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.
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.
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.