We received the following notice for CHASS (CANSIM) Data Service subscribers: StatCan announcement below, detailing new improvements and features to their website, including a clean data format, available starting June 4th. University of Toronto staff from the Faculty of Arts & Science Information & Instructional Technology (IIT) team are working to implement a new daily feed from StatCan with changes noted as follows:
- Existing CANSIM offerings from CHASS Data Centre: we are working towards offering seamless daily updates for existing CANSIM tables, in the same data format as currently provided.
- New offerings from StatCan as detailed on their website will be assessed by IIT for potential future implementation; you can also access the data directly from the StatCan website: www.statcan.gc.ca
- As of June 4th, please note that new keywords are not provided by StatCan; current keywords in the CHASS system will remain.
Please visit the StatCan website (http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/home-accueil?lang=eng&p2=50) to get the latest available information and to learn more about their changes. Our CHASS website continues to be accessible at http://dc.chass.utoronto.ca/.
Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions by emailing iit@artsci.utoronto.ca (formerly support@chass.utoronto.ca).