Research guides: Statistics &amp; data: Local, federal and international: Canada

Canadian Sources

Statistics Canada This link opens in a new window
Statistics Canada produces statistics on Canadian population, resources, economy, society and culture.
Data tables from Statistics Canada This link opens in a new window
Statistics Canada provides fast and easy access to a large range of the latest statistics available in Canada.
CANSIM tables are now referred to as data tables; there are several ways to access them on the Statistics Canada website:
1. through the Data tab on the website toolbar
2. through the Subjects tab & then select a subject area
3. through the Statcan general search box

Statistics Canada - Data visualization products
Statistics Canada has started producing a variety of interactive visualization tools that present data in a graphical form. The default display is a starting point but each one provides combinations of tabs, charts, filters, and sliders to change the content shown.
Census Program from Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada - Historical resources
A starting point to assist you with finding historical resources.
First Nations Data Centre
The First Nations Data Centre is a Knowledge Translation resource from First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) that provides access to published, unpublished, and record-level data from our respected national survey work
Open Data
Government of Canada open data portal.
DataCite: find access and reuse data
DataCite, a global non-profit, provides the means "to create, find, cite, connect, and use research". International in scope including members from Canada.

Conference Board of Canada collection This link opens in a new window
Over 4000 reports and recordings produced by the Conference Board of Canada. Topics includes economic trends, public policy issues, organizational performance (i.e. HR, health & wellness, marketing, etc.). Our subscription provides access to most content but there are still some fee based products shown.

Statistical Society of Canada
The purpose of the Society is to "advance the knowledge and education of Canadians concerning statistical sciences and related fields". Check out the 2014 publication Statistics in action: A Canadian outlook
Journal of Statistics Education: An International Journal on the Teaching and Learning of Statistics
Of interest will be the Data Archive
Borealis: The Canadian Dataverse Repository
Dataverse contains publicly accessible data, open to affiliated researchers to deposit and share research data openly with anyone in the world. It is free to use, and is built with open-source software.
Federated Research Data Repository
Find research datasets from researchers affiliated with Canadian institutions; includes the results also found in the Scholars Portal Dataverse.

How to search by postal code?

This option is available for Census Profiles at the Census Tract (neighbourhood) level.

From the Census profile page, you can limit your search to a place name, a postal code or a geographic code.
- The full postal code is required. From the search results scroll down until you see the option for Census Tracts
The next census will be conducted in 2026; 2021 is the most recent.