Provides secure access to confidential micro data collected and maintained by Statistics Canada which allows researchers to conduct statistical analyses on a wide variety of topics.
The Research Data Centre (RDC) is a data analysis computer laboratory that provides secure access in a university setting to Statistics Canada’s confidential micro data files from population and household surveys. Researchers can conduct their own analyses on issues in many different substantive areas including health and well-being, education, physical fitness, work, aging, literacy and numeracy, mental health, ethnicity and diversity, family, retirement and the labour force, immigration, environment, language, disabilities, youth, and crime.
Data exploration, statistical analysis, confidential micro data
- Education
- Healthcare and social services
- Information and communication technologies and media
- Policy and governance
Specialized labs and equipment
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Secure servers |
Provides access to Statistics Canada microdata for research and analysis. |
Additional information
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Nipissing University Opens New Research Data Centre |
https://www.mynorthbaynow.com/20295/watch-nipissing-university-opens-new-research-data-centre/ |
New Data Centre Operating from Nipissing University in North Bay |
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New data centre open at Nipissing University |
https://www.1019rock.ca/2017/05/24/new-data-centre-open-nipissing-university/ |
North Bay’s Nipissing University Opens Statistics Canada Research Data Centre |
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New Research Data Centre Opens at Nipissing University |
https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/new-research-data-centre-opens-at-nipissing-university-623807 |
Nipissing University gets grant for StatsCan Data Centre |
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/nipissing-research-data-centre-1.4129714 |
Nipissing University Unveils ‘Only Data Centre of Its Kind’ in Northern Ontario |