The Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) is a subscription plan providing unlimited access to Statistics Canada Public Use Microdata files (PUMFs), databases and geographic files to students and faculty at participating institutions in accordance with their Conditions of Use. Easy access to the DLI files for Dalhousie researchers is provided through the SDA@CHASS interface. Access to the PCCF or PCCF+ products is available to the Dalhousie community on request, email Sai.Chua@Dal.Ca.
SDA allows you to download microdata from Statistics Canada's surveys, and also to create online cross-tabs.
When the DLI does not meet your data needs, you may need to apply to use microdata files inside a Statistics Canada Research Data Centre.