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.
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.
includes links to the 2006, 2001 and 1996 aboriginal population profiles and 2011 census information related to aboriginal peoples from statistics canada.
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.
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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.