News Home / News Statistics Canada: Upcoming Information Sessions and Webinars In November and December of this year, Statistics Canada will be offering a webinar on market reasearch and an information session on data visualization for free. Both are being held on multiple dates and are intended for basic data users. 10/30/2020 Statistics Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities: A collaboration to improve local level data On October 27, 2020, Statistics Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities announced a collaboration to "better leverage the power of timely, trusted, and reliable data to empower communities and enriching the daily lives of Canadians." 10/29/2020 Statistics Canada's Data Literacy Training Initiative On September 23, 2020, Statistics Canada released the Data Literacy Training Initiative. This initiative "provides a wealth of resources for those who are new to data or who have some experience with data, but may need a refresher or want to expand their knowledge". 10/02/2020 Upcoming webinar on economic data with members of the Special Libraries Association - September 12 On Saturday, September 12, 2020, at 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM EDT, the Special Libraries Association is holding a webinar on economic data and entrepreneurship. Admission for the webinar is $10 (or $5 for SLA members). 08/31/2020 Statistics Canada: 2021 Census - Chief Statistician’s Virtual Roundtable Discussions Statistics Canada held a presentation on July 24, 2020 which provided information on the 2021 Census of Population questionnaire, including some of the changes made since 2016. From Statistics Canada: 07/27/2020 Statistics Canada: 2021 Census questionnaires, Technical Reports, Fact Sheets and Census White Paper In the latest edition of The Daily, Statistics Canada has released information on the 2021 Census, including the 2021 Census of Population questionnaire. 07/17/2020 Powered by Data webinar on June 23rd: The Importance of Data Sharing During a Pandemic Powered by Data, along with Ontario Nonprofit Network, will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 2:00 PM EDT, titled The Importance of Data Sharing During a Pandemic. The webinar will be free and open to everyone. 06/19/2020 Canadian Urban Institute: CUI research calls for the creation of a Canadian urban policy observatory The Canadian Urban Institute have released a report titled The Case for a Canadian Urban Policy Observatory, which discusses the need for "a 'one-st 06/16/2020 COVID-19 monitoring dashboard provides view on Toronto’s progress Toronto Public Health launched a new COVID-19 monitoring dashboard. 06/16/2020 Upcoming COVID-19 webinar series from the Canadian Research Data Centre Network Over the next two weeks, the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN), in partnership with Statistics Canada, will be hosting a series of online panel discussions. Each webinar will be focusing on a different topic relating to COVID-19 research, response and data needs. 05/15/2020 Statistics Canada: Upcoming webinar - A Brief Overview of the Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer Statistics Canada is holding a free online learning session, focused on their newly-launched Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer. 05/12/2020 COVID-19 Special Edition of Statistics Canada's Business and Community Newsletter Statistics Canada have realeased the April 2020 edition of their Business and Community Newsletter, which focuses on COVID-19. From Statistics Canada: 05/06/2020 Statistics Canada launches the Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer The Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer is an interactive online mapping tool accessible for free on the Statistics Canada website. 04/23/2020 CityWatch Canada - an interactive platform tracking emergency response measures across Canada CityWatch Canada is an interactive platform that tracks emergency response measures put in place by local governments across Canada, updated daily. 04/07/2020 CDP members among finalists in MaRS Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge The MaRS Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge is a competion, launched June 2019, in which Canadians were asked to "identify and/or create new data sets, data sources and methodologies to improve our understanding of physical environments and promote healthy living". 04/07/2020 Statistics Canada survey on COVID-19 impacts From April 3rd to April 16th, Statistics Canada will be conducting a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 04/05/2020 Resources for tracking COVID-19 cases If you are looking for data on COVID-19 or looking to track cases in Canada or globally, there are several online resources available to help with this: 03/24/2020 A note on Community Data Program services during COVID-19 In light of recent developments relating to COVID-19, we want to let all Community Data Program users know that the program's operations will be continuing as usual. 03/16/2020 Statistics Canada: Upcoming digital conference on the digital revolution and the well-being of Canadians Statistics Canada is holding a series of digital conferences, titled Canada 4.0 - society, the economy and the digital transformation. The next conference in this series is: Connected: The digital revolution and the well-being of Canadians 02/28/2020 Community Development Halton: Community Lens #166 – Home Energy Poverty Community Development Halton have released a new issue in their Community Lens series, examining home energy poverty in the Halton Region. The report looks at Halton households spending more than twice the Canadian average on home energy needs, using 2016 Census data. From the report: 02/27/2020 Statistics Canada: Upcoming chat with an Expert session & Report on Physical activity of Canadian children and their Parents Statistics Canada's latest newsletter contain information on the Chat with an Expert they are holding tomorrow, as well as on a new report, titled Associations between parent and child sedentary behaviour and physical activity in early childhood. 02/20/2020 Take part in our 2020 User Survey Thank you for being part of the Community Data Program. In order to continue to serve our members through access to data, delivery of program resources and tools, and improving our network, we ask that you complete a short survey based on your experience with the program. 02/07/2020 Statistics Canada: Launch of Canadian Centre for Energy Information Statistics Canada have sent out a newsletter on their new Canadian Centre for Energy Information. Read the contents below: 01/28/2020 Low-income rates could rise as StatsCan moves to redraw poverty line This article from CBC looks at planned changes to Canada's federally adopted low-income measure and how they could lead to a poverty rate increase. From the article: 01/06/2020 Statistics Canada: Education Indicators in Canada & upcoming Chat with an Expert session Statistics Canada have sent out a newsletter with information on their recently released report, Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2019, as well as their upcoming Chat with an Expert session. 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Statistics Canada: Upcoming Information Sessions and Webinars In November and December of this year, Statistics Canada will be offering a webinar on market reasearch and an information session on data visualization for free. Both are being held on multiple dates and are intended for basic data users. 10/30/2020
Statistics Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities: A collaboration to improve local level data On October 27, 2020, Statistics Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities announced a collaboration to "better leverage the power of timely, trusted, and reliable data to empower communities and enriching the daily lives of Canadians." 10/29/2020
Statistics Canada's Data Literacy Training Initiative On September 23, 2020, Statistics Canada released the Data Literacy Training Initiative. This initiative "provides a wealth of resources for those who are new to data or who have some experience with data, but may need a refresher or want to expand their knowledge". 10/02/2020
Upcoming webinar on economic data with members of the Special Libraries Association - September 12 On Saturday, September 12, 2020, at 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM EDT, the Special Libraries Association is holding a webinar on economic data and entrepreneurship. Admission for the webinar is $10 (or $5 for SLA members). 08/31/2020
Statistics Canada: 2021 Census - Chief Statistician’s Virtual Roundtable Discussions Statistics Canada held a presentation on July 24, 2020 which provided information on the 2021 Census of Population questionnaire, including some of the changes made since 2016. From Statistics Canada: 07/27/2020
Statistics Canada: 2021 Census questionnaires, Technical Reports, Fact Sheets and Census White Paper In the latest edition of The Daily, Statistics Canada has released information on the 2021 Census, including the 2021 Census of Population questionnaire. 07/17/2020
Powered by Data webinar on June 23rd: The Importance of Data Sharing During a Pandemic Powered by Data, along with Ontario Nonprofit Network, will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 2:00 PM EDT, titled The Importance of Data Sharing During a Pandemic. The webinar will be free and open to everyone. 06/19/2020
Canadian Urban Institute: CUI research calls for the creation of a Canadian urban policy observatory The Canadian Urban Institute have released a report titled The Case for a Canadian Urban Policy Observatory, which discusses the need for "a 'one-st 06/16/2020
COVID-19 monitoring dashboard provides view on Toronto’s progress Toronto Public Health launched a new COVID-19 monitoring dashboard. 06/16/2020
Upcoming COVID-19 webinar series from the Canadian Research Data Centre Network Over the next two weeks, the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN), in partnership with Statistics Canada, will be hosting a series of online panel discussions. Each webinar will be focusing on a different topic relating to COVID-19 research, response and data needs. 05/15/2020
Statistics Canada: Upcoming webinar - A Brief Overview of the Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer Statistics Canada is holding a free online learning session, focused on their newly-launched Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer. 05/12/2020
COVID-19 Special Edition of Statistics Canada's Business and Community Newsletter Statistics Canada have realeased the April 2020 edition of their Business and Community Newsletter, which focuses on COVID-19. From Statistics Canada: 05/06/2020
Statistics Canada launches the Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer The Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer is an interactive online mapping tool accessible for free on the Statistics Canada website. 04/23/2020
CityWatch Canada - an interactive platform tracking emergency response measures across Canada CityWatch Canada is an interactive platform that tracks emergency response measures put in place by local governments across Canada, updated daily. 04/07/2020
CDP members among finalists in MaRS Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge The MaRS Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge is a competion, launched June 2019, in which Canadians were asked to "identify and/or create new data sets, data sources and methodologies to improve our understanding of physical environments and promote healthy living". 04/07/2020
Statistics Canada survey on COVID-19 impacts From April 3rd to April 16th, Statistics Canada will be conducting a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 04/05/2020
Resources for tracking COVID-19 cases If you are looking for data on COVID-19 or looking to track cases in Canada or globally, there are several online resources available to help with this: 03/24/2020
A note on Community Data Program services during COVID-19 In light of recent developments relating to COVID-19, we want to let all Community Data Program users know that the program's operations will be continuing as usual. 03/16/2020
Statistics Canada: Upcoming digital conference on the digital revolution and the well-being of Canadians Statistics Canada is holding a series of digital conferences, titled Canada 4.0 - society, the economy and the digital transformation. The next conference in this series is: Connected: The digital revolution and the well-being of Canadians 02/28/2020
Community Development Halton: Community Lens #166 – Home Energy Poverty Community Development Halton have released a new issue in their Community Lens series, examining home energy poverty in the Halton Region. The report looks at Halton households spending more than twice the Canadian average on home energy needs, using 2016 Census data. From the report: 02/27/2020
Statistics Canada: Upcoming chat with an Expert session & Report on Physical activity of Canadian children and their Parents Statistics Canada's latest newsletter contain information on the Chat with an Expert they are holding tomorrow, as well as on a new report, titled Associations between parent and child sedentary behaviour and physical activity in early childhood. 02/20/2020
Take part in our 2020 User Survey Thank you for being part of the Community Data Program. In order to continue to serve our members through access to data, delivery of program resources and tools, and improving our network, we ask that you complete a short survey based on your experience with the program. 02/07/2020
Statistics Canada: Launch of Canadian Centre for Energy Information Statistics Canada have sent out a newsletter on their new Canadian Centre for Energy Information. Read the contents below: 01/28/2020
Low-income rates could rise as StatsCan moves to redraw poverty line This article from CBC looks at planned changes to Canada's federally adopted low-income measure and how they could lead to a poverty rate increase. From the article: 01/06/2020
Statistics Canada: Education Indicators in Canada & upcoming Chat with an Expert session Statistics Canada have sent out a newsletter with information on their recently released report, Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2019, as well as their upcoming Chat with an Expert session. Read the content of the newsletter below: 12/11/2019