RDC Data Services

Research Data Centers (RDC) Program

RDCs provide researchers with access, in a secure university setting, to microdata from population and household surveys. The centres are staffed by Statistics Canada employees. They are operated under the provisions of the Statistics Act in accordance with all the confidentiality rules and are accessible only to researchers with approved projects who have been sworn in under the Statistics Act as 'deemed employees.'

Researchers who wish to explore further analysis using confidential (master) files from longitudinal surveys may contact the Research Data Centre to discuss eligibility for data use under the RDC program.

The SFU Branch Research Data Centre is located in Blusson Hall (room 11872) on the main campus.

RDCs are located throughout the country, so researchers do not need to travel to Ottawa to access Statistics Canada microdata.

For further information about the RDCs  see Satistiscs Canada

For information on the British Columbia  RDC  program [Link]