BRINGING DATA OUT OF THE CLOSET: Useful URLs

CANADA

Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.ca/

Statistics Canada Learning Resources

• for students
  http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/students.htm
  
  
• for teachers and teacher-librarians
  http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/teachers.htm
  
  
• post-secondary students and educators
  http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/researchers.htm

Bank of Canada Financial Rates & Statistics
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates.htm

Canadian Statistics
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/

CANSIM II (E-Stat)
http://estat.statcan.ca/content/english/over.htm
select Search CANSIM II

The Daily
http://www.statcan.ca/english/dai-quo/

DLI (Data Liberation Initiative)
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/dli.htm

E-Stat
http://estat.statcan.ca/

Free publications

• Free from Statistics Canada:
  http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/downpub/freepub.cgi
  
  
• Free via Depository Services Program:
  http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Collection-R/Statcan/index-e.html

Health Indicators
http://www.statcan.ca:80/english/freepub/82-221-XIE/free.htm

Historical Statistics of Canada
http://www.statcan.ca:80/english/freepub/11-516-XIE/sectiona/toc.htm

Queen's Social Science Data Centre http://library.queensu.ca/webdoc/ssdc/key.htm

Test-drive QWIFS (DLI institutions only)
http://jeff-lab.queensu.ca/library/access_external_test/analyze_test.html

Contact Jeff Moon (moonj@post.queensu.ca) for test userid and password.

Statistical Profile of Canadian Communities
http://ceps.statcan.ca/english/profil/PlaceSearchForm1.cfm

York University Library Data Services
http://info.library.yorku.ca/depts/lds/

OTHER

Data archives, data libraries and related institutions
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/other/datalibs.htm

Economagic.com: Economic Time Series Page
http://www.Economagic.com/

FedStats (USA)
http://www.fedstats.gov/

Global statistics (United Nations)
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/global.htm

International Statistics (United Nations)
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/gs_intstat.htm

OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm

Statistics Every Writer Should Know
http://www.robertniles.com/stats/

Walter Giesbrecht walterg@yorku.ca / Jeff Moon moonj@post.queensu.ca
OLA SuperConference
Toronto 2002.02.01