Statistics and Data

[C]   Data Portals:  

[WARNING: Unless noted otherwise, data available through < odesi >, the TDR, the Canadian Census Analyser and ICPSR sites are available for use to current Wilfrid Laurier University faculty, students and staff, for research and teaching purposes only.   Data users may not develop or derive for commercial sale any other product in machine-readable form that incorporates or uses any substantial part of the data available through these sites.] 

•  (1)  <odesi> (Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure): Canadian public opinion polls & Statistics Canada datasets from the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI), including the Census.
  • Unsure which dataset to use?  Try <odesi>'s search or browse capabilities.
  • Know the name of the dataset?  Go directly to the Nesstar interface; find the subject area where your survey would be listed; expand the plus sign; and find your survey by name.
  • Help guide to using <odesi>

• (2)  TriUniversity Data Resources (TDR): Statistics Canada datasets from the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI), including the Census.

• (3)  Canadian Census Analyser: Hosted by the University of Toronto, the Census Analyser provides access to census variables for most levels of geography, public use microdata files (PUMF's), and postal code conversion files.

• (4)  Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR): US and international (some Canadian) data files in criminology, demography, economics, health, political science, and sociology.