The Quebec Interuniversity Centre for Social Statistics (QICSS) was established in 2000 to provide all Quebec researchers with access to Statistics Canada microdata, as well as the space, equipment and professional and technical resources required to exploit these data. The QICSS also provides support for the next generation of researchers, through training and scholarship programs, and organizes numerous events to promote the visibility and impact of the results of research projects carried out in its secure laboratories. The QICSS has five laboratories, located at Université de Montréal, McGill University, Université du Québec à Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke and Université Laval.
To read our most recent Annual Report (in French), click here.
2021
FRQ receives AGORA grant
Prix Lise-Quesnel begins
CADRISQ opens at McGill University
2019
HEC Montréal joins the QICSS
2010
A CADRISQ opens at Université de Sherbrooke
2012
The Université du Québec network joins the QICSS
2007
The first international QICSS conference
2005
1st CADRISQ on CIQSS premises
1st Colloque pour les jeunes chercheurs (now Colloque Excellence en relève)
2004
Université de Sherbrooke joins the QICSS
2003
Start of QICSS Scholarships Program
2002
FCAR (now FRQ) funding begins
Start of summer schools
2000
The CRDCN is created, funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and Canadian universities (they will later be joined by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the CFI Major Science Initiatives Fund)
Founding of the QICSS by six Quebec universities: Université de Montréal, Université Laval, McGill University, Concordia University, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique and Université du Québec à Montréal
