Statistics & Data

Canada at a Glance presents current statistics on Canadian society, including subjects such as the population, education, health, prices and the economy, among others. Updated yearly, this booklet is a very useful reference for those who want quick access to a current statistical portrait of Canada.

Data Hubs are a great starting point and offer information, data and statistics that are often products of collaboration with various Government departments and external partners.

These short bytes provide a variety of statistics from a variety of products to tell a visual, statistical story on many different topics. For example, looking for a happy place to live in Canada? There’s a map for that!

The Daily is Statistics Canada's official release bulletin, the Agency's first line of communication with the media and the public. The Daily issues news releases on current social and economic conditions and announces new products. It provides a comprehensive overview of new information available from Statistics Canada.

The data literacy learning catalogue is organized by the step on the data journey and can be sorted by title, data competency, level, and type.

Pick a subject to navigate to a specialized portal or hub.

Pick a subject to find a list of Statistics Canada surveys strongly linked with the subject.

Explore the Canadian Census for data about population, age, sex, dwellings, families, marital status, language, immigration and ethnocultural diversity, aboriginal peoples, education and labour, mobility and migration, language of work, income and housing.

Explore Statistics Canada's Public Use Microdata Files (PUMFs), databases and geographic files available to students and faculty at participating institutions of the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI).