statistics canada releases some of their files in beyond 20/20 format, a free windows-based program that allows users to manipulate their data to a much greater degree than is possible with the interface on the statistics canada website.
the 2016 census of population program offers a wide range of analysis, data, reference and geographical information according to topics (subjects) that paint a portrait of canada and its population.
this profile presents information from the 2011 national household survey (nhs) for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas/census agglomerations, census divisions, census subdivisions, census tracts, federal electoral districts and health regions.
cansim (canadian socio-economic information management system) is statistics canada’s database providing access to current and historical time series data on a wide variety of subjects.
the conference board of canada: e-data provides economic intelligence on canada, the provinces, metropolitan areas and the united states.
note: e-data contains raw data which can be downloaded.
historical data is also available from cansim (statistics canada) database, canada mortgage and housing corporation (cmhc) database, canadian real estate association (crea) mls® databases and reports, and us data including macro-economy, labour statistics, and consumer and price indexes.