Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating Public Use Microdata Files

Giving, Volunteering and Participating The public use microdata file (PUMF) from the General Social Survey – Giving, Volunteering and Participating provides data on individual contributory behaviors including volunteering, charitable giving and civic participation as well as informing both the public and voluntary sectors in policy and program decisions that relate to the charitable and volunteer sector.

The file includes information on a wide range of topics, including: formal volunteering, history of volunteering, reasons for and qualities of experience with volunteering, skills use, reasons for not volunteering or volunteering more, informal volunteering and employer support of volunteering. It also provides information on contributing to charitable or non-profit organizations, giving specifics, decisions and reasons for giving (more) or not giving.

For more information about this survey (questionnaires, definitions, data sources and methods used): Surveys and statistical programs — General Social Survey — Giving, Volunteering and Participating

Note: Prior to the collection in 2013, the Survey was called the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (CSGVP) as well as National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP). Information on those can be located here: Surveys and statistical programs - Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating

Topics can vary by cycle.

Reference period: 1997 | 2000 | 2004 | 2007 | 2010 | 2013 | 2018

Datasets available for download

Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated August 20, 2024, 23:04 (UTC)
Created July 31, 2024, 06:31 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Social Services
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
File format of the dataset.
.conf, .def, .diff, .in, .ksh, .list, .log, .pl, .text, .txt - text/plain
Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
126.897329
Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=4430
Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
2024-07-24
Time Period Data Span (start date)
Start date of the data in the dataset.
1997-01-01
Time Period Data Span (end date)
End date of time data in the dataset.
2018-01-01
GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
Canada
Field Value
Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
Open
Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
Subject to Statistics Canada Open Licence Agreement
Location
Location of the dataset.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-25-0001/index-eng.htm#a5
Data Service
Data service for accessing a dataset.
CKAN
Owner
Owner of the dataset.
Statistics Canada
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
infostats@statcan.gc.ca
Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
Statistics Canada
Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
infostats@statcan.gc.ca
Author
Author of the dataset.
Statistics Canada
Author Email
Email of the author.
infostats@statcan.gc.ca
Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2024-07-31
Field Value
Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-25-0001/index-eng.htm#a5
Language
Language(s) of the dataset
English
Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-25-0001/index-eng.htm#a5
Persistent Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Yes
Globally Unique Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Yes
Contains data about individuals
Does the data hold data about individuals?
Yes
Contains data about identifiable individuals
Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
No
Contains Indigenous Data
Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
No
Field Value
Version
Version of the datatset
Last Updated Date: 2024-07-23
Source
Source of the dataset.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-25-0001/index-eng.htm#a5
Version notes
Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset
Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions
Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
3 years
GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
Individual
Field Value
Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
Field Value
Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
105000
Number of data relations
If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities
If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties
If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality
Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality
A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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