Brief introduction to Statistics Canada

							                    LIS2136H: Brief introduction to Statistics Canada




Major URLs covered in this session:

1. University of Toronto. Data Library Service: home page:
   <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/ >

2. Census of population, 1996: <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/cc96.htm>

3. Canadian socio-economic information management system (CANSIM):
   <http://datacentre.chass.utoronto.ca/cansim/>

4. Finding Canadian, U.S. and international statistics (UT/DLS):
   <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/findcans.htm>




Statistics Canada's role:

 The major collector of socio-economic data and statistics in Canada


 STCs major functions are to collect data, to compile and publish statistics, and to
  provide some descriptive analysis of those statistics.


 What is the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI): a subscription service available only
  to universities and colleges in Canada (CARL and CASUL member institution),
  which provides access to a copy of each standard data or statistics product produced
  by Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada's major product types:

Descriptive publications:
 Examples:
    Statistics Canada Daily: <http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/DAILY/mdaily.cgi>
    Social trends: <http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/dsp-psd/Pilot/Statcan/11-008-XIE/11-008-
       XIE.html>
    Informat: <http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/dsp-psd/Pilot/Statcan/11-002-XIE/11-002-
       XIE.html>
    Other publications
 Where to search for them:
    IPS (Online catalogue of Products and Services):
       <http://www.statcan.ca/english/search/ips.htm>
    Depository Services Program catalogue: <http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/search_form-
       e.html>
    Bibliocat: <http://www.statcan.ca/english/biblionet/index.htm>
    UTL catalogue: < http://www.library.utoronto.ca/resources/utcat.html>

Statistics:
 Examples:
     Census of population (quinquennial): < http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/cc96.htm>
     Process-produced statistics
     CANSIM: < http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/cansim>
 Where to search for them:
     IPS (Online catalogue of Products and Services):
         <http://www.statcan.ca/english/search/ips.htm>
     SDDS: < http://www.statcan.ca/english/sdds/>
     Finding Canadian, U.S. and international statistics (UT/DLS):
         <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/findcans.htm>
     [UT/DLS] major collections: : < http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/major/major.htm>
     UTL catalogue: < http://www.library.utoronto.ca/resources/utcat.html>

Data:
 Examples
    Survey of consumer finances
    National graduates surveys
    General social surveys
    National population and health survey
    National longitudinal survey of children and youth
    Survey of labour and income dynamics
 Where to search for them:
    Thematic search tool: http://www.statcan.ca/english/search/>
    [UT/DLS] major collections: : < http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/major/major.htm>
    Ut/DLS inventory of holdings: <http://prod.library.utoronto.ca/datalib/pdatan.html>