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.
For data about population, age, sex, dwellings, families, marital status and language.
For data about immigration and ethnocultural diversity, aboriginal peoples, education and labour, mobility and migration, language of work, income and housing.
The Canadian Census Analyser allows you to quickly extract data from census profiles, from 1961 to 2016, as well as access microdata from the census not available on Statistic Canada's website. Find the census profile section or the "data to map" series of slides and screen recordings on this page for information about accessing and downloading 2021 census data.
Dalhousie does not subscribe to Odesi, but you can use it to do a variable search for Statistics Canada microdata available in the DLI collection. One important exception: microdata from many CORA opinion polls are available for download in Odesi.
SDA allows you to download microdata from Statistics Canada's surveys, and also to create online cross-tabs.
Many datasets are publicly discoverable on Google. Try one of the following exercises to practice special search techniques such as using the site: and filetype:operators to do very effective searches.
The Halifax Open Data Catalogue contains many downloadable datasets of interest to the HRM community. The interface also allows you to filter and visualize data online.
The Nova Scotia Open Data Portal contains many datasets. I recommend downloading these datasets, but it's also possible to do some data visualization online.
More recent census profiles are also available through the Census Analyser through to 2016.
You'll find links to a few more HRM resources on the Nova Scotia page.
You'll find links to a few more resources on the Nova Scotia page.
Consider consulting the GIS Centre for additional help and information. See also GISciences Centre's In-house Data and the geospatial data page for more maps and geospatial data.
When downloading census data from Statistics Canada's website, ".ivt" or Beyond 20/20 files are a better alternative to ".csv" or Excel files because you can easily format your table before exporting data back to Excel-compatible formats. Windows only.
Interactive data tables available on Statistics Canada's website can be used to quickly view numbers online. Make sure to click on "Add/Remove" data to see all the options.
