Hierarchical (INDIV/FAM/HHLD linkages, summer 2010)  RDC microdata files (1991, 1996, 2001 – delivered, 2006 – Dec./08)

Analysis Series  Analysis seriesAnalysis series Launched via The Daily... analytical perspective document(s)/article(s) that supplement day of release information (may include thematic maps, vignettes, tables, charts etc.) – Free, HTML, PDF.  Info-Census ArticlesInfo-Census Articles Short supplementary articles authored to advise users on important, relevant information/changes that should be noted for certain releases and/or key, general information associated with the 2006 Census collection, processing and dissemination activities. – Free, HTML.

Reference Products  Preview of products and servicesPreview of products and services  DictionaryDictionary  Now merged to include Handbook content  Phased Internet release  Print version cancelled for 2006  Technical Reports  Aboriginal Peoples, Sampling and Weighting, and Coverage  Reference guidesReference guides  Provides information to enable users to effectively interpret data (definitions, concepts)  Available close to day of release

Custom Products and Services  What is not available via Standard Products … for fee  Census custom tabulations (through the Regional Office, Client Services Task – COD)  Semi-custom products …  Semi-custom profile (fixed profile for a custom geography, e.g. school district, hospital zone, etc.)  Target-group profile (fixed profile for a custom target group, e.g. ethnic or linguistic group)  Semi-custom cross-tabulations (replicate content of a standard TBT for a custom geography or special output medium)

 4 Income and earnings topic-based tabulationsDecember 9, 2008  Special interest profilesDecember 9, 2008  2 additional TBTs at the DA level (Labour/Income)December 19, 2008  Aboriginal peoples CD-ROMFebruary, 2009  Portrait of Official-language communities CD-ROM1st quarter, 2009  Print profiles – CD/CSD and CMA/CTApril 16, 2009  Technical reports  Aboriginal Peoples – released in 2 phasesJanuary 15, 2009 April 2, 2009  Sampling and weightingJanuary 29, 2009  CoverageNovember 24, 2009  Public Use Microdata Files (PUMFs)  Single file (2.7% sample - Individuals file)Summer 2009  Hierarchical file (1% sample - 3 hierarchies) Summer 2010 Yet to come …

Geography Products  Reference  Supporting information (reference material), Illustrated glossary  Geography catalogue  Maps  Reference maps, Thematic maps, GeoSearchGeoSearch  Digital geographic files  Cartographic boundary files, Digital boundary files  Road network files  Road network and geographic attribute files  Attribute information products  GeoSuite, Geographic attribute file, Postal code geography files

Census of Agriculture Products  Data products  Farm and farm operator datareleased May 16, 2007  Selected historical datareleased December 11, 2007  Agriculture community profilesreleased February 5, 2008  Agriculture-Population dataDecember 2, 2008  Geography products  CAR boundary filesreleased May 16, 2007  Agriculture ecumene of Canadareleased June 11, 2008  Reference mapsreleased May 16, 2007  Analytical products  Highlights and analysisreleased May 16, 2007  Canadian Agriculture at a Glance1 st article released Oct. 26, 2007 (series of online articles)last article due May 29, 2009

2006 Census Data Search2006 Census Data Search (NEW)  Phase 1 – released end of March 2008  Currently applied only to 2006 Census data holdings  Future – expansion to include reference products, analysis etc. along with 1996 and 2001 data holdings

Census Web Module … Access Levels  Graduated Levels of Access … LEVEL 1:  Free, general public, less complex products, one geography at a time, HTML/CSV/Print-friendly, generally down to CMA/CA levels of geography, some CD/CSD - TBTs (new for 2006)

Census Web Module (I-Shelf) … Access Levels LEVEL 2:  Free for pre-established user/stakeholder group (Depository Services Program – Libraries, Data Liberation Initiative, Funding Federal Departments, Provincial/Territorial Focal Points, Regional Offices, census/STC partners … fee – for ‘outside world’  Simple to complex products, one/multiple geographies at a time, HTML/CSV/Print-friendly, Beyond 20/20, all levels of geography except Dissemination Area (DA) or those products deemed ‘too large/complex’ to be served-up via the Internet  Enhanced level of access delivered via IP address and/or ‘cookie’ LEVEL 3:  Internal category … DA products and/or those too large/complex to be served-up via Internet (FTP, CD-R delivery)

Looking Towards 2011 …  Overhaul/replacement of PASS Tools (CAPSS, E-Shelf etc.) – ‘web- ready outputs’  Increased delivery of products and services on-line (more for free, lower levels of geography)  Moving away from ‘canned products’ … users may have the ability to pick and choose their product outputs  Improved timeliness of census releases  Enhanced product integration, searching, graphing, multi-media data presentation, thematic mapping etc  Enhanced partnerships (i.e. Learning resources, post-censal surveys, expansion of Community profiles data etc.)