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Canada - Statistics (Statistics Canada)

Canada at a Glance
Canadian Census Analyser
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Statistics Canada Data Tables
CANSIM @ CHASS
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Census of Canada
Statistics by Subject

United States & International

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

International Financial Statistics (from the IMF)
Internationally comparable, country-level economic and financial time series data. Standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance.
Coverage: varies

IPUMS International
IPUMS Integrated Census Samples. Registration is required to ensure that researchers respect the conditions of use

OECD iLibrary
Full text documents and statistical sets from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Coverage: 1998 - present

Canada - Microdata (Statistics Canada)

ODESI
Access to Statistics Canada's Public Use Microdata Files (PUMFs)
Coverage: Varies
ODESI is a web-based retrieval system for accessing Public Use Microdata Files (PUMFs) and other datasets provided under the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI). Access to files is available to current faculty, students, and staff and may only be used for research, teaching, and non-commercials activities.

SWORDC (Southwestern Ontario Research Data Centre)
Open only to authorized users of the RDC. Master files for a variety of StatsCan surveys are available. Contact: swordc@uwaterloo.ca

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