Holiday Closures

Please note the upcoming changes to the usual centre operating hours:

• no extended hours on the evening of Thurs. 22nd

• early closing on Friday 23rd, at noon

• CLOSED from Monday Dec. 26th - Tuesday Jan. 3rd, reopening Wednesday Jan. 4th, 2023

• Extended hours will start again on Thursday Jan. 5th

We hope everybody has a safe, happy and healthy holiday season!

Saturday Hours - On Demand

Offered dates for Saturday hours this month are:

• Saturday, December 10th - 12pm to 4pm

Congrats & Kudos

Max Stick (Dept of Sociology) successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, 'The Impact of Source-Country Gender Inequality on the Acculturation, Structural Integration and Identification of Immigrants in Canada', on November 21st. The RDC data sets used were the General Social Survey (GSS) and Ethnic Diversity Survey (GSS). Max is currently employed by Statistics Canada in the Social Analysis and Modelling Division.
Congrats, Max!

New data sets at the RDC: 

Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SFGSME) 2020 

The Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SFGSME) 2020 collects general characteristics on small- and medium-sized businesses and their financing activities. This includes information on the types of debt, lease and equity financing that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) rely on. It also collects information on any recent attempts to obtain new financing, as well as additional information about circumstances that affect the way these businesses operate.

Statistics Canada is conducting this survey on behalf of a consortium led by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The data obtained from this survey will be used by both the public and private sectors. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada will use this information to study the availability of financing to SMEs and to recommend policy changes to assist businesses. Other government departments will use this information to develop national and regional programs and for policy planning. Businesses will use this information for market analysis or to compare the performance of their firm with the performance of firms of a similar size within the same industry. Industry associations will use the information for industry performance measurement and for market development, and suppliers of financing for SMEs will use the information to determine gaps in their services.

If you would like more information about this data set, please see https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&Id=1310062.

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.