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On this page, you will find sources of statistics and data for the following areas:

Business and Markets
Crime
Economics
Environment
GIS
Health
Opinion Polls
Real Estate
Religious Studies
Socio-demographic
Transportation

Canadian, American, and international resources are included.

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Business and Markets

Additional resources can be found in the Company Information Guide and the Industry Information & Market Research Guide.

Canada Year Book (Statistics Canada)
Various chapters pertain to Business and Markets
Industry Canada
Canadian Business Counts (Statistics Canada)
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
Canadian International Merchandise Trade Database [Statistics Canada]
Provides detailed trade data using the Harmonized System (HS) classification of goods (based on the 6-digit commodity level). Various search options are available.
Trade Data Online
TSX Database
aka CFMRC/TSX Database Quarterly Update

Crime

Canada Year Book - Crime and Justice [Statistics Canada]
Juristat [Statistics Canada]
Journal containing articles, analysis, and detailed statistics
Crime and Justice Subject Page [Statistics Canada]
Provides links to summary tables, detailed tables from CANSIM, and publications
Criminal Justice Statistics [Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics]
Access via ODESI

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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 Surveye
- Youth Custody and Community Services
Bureau of Justice Statistics [U.S.]
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics [U.S.]

Economics

Additional resources can be found in the Economics Subject Guide.

Economic Accounts Subject Page [Statistics Canada]
Provides links to summary tables, detailed tables from CANSIM, publications, etc.

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The economic accounts provide up-to-date portraits of national, provincial, and territorial economies and their structures, based on an integrated, internationally recognized set of economic accounting concepts.

Subtopics include:
- Economic accounts (general)
- Balance of international payments
- Environmental and resource accounts
- Financial and wealth accounts
- Government financial statistics
- Gross domestic product
- Income and expenditure accounts
- Input-output accounts
- Leading indicators
- Productivity accounts
- Tourism account
Economic Census [U.S.]

Education

Institutional Analysis & Planning
IAP provides information and analytical services to the University of Waterloo.

Environment

Environmental Indicators
(Environment Canada)
GEO Data Portal
The GEO Data Portal, is the authoritative source for data sets used by 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).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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.
HYDAT Database - National Water Data Archive
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.
Historical Climate Data
Access historical weather, climate data, and related information for numerous locations across Canada.
National Energy Use Database (NEUD)
National Energy Use Database (NEUD) provides knowledge of energy consumption and energy efficiency at the end-use level in Canada.
National Snow and Ice Data Center
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.
Canadian Pollen Database
From the Laboratory for Paleoclimatology and Climatology (LPC) at the University of Ottawa.

GIS

Geospatial Data at uWaterloo
The guide to the geospatial resources available at the Map Library

Health

Health in Canada [Statistics Canada]
Resource for Canadian Health Statistics
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
CIHI is an independent, non-profit organization that provides essential data and analysis on Canada’s health system and the health of Canadians.
National Center for Health Statistics [U.S.]
The NCHS is the primary U. S. Federal Government organization responsible for the collection, analyses, and dissemination of health statistics.
OECD Health Statistics
Provides a central data collections of health statistics for OECD member states from the early 1960s to the present.
WHO Global InfoBase
The WHO Global InfoBase is a data warehouse that collects, stores and displays information on chronic diseases and their risk factors for all WHO member states.
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
Guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization.
Canadian Longitudinal Survey of Aging (CLSA)
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

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◦Canadian Longitudinal Survey of Aging by Mehreen Khan
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Opinion Polls

Gallup Canada
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
ICPSR
iPoll
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Polling the Nation
Database of public opinion polls conducted around the world. It contains the full text of questions and responses from over 18,000 surveys and over 1,700 polling organizations from 1986 and provides information about polling and the history of polling. Results can be saved, exported, and depicted in graph form.
Voice of the People
Access is via ODESI

Real Estate

Religious Studies

Religion: Guide to the latest information [Statistics Canada]
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
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.
Project Canada Survey Series (Reginald Bibby)
Covers a wide variety of social trends. Well-known for yielding information on religion and religious experience.

Socio-demographic

Census of Canada
U.S. Census Bureau
Includes demographic and industry/economic statistics and data
Eurostat
Eurostat - the statistical office of the European Union, provides statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
World Bank
UN Data
UN Demographic and Social Statistics
CIA World Fact Book
Provides facts and statistics on such topics as population, economy, and government for each country in the world.

Transportation

Guide to Transportation Data
Statistics Canada Guide to Transportation Data
Transport Canada
Road and Motor Vehicle Safety Statistics and Data.
Ontario Provincial Highways Traffic Volumes
Provides traffic volumes on an annual basis for selected links in the provincial highway network.
Transportation Tomorrow Survey
A cooperative effort by 21 local and provincial government agencies to collect information about urban travel.
RITA - Bureau of Transportation Statistics [U.S.]
North American Transportation Statistics Database
Provides information on transportation and transportation-related activities among Canada, the United States and Mexico, both within individual countries and between the countries. Covers twelve thematic areas, including transportation and the economy, transportation safety, transportation’s impact on energy and the environment, passenger and freight activity, and transportation and trade.

Last Updated: Apr 17, 2019 5:47 PM
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Subjects: Interdisciplinary

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