LibGuides: Journalism, Writing &amp; Publishing: Find Data and Statistics

Key Resources for Data-Driven and Investigative Journalism in Canada

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.
Census Profile
This profile presents information from the 2016 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities, census tracts and health regions. Users can search for an area of interest by typing its 'place name' or by browsing a list, by entering a postal code or a geographic code. The profile includes characteristics such as population, age, sex, dwellings, families, marital status and language.

Data Liberation Initiative: Canadian Census Analyser @CHASS, Trade Analyser @CHASS, CANSIM @CHASS, UT SDA @CHASS This link opens in a new window
Scroll down to select Canadian Census Analyser, Trade Analyser, CANSIM, or UT SDA
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Provides worldwide full text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich Web sites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, historical market data.
Blue Book of Canadian Business : Corporate Profiles This link opens in a new window
Provides profiles for over 60 Canadian corporations. The profiles include information on missions/values, history, operations, social responsibility and executive biographies. Information about the top 100 traded stocks and top 100 performing stocks on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges is available also. Note: Access to the "Database Search" section is limited to subscribers only.

Halifax Open Data
Search the Halifax Open Data Catalogue.
Nova Scotia Open Data
Open Datasets on Nova Scotia Government Data.
Government of Canada Open Data
Search the Government of Canada's open data produced by ten departments: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Citizenship and Immigration Canada; Environment Canada; Department of Finance Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Library and Archives Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada; Transport Canada and the Treasury Board Secretariat.
Statistics Canada - statistics by subject
Statistics Canada's portal of statistics by subject.
Statistics Canada - surveys by subject
Statistics Canada's portal of surveys by subject.