Real Time Remote Access (RTRA) System

Alternative title
RTRA
Series title
Real Time Remote Access (RTRA) System
Distributor
Statistics Canada
Geography
Citation

The University of Toronto, through the Map and Data Library, subscribes to Statistics Canada's Real Time Remote Access (RTRA) system.

RTRA, is an on-line remote access system that allows users to run scripts (SAS) against microdata sets located in a central and secure Statistics Canada location. RTRA is appropriate for researchers looking for aggregate data that is not available through PUMFs (Public Use Microdata Files) do not have access to Statistics Canada's Research Data Centres (RDC) https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/microdata/data-centres. For more information on the RDCs, please see the University of Toronto's RDC website http://sites.utoronto.ca/rdc/.

 

RTRA APPLICATION

The University of Toronto's Map and Data Library has a single account. Please complete the first page of the research application form on this page , and then contact the Map and Data Library through this link.

 

RESOURCES

The following resources are useful to begin writing your SAS program.

  • Identifying a survey of interest:
  • Identifying variables of interest:
    • Questionnaire(s) for survey of interest
    • Dummy survey dataset (FTP resource)
    • Survey dataset codebook (FTP resource)
  • Writing the SAS code:

For more information on RTRA, see Statistics Canada's web page https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/rtra/rtra

 

For technical instructions on extracting data from the RTRA system, please see our RTRA SAS Programming Guide (https://mdl.library.utoronto.ca/technology/tutorials/rtra-sas-program-guide)

 

Access status
Restricted
Access conditions and restrictions

University of Toronto Faculty, Students and staff