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ECON 472: Find Statistics & Data

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This page includes some general source of statistics and data that will be useful in your research. More sources, including subject-specific ones, can be found in the Statistics & Data Guide (see link under Related Guides).

Statistics (Statistics Canada)

Canada at a Glance
Canadian Census Analyser
Access to this database is restricted to current Waterloo faculty, students and staff for academic purposes only.
Statistics Canada Data Tables
CANSIM @ CHASS
Access to this database is restricted to current Waterloo faculty, students and staff for academic purposes only.
Census of Canada
Statistics by Subject

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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