POLS 328.3: Public Policy AnalysisFinding data and statistics

Sources Statistics Canada: Federal statistical agency

• Data released under the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) license

• Data can only be used for research purposes• Province: Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics

Elections Canada• Results by polling stations going back to 1997

Canadian Opinion Research Archive [CORA]• Canadian Election Study

Statistics Canada

Surveys/ Admin Data

Research Data Centre

Public Use Microdata

Files (PUMF)

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Aggregate Data

Web-based Extractors

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CANSIM

DLI

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Aggregate Data

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Microdata vs Aggregate Microdata: Each line in the data file contains

information on a unit (person, household, firm)• For example, income of a person

• Aggregate Data (statistics): Information aggregated from the microdata• For example, mean income by province• Data ≠ Statistics

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Statistics Canada website Use the website to find:

• CANSIM table numbers• Names of relevant surveys• Relevant publications and studies

CANSIM Retrieve aggregate data Access via E-STAT

• Search by CANSIM table number; by keyword; or by subject

• E-STAT also contains tables from the census

Saskatchewan

Elections Elections Canada Canadian Election Studies (Survey Data)

Elections Canadian Election Study

Contact Us Sunny Kaniyathu

306 966 8841; sunny.kaniyathu@usask.ca Winnie Smit

306 966 7261; winnie.smit@usask.ca