 How to download a public use microdata file or PUMPF from the Statscan Nestar data portal. You can get to the Nestar data portal from the University Library's numeric data page. From here, click Microdata, then Nestar Data Portal. From this page, click Statistics Canada Public Use Microdata Files. Next, select your survey of interest by clicking on it. For example, the Canadian Community Health Survey. Click to choose your survey year of interest, for example 2017-2018. Click the survey title, and its description will appear on the right. A diskette download symbol will also appear in the upper right. Click on it. You will be prompted to choose the data format you would like to obtain, for example, SPSS. Once selected, click the download button. Be aware that the PUMPFs are large files, and it can take some time for the download to complete. Once downloaded, save your file and right-click on it to extract its contents.