E-STAT
Includes CANSIM* in E-STAT
Historical and currrent
A user-friendly, interactive tool providing statistics about society and the economy in Canada. Using over 3,000 tables from CANSIM*, tracks trends in virtually every aspect of the lives of Canadians.
Access Note: Note: CANSIM data can be downloaded directly from Statistics Canada. ESTAT will eventually be terminated. [
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Historical Statistics of Canada
Chronological Index
1867 - mid-1970s; 2nd edition, 1983
Index of Canadian historical economic and social science statistics, including access to statistical tables. [
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Statistics Canada
Historical and current
Website of Statistics Canada, providing statistics about the Canadian population, resources, economy, society and culture. [
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Gender Info
Current and historical; includes projections
A global database of "gender statistics and indicators on a wide range of policy areas, including: population, families, health, education, work, and political participation. An initiative of the Nations Statistics Division of the United Nations, and in collaboration with the UN's Chidren's Fund and the UN's Population Fund (UNFPA), it\\this data service has been adapted from Devinfo technology and contains the most up-to-date country-level statistics available. It is intended for planning purposes by advocacy groups, researchers and government organizations/agencies.
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UNdata
Current; time series data from 1970 in some cases
A portal to major United Nations databases and those of several international organizations. "Currently, there are 14 databases and 6 glossaries ... covering a whole range of statistics including Population, Industry, Energy, Trade and National Accounts." New databases will be added in due course. [
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World Almanacs
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs
1998 - present
A collection of five almanacs:
Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and the
The World Almanac for Kids. Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, statistics. [
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Data.gov
U.S. Federal Executive Branch datasets.
Free GIS data available for download.
Liaison Librarian: Chris Adams
