Selected Canadian Economic Statistics
- Canadian Business Counts (Statistics Canada)Locations counts, with and without employees, by employment size, NAICS and geography (Canada, province/territory), Dec. 2011- . Issued semi-annually.
1988- available through ODESI under the title "Canadian Business Counts". Includes census division and census metropolitan area data. - Generosity in Canada and the United States: The .... Generosity Index (Fraser Institute)Quantifies Canadian & US personal generosity to registered charities. Based on percentage of donors to tax filers, charitable donations as a percent of private income, & per capita volunteer hours.
Canadian Economic Statistics
- Data (Statistics Canada)Current and historical statistical data collected by Statistics Canada - on various social and economic aspects of Canadian life.
Data includes: consumer price index (CPI), GDP, household debt, income, inflation (% change in CPI), interest rates, leading indicators, money supply (M1, M2, ... ), wages/salaries.
- StatistaThis interdisciplinary database provides access to statistics for hundreds of industries, along with colourful infographics for download. Also included are Surveys, Country Reports, Industry Reports, and Market Outlooks, Reports and Studies.
- Datastream This link opens in a new windowCurrent and historical financial and economic time series data.
Access restricted to current UA faculty, staff and students. - Conference Board of Canada: DataThis database provides electronic access to regularly updated indicators that forecast the economic performance of Canada, the United States, the Provinces, Canadian CMAs and Canadian Industrial Sectors. The Consumer and Business Confidence databases are also included.
- Global Financial Data This link opens in a new window
Global Financial Data includes two databases: US Stocks and GFDatabase. US Stocks includes historical price data for individual current and delisted stocks from every US exchange. The GFDatabase consists of macro level financial data covering one or a multitude of asset classes.
- ODESIODESI is a digital repository for Social Science data, including polling data. It is a data exploration, extraction and analysis tool that uses the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) social science data standard which provides researchers the ability to search for survey questions (variables) across thousands of datasets. There are both microdata and aggregate data available, in a range of formats.
- OECD iLibrary
The OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD's analysis and data.
- Subjects (Statistics Canada)Groups Statistics Canada data under broad subject headings. Headings include: economic accounts, environment, energy, income, pensions, spending & wealth, international trade, seniors, retail & wholesale.
- Bank of Canada - StatisticsThe Bank of Canada provides current and historical statistics on interest rates, bond yields, C.P.I., exchange rates, inflation, money market yields, and many other financial and monetary indicators.
- 2021 Census Postsecondary Research KitToolkit on how to use the 2021 Census data for research.