New Canada Education Savings Program (CESP) data linked to T1FF, Census of Population Keys 2021 and Longitudinal Administrative Databank are now available in Research Data Centres across Canada.

 Statistics Canada, in collaboration with the provincial and territorial ministries of education, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), and other stakeholders, has developed the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP).

 The ELMLP allows longitudinal integration of administrative data related to education with other data sources to create anonymized, customized datasets for analytical purposes.

 The ELMLP has produced new cohort and concordance files:

 Cohort files:

• CESP - 2023

Concordance files^[[1] To use these concordance files, researchers are to request access to (1) Cohort files (e.g. CESP Allyears), (2) concordance file (e.g. CESP to CENSUS) and (3) Additional corresponding data source(s) (e.g. 2021 Census). ^1] : 

Census linkage:

• CESP 2023 - Census 2021

LAD linkage:

• CESP 2023 - LAD 2022

T1FF linkage:

• CESP 2023 – T1FF 2022

Administrative data for the Canada Education Savings Program (CESP) for the period 1998 to 2023 are now available in the Research Data Centre (RDCs). These files replace any previous datasets and include historical updates. The CESP data files are available under the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). 

These data will allow research and analysis on the two education savings incentives administered by the CESP: the Canadian Education Savings Grant, and the Canada Learning Bond. For more information on these incentives, please consult https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/education/education-savings.html

Updated data files include:

• cesp1998to2023_table_4 (Annual Contributions by Beneficiaries, Subscribers and Primary Caregivers)

• cesp1998to2023_table_5 (Annual Transaction Matrix by Beneficiaries) 

• cesp1999to2023_table_6 (Canada Learning Bond Years of Eligibility)

• T1FF97_22forCESP98_23_Ben; 
  T1FF97_22forCESP98_23_PCGSUB 
  (Subsets of the T1 Family File (income tax data) for tax years 1997 to 2022 - one file for CESP beneficiaries and one for their Primary Caregivers and Subscribers)

• cesp98_23_cen21_long_keys (Concordance key file between CESP individuals and the 2021 Census long-form questionnaire sample)

• cesp98to23_lad82to22_keys (Concordance key file between CESP individuals and the Longitudinal Administrative Database (LAD) to 2022).

The Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP) allows researchers to access and integrate anonymized information about past cohorts of students and registered apprentices, to better understand the pathways of students in Canada and how their education and training affects their outcomes and labour market earnings. This platform permits the use of the CESP data with other ELMLP-integrated data sources in the RDCs for research on these themes.