Canadian Government Information

Provides statistics related to population, resources, economy, society and culture. Open to public.

Canadian data relating to such topics as the system of national accounts, labor, manufacturing, construction, trade, agriculture and finance. Also, selected demographic and social data, such as population estimates and vital statistics, are available. UM users only.

The Research Data Centres (RDCs) offer Canada's research community secure access to detailed microdata from population and household surveys, censuses and administrative files in universities across the country. Access limited to researchers with approved projects and security clearance. Summary tables are open to public.

Provide information of a variety of historical statistics of Canada from 1885 to 1981 which is available in Library Catalog Search.

The Historical Collection consists of over 90,000 digitized issues from Statistics Canada titles from the 19th to the early 21st century that were originally published in print, including the Canada Year Book, The Daily, Canadian Social Trends, and the Consumer Price Index.

These publications were initially distributed in print as part of the Depository Services Program, a program to improve access to government information by depositing government publications at research libraries across the country, and later digitized by Statistics Canada in 2015. Making this significant collection of historical materials available will facilitate research on Canada and Canadians of the 19th and 20th centuries.

1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 census data are available. Open to public.

Provides statistical overview of immigration and ethnocultural diversity, aboriginal peoples, education, labor, income and housing.

The Census of Population is conducted every five years by Statistics Canada.

Census data from 1825 to 1921 are currently available (Last updated: Dec 2013). Data is managed by Library and Archives Canada. Open to public.

Provides Canadian census data from 1870 to 1981 which is available from U-M Library.

It covers the first century of Canada's history, from 1867 to 1967, with historical text, tables, charts and maps. Open to public.

Provides immigration records, citizenship and naturalization records and immigration heritage online kits.

Government records information related to Canadian Government expositions centre, deportation from Canada(1893-1977), internment camps in Canada during the First and Second World Wars are avilable under the Online Research menu.

Administrative boundaries, digital elevation data, geodetic network, land cover, road, hydro network, railway, and satellite imagery of Canada are available. This database is managed by Canadian Council on Geomatics(CCOG). User registration is mandatory for downloading data. Access at no cost. Open to public.

Provides free maps, data, remotely sensed data, elevation data and geoscience related publication. Operated by Natural Resources Canada. Open to public.