Data: Canada: Home
Overview
Use this guide to help you find and access data from governments and organizations in Canada.
Useful terminology
AGGREGATE DATA (STATISTICS): summary-level data; the result of applying statistical analyses to microdata. Often presented as tables of totals, averages, percentages, etc.
MICRODATA: responses or observations at the unit of analysis (individual, household, business, etc.), before statistical analysis has been applied
SPATIAL DATA: data that include geographic positioning information relative to a coordinate system
Key Resources
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Statistics Canada
The website of Canada's statistical agency. Find and access data.
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ODESI (Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure) This link opens in a new window
A web-based data exploration, extraction, and analysis tool that uses the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) social science data standard. ODESI provides the ability to search for survey questions (variables) across hundreds of datasets, and supports basic tabulation and analysis online. Datasets and documentation are available for download in a variety of formats for further analysis.
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Statistics Canada: Historical Resources GuideA guide designed to assist with finding historical data and resources from Statistics Canada.
First Nations Information Governance Centre
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The First Nations Principles of OCAPInformation about OCAP, a set of principles and standards for working with First Nations data. OCAP stands for ownership, control, access, and possession, and is a trademark of the First Nations Information Governance Centre.
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First Nations Data CentreA Knowledge Translation resource from FNIGC that provides access to published, unpublished, and record-level data from its national survey work.
