RDC News: November 2024
Closures for November, Saturday hours, and a new data set profile.
Oct 31, 2024
Hours Changes
This month we will have the following changes to our usual operating hours:
- NO extended hours on Tuesday November 8th (i.e. regular closing time at 5pm)
Saturday Hours - On Demand
We will be offering Saturday hours this month. We will be open on an 'appointment' basis, only if requested. Please sign up via the online booking system as usual.
Offered dates for Saturday hours this month are:
- Saturday, November 16th - 12pm to 4pm
Online booking system being updated
We have been informed that the online system we use for booking workstations - Booked Scheduler - will soon be undergoing an update.
After the sytsem is updated, please be aware that users may have to change their account password when first using the new version. This is a security requirement of the upgraded software. You shold be able to do this yourself via the "Forgot Password?" link from the Booked login page.
New data sets at the RDC:
Canadian Housing Survey (CHS)
A suite of files under the umbrella of the Canadian Housing Survey (CHS) program is now available and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects. This data release includes microdata from the 2022 cycle, which provides information on how Canadians feel about their housing and how housing affects them. Information is collected on core housing need; dwelling characteristics and housing tenure; perceptions of economic hardship from housing costs; support and childcare payments; dwelling and neighbourhood satisfaction; perceptions of neighbourhood issues and safety; housing moves including forced moves; community engagement; life and community satisfaction; self-assessed health; experience with homelessness; socio-demographic characteristics; and access to transportation. Information about household support and childcare payments and household’s access to transportation is new to the 2022 cycle.
To enhance the CHS, the following pre-linked data files have also been released:
- Detailed income information for 2022 CHS from Administrative Personal Income Masterfile, 2022
- Historical income data from T4 file and T1 Family File (CHS 2021 and 2022)
More information on the CHScan be found at https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5269.
If you would like more information on how to submit a proposal for access to this data see https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/microdata/data-centres/access. For more information about the RDC program please contact your local RDC analyst.
📃 For a list of all the most recent data releases, see https://crdcn.ca/publications-data/data/.