Data: Canadian Data
Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)
- DLI LicensingData use restrictions.
- Research Data Centres (RDC)RDCs provide access to the master file from which a DLI microdata file is produced.
Microdata Files from Statistics Canada
- DLI data files from the Statistics Canada siteUses a data extractor and tabulation engine called RDS (Rich Data Services). As of February 2024, data files from the DLI program are still being added.
- CHASS Data CentreFrom the University of Toronto, this resource allows direct access to many DLI data files by means of a web-based extractor and analyser called Survey Documentation & Analysis (SDA).
- ODESIA web-based data extractor (from the Ontario Council of University Libraries - OCUL) that also provides basic tabulation and analysis. Particularly convenient for extracting entire public use microdata files from Statistics Canada, but less effective in tabulation.
Research Data
- Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR)Data sets from researchers affiliated with Canadian depositories.
User Guides
- DLI Training RepositoryIncludes training materials from the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario and Western regions