This database from the University of Toronto provides access to Canadian Census data from 2006 and before, including microdata.
Description: The Census Analyser includes access to: 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986 and 1981 enumeration area level profile tables; 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986, 1981, 1971 and 1961 census tract level profile tables; 2001, 1996 and 1991 provincial and federal district profile tables and the 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986, 1981 and 1971 individual microdata files. Output: HTML, plain text, CSV (for Excel), SAS and SPSS. Faculty and staff may have SPSS downloaded onto their office computers--contact 497-HELP. Coverage and Currency: 1961-Current. Type: Statistics. Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote login with a MacEwan network user ID and password. Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information. Supplier: University of Toronto Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) - for Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) members and subscribers to CANSIM.
Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)
Your first stop for Canadian data is the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI), a program run by Statistics Canada. If you are interested in accessing any DLI data, please contact Data Services t data@macewan.ca or 780-633-3187.
Over 9,000 datasets available, from all central government departments and a number of other public sector bodies and local authorities in the United Kingdom.