Canada: Statistics & Data Resources

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1. Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada Homepage
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Canadian Statistics: Web-based Tables
Education Resources

Census

1996 Census 1996 Census [Statistics Canada] Free information. Statistical Profile of Canadian Communities. 1996 Census [TDR site]. Access restricted. Requires Beyond 20/20 software. Nation Series Dimension Series Profile Series Agricultural Census	Statistics Canada site: Includes many help guides. Geography includes at least the country, province or territory and Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) level. TDR (TriUniversity Data Resources) site: Access restricted. Available to registered students, faculty and staff at: UW, WLU. Eligible users can also connect from home.
2001 Census 2001 Census [Statistics Canada] A profile of the Canadian population: Where we live Release Maps: Includes GeoSearch, Reference Maps and Thematic Maps. Release Data: Includes Population and Dwelling Counts and 2001 Community Profiles. 2001 Census Dictionary 2001 Geography Catalogue	A profile of the Canadian population: Where we live is a detailed analysis of growth rates, demographic trends and geographic distribution.
Census: Raw Data Access restricted. Available to registered students, faculty and staff at: UW, WLU. Eligible users can also connect from home.	Mounted on the TriUniversity Data Resources (TDR), many raw data sets from the 1971 census on, can be accessed and tabulations performed. Under "TDR Data", select "Web Retrieval" and then choose "Canadian Census" from the drop-down menu retrieval system.
E-STAT Access restricted. Available to registered students, faculty and staff at: UW, WLU. Eligible users can also connect from home.	This interactive software allows you to create tables, graphs or maps on a variety of subjects. Data is derived from the Canadian census (1665, on), CANSIM II or the "Official Voting Results". For teaching purpose, data in E-Stat is updated only once a year, usually in the summer, before the beginning of a new academic year.

Search Tools: Find Publications & Information

Comprehensive Search Tools

Thesaurus	Check the "Thesaurus" for the correct or alternate phrasing of terms BEFORE searching the web site or catalogues.
Online Catalogue of Products and Services	Warning: This is Statistics Canada's catalogue for current; free/priced; paper/ Electonic publications. Most items (especially the priced ones) are available for free in the TUG Libraries and many of the data sets can be retrieved through the TriUniversity Data Resources (TDR). Check titles in "Trellis" for local availability or refer to Information Desk Staff.
Advanced Site Search	From this page, you can search the Entire Web site by Keyword.
Browse by Subject	Browse by the following topics: economy; land and resources; people; nation; and statistical methods and reference (including geography). Check titles in "Trellis" for local availability
Statistics Canada Library Catalogue	Search "BiblioCat" for citations to current and historical statistics Canada products. Check titles in Trellis for local availability.

Finding and Using Statistics	A guide to many of the popular publications and products from Statistics Canada, including explanations about what these titles contain.
A to Z Index	An alphabetical index of selected statistical topics and help guides.

Specific Search Tools

Thematic Search Tool for Research in social Statistics

This is a subject guide to Statistics Canada's data collection surveys in the social sciences between 1985 and 1998. It can help determine if data on a particular subject was collected during this time period.

For more recent information, try the Online Catalogue of Products and Services.

For cited surveys, check "Trellis" or the TriUniversity Data Resources (TDR) or refer to Information Desk Staff.

Electronic Publicatons by title or Subject:

Canada At a Glance	Quick access to current statistics on Canada's demography, education, health, justice, housing, income, labour market, economy, travel, finances, and foreign trade.
Canadian Statistics: free tabular data	Links to free, basic data, and includes economic, geographic, environmental, population, labour, education, culture, travel, leisure, health, and justice statistics.
The Daily	Statistics Canada's official alerting bulletin, The Daily provides coverage of newly released statistics and publications, including analytical text, tables and references to where more data can be found. For cited publications, check "Trellis" for availability.
Historical Statistics of Canada	This volume contains about 1,088 statistical tables on the social, economic and institutional conditions of Canada from the start of Confederation in 1867 to the mid-1970s. The tables are arranged in sections with an introduction explaining the content of each section, the principal sources of data for each table, and general explanatory notes regarding the statistics.
Standard Classifications in use at Statistics Canada	Free access to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS); the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC); the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC); the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) and other systems of classification.

Articles in Periodicals	Selected articles from Statistics Canada's principal analytical magazines. Check journal title in "Trellis" for availability in Library.
Electronic Publications	Arranged by broad subject or publication number, the Depository Services Program offers free, full-text access to most electronic publications which are normally for sale. Check titles in "Trellis" for document availability in paper or microfiche.
Free Publications	Electronic publications which are free to everyone. Check Titles in "Trellis" for document availability in paper or microfiche.
Free Research Papers	Electronic publications which are free to everyone. Check titles in "Trellis" for document availability in paper or microfiche.
List of recently released products	Search by date for products released during the last four weeks. Check Titles in "Trellis" for document availability in paper or microfiche.

Databases by Name

CANSIM / CANSIM II via CHASS (Second site) (Help) via E-STAT (Help) Access restricted. It is available to registered students, faculty and staff at UW and WLU. Eligible users can also connect from home.	CANSIM is Statistics Canada's computerized database and information retrieval service. CANSIM I is no longer being updated and has been replaced by CANSIM II. It includes more data than CANSIM I and is multi-dimensional, including time series as well as data based on geographical region, sex, age or other "dimensions". CANSIM II can be accessed through the University of Toronto's Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) service or through E-STAT. Each service offers it's own front end. The data in E-STAT is updated only once a year, usually in the summer, before the beginning of a new academic year.
E-Stat Access restricted. Available to registered students, faculty and staff at: UW, WLU. Eligible users can also connect from home.	This interactive software allows you to create tables, graphs or maps on a variety of subjects. Data is derived from the Canadian census (1665, on), CANSIM or the "Official Voting Results".
Locally mounted CD-ROMs	Statistical CD-ROM's are housed within the separate libraries. Check in your university library to find out what's available for use in-house.
Statistical Profile of Canadian Communities	A statistical profile is presented for all Canadian communities (cities, towns, villages, etc.) Information is provided on education, income and work, families and dwellings, births and deaths, general population information, and health information. A mapping feature is available for viewing the location of a community within Canada.
TriUniversity Data Resources (TDR) Databases' access restricted. Available to registered students, faculty and staff at: UW, WLU. Eligible users can also connect from home.	Using a drop-down menu retrieval system, derive and perform tabulations on subsets of data from selected collections of statistics, such as Statistics Canada's Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) , the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and other agencies. Holdings include Canadian census data, social, labour and consumer finance surveys, election results and many more. Check the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) or the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) sites to find out which data sets are available. If they are not listed on the TDR site, or you would like to receive the data directly (FTP) instead, please fill in the request form.

2. Other Canadian Statistics

Economic/Environmental Statistics: Government Sources; Private Sources	Although compiled by a fee-based research company, GDSourcing's Canadian Statistical Sources, is an extremely detailed listing of government (federal and provincial) and NGO statistical web sites. For every home page linked to, a summary of the statistics and the features available at that site is provided.
Financial Rates & Statistics	From the Bank of Canada, links to Canadian rates and bond and market information.
Social Statistics: Government Sources, Private Sources	Although compiled by a fee-based research company, GDSourcing's Canadian Statistical Sources, is an extremely detailed listing of government (federal and provincial) and NGO statistical web sites. For every home page linked to, a summary of the statistics and the features available at that site is provided.
Statistics Canada's "Other Statistical Web Sites"	Links to provincial and international statistical web sites.
Strategis: Economic Analysis & Statistics	Information on current economic conditions, and industry and trade statistics.
TriUniversity Data Resources (TDR): External Data	A selection of freely available statistical web sites from Canada, the United States and other countries is mounted on the TriUniversity Data Resources (TDR) Click on "External Data" and select one of the following categories: agriculture and natural resources; environment; finance; geography; health; science; and socio-economic.
United Nations' "InfoNation"	From the United Nations, this site allows you to generate statistical and comparative tables on any of their member countries in just two steps.

3. Subscribed Data Resources

(Please note: Access to subscribed data resources is restricted. These are only available to registered students, faculty and staff at: UW, WLU. Eligible users can also connect from home.)

CANSIM: Multi-dimensional socio-economic data, including time series as well as data based on geographical region, sex, age or other "dimensions". University of Toronto's Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences' (CHASS) web interface was designed for easier access to Statistics Canada's CANSIM data. If this connection is too slow, try the second access site. The data is also available at the E-STAT site with a different interface, but updated only once a year, usually in the summer, before the beginning of a new academic year. (Help: CHASS, E-STAT)

TriUniversity Data Resources (TDR): Using a drop-down menu retrieval system, derive and perform tabulations on subsets of data from selected collections of statistics, such as Statistics Canada's Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) , the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and other agencies. Holdings include Canadian census data, social, labour and consumer finance surveys, election results and many more. Check the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) or the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) sites to find out which data sets are available. If they are not listed on the TDR site, or you would like the data FTP'd instead, please fill in the request form.

July 2001