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Government information
- Government of Canada and Departments and Agencies
- Parliament of Canada official website for the Canadian Parliament
- LEGISinfo information on legislation currently before the Parliament of Canada
- Policies, directives, standards and guidelines Treasury Board
- Policy Horizons Canada "to help the Government of Canada develop future-oriented policy and programs"
- Public Service Commission of Canada "non-partisan, merit-based and representative public service that serves all Canadians"
- Ministries and Organizations Government of British Columbia
- See also guide: Government resources: Canadian federal, provincial, and local
Maps
- Atlas of Canada maps and tools available through National Resources Canada
- SimplyAnalytics create maps based on Canadian census data
- VanMap create dynamic maps of city snow removal routes, election outcomes, car share parking and more
- Atlas of Global Development World Bank thematic maps and graphs
- See also: GIS & maps page and Geospacial databases. For assistance with maps and GIS contact data-services@sfu.ca
Country facts
- CIA World Factbook country profiles, comparison, and reference maps
- Columbia International Affairs Online country briefs, policy briefs, case studies, journals, books and more
- Canadian Trade Commissioner Service: Country & Sector Information from an international business perspective
Statistics and Microdata
Start with: What is the difference between Data and Statistics? (Michigan State University)
For detailed assistance with research involving microdata, contact the SFU Research Data Library team at data-services@sfu.ca
Statistics
When doing statistical research consider the choice of dimensions/ variables/characteristics, such as:
Time ; Geography ; Population/Variable ; Output
Other considerations are accessibility (e.g. Format, Availability) and the source itself (e.g. reliability, associated files, codebooks and methodologies)
Canada
Statistics Canada
The nation's statistical agency
The Daily
to find a StatsCan report mentioned in a newspaper article, look at The Daily for that week
Statistics Canada Data
(formerly CANSIM) Provides fast and easy access to a large range of statistics in Canada
Census Program
Canadian government website for the Census
CANSIM via Chass
Help: Video tutorials on the new OLAP view (CHASS Data Centre)
CMHC Housing Market Information Portal
Canadian authority on housing information, portal provides an interactive tool that will enable you to find up-to-date information on specific geographic regions
Data and Research
(CMHC) Statistics and data on housing starts, rental markets and more
BCStats Publications
provincial agency for statistics, providing "high quality data intelligence about British Columbia’s citizens, economy & government," including People, Population & Community
DataBC
thousands of datasets from across the province
Metro Vancouver Regional Data and Statistics
local data and statistics for the Metro Vancouver region (slightly dated)
See also: Statistical resources SFU Library page as well as Statistical Sources databases. For further assistance, contact data-services@sfu.ca
U.S.
United States of America
(U.S. Census Bureau) National and State information
FCSM Data Releases
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology
Statistical Abstract of the United States
(2013-) "comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States"
International
Eurostat
European Union statistical office dedicated to providing high-quality statistics on Europe
World Development Indicators
(World Bank, annual) interactive access tool for over 600 development indicators including economic, social, environmental, business, & technology for more than 208 countries.
OECD iLibrary
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) country studies, forecasting publications, reports, periodicals, and socio-economic databases
IMD World Competitiveness
(1989-) measuring the competitiveness of nations, with data based on statistics from the World Bank, OECD and the United Nations as well as the IMD's Executive Opinion Survey. See also IMD World Competitive Year book
World Governance Indicators
(World Bank 1996-present) reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for the following dimensions: violence and accountability; political stability and absence of violence; government effectiveness; regulatory quality; rule of law; control of corruption
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(1945-) Comparative international economic data: time series summarizing every country's balance of payments, as well as data on trade and reserves, monetary expansion and contraction, government surpluses and deficits, production, prices and interest rates
and: IMF data International Monetary Fund provides data, information, and research to ensure the stability of the international monetary system - same?
Human Development Statistics (UN Development Programme)
"measure of achievement in the basic dimensions of human development across countries"
ILO statistics and data
International Labour Organization
IMF Data
International Financial Statistics, Balance of Payment Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, and Direction of Trade Statistics
UN Comtrade
"Detailed global trade data", including data visualization
undata
United Nations and agency statistics, covering economic, social, financial and development topics - search alphabetically, by sources or by topics
Global Health Observatory
World Health Organization (WHO) "data and analyses on global health priorities"
See also Foreign direct investment (FDI) data section of BUS 431: Business with East Asian Countries
Microdata
- Abacus Dataverse Network direct data downloading, extraction and analysis, in cooperation with SFU, UBC and UVIC
- City of Vancouver Open Data Portal public site providing access to data files
- BC Data Catalogue public site providing access to thousands of datasets
- ICPSR Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan social science data files
- See also: Microdata Resources page and list of Datasets.