LibGuides: Sociology: Data, Stats & News

Data & Statistics Databases

CANSIM II @ CHASS (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) This link opens in a new window
Statistics Canada database with >730,000 time series of data on a wide variety of social and economic aspects of Canadian life.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics portal with over one million statistics including: dossiers on trending topics, industry reports, country reports, top lists, surveys, outlook reports on consumer markets, market studies, and daily infographics on global issues.
IMF Data (formerly International Financial Statistics) This link opens in a new window
This is the International Monetary Fund's new data website. The following datasets are now available for free: International Financial Statistics, Balance of Payments Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, and Direction of Trade Statistics.

More statistics and data sites available on the free web.

Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada, a member of the Industry Portfolio, produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their country—its population, resources, economy, society and culture.
Social Trends
An established reference source, Social Trends draws together social and economic data from a wide range of government departments and other organisations; it paints a broad picture of UK society today, and how it has been changing.

Globe and Mail: Historical Newspapers 1844-2013 This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to Globe and Mail articles from June 1844 to December 2013.
* News
* Primary sources
* Full text articles

Proquest News Databases
ProQuest is a primarily full-text multidisciplinary database, with content across most disciplines (journal, newspaper and magazine articles).
Canadian Newspapers Online
Read Canadian newspapers the minute that they are published. A wide selection of newspapers from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and elsewhere in Canada is available.