Use this guide to help you find and access data from governments and organizations in Canada.
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