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Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)

The Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) provides Canadian academic institutions with affordable access to Statistics Canada data files and databases for teaching and research. To get more information about the Data Liberation Initiative and how Brandon University is participating in it, please contact Chris Hurst (727-9687).

Statistics Canada Quick Links

For further information about Statistics Canada's Data, or assistance with their products, contact Chris Hurst.

Canadian Census Data Guide
Quicklinks to Census Data
Centre for Municipal and Local Data
As part of an ongoing partnership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and in the context of the Disaggregated Data Action Plan, Statistics Canada is bringing data to municipalities.
Historical Statistics of Canada
There are 1,088 statistical tables on the social, economic and institutional conditions of Canada from the start of the Confederation in 1867 to the mid-1970s included here.
List of Downloadable Electronic Publications
From the Depository Program website.
Statistics Canada: Data Tables (formerly CANSIM)
Find the data you are looking for, such as data tables, microdata and data visualizations, on a wide range of subjects.
Statistics Canada Datasets in the Abacus Repository
The Abacus data repository has made more than 1000 Statistics Canada datasets available to the public under the terms of the Statistics Canada Open License. Anyone may search and download these datasets from the Abacus Open data collection.
Public Use Microdata Files through Rich Data Services
Access to Statistics Canada Public Use Microdata Files through Rich Data Services. Currently works off campus through the university's VPN. There is only a limited selection of files at the moment. We are working on getting it wotking through the proxy server. Thank you for your patience.
How to Cite Statistics Canada Products
This guide has been developed for authors, editors, researchers, academics, students, librarians and data librarians. It describes, in three steps, how to build bibliographic references when citing Statistics Canada products and materials.

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Subjects: Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Faculty - Science, Geography, Geology, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology

Data Links

Jeremy Singer-Vine's Data is Plural Archive
Past datasets from Singer-Vine's newsletter.
Archive of Quantum of Sollazzo
Archive of Quantum of Sollazzo newsletter