a multi-census year data portal providing users with streamlined access to selected datasets from the 1991 to 2011 census as well as the 2011 national household survey.
the nhs (national household survey)was a voluntary survey that collected social and economic information that communities need to plan services. statistics canada warns those who wish to compare information from 2006 to 2011. "make historical comparisons at your own risk". the agency says: "the nhs estimates are derived from a voluntary survey and are therefore subject to potentially higher non-response error than those derived from the 2006 census long form."
the canadian census analyser provides access to census data from 1961 - 2011 and the 2011 national household survey. the database includes census profile tables for the dissemination / enumeration area, census tract, census division, provincial and federal electoral district levels and microdata and postal conversion files. output formats include html, text, spreadsheet, sas and spss.
statistics canada datasets, datafiles from gallup canada and other polling companies and public domain files such as the canadian national election surveys
many data formats are available including spss, sas, stata and text.
beyond 20/20 software is available when needed for some odesi files. also includes data from the 1961 - 2011 censuses of agriculture.
