1. POLS 328.3: Public Policy Analysis Finding data and statistics

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Access  Webpage >>>>

6. Statistics Canada website  Use the website to find:website CANSIM table numbers Names of relevant surveys Relevant publications and studies

7. 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

8. Saskatchewan

9. Elections  Elections Canada Elections Canada  Canadian Election Studies (Survey Data) Canadian Election Studies

10. Elections  Canadian Election Study

11. Contact Us  Sunny Kaniyathu 306 966 8841; sunny.kaniyathu@usask.casunny.kaniyathu@usask.ca  Winnie Smit 306 966 7261; winnie.smit@usask.cawinnie.smit@usask.ca