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Canadian leisure studies data in the UT/DLS collection

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The data files described here are restricted for use by University of Toronto faculty, students, and staff for academic research and teaching only. This page provides access only to documentation describing these data files.
  1. Travel survey of residents of Canada (TSRC), 2006, 2007, 2008,

  2. Travel activities and motivation survey, 2006

  3. General social survey cycle 19 : time use, 2005

  4. Survey of reading and buying books, 2005

  5. Travel activities and motivation survey, 1999

  6. Canadian/Household internet use surveys (CIUS/HIUS), 1998 - .

  7. Canadian travel surveys (CTS), 1980 - .

  8. International travel survey, 1990 - .

  9. General social survey cycle 12 : time use, 1998

  10. Survey on the importance of nature to Canadians, 1996

  11. General social survey cycle 7 : time use, 1992

  12. Survey on the importance of wildlife to Canadians, 1992
    • Principal investigator: Statistics Canada
    • Documentation SPSS syntax
    • No print documentation currently available in UT/DLS
    • Access data [Restricted]

  13. Survey on the importance of wildlife to Canadians, 1987

  14. Ontario leisure activity participation survey, 1989.
    • Principal investigator: McLaren, Peter L. Group Ltd.
    • Distributor: Ontario. Ministry of Tourism and Recreation
    • Note: Printed codebook available in UT/DLS, Robarts Library, room 5037A
    • For access to data, contact UT Data Library Service

  15. General social survey cycle 2 : time use, social mobility & language, 1986

  16. Tourism attitude and motivation study, 1983
    • Principal investigator: Canada. Statistics Canada (Supplement to the monthly Labour force survey)
    • Distributor: University of Waterloo. Leisure Studies Data Bank (1993/04/16 ed.)
    • Documentation: Questionnaire [PDF format; English language; scanned by UT/Data Library Services]
    • Access data [Restricted]

  17. Canada fitness survey, 1981
    • Principal investigator: Canada. Canada Fitness Survey
    • Distributor: University of Waterloo. Leisure Studies Data Bank.
    • Documentation: User guide & questionnaire & weighted and unweighted frequencies [PDF format; English language; created by UBC/Data Services]
    • Access data [Restricted]
      See also: Canada Fitness Survey. Fitness and lifestyle in Canada: a report. Ottawa, Ont.: Canada. Fitness and Amateur Sport, May 1983. (CA1 FA -83F31 GOVT)

  18. Survey on the importance of wildlife to Canadians, 1981

  19. Survey of leisure time activities: reading habits, February 1978.
    • Principal investigator: Statistics Canada (Supplement to the monthly Labour force survey)
    • Distributor: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative
    • Documentation: record layout, SAS syntax, SPSS syntax (UT/DLS ed. 08/2000)(pr=1,420)
    • Note: Printed codebook available in UT/DLS, Robarts Library, room 5037A
    • For access to data, contact UT Data Library Service

  20. Survey of fitness, physical recreation and sport, 1976.
    • Principal investigator: Canada. Health and Welfare Canada. Fitness and Amateur Sport Branch (Supplement to the monthly Labour force survey)
    • Producer. Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Co-ordination Division
    • Distributor: University of Waterloo. Leisure Studies Data Bank
    • Documentation: SPSS display dictionary (UT/DLS ed. 2001/05), Frequencies, unweighted (UT/DLS ed. 2001/05), Questionnaire
    • Note: No printed documentation currently available in UT/DLS.
    • Access data [Restricted]

  21. Survey of selected leisure activities, October 1975

  22. Survey of selected leisure-time activities, March 1972

  23. See also:

    • General social survey: time use. Statistics Canada daily Nov. 9, 1999.

    • Overview of the time use of Canadians in 1998. / Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada, Nov. 1999 (STC 12F0080XIE)

    • University of Waterloo. Leisure Studies Data Bank catalogue

    • National Library and Archives of Canada: Search Government Archives Division permanent holdings (as of ca. 1987)

    • Recreation and leisure data files/ Ottawa, Ont.: Public Archives Canada. Machine Readable Archives, 1983.

Html document by S Kumar, rev. L. G. M. Ruus, Data Library Service, University of Toronto
Created: 2002-05-22; Last updated: 2009-11-26