Statistics & Data: Sources by Subject...

Various chapters pertain to Business and Markets

Formerly: Canadian Business Patterns. Provides number of establishments by size (number of employees ranges) by NAICS codes.
Access is via ODESI under Business and Financial

Provides detailed trade data using the Harmonized System (HS) classification of goods (based on the 6-digit commodity level). Various search options are available.

formerly Industry Canada

aka CFMRC/TSX Database Quarterly Update

Journal containing articles, analysis, and detailed statistics

Access via ODESI
Includes the following Surveys:
- Adult Criminal Court Survey
- Correctional Services Survey
- Homicide Survey
- Legal Aid Survey
- Police Administration Survey
- Uniform Crime Reporting Survey
- Transition Home Survey
- Victim services survey
- Youth Court Survey
- Youth Custody and Community Services

IAP provides information and analytical services to the University of Waterloo.

The GEO Data Portal is the authoritative source for data sets used by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other integrated environment assessments. Its on-line database holds more than 300 different variables, as national, regional and subregional statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps).

GBIF is an international organisation that is working to make the world's biodiversity data accessible everywhere in the world. GBIF and its many partners work to mobilise the data, and to improve search mechanisms, data and metadata standards, web services, and the other components of an Internet-based information infrastructure for biodiversity.

It contains hydrometric data collected and compiled by Water Survey of Canada’s eight regional offices. The information is housed in two centrally-managed databases: HYDEX and HYDAT.

Access historical weather, climate data, and related information for numerous locations across Canada.

National Energy Use Database (NEUD) provides knowledge of energy consumption and energy efficiency at the end-use level in Canada.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) manages and distributes scientific data, creates tools for data access, supports data users, performs scientific research, and educates the public about the cryosphere.

From the Laboratory for Paleoclimatology and Climatology (LPC) at the University of Ottawa.

The guide to the geospatial resources available at the Map Library

CIHI is an independent, non-profit organization that provides essential data and analysis on Canada’s health system and the health of Canadians.

The NCHS is the primary U. S. Federal Government organization responsible for the collection, analyses, and dissemination of health statistics.

The WHO Global Health Observatory is a data warehouse that collects, stores and displays information on chronic diseases and their risk factors for all WHO member states.

The CLSA is a large, national, long-term study that will follow approximately 50,000 men and women between the ages of 45 and 85 for at least 20 years

The Canadian Gallup Polls are omnibus polls, containing questions of a political, social and economic nature, with the occasional question(s) on subjects of current interest. Each poll contains various questions on such topics, as well as questions on political affiliation and demographics which are standard from poll to poll.
Access is via ODESI

Access is via ODESI

The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, launched in 2001, seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. It cpmducts surveys, demographic analyses and other social science research on important aspects of religion and public life in the U.S. and around the world.

Covers a wide variety of social trends. Well-known for yielding information on religion and religious experience.

Includes demographic and industry/economic statistics and data

Eurostat - the statistical office of the European Union, provides statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.

Provides facts and statistics on such topics as population, economy, and government for each country in the world.

Road and Motor Vehicle Safety Statistics and Data.

Provides traffic volumes on an annual basis for selected links in the provincial highway network.

A cooperative effort by 21 local and provincial government agencies to collect information about urban travel.