POLS 328.3: Public Policy Analysis Finding data and statistics
Sources Statistics Canada: Federal statistical agency Data released under the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) license Data can only be used for research purposes Province: Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics Elections Canada Results by polling stations going back to 1997 Canadian Opinion Research Archive [CORA] Canadian Election Study
Statistics Canada Surveys/ Admin Data Research Data Centre Public Use Microdata Files (PUMF) Equinox Aggregate Data Web-based Extractors E-STAT CHASS CANSIM DLI Submit Proposal Make Data Anonymous Create Tables Free Aggregate Data Website Statistics Canada
Microdata vs Aggregate Microdata: Each line in the data file contains information on a unit (person, household, firm) For example, income of a person Aggregate Data (statistics): Information aggregated from the microdata For example, mean income by province Data ≠ Statistics
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Statistics Canada website Use the website to find:website CANSIM table numbers Names of relevant surveys Relevant publications and studies
CANSIM Retrieve aggregate data Access via E-STAT Search by CANSIM table number; by keyword; or by subject E-STAT also contains tables from the census
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Elections Elections Canada Elections Canada Canadian Election Studies (Survey Data) Canadian Election Studies
Elections Canadian Election Study
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