1. NEGOTIATING E-STAT
Click on English

2. Click on “Accept and Enter”

3. Click on Search Census
From home, you will asked for
Login: tdsbstu
Password: estat

4. Select census
Search for a geographic area: “toronto”
Click Search

5. Select the table for “Large Urban Centres” or “Census Tracts” related to your variable

6. Select your assigned city
Click “View Checklist”

7. Check characteristics needed for measures in your proposal
Click “Back to Main Selection Form”

8. If you are assigned part of a city, click on “Reduce or Sort Geo List”

9. If you are assigned part of a city, highlight the numbers in your range of areas

10. Everyone:
Click on “Tab-Separated Values File” to select the file-type
Click on “Go” to retrieve data

11. Click on the yellow ribbon in Explorer to download the file
Select Download File…

12. Click on SAVE

13. Name your file and click “Save”

14. MANAGING THE DATA Launch Excel Under the File menu, select Open
In the “Files of Type” box, select “All Files”
Locate your data file and click Open

15. PLEASE TRANSLATE
Click Finish

16. MASSAGE PLEASE
Merge multiple files so the “Geo” numbers are aligned in rows.
Open both (all) files, then copy and paste the contents of one file to the other.
Save your file as an Excel Workbook.
Under the File menu, select Save As.
In the “Save as Type” box, select Microsoft Excel Workbook.

17. MORE MASSAGE
Rename & Adjust the columns so that you know what they are.

18. STILL MORE MASSAGE Recalculate totals
Counts are “randomly” rounded and results in round off error.
You cannot rely on the totals reported, calculate your own. Otherwise you could have 104% of the people are single.

19. ALMOST THERE Empty neighbourhoods should be removed
Information for some neighbourhoods are “suppressed” and not reported.

20. FINALLY!
In new columns, use formulas to calculate the measures you need for your research.
Now you are ready to do some analysis!

21. TIPS
Use Excel formulas and features to save time and effort if you have to do something more than twice.
If you think there should be a less tedious way to do something, there probably is – ASK!!

22. ANOTHER TIP
The SVR does not take very long once you get started but you do have to get started.