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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 Melanie Sucha (727-9688).

Statistics Canada Quick Links

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

Canadian Census Data Guide
Quicklinks to Census Data
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)
CANSIM is Statistics Canada's key socioeconomic database. Updated daily, CANSIM provides fast and easy access to a large range of the latest statistics available in Canada.
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 Nesstar
Access to Statistics Canada Public Use Microdata Files through the Nesstar service
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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