Guides: Data: Data Resources

Data Resources

Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) This link opens in a new window
Statistics Canada datasets.
ICPSR This link opens in a new window
Archived data from Social Science disciplines.
odesi This link opens in a new window
odesi is a data repository, that includes Statistics Canada datasets and polling data. It is a web-based data exploration, extraction and analysis tool. odesi provides researchers the ability to search for survey questions (variables) across thousands of datasets. Microdata and aggregate data are available, in a range of formats.
Scholars GeoPortal This link opens in a new window
A geospacial data discovery tool that includes data from Statistics Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and DMTI Spatial Inc.

Note: Please see box below for Canadian municipal open data.

Ontario Data Catalogue
Open Data (Government of Canada)
NASA Open Data
Science and engineering datasets.
Abacus Open Data
Abacus is repository of open and licensed data hosted by UBC and shared by SFU, UBC, UNBC, and UVic. It includes more than 1000 Statistics Canada datasets available to the public under the terms of the Statistics Canada Open License. Anyone may search and download these datasets from the Abacus Open data collection.
Prince Edward Island Government Open Data Portal

World Bank Data
Free and open access to global development data.
UNData
Topics including energy, health, education, employment, industry, population and refugees.
EU Open Data Portal
European Social Survey Data
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
Demographic data.