Databases for Research: Statistics

Off-Campus Access
- contains a significant amount of Canadian content
- no login required (open access)

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Canada's Information Resource Centre (CIRC) (Grey House) Online access to nine Grey House Reference tools: Canadian Almanac and Directory, Associations Canada, Financial Services Canada, Canadian Environmental Resource Guide, Canadian Parliamentary Guide, Governments Canada, Libraries Canada, History of Canada, and Canadian Who's Who. More Info

CANSIM (Statistics Canada) Statistics Canada's key socioeconomic database, updated daily. More Info

Census of Canada (Statistics Canada) Provides access to data from the most recent Census as well previous Census data back to 1996. More Info

E-STAT (E-STAT will be discontinued July 1, 2013. It will remain accessible as is until June 30, 2013, but its content will no longer be updated. Statistics Canada encourages you to start using the free CANSIM database and Census of Canada portal (both of which are also on this page) for timely information.) (Statistics Canada) Provides access to reliable and timely statistics about Canada and its ever-changing people. More Info

Ipsos News Centre (Ipsos) Public opinion poll results, market research, news, and press releases from the Ipsos Group (in Canada, Ipsos Reid), useful for marketing, advertising, business, and social science researchers. More Info

Passport GMID Academic (Global Market Information Database) (Euromonitor International) Provides access to global market analysis with comprehensive coverage of industries, countries and consumer trends. More Info

PMB Product Data (Print Measurement Bureau) Market survey results on Canadians' use of over 3500 products and services. Information includes respondents' demographics, attitudes, media consumption, retail outlets, frequency of usage and, when sponsored, the brands they use. More Info

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