Canadian Social Research Links

- Canadian (and more) Social Statistics -

Sites de recherche sociale au Canada

- Statistiques sociales du Canada (et d'ailleurs) -

Updated February 8, 2010
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Statistics Canada
===> The Mother of all government statistics sites in Canada. Just scroll down past the first red bar below for a large section of StatCan links
Canadian Economy Online
Consumer Price Index
Leading indicators
Social Security Statistics, Canada and Provinces
Historical Statistics of Canada
Population statistics
Census 2006 (and earlier)
Welfare statistics (incl. stats on welfare leavers and welfare expenditures)
Poverty/income statistics
Expenditures on major transfer programs (five years' worth of expenditures on Old Age Security, child benefits, Canada/Quebec Pension Plan, social assistance, Workers compensation and much more)
Employment/unemployment statistics
First Nations Statistics
Indicators of Well-being in Canada
Income tax statistics
Canadian health statistics
Canadian education statistics
Homelessness/housing statistics
Old Age Security / Canada Pension Plan statistics
Provincial/territorial government statistical information sources
Crime/Justice statistics - (incl.
legal aid)
Miscellaneous Canadian stats links

American statistical links
European and other international statistical links
UNdata - "A World of Information"<== this link takes you directly to the UN website

NOTE: For links to reports and statistics on poverty, low-income measures (LICO, LIM)  and income inequality,  see the Canadian Social Research Links  Poverty Measures page

 

 

 

 

 

See also:

Finding Canadian statistics
900+ links to Canadian statistics on a wide range of topics from Aboriginal Peoples to Women
Source:
University of Toronto Data Library Service

NEW

Poverty Profile 2007
Poverty Profile is a regular publication of the Council that is based on survey data from Statistics Canada. It includes detailed information about poverty rates and numbers, depth of poverty, duration of poverty, common sources of income for poor people, income inequality in Canada and poverty and the paid labour market.
- also includes links to earlier Poverty Profiles, from 1998 to 2004

Bulletins

* No. 1: Introduction to Poverty Trends in Canada, 1976-2007
HTML version
PDF version
(1.9MB, 6 pages)

* No. 2: Poverty Trends by Family Type
HTML version
PDF version
(1MB, 8 pages)

* No. 3: Poverty Trends by Province (forthcoming)

* No. 4: A Snapshot of Children Living in Poverty
HTML
PDF version
(656K, 4 pages)

* Methodology, Definitions and Data Sources
HTML
- none
PDF (2.1MB, 8 pages)

Source:
National Council of Welfare
The National Council of Welfare advises the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development in respect of any matters relating to social development that the Minister may refer to the Council for its consideration or that the Council considers appropriate.

More poverty/income statistics - this link takes you further down on the page you're now reading

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Government transfer payments to persons
On this one table, you'll find the latest five years' worth of information on national expenditures (provincial stats available for a small fee) in the area of transfers to persons, which includes (among other programs):
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Family and youth allowances * Child tax benefit or credit * Pensions - First and Second World Wars * War veterans' allowances * Grants to aboriginal persons and organizations * Goods and services tax credit * Employment insurance benefits * Old Age Security Fund payments * Provincial Social assistance, income maintenance * Social assistance, other * Workers compensation benefits * Canada and Quebec Pension Plans.
NOTE: In case you're interested in province-level stats, click the "384-0009" link under 'Source' at the bottom of the table. There you can obtain more specialized CANSIM tables, including provincial tables, for a few dollars each. The "Find information related to this table" link (which is also at the bottom of the StatCan table) contains methodological notes and other related StatCan products, many of which are free of charge.
Source:
Statistics Canada

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Canadian Social Statistics

Statistics Canada
The first website to check for Canadian government statistics is Statistics Canada, which merits its own section on this page. The vast collection of information on the StatCan website includes detailed social program statistics in many areas, as well as more general stats on population, the economy, and --- well, you'll just have to visit the StatCan website to find out for yourself...

Statistics by Subject =====>>>

1. Aboriginal peoples
2. Agriculture
3. Business performance and ownership
4. Business, consumer and property services
5. Children and youth
6. Construction
7. Crime and justice
8. Culture and leisure
9. Economic accounts
10. Education, training and learning
11. Energy

12. Environment
13. Ethnic diversity and immigration
14. Families, households and housing
15. Government
16. Health
17. Income, pensions, spending and wealth
18. Information and communications technology
19. International trade
20. Labour
21. Languages
22. Manufacturing

23. Population and demography
24. Prices and price indexes
25. Reference
26. Retail and wholesale
27. Science and technology
28. Seniors
29. Society and community
30. Statistical methods
31. Transportation
32. Travel and tourism

The Daily
The Daily is Statistics Canada's official release bulletin, the Agency's first line of communication with the media and the public. The Daily issues news releases on current social and economic conditions and announces new products. It provides a comprehensive one-stop overview of new information available from Statistics Canada.
The Daily is released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time each working day.

Samples of the content you'll find in The Daily:

Legal Aid in Canada:
Resource and Caseload Statistics, 2007/2008
(PDF - 616K, 127 pages)
February 2009
* In 2007/2008, $670 million was spent on providing legal aid services in 10 provinces and territories. This represents over $20 for every person living in these jurisdictions.
* In the last five years, legal aid spending after inflation has decreased just as many times as it has increased, but on average, it has risen about 1% per year. Compared to the previous year, spending in 2007/2008 was virtually unchanged, up by less than one-half of one percent.
[ Highlights ]
[ Legal Aid in Canada, Description of Operations (March 2001, PDF - 1MB, 204 pages) ]

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February 9, 2009
Provincial and territorial government finance:
Assets and liabilities, fiscal year ending March 31, 2007

As of March 31, 2007, the net financial debt (defined as the excess of liabilities over financial assets) of provincial and territorial general governments totalled $242.4 billion, down $10.1 billion or 4.0% from March 31, 2006. Financial assets increased by $39.7 billion, larger than the growth of $29.5 billion in liabilities. The increase in assets was mainly the result of a $27.4 billion increase in securities held by provincial and territorial general governments. All provinces, except Quebec, saw an improvement in their financial position for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007.
- incl. links to two tables:
* Net financial debt of provincial and territorial general governments at March 31, 2007
* Provincial and territorial general governments net financial debt at March 31


July 3, 2009
Canada at a Glance 2009
HTML
PDF
(3.4MB, 27 pages)
Canada at a Glance 2009 presents the current Canadian demographic, education, health and aging, justice, housing, income, labour market household, economic, travel, financial, agricultural, foreign trade and environmental statistics. This booklet also includes important international comparisons, so that readers can see how Canada stacks up against its neighbours. Updated yearly, Canada at a Glance is a very useful reference for those who want quick access to current Canadian statistics.
[ earlier editions of this report ]
Source:
Canada at a Glance - main product page


Main StatCan Census page links to Census pages for 2006 - 2001- 1996

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2006 Census - home page

2006 Census Quick Links:

2006 Community Profiles
These profiles present community-level information from the 2006 Census of Population. Users can search for an area of interest by typing its 'place name' in the box below or by clicking on a province or territory from the list below and selecting the area from a list."

Census Trends
This new product presents a series of summary data trends spanning three censuses: 2006, 2001 and 1996. The product is designed to facilitate the analysis and comparison of the changing demographic and socio-economic composition of selected geographic areas across Canada. The product will include approximately 85 key data indicators, released in two phases.

2006 Census Tract Profiles
Census tracts are small, relatively stable geographic areas that usually have a population of 2,500 to 8,000. They are identified using seven-character numeric 'names' (e.g., 0005.00) and are located in census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and larger census agglomerations (CAs)1. View a list of CMAs and CAs containing census tracts. Options are provided to help navigate to a census tract, visualize the census tract via a map and/or retrieve profile data for the census tract.

2006 Highlight Tables
* Population and dwelling counts * Age and sex * Families and households * Language, immigration and citizenship * Aboriginal peoples * Labour, language used at work, place of work, commuting to work, education * Ethnic origin and visible minorities * Income and earnings and shelter costs

2006 Census Dictionary
The 2006 Census Dictionary provides detailed information on every aspect of the Census of Population and Census of Agriculture along with an overview of each phase of the census, from content determination to data dissemination with focus on the changes from 2001.

2006 Aboriginal Population Profile
These profiles present community-level information from the 2006 Census of Population. Users can search for an area of interest by typing its 'place name' in the box below or by clicking on a province or territory from the list below and selecting the area from a list. Information to complete the profile will be available in June 2008.

GeoSearch2006
This interactive mapping application makes it easy to find many places in Canada, see them on a map, and get basic geographic and demographic data for those places.

Preview of Products and Services

Multimedia (requires Macromedia Flash Player)
- multimedia presentations grouped by topic:
* Population and dwelling counts
* Age and sex
* Families and households
* Statistics Canada's Living Census

Topic-based tabulations
List of topics:
1. Population and dwelling counts (Highlight tables)
2. Age and sex
3. Marital status
4. Families and households
5. Housing and shelter costs
6. Language
7. Mobility and migration
8. Immigration and citizenship
9. Aboriginal peoples
10. Labour
11. Education
12. Place of work and commuting to work
13. Ethnic origin and visible minorities
14. Income and earnings

Source:
2006 Census

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October 1, 2009
Census maps
(2006 Census)
The Atlas of Canada, produced by Natural Resources Canada in partnership with Statistics Canada, presents a series of maps and accompanying analysis of national and regional data results from the 2006 Census. The first releases focus on Canadian population, age, marital status, immigration, visible minorities and mode of transportation. Future releases will cover topics such as educational attainment, the labour force, languages, housing and income.

Recent Featured Maps:
[NOTE : The list below is partial; please click the above link to access the complete list of Census 2006 maps to date.]

* Population
Canada is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area (9 984 670 square kilometres), yet it ranks only 39th in terms of population.
According to Statistics Canada, Canada's population in 2006 was estimated to be 31 612 897.

* Visible Minority Population
The 2006 Census estimated 5.1 million individuals who belonged to a visible minority. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as 'persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour’. This map shows the percentage of visible minorities by census divisions and subdivisions.

* Age
The Canadian population is continuing an aging trend that has been going on since earlier this century. This aging is the result of two main factors: a decrease in fertility and an increase in life expectancy. This change in the age structure of the population has effects on everything from the diaper industry to educational services, the job market and shopping patterns.

* Family
The Canadian family has been reshaped over the last several decades by social, economic and demographic influences and has become quite varied and complex.

* Immigration
Today, immigration in Canada has a far-reaching impact on the country's population growth. It was responsible for two-thirds of our population growth in the period 2001 to 2006. Due to the settlement pattern of the foreign-born in the recent decades, the effect of immigration is mostly felt in Canada's largest urban centres and their surrounding municipalities. The 2006 portrait of the foreign-born population was a diverse one reflecting the waves of immigrants from different regions around the world.

* Federal Elections
Canada holds federal general elections for the House of Commons at least once every five years. General elections have been held since Confederation (1867). Each election leads to the formation of a new Parliament. As the Parliaments are numbered since Confederation, so are the elections. The election of 2008 was the 40th Federal Election.

Previously Featured

* Aboriginal Peoples
The Atlas of Canada has produced a wide range of maps on Aboriginal Peoples. Topics include Aboriginal languages and population today as well as at different time periods, the territory of Nunavut and Indian treaties.

* Health
Health Matters! It is of concern to governments at all levels, to families and to individuals.

* Quality of Life
‘Quality of life’ is a term used to measure well-being. Well-being describes how well people feel about their environment, and collectively these feelings can be thought of as quality of life. To assess quality of life, indicators are used to represent the most important aspects of a person’s life. The indicator data were compiled, transformed and analyzed to generate three quality of life maps for the physical, social and economic environment(s), and then combined in a fourth map to show the overall quality of life in Canada for 1996.

Source:
The Atlas of Canada
[ Natural Resources Canada ]

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TheStar.com Census 2006 page
- incl. links to 30+ articles and features related to the 2006 Census
Selected content:
* Speak Out: Is marriage important? * Voices: Marriage vs. common law * Census highlights * Flash: Canadian population breakdown * Flash: Immigration and language * video reports on trends in the 2006 Census: income, immigration, divorce rates, gender imbalance, population growth, Quebec's baby boom and declining towns * population profile * much more
Source:
The Toronto Star

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Globe and Mail In-Depth : Census 2006
- links to several dozen articles based on Statistics Canada's 2006 datasets, covering a wide range of themes, including :
* visible minorities * the wealth gap * income inequality * interracial relationships * Canada's aging work force * immigrants and education * baby boomers, retirement and the spectre of a labour shortage * ethnic origin and minorities * families and work * Canadians helping the seniors in their lives * public transit use * immigrants living and working in their mother tongue * Canada's changing work force * families * Population of Indian, Métis and Inuit tops one-million mark * population * Canada's tenuous French connection * more...
Source:
The Globe and Mail

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Canada e-Book* - from Statistics Canada
The Canada e-Book is an online version of the Canada Year Book with texts, tables, charts and audio clips that present the country's economic and social trends. The Canada e-Book illustrates Canada and Canadians under four broad headings: The Land, The People, The Economy, and The State. You will find a wealth of information on topics including the human imprint on the environment, population and demography, health, education, household and family life, labour force, arts and leisure, industries, finance, government and justice.
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NOTE: On the Canada e-Book page, click "View" to access the latest edition of the e-Book;
click "Chronological index" for links to earlier editions of the e-Book.

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Teacher's Guide to Data Discovery

Stats 101!
- follow the links in the left margin of the main page of this guide to learn how to choose the dataset, to understand data concepts and to analyse the data with or without computer software.


GeoSearch2006 Interactive Map of Canada
April 2008
This interactive mapping application makes it easy to find many places in Canada, see them on a map, and get basic geographic and demographic data for those places. To find a specific place of interest, users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or they can search by place name, street name, street intersection or postal code. GeoSearch will display the appropriate map showing boundaries and other features. GeoSearch automatically displays population and dwelling counts for the selected places, and shows what kind of geographic area it is and its relationship to other geographic areas.
- incl. links to 2006 Census reference maps and community profile tables, and a thematic mapping option for selected census topics (for selected levels of geography).
(Excerpt from Product Main Page)


Canada Year Book Historical Collection (1867 to 1967)
March 31, 2008
Statistics Canada today launches the Canada Year Book Historical Collection, a wealth of historical data in digitized format compiled from 100 years of the Agency's annual Canada Year Book (CYB).This new module, available free of charge on our website, covers the first century of Canadian history following Confederation in 1867, through to 1967, with historical text, tables, charts and maps. It is supplemented by interconnected learning resources for students and teachers.
- contains 100+ photos and nearly 50 maps dating back to 1868, as well as over 75 charts and 1,200 tables. Completing the picture are multimedia extras, such as newspaper clippings, video clips and posters. There are details on the lives and work of politicians, industrialists, scientists, agriculturalists and others who shaped the land, economy and society of Canada.

Browse the collection by year
- 1867 to 1967

Browse the collection by topic
*Changing families and households * Lives of men and women * Occupations * Economic gains * The Great Depression * Communications * Ethnocultural diversity * Provinces and manufacturing * Immigration and emigration * Canada at war

[ more recent issues of the Canada Year Book - $ ]


Canadian Economic Observer
This monthly periodical is Statistics Canada's flagship publication for economic statistics. Each issue contains a monthly summary of the economy, major economic events and a feature article. A statistical summary contains a wide range of tables and graphs on the principal economic indicators for Canada, the provinces and the major industrial nations.

Population characteristics

Tables by subject: Population estimates and projections

Canadian Social Trends
(Statistics Canada's publication on emerging social issues)

Online Issues of Canadian Social Trends - hundreds of articles going back to 1996
T
hemes:
Aboriginal People - Income, Expenditures and Housing - Aging, Seniors and Retirement - Justice - Caregiving and Disabilities - Leisure and Religion - Children and Youth - Marriage and Families - Cities, Neighbourhoods and Rural
Canada - Miscellaneous - Education, Training and Literacy - Technology - Employment - Time use - Health - Volunteering and Participation - Immigration, Diversity and Language

Statistics Canada Research Papers - Income Series - Includes Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics
Links to hundreds of studies and articles online, going back to 1993
Here are some sample reports:
- A Comparison of the Results of the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) and the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF)
- SLID Labour Interview Questionnaire
- Preliminary Interview Questionnaire
- SLID Questionnaire for Demographics and Contact
- A Comparison of the Results of the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) and the Survey of Consumer Finances(SCF)
- To What Extent Are Canadians Exposed to Low Income?

Source:
[ Canadian Statistics ]
[ Statistics Canada ]


NOTE: for links to Statistics Canada reports on low-income measures (LICO, LIM)  and income inequality, 
see the Canadian Social Research Links  Poverty Measures page


Statistical Profile of Canadian Communities
Type in the name of a Canadian city or town, and the database will tell you the following information, based on the 1996 Census :
Population in 1996 - Population in 1991 - 1991 to 1996 population change (%) - Education - Income and Work - Land area (square km) - Families and Dwellings - Births and Deaths.
This site contains information from the 1996 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada on May 14, 1996. A statistical profile is presented for all Canadian communities (cities, towns, villages, Indian Reserves and Settlements, etc.) highlighting information on education, income and work, families and dwellings, as well as general population information. A mapping feature is available for viewing the location of a community within Canada

Community Profiles 2001

More free Canadian Statistics (The Economy - The Land - The People - The State)


Free Internet publications from Statistics Canada:
- complete list
- list by subject (click on the plus sign ("+") beside a subject to expand that part of the list)
Links to over 1000 recent titles in over two dozen areas, including: Communications - Education - Environment - Government - Health - Justice - Labour - Personal finance and Household Finance - Population and Demography - Prices and Price indexes - Science and technology - Social conditions - Statistical methods.


Education statistics program
The Centre for Education Statistics develops surveys, provides statistics and conducts research and analysis relevant to current issues in education, training and literacy.

Subjects
o Education, training and learning
o Fields of study
o Outcomes of education
o Students

Canadian Education Statistics Council
The Canadian Education Statistics Council (CESC), a partnership between the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) and Statistics Canada, provides valuable information and insight about education in Canada both to the Canadian public and to provincial and territorial governments.

July 13, 2009
University enrolment, 2007/2008
Just over 1,066,000 students were enrolled in Canadian universities during the academic year 2007/2008, up 0.6% from the previous academic year. This is a much slower rate of growth than the annual average increase of 2.9% since 1998/1999.
- includes three tables:
* University enrolment by registration status, program level and gender
* University enrolment by field of study and gender
* University enrolment by province and registration status

July 13, 2009
University degrees, diplomas and certificates awarded, 2007
About 241,600 students received a degree, diploma or certificate qualification from a Canadian university in 2007, a 6.9% increase from 2006. Over 80% of the increase occurred in Ontario. Nearly 61% of qualifications, or 146,700, were awarded to women, continuing a long-term trend in which female graduates outnumber their male counterparts and their proportion continues to increase.
- includes two tables:
* University qualifications awarded by program level and gender
* University qualifications awarded by field of study and gender


Consumer Price Index (CPI)

July 17, 2009
Consumer Price Index, June 2009
Consumer prices fell 0.3% in June compared with June 2008, following a 0.1% increase in May. It was the first 12-month decline in the all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) since November 1994.
The decrease was due primarily to a 12-month decline of 19.0% in prices for energy products, particularly gasoline. Excluding energy, the CPI rose 2.1% in June.

Related links:

The Consumer Price Index June 2009
HTML version
PDF version
(519K, 66 pages)

[ earlier issues of The Consumer Price Index - back to 2001]

[ Your Guide to the Consumer Price Index (PDF - 321K, 23 pages - December 1996) ]

[ Related Documents - Online Catalogue, incl. 34 summary tables and 41 publications]

Related subjects
o Prices and price indexes
o Consumer price indexes

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Source:
Statistics Canada


Leading Indicators

Related StatCan reports:
o Economic accounts
o Leading indicators

July 17, 2009
Leading indicators, June 2009
The composite leading index fell by 0.1% in June, after the rate of decline had slowed markedly from 1.0% in April to 0.1% in May. In June, 4 of 10 components rose, the same number as in May. Housing and the stock market continued to post the largest gains, while all the manufacturing components declined.

Related links:

Table 1 Leading indicators, January to June 2009
[ Latest issue of the Canadian Economic Observer ]


Population Statistics

StatCan Tables by Subject: Population characteristics

Statistics Canada Census Page
- links to Census pages for : 2006 - 2001 - 1996
- incl. recent releases :
* March 4, 2008 - Labour, education, language of work and place of work and commuting to work
* January 15, 2008 - Aboriginal peoples
* March 13, 2007 - Population and dwelling counts

* Language
* Immigration and citizenship
* Mobility and migration

* Thematic Maps
A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific data themes for standard geographic areas. The map may be qualitative in nature (e.g., predominant farm types) or quantitative (e.g., percentage population change).

* GeoSearch 2006
This interactive mapping application makes it easy to find many places in Canada, see them on a map, and get basic geographic and demographic data for those places. Click and zoom in on a map of Canada or search by place name, street name, street intersection or postal code. GeoSearch will display the appropriate map showing boundaries and other features. GeoSearch automatically displays population and dwelling counts for the selected places, and shows what kind of geographic area it is and its relationship to other geographic areas.

2006 Community Profiles, Census year 2006 (update)
These profiles present community-level information from the 2006 Census of Population. Users can search for an area of interest by typing its 'place name' in the box below or by clicking on a province or territory from the list below and selecting the area from a list.

Census Trends, 2006 Census
Census Trends presents a series of summary data trends spanning the 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses. The product is designed to facilitate the analysis and comparison of the changing demographic and socio-economic composition of selected geographic areas across Canada. Summary data trends include percentage distributions and percentage change.

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Selected content from
The Daily [Statistics Canada]:

December 23, 2009
Canada's population estimates, third quarter 2009
On October 1, 2009, Canada's population was estimated at 33,873,400. In the third quarter, Canada's population grew by 133,500 (+0.40%). Net international migration (+90,500) accounted for just over two-thirds of the increase.
- includes two tables:
* Components and factors of demographic growth
* Quarterly demographic estimates

Related report:

Quarterly Demographic Estimates July to September 2009
1. Notice to readers
2. Highlights
3. Analysis
4. Tables
5. Charts
6. Data quality, concepts and methodology
7. Appendices
8. User information
9. Related products
10. PDF version (399K, 66 pages)

Related subjects:
* Ethnic diversity and immigration
* Immigrants and non-permanent residents
* Population and demography


Society Statistics
Examine statistical profiles of Canada's people - employment, education, population, health, and more.
- incl. links to the following:
* 2006 Census of Canada * 2006 Community Profiles * Canadian Statistics by Subject * Historical Statistics of Canada * Population and demography * Population Pyramid * Provincial and Territorial Statistics * Statistical Profile of Canadian Communities * Statistics on Canadian Social Conditions.
Source:
Government of Canada

AgeSource/AgeStats Worldwide
http://www.aarpinternational.org/database/
AgeSource Worldwide identifies several hundred information resources in some 25 countries which are significant either in size or in their unique coverage of particular aging-related issues. The resources include, among others, clearinghouses, libraries, databases, training materials, major reports, and Web metasites.
AgeStats Worldwide
provides access to statistical data that compare the situation of older adults across countries or regions around a variety of issues, such as demography, pensions, health and long-term care. The most recent data and projections as far ahead as 2050 are provided where available. You may search either or both databases at one time. Access is free-of-charge. AgeSource and AgeStats Worldwide have been created by AARP to facilitate the international exchange of policy and program-relevant information in aging.

Source:
AARP (formerly called the American Association of Retired Persons)
"AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people 50 and over. We provide information and resources; advocate on legislative, consumer, and legal issues; assist members to serve their communities; and offer a wide range of unique benefits,special products, and services for our members. These benefits include AARP Webplace at www.aarp.org, Modern Maturity and My Generation magazines, and the monthly AARP Bulletin. Active in every U.S. state and territory, AARP celebrates the attitude that age isn't just a number -- it's about how you live your life."

Internet Resources Related to Aging (U.S.)
List of Contents - like a site map, incl. links to sites organized under the following headings : General Interest - Government - Health - Housing - Income - Law - Leisure - Libraries, Clearinghouses and Databases - Social Services - States and Communities - Statistics and Research - Listservs - Newsgroups - Electronic Magazines - Search Tools - Alphabetical Index

Other Internet Directories Related to Aging - links to 9 directories, most from the U.S. Administration on Aging, including state and even local links to resources for seniors

Links to AARP sites in all states

AARP Online U.S. Pension Calculator



Links to Statistical sites - incl. links to Canadian government sites (federal, provincial, territorial) - Canadian Government Statistical Offices - Provincial Government Statistical Bureaus - Statistical Offices in Rest of World - Population Statistics Sites - Tourism Statistics - Canada and the rest of the world - Tourism research links - Other Sources of Statistical Data - Financial/Monetary Information - Election & Riding Information (BC and Canada only) - Geography/Natural Resources - Housing Starts/Housing Market Information - Health Information - Income/Tax Data - USA Data - Other Research Avenues (in BC) - Economic Development (BC) - Policy Research links
Source:
BC Stats (Government site)

Canadian Economy Online (Government of Canada website)
"This one-top guide to the national economy lets you check out the statistics, access a wealth of federal government information and learn more about economic concepts and events."
Every economist's delight - links to everything you wanted to know about the Canadian economy on one page!
Current Economy - The very latest information about the Canadian Economy, with national and regional analysis.
Families and workers - Information about Cost of Living, Employment, Unemployment, Family Spending and Demography.
Money - Information about Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate, Investments, Money Supply, and the Bank of Canada’s role.
Government and the economy - Information about the Federal Budget, Debt, and Government Policies.
International issues - Information about Trade Negotiations, and Agreements, Trade Policies by Sector, Economic and Financial Policies and Statistics and Analysis.
About business - General as well as sectoral and regional information about business, along with Policy and Programs, Research and Analysis and other.

- also includes information and learning resources to aid in understanding important aspects of the Canadian Economy : Key indicators (ten key indicators of the Canadian Economy, 10 years of data) - Economic concepts (50 economic concepts) - Key Economic events (timeline of key economic events in the past century and how they impacted the Canadian economy) - Canada Yearbook (overview of the Canadian economy as featured in the most recent edition of the Statistics Canada publication, The Canada Yearbook).

Family Allowance Program (1944) : Supporting Canadian Children - one of the historical nuggets that I found buried in this site...


Below, you'll find links to two of the top statistical sources I'd recommend for current and historical Canadian social programs:
Social Security Statistics, Canada
and Provinces and Historical Statistics of Canada



Social Security Statistics, Canada and Provinces
1978-79 to 2002-03

This is a goldmine of statistical information (beneficiary data and expenditure data) on current and defunct Canadian federal social programs, and even some on provincial/territorial programs.

This report offers 25 years of longitudinal data on costs and numbers of beneficiaries for most programs - over 100 tables - covering a large number of programs --- here's a partial list:
- Child Tax Benefit, Family Allowances, the Child Tax Credit, Old Age Security/Guaranteed Income Supplement/Spouse's Allowance ("The Allowance"), Federal Training and Employment Programs, Federal Goods and Services Tax Credit, the Canada/Quebec Pension Plans, War Veterans' and Civilian War Allowances, Veterans' and Civilians' Disability Pensions, Unemployment/Employment Insurance, the Canada Assistance Plan, Workers' Compensation, Youth Allowances, Social Assistance and Social Services for Registered Indians --- and more...
Source:
Social Policy

[ Human Resources and Skills Development Canada ]

Preface (short blurb only)

List of Tables
[Read the Introductory notes at the top of the page and in Appendix A of this report for all methodological notes.]
"...Tables in this report have been organized into two parts. Part I presents three Overview Tables which illustrate the trends in social security expenditures by all levels of government for Canada. Part II comprises Component Tables which provide data on beneficiaries and expenditures for individual programs."

A number of tables were removed from this edition of the Social Security Statistics report, including some tables with info on Blind Persons' Allowances, Disabled Persons' Allowances and Unemployed Assistance.
Check older editions of this report for those data.

Many of the tables are historical and likely of little interest except to historians and CAP-o-philes --- they offer historical caseload and expenditure statistics on each of the CAP cost-sharing components (General Assistance - Homes for Special Care for Children and Adults - Child Welfare - Health Care - Other Welfare Services and Work Activity).

Scroll down the list of tables to find a particular program, then click on its name to access the HTML version of the table (the HTML page includes links to the PDF and Excel versions of the table).

You'll find many key stats tables and some interesting analyses here - only a few of which appear below
- includes links to over two dozen tables (Tables 352-911) with info on federal contributions under the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) and the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) to the cost of provincial and territorial welfare programs.
NOTE: for more info about CAP, the CHST and the Canada Social Transfer (CST, which replaced the CHST in April 2004), see the Canada Assistance Plan / Canada Health and Social Transfer / Canada Social Transfer Resources page of this site.

A few sample tables:

Table 360 - Total Federal-Provincial Cost-Shared Program Expenditures, 1978-79 to 2002-03
NOTE: Table 360 traces the evolution/devolution of transfers under the Canada Assistance Plan (in dollars) from 1976 to 1999. No new claims were paid out under CAP after the Canada Health and Social Transfer came into effect in April 1996; amounts shown as CAP expenditures for the fiscal years after 1995-96 are final settlements with each jurisdiction for all outstanding commitments by the federal government.

Table 361: Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) - Number of Beneficiaries of General Assistance (including dependants), as of March 31, 1979 to 1996
- This is a key table for research on welfare programs - welfare dependency statistics by jurisdiction over the years. These are the final, definitive numbers.

Table 362 : Total Federal-Provincial Cost-Shared Expenditures for General Assistance, by Province/Territory, 1978-79 to 1995-96
- this table should be of special interest for welfare historians and number-crunchers - it shows exactly when Canadian government spending on welfare (by the federal and provincial/territorial governments) started looking a little fuzzier. When the feds imposed the cap on CAP (max. 5% annual increase in total CAP payments) in Ontario, Alberta and BC in the early 1990s, those three provinces stopped reporting how much of their CAP dollars were going to welfare (vs. other CAP components covered under the same federal contribution). Table 362 shows that as of 1991-92, the federal contribution to those three provinces for General Assistance appears as "n/a" - so it's been impossible to produce a national figure since then. Unless, of course, one wanders over into the minefield of provincial government welfare statistics, where welfare programs (and related expenditures) have undergone a major transformation. If you *do* want to check out welfare stats for each Canadian jurisdiction, your best starting point is the Key Welfare Links Page of this website - http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/welfare.htm - which includes links to welfare stats in each province and territory where they're available.

Table 434
Total Federal Payments under CAP, 1978-79 to 1999-2000
[The note under table 360 also applies to this table. ]

Table 435
Number of Beneficiaries (including dependants) of Provincial and Municipal Social Assistance, as of March 31, 1997 to 2003

Table 438
Provincial and Municipal Social Assistance Program Expenditures, 1980-81 to 2002-03

Table 526
Provincial and Territorial Children's Benefits and Earned Income Supplements, Expenditures for Fiscal years 1978-79 to 2002-03

Source:
Social Policy

[ Human Resources and Skills Development Canada ]



Historical Statistics of Canada
(2nd edition, 1983)
Jointly produced by the Social Science Federation of Canada and Statistics Canada

Historical Statistics of Canada contains links to over 1,000 statistical tables (downloadable in Excel format) on the social, economic and institutional conditions of Canada from the start of the Confederation in 1867 to the mid-1970s. It's worth downloading the free Excel 2003 File Viewer from Microsoft if you don't have Excel software on your machine.
Go to the home page and browse the table of contents of this excellent historical resource. Tables are arranged in sections with an introduction explaining the content of each section, the principal sources of data for each table, and general explanatory notes regarding the statistics. This online statistical collection complements and expands on Human Resources Development Canada's Social Security Statistics, Canada and Provinces report.

For a complete list of topics covered, see the Alphabetical Index - everything's there from Accidents and Fatalities to Zinc Production.

Here's a sample section:

Section C: Social Security - by T. Russell Robinson, Health and Welfare Canada
Contains seven pages of historical information on the evolution of Canadian social programs, plus links to over 180 tables organized under the following headings: Federal Income Security Programs - Federal and Provincial Income Insurance Programs - Cost-shared Federal-Provincial Income Security Programs - Federal and Provincial Social Service Programs - Provincial-Municipal Income Security Programs - Government Expenditures on Social Security by Broad Program Areas. Unfortunately, the section on the Canada Assistance Plan provides stats only from 1970 to 1975, but you'll find other historical gems here, like federal transfers to the provinces and territories, 1947 to 1975, Unemployment insurance account, 1942 to 1976, Old Age Pensions recipients for Canada and by province, March 1928 to 1951, and much more...
If you're looking for historical Canadian social program stats, this is the place to start!


Welfare Statistics


Current/Historical Provincial/Territorial Welfare Statistics:
- see the Key Welfare Links page of this site - it contains links to welfare statistics in many Canadian provinces (but sadly not all ---- yet), and these are usually more detailed than the stats that appear below.

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National Welfare Statistics

Social Assistance Statistical Report: 2005
August 2006 (Second edition)
Report prepared by:
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Directors of Income Support

NOTE: Chapter Two of the report is a five-page descriptive overview of social assistance in Canada in 2005. It provides information about the federal contributions to provincial, territorial and municipal social assistance under the Canada Assistance Plan (1967-1996), the Canada Health and Social transfer (1996-2004) and the Canada Social Transfer (2004 to date).
Other chapters provide, for each province and territory, some general information on eligibility (including asset and income exemption levels) and benefits, as well as an impressive number of statistical tables, graphs and charts providing numbers of cases and beneficiaries (time series statistics going back as far as the mid-1990s, depending on the jurisdiction), profile information (age/education/sex of household head, cases by reason for assistance) and even (for most jurisdictions) the percentage of households reporting income.

Complete report
in one PDF file
- (921K, 174 pages)

Link to the first edition of this report:
Social Assistance Statistical Report: 2004

Source:
Social Policy

[ Human Resources and Social Development Canada ]

Related reports from Social Policy Directorate of HRSDC:

Social Security Statistics, Canada and Provinces - 1978-79 to 2002-03
- updated June 2005
[ Appendix A - methodological notes ]
NOTE: See more information about this report higher up on the page you're now reading


Historical snapshots of the mid-1990s, when the world was a (somewhat) kinder, gentler place...

Social Assistance in Canada, 1994
Over 40 pages of information on Canadian social assistance programs as they operated in 1994. Much of the information in this document is still as relevant today as it was back then - eligibility, benefits, administrative rules, and more. Includes information about cost-sharing of welfare costs under the Canada Assistance Plan. Question-and-answer format for quick reference. This work was part of a larger study of social assistance in 24 countries released by the OECD early in 1996. I was the author of this report, with a lot of input from a number of colleagues in the Department at the time. If you want a snapshot of what welfare was like in Canada before the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996, try this one...

NOTE: Social Assistance in Canada, 1994 is the final submission of the Canadian federal government in the context of the 1996 OECD study appearing immediately below. This report is a critical and comparative overview of how social assistance or welfare operated in the mid-1990s in 24 countries (including Canada, with a special focus on Ontario). The chapter on Canada presents a factual snapshot of how welfare was working in Canada just before the 50-50 federal cost-sharing under the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) was replaced by a block fund, the Canada Health and Social Transfer, in April of 1996.

The OECD study consisted of a two-stream approach: for each country involved in the study, an "expert informant" (academic) and a "national government official" received a questionnaire on social assistance programs. The questionnaires were different from one another - federal government officials were asked to provide factual responses to over 70 questions, while the academics' questionnaire focused more on an in-depth critique of those same programs. Social Work Professor Patricia Evans was the Canadian expert informant, and I completed the submission, with input from a number of other government colleagues, on behalf of the Canadian government.

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1996 international social assistance study
- detailed comparison of how social assistance programs operated
in 24 OECD countries, including Canada and the United States (see Volume II)

Social Assistance in OECD Countries
Volume I : Synthesis Report
(PDF - 2.6MB, 207 pages)
A study carried out on behalf of the Department of Social Security and the
OECD by the Social Policy Research Unit
1996

Social Assistance in OECD Countries
Volume II : Country Reports
(PDF - 4.8MB, 499 pages)
A study carried out on behalf of the Department of Social Security and the OECD by the Social Policy Research Unit
By Tony Eardley, Jonathan Bradshaw, John Ditch, Ian Gough and Peter Whiteford
1996

Participating countries:
* Australia * Greece * Norway * Austria * Iceland * Portugal * Belgium * Ireland
* Spain * Canada * Italy * Sweden * Denmark * Japan * Switzerland * Finland
* Luxembourg * Turkey * France * Netherlands * United States * Germany
* New Zealand * United Kingdom

Source:
United Kingdom
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)


 

NOTE:
Mirror links to access these two reports:

If the links to the two reports in the left column are dead, use the links below. Complete copies of both reports are stored on the Canadian Social Research Links server.

Social Assistance in OECD Countries
Volume I : Synthesis Report
(PDF - 2.6MB, 207 pages)

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Social Assistance in OECD Countries
Volume II : Country Reports
(PDF - 4.8MB, 499 pages)

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From the National Council of Welfare:

Profiles of Welfare: Myths and Realities (Spring 1998)
- large statistical collection covering twenty years of data, examining variables like family types, reasons for assistance, age, education, duration of spells on assistance, housing and more


Welfare Incomes, 2006 and 2007
December 2008
PDF version (16.6MB, 157 pages)
HTML version - table of contents with links to smaller PDF files for each chapter
Table of contents: * Message from the Chairperson * Patterns and Trends * What is Welfare? * Adequacy of Welfare Incomes * Welfare Incomes Over Time * Welfare Incomes and Child Benefits * Total Welfare Incomes and Poverty Over Time * Concluding Thoughts * Appendices * Fact Sheet: 2007 Provincial Welfare Rates Compared to the MBM
NOTE : the HTML version of the report also includes links to earlier editions of this report back to 1999

Poverty line is being cracked, but not broken
Cross-Canada action needed as economy worsens, National Council of Welfare says
News Release
Toronto, December 10, 2008
While incomes for most Canadians on welfare were stuck far below the poverty line, some cracked that line in 2007, the newest report by the National Council of Welfare says. But tough economic times mean it will be tough to really break through, unless comprehensive, nationwide action is taken, says the advisory body to the federal government. Welfare Incomes, 2006 and 2007 looked at the circumstances of Canadians on welfare in all provinces and territories. The study by the National Council of Welfare found that in the case of the lone parent with a pre-school age child living in Quebec, welfare income for 2007 reached 100 per cent of the Market Basket Measure (MBM), a poverty line measurement that takes into account the cost of meeting basic needs in different parts of Canada.

Fact Sheet:

2007 Provincial Welfare Rates
Compared to the Market Basket Measure (MBM)
- (PDF - 18K, 2 pages)

Source:
National Council of Welfare
The mandate of the National Council of Welfare is to advise the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development in respect of any matters relating to social development that the Minister may refer to the Council for its consideration or that the Council considers appropriate.

Number of People on Welfare, March 1995 to March 2005 (PDF file - 133K, 1 page)
Source:
FACT SHEETS from Welfare Incomes 2005

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From Statistics Canada:


Social program spending in Canada:

Government transfer payments to persons
On this one table, you'll find the latest five years' worth of information on national expenditures (provincial stats available for a small fee) in the area of transfers to persons, which includes (among other programs):
* Family and youth allowances * Child tax benefit or credit * Pensions - First and Second World Wars * War veterans' allowances * Grants to aboriginal persons and organizations * Goods and services tax credit * Employment insurance benefits * Old Age Security Fund payments * Provincial Social assistance, income maintenance * Social assistance, other [bolding added] * Workers compensation benefits * Canada and Quebec Pension Plans.
NOTE: In case you're interested in province-level stats, click the "384-0009" link under 'Source' at the bottom of the table. There you can obtain more specialized CANSIM tables, including provincial tables, for a few dollars each. The "Find information related to this table" link (which is also at the bottom of the StatCan table) contains methodological notes and other related StatCan products, many of which are free of charge.

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Welfare leavers:

Social Assistance Use: Trends in incidence, entry and exit rates
August 2004
by R. Sceviour and R. Finnie
"This paper explores the dynamics of Social Assistance use over this period [1995-2000] to calculate annual incidence and entry and exit rates at both the national and provincial level, broken down by family type. These breakdowns, available for the first time ever, are revealing as policy varied by province and family type and not all provinces shared equally in the recession or the expansion that followed it. The paper does not attempt to apportion the movements in SA participation rates between those related to the economy and changes in the administration of welfare. The focus is on the empirical record of SA entry, exit, and annual participation rates.
Source:
Feature Articles [NOTE: check out dozens of links to past feature articles here!]
Canadian Economic Observer
[ Statistics Canada ]

Followup article:

November 17, 2004
Social Assistance by Province, 1993-2003
Feature Article in the November 2004 issue of The Canadian Economic Observer
"Social assistance rates fell in every province between 1993 and 2003, but nowhere was the decline more dramatic than in Alberta and Ontario, according to a new report."

Earlier studies on welfare leavers:

Life after welfare : 1994 to 1999
March 2003
"Family incomes rose for the majority of people who stopped receiving welfare benefits during the 1990s. However, for about one out of every three individuals, family income declined significantly, according to a first-ever national study of the economic outcome for people who left welfare rolls."
The link above takes you to a summary of the report.
Complete report:
Life After Welfare: The Economic Well Being
of Welfare Leavers in Canada during the 1990s
(PDF file - 332K, 32 pages)
Source:
The Daily
[ Statistics Canada ]

Related Links:

After Welfare - Contrasting Studies (British Columbia)
"Statistics Canada has released a study on people who leave welfare that contrasts with the story spun by BC's Minister of Human Resources, Murray Coell. "Life After Welfare: The Economic Well Being of Welfare Leavers in Canada during the 1990s" by Marc Frenette and Garnett Picot provides some fascinating contrasts with Coell's characterization of the 90s and
with what are passing as welfare exit surveys in his ministry."
Source : Strategic Thoughts

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U.S.

Reports on Welfare Leavers and Diversion in the U.S.
-over 100 links to Cross-State Summaries and National Reports as well as state and county reports.
Source: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]

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From the Canadian Council on Social Development:

Stats & Facts
Poverty, welfare and income stats

Work and welfare: Looking at both sides of the equation
Excellent historical snapshot of welfare dependency levels and welfare rate information for 1992
by province for selected family types and sizes (a single employable person, an unattached person with a disability, a single parent with one child and a couple with two children).
- includes comparisons of welfare income, minimum wages and poverty lines across jurisdictions and over time.

Table 1: Percentage of Population on Social Assistance, by Province (% change from 1982 to 1992)
Table 2: Net Welfare Income versus Work at Minimum Wage, 1992
Table 3: Net Social Assistance Income versus Poverty Lines (1992)
Table 4: Minimum Wage versus Poverty Lines (1992)
Table 5: Minimum Wage by Province, 1976 and 1992

Source:
Perception Magazine
[ Canadian Council on Social Development ]

Stats & Facts replaces the
CCSD website's Free Statistics section
. All historical poverty and income data, as well as welfare rates, are archived and available in the economic security section of Stats & Facts.

- The Social Indicators Launchpad - nearly 100 links to information about social indicators in Canada and other countries


Poverty/income statistics

From the National Council of Welfare:

Poverty Profile 2007
Poverty Profile is a regular publication of the Council that is based on survey data from Statistics Canada. It includes detailed information about poverty rates and numbers, depth of poverty, duration of poverty, common sources of income for poor people, income inequality in Canada and poverty and the paid labour market.
- also includes links to earlier Poverty Profiles, from 1998 to 2004

Bulletins

* No. 1: Introduction to Poverty Trends in Canada, 1976-2007
HTML version
PDF version
(1.9MB, 6 pages)

* No. 2: Poverty Trends by Family Type
HTML version
PDF version
(1MB, 8 pages)

* No. 3: Poverty Trends by Province (forthcoming)

* No. 4: A Snapshot of Children Living in Poverty
HTML
PDF version
(656K, 4 pages)

* Methodology, Definitions and Data Sources
HTML
- none
PDF (2.1MB, 8 pages)

Source:
National Council of Welfare
The National Council of Welfare advises the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development in respect of any matters relating to social development that the Minister may refer to the Council for its consideration or that the Council considers appropriate

From Statistics Canada:

June 3, 2009
Income of Canadians, 2007
Median after-tax income, adjusted for inflation, for families with two or more people rose 3.7% from 2006 to $61,800 in 2007. Significant growth was observed in seven provinces. Median after-tax income for unattached individuals rose 3.9% from 2006 to $24,200 in 2007. Since 2002, the year following the high-tech slowdown, the average annual growth of the median after-tax income for families was 1.8%. Over the same period, the average annual growth for unattached individuals was 1.4%.
[ Report : Income in Canada, 2007 - 979K, 143 pages ]

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Related StatCan subjects:
o Income, pensions, spending and wealth
o Household, family and personal income
o Low income and inequality
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June 3, 2009
Low income cut-offs for 2008
and low income measures for 2007
(PDF - 291K, 40 pages)
Low income cut-offs (LICOs) are income thresholds, determined by analysing family expenditure data, below which families will devote a larger share of income to the necessities of food, shelter and clothing than the average family would. To reflect differences in the costs of necessities among different community and family sizes, LICOs are defined for five categories of community size and seven of family size.
Low income measures (LIMs), on the other hand, are strictly relative measures of low income, set at 50% of adjusted median family income.
[ HTML version - use the links in the left-hand margin to navigate)

[ Earlier editions in this series ]

"On poverty and low income" - by Ivan Fellegi (1997)
The Chief Statistician of Canada explains why his agency's low income cut-offs should not be used as the "official" poverty line for Canada.

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May 11, 2007
Study: Income inequality and redistribution, 1976 to 2004
Inequality in after-tax family income grew through the 1990s, driven by an increase in inequality in family market income, according to a new study.

Complete study:

Income Inequality and Redistribution in Canada: 1976 to 2004
By Andrew Heisz
Executive summary
Complete study
(PDF file - 395K, 58 pages)
[ View earlier reports from the
Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series
]

Related Links:
Go to the Poverty Measures Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/poverty.htm

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From the Canadian Council on Social Development:

Stats & Facts
Poverty, welfare and income stats
Stats & Facts, a new on-line service of the Canadian Council on Social Development, provides accessible and accurate statistical information. This site is intended for anyone with an interest in timely data on social and economic indicators. We anticipate that Stats & Facts will be frequently used by policy analysts, community planners, activists, journalists, and students. Users will find informative facts sheets organized by topic areas covering demographics, families, and education. Plans are underway to add more fact sheets on the labour market, health, and economic security in the coming months. All of these fact sheets will be regularly updated to reflect the most current data available.

 


Employment/unemployment statistics

Tables by subject: Employment and unemployment
- 50 tables

Related link:

Mind the gap
November 9, 2009
Canada's monthly unemployment statistics have a significant gap that must be filled. They do not reveal the number of people whose employment-insurance benefits have expired and who are still out of work. (...) People who have dropped off the unemployment rolls - and are thus no longer included in the numbers - may have found new jobs, but they may also have simply exhausted their benefits. That shifts them into a much more harrowing situation where they are likely facing dire financial straits and may be forced to consider welfare. But we have no way of knowing if that is the case. (...)
This is not just an issue of concern to economists interested in crunching the numbers to make their latest projections. It is about vital data that can direct governments and social agencies in their design of policies and their preparations to deliver resources to those most in need. Without these numbers, for example, no one knows how many people may be forced to seek welfare in the short term - a key issue for the provinces and municipalities that fund and administer the welfare system.
Source:
Globe and Mail

 


First Nations Statistics

Statistics
- Links to the following statistical reports :
* Aboriginal Labour Force Characteristics from the 1996 Census
* Aboriginal Women: A Profile from the 1996 Census, Second Edition, Revised December 2001
* Basic Departmental Data
* 1991 Census Highlights on Registered Indians: Annotated Tables
* Comparison of Social Conditions, 1991 and 1996
* Comparison of Socio-economic Conditions, 1996 and 2001
* Highlights of Aboriginal Conditions 1991, 1986: Demographic, Social and Economic Characteristics
* Northern Expenditure Plan 1995/1996
* Northern Expenditure Plan 1996/1997
* Northern Expenditures 1998/1999
* Historical Trends - Registered Indian Population 1982-2007
* Northern Indicators
* Overview of DIAND Program Data: June 2000
* Overview of DIAND Program Data - Education: 2001
* Registered Indian Population by Sex and Residence
* Registered Indian Population Projections for Canada and Regions 2000-2021
* Socio-economic Indicators in Indian Reserves and Comparable Communities, 1971-1991
* Statistics Canada's 1996 Census - Aboriginal Data
* Fact Sheet: 2006 Census Aboriginal Demographics

Basic Departmental Data
- Large and timely collection of statistics on a wide range of topics of interest in the area of First Nations social programs
- includes demographics, health, education, social conditions, housing, self-government and The North. The Social Conditions section offers statistics (including a number of ten-year time series) on children in care, adults in institutional care, social assistance recipients and beneficiaries, and social assistance program administration. Also includes a glossary.

Source:
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)

 



Canadian Income Tax Statistics


Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (formerly Revenue Canada)

Income Statistics

"The annual Income Statistics reports -- formerly called Taxation Statistics -- use tables of data to create a profile of Canadian taxpayers. The reports use data from personal tax returns filed two years earlier. For example, the 2002 edition analyzes returns from the 2000 tax year, which had to be filed by the end of April 2001.
As many clients have requested, we publish two separate reports:
Final Statistics - Sample Data: Produced since the 1940s, this report presents detailed profiles of Canadian taxfilers based on a stratified random sample of individual tax returns. This report contains Tables 1 to 12, which is the complete series.
Interim Statistics - Universe Data: This report contains preliminary statistics based on the universe of all returns filed and processed during a given tax year."


Indicators of Well-being in Canada
January 2008
This new HRSDC website presents comprehensive, up-to-date information on the well-being of Canadians and Canadian society, and how that may be changing over time.
- incl. links to info about : Work | Learning | Financial Security | Family Life | Housing | Social Participation | Leisure | Health | Security | Environment

"(...) How many Canadians have a paying job? What levels of education do we have, and how does that compare with other countries? What proportion of marriages end in divorce? How long can we expect to live? Have there been any big changes over the last 20 years or so? This website helps to answer such questions. Developed by Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), its purpose is to systematically present measures and report on various aspects of well-being that are important to Canadians."

Source:
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)


Canadian Health Statistics

Canadian Institute for Health Information
"The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is an independent, national, not-for-profit organization working to improve the health of Canadians and the health care system by providing quality, reliable and timely health information. CIHI's mandate was established jointly by federal and provincial/territorial ministers of health to coordinate the development and maintenance of a comprehensive and integrated approach to health information for Canada, and to provide and coordinate the provision of accurate and timely data and information required for establishing sound health policy, effectively managing the Canadian health system, and generating public awareness about factors affecting good health."
See the Sitemap of this enormous site for an overview of its content incl. links to research & reports, the CIHI Data Collection, standards, statistics and client services.

CIHI Health Statistics


Canadian Statistics on
Affordable Housing and Homelessness

Housing Research Tools and Resources
- from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Families, households and housing - from Statistics Canada


Old Age Security / Canada Pension Plan Statistics

Includes links to the following Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan stats:

* ISP Information Card (Rate Card) - updated quarterly,gives the maximum monthly rates for Canada Pension Plan, Quebec Pension Plan and Old Age Security benefits, as well as other selected figures.

* Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Statistical Bulletin - a monthly publication that provides detailed information such as the number of benefits in pay, the amounts paid, and the distribution of various benefits by age and sex.

* Canada Pension Plan Contributors Report - an annual publication with detailed statistics on the number of contributors and the amount of contributions to the Canada Pension Plan. Although the publication is annual, the data are 2 years in arrears. This is due to ongoing updating of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency T4 files prior to issuing.

* Canada Pension Plan Benefit Rates - maximum monthly rates for new CPP benefits from 1967 to date, as well as historical data related to the calculation of CPP contributions and benefits. This publication also contains historical tables on pension index and escalation factors.

* ISP Stats Book - annual publication, serves as a reference for Income Security Programs. It contains historical data on CPP and OAS monthly averages of benefits, new benefits and net payments in calendar years or fiscal years. Other data included in this publication are QPP, Average Weekly Wages and Consumer Prince Index data Average Weekly Wages and Statistics Canada's Low Income Cut-off levels.

* Social Security Agreements: Canadian Benefits Paid - data on Canadian Benefits paid (under Social Security Agreements) to people who have lived or worked in another country

* Tables of Rates for Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement and the Allowance

Source:
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada




Crime/Justice Statistics

From Statistics Canada:

Crime and Justice Statistics
The nature and extent of crime and the administration of criminal and civil justice in Canada.
Click the link to view resources (Daily releases, data tables, publications, and more ...) for the following subtopics:
1. Crime and justice (general)
2. Civil courts and family law
3. Correctional services
4. Crimes and offences
5. Criminal courts
6. Family violence
7. Justice system spending
8. Legal aid
9. Victims and victimization

Quick links
* Recently released analytical studies on crime and justice
* Statistics by subject: Crime and justice
* Tables by subject: Crime and justice

Sample reports:

Juristat - October 2009
In this issue:

* Quick fact:
Seniors have the lowest rates of police-reported violence

* Homicide in Canada, 2008
October 2009
This annual report is an examination of homicide in Canada. Detailed information is presented on the characteristics of homicide incidents (murder, manslaughter and infanticide), victims and accused within the context of both short and long-term trends.
Highlights
Full article - HTML
Full article - PDF
(337K, 26 pages)

* Trends in police-reported serious assaults
October 2009
This article examines police-reported data on three types of assault: assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm, aggravated assault and assaults against peace officers.
Highlights
Full article - HTML
Full article - PDF
(407K, 16 pages)

* Parenting after separation and divorce:
a profile of arrangements for spending time with and making decisions for children

October 2009
This article examines recently separated or divorced parents who have arrangements in place for spending time with and making decisions for their children, and profiles the types of arrangements that these parents have.
Highlights
Full article - HTML
Full article in PDF
(225K, 16 pages)

* Victim services in Canada, 2007/2008
October 2009
This article presents a profile of services offered to victims in Canada, based on the results of the 2007/2008 Victim Services Survey. It also includes an analysis of victims who sought assistance during 2007/2008 and of victims served on May 28, 2008.
Highlights
Full article - HTML
Full article - PDF
(396K, 22 pages)

Source:
Juristat
This periodical is of interest to all those who plan, establish, administer and evaluate justice programs and projects, as well as to anyone who has an interest in Canada's justice system.
It provides analysis and detailed statistics on a variety of justice-related topics and issues. There are annual articles on areas of recurring interest such as: - Crime - Homicide - Youth and adult courts - Correctional services + Other articles focusing on topics of current interest to the justice community.

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July 21, 2009
Juristat - July 2009 issue
- includes links to the articles below on police-reported crime statistics in Canada in 2008 and the incarceration of Aboriginal people in adult correctional services in 2007/2008.

July 21, 2009
Police-reported crime statistics, 2008
Police-reported crime in Canada continued to decline in 2008. Both the traditional crime rate and the new Crime Severity Index fell 5%, meaning that both the volume of police-reported crime and its severity decreased. Violent crime also dropped, but to a lesser extent.
[ Highlights ]
[ Full article in HTML ]
[ Full article in PDF- 977K, 37 pages) ]

July 21, 2009
Incarceration of Aboriginal people in adult correctional services
In 2007/2008, Aboriginal adults accounted for 22% of admissions to sentenced custody, while representing 3% of the Canadian population. Age, level of education, and employment status can only partially explain the representation of Aboriginal adults incarcerated in Canadian prisons, according to a new study that used data from the Integrated Correctional Service Survey and the 2006 Census to analyze factors that could be contributing to the representation of Aboriginal adults in custody.
- includes two tables:
* Aboriginal people as a proportion of admissions to adult provincial/territorial sentenced custody, and as a proportion of the general population, 2007/2008
* Incarceration rates for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal persons aged 20 to 34, by employment and education status, selected jurisdictions, on May 16, 2006
[ Highlights ]
[ Full article in HTML ]
[ Full article in PDF- 496K, 27 pages) ]

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July 21, 2009
Juristat - July 2009 issue
- includes links to the articles below on police-reported crime statistics in Canada in 2008 and the incarceration of Aboriginal people in adult correctional services in 2007/2008.

July 21, 2009
Police-reported crime statistics, 2008
Police-reported crime in Canada continued to decline in 2008. Both the traditional crime rate and the new Crime Severity Index fell 5%, meaning that both the volume of police-reported crime and its severity decreased. Violent crime also dropped, but to a lesser extent.
[ Highlights ]
[ Full article in HTML ]
[ Full article in PDF- 977K, 37 pages) ]

July 21, 2009
Incarceration of Aboriginal people in adult correctional services
In 2007/2008, Aboriginal adults accounted for 22% of admissions to sentenced custody, while representing 3% of the Canadian population. Age, level of education, and employment status can only partially explain the representation of Aboriginal adults incarcerated in Canadian prisons, according to a new study that used data from the Integrated Correctional Service Survey and the 2006 Census to analyze factors that could be contributing to the representation of Aboriginal adults in custody.
- includes two tables:
* Aboriginal people as a proportion of admissions to adult provincial/territorial sentenced custody, and as a proportion of the general population, 2007/2008
* Incarceration rates for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal persons aged 20 to 34, by employment and education status, selected jurisdictions, on May 16, 2006
[ Highlights ]
[ Full article in HTML ]
[ Full article in PDF- 496K, 27 pages) ]

Source:
Juristat main page - click "Chronological index" for earlier issues of this magazine

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Legal Aid

British Columbia

Legal Aid Changes Planned for 2010 (PDF - 285K, 3 pages)
Media Release
November 3, 2009
VANCOUVER – The Legal Services Society, which oversees legal aid throughout the province, will be changing its operations in five communities next year. Effective April 1, 2010, the Society will replace
its regional centres in Kamloops, Prince George, Kelowna, Surrey and Victoria with local agents and an expanded, province-wide call centre.
Source:
BC Legal Services Society

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Earlier this year...
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Service and operational changes (PDF - 371K, 5 pages)
Feb. 25, 2009
The Legal Services Society (LSS or the society) will be changing some services and some of its operations this year. These changes are necessary because the society’s current government and non-government revenues are insufficient to cover the current demand for legal aid.
Source:
BC Legal Services Society

Related links:

B.C. legal aid services hit by new round of cuts
November 5, 2009
Regional offices will be closed in Kelowna, Kamloops, Prince George, Victoria and Surrey next year.
The Justice Access Centre in Nanaimo will also be shut down.
The B.C. Legal Services Society has been targeted for another round of cuts by the Gordon Campbell Liberal government - the second attack on its budget this year.
Source:
National Union of Public and General Employees

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How does that compare
with the situation in Ontario?
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Ontario agency trying to break legal-aid boycott, lawyers say
October 30, 2009
In one of a flurry of moves, LAO is offering $5,000 bonuses across the country to non-boycotting attorneys
Source:
Globe and Mail

Stop behaving badly, boorish lawyers told
Multiple complaints of rude, abusive conduct spark campaign to restore some civility to courts

November 1, 2009
Source:
Toronto Star

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...and in the rest of Canada?
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Legal Aid in Canada:
Resource and Caseload Statistics, 2007/2008
(PDF - 616K, 127 pages)
February 2009
* In 2007/2008, $670 million was spent on providing legal aid services in 10 provinces and territories. This represents over $20 for every person living in these jurisdictions.
* In the last five years, legal aid spending after inflation has decreased just as many times as it has increased, but on average, it has risen about 1% per year. Compared to the previous year, spending in 2007/2008 was virtually unchanged, up by less than one-half of one percent.
[ Highlights ]
[ Earlier editions of this report ]
[ Statistics Canada ]

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What's the situation in the U.S.?
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Civil Legal Aid in the United States:
An Update for 2009
(PDF - 212K, 29 pages)
By Alan W. Houseman
July 2009
"(...) An integrated and comprehensive civil legal assistance system should have the capacity to: (1) educate and inform low-income persons of their legal rights and responsibilities and the options and services available to solve their legal problems; and (2) ensure that all low-income persons, including individuals and groups who are politically or socially disfavored, have meaningful access to high-quality legal assistance providers when they require legal advice and representation. The United States has made considerable progress in meeting the first of these two objectives, but progress has been slow in meeting the second."
Source:
Center for Law and Social Policy

May 13, 2009
Juristat - May 2009
The May 2009 issue of Juristat contains four articles.
(Click the link above for links to the articles below.)

* Residents of Canada's shelters for abused women, 2008
This article focuses on the residents of shelters that assist female victims of violence and their children.

* Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2007
This article examines the nature and extent of hate-motivated crimes reported to Canadian police services.

* Youth custody and community services in Canada, 2007/2008
This article provides an overview of youth admitted to and released from custody and community services in 2007/2008 and examines trends in admissions and releases since the Youth Criminal Justice Act came into effect.

* Trends in police-reported drug offences in Canada
This article explores long-term trends in the possession, trafficking, production, importing and exporting of illegal drugs.

[ earlier editions of Juristat ]

December 12, 2008
Police Resources in Canada, 2008
Police personnel and expenditures
Following a period of decline throughout the 1990’s, police strength in Canada has increased over the past decade. At 196 officers per 100,000 population, the 2008 rate was 8% higher than in 1998, although 5% lower than its peak in 1975. While police officer strength has been increasing, Canada's police reported crime rate has been decreasing. The 2007 crime rate was at its lowest point in over 30 years. At the same time, the proportion of crime solved by police reached a 30 year high.
- incl. two interesting charts:
* Rates of police officers and civilian personnel, 1963 to 2008
* Police officer strength among the provinces, 2008
Complete report (PDF - 427K, 60 pages)

December 9, 2008
Adult and youth correctional services: Key indicators, 2007/2008
Canada's incarceration rate in 2007/2008 rose by 2% from the previous year, the third consecutive annual increase. The gain was driven by the growing number of adults being held on remand in provincial/territorial jails while awaiting trial or sentencing.

May 20, 2008
Youth court statistics, 2006/2007
Fewer young people aged 12 to 17 have been appearing before a judge since the enactment of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) in April 2003, and fewer are being sent to custody. There were 56,463 youth court cases completed during the 2006/2007 fiscal year. Although virtually unchanged from the previous year, this amount was 26% lower than in 2002/2003, the year prior to the enactment of the new legislation.
Complete report (PDF - 236K, 23 pages)
Highlights (HTML)

May 20, 2008
Adult Criminal Court Statistics, 2006/2007
In 2006/2007, adult criminal courts in Canada processed 372,084 cases involving 1,079,062 charges. The number of cases processed was virtually unchanged from the previous year.
Complete report (PDF - 256K, 21 pages)
Highlights (HTML)

May 16, 2008
Youth crime, 2006
The crime rate among young people aged 12 to 17 climbed 3% between 2005 and 2006, but was 6% lower than a decade earlier, according to data reported by Canadian police services. While property crime rates among youth declined over the previous decade, rates for other types of offences, including violent crime, increased.

Related report:
Youth Crime in Canada, 2006 (PDF - 196K, 16 pages)
by Andrea Taylor-Butts and Angela Bressan

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The Situation in the U.S.
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From the Pew Center on the States:

One in 31 U.S. Adults are Behind Bars, on Parole or Probation
Press Release
Washington, DC
March 2, 2009
Explosive growth in the number of people on probation or parole has propelled the population of the American corrections system to more than 7.3 million, or 1 in every 31 U.S. adults, according to a report released today by the Pew Center on the States. The vast majority of these offenders live in the community, yet new data in the report finds that nearly 90 percent of state corrections dollars are spent on prisons. One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections examines the scale and cost of prison, jail, probation and parole in each of the 50 states, and provides a blueprint for states to cut both crime and spending by reallocating prison expenses to fund stronger supervision of the large number of offenders in the community.

Complete report:

One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections (PDF - 2MB, 48 pages)
Key findings include:
* One in 31 adults in America is in prison or jail, or on probation or parole (vs 1 in 77 twenty-five years ago).
* Overall, two-thirds of offenders are in the community, not behind bars.
* Correctional control rates are highly concentrated by race and geography: 9.2% black adults, 3.7% Hispanic adults, 2.2% white adults; 5.5% men, 1.1% women
* Georgia, where 1 in 13 adults is behind bars or under community supervision, leads the top five states that also include Idaho, Texas, Massachusetts, Ohio and the District of Columbia.
The report also analyzes the cost of current sentencing and corrections policies.

Source:
Pew Center on the States
[ Pew Charitable Trusts ]
The Pew Charitable Trusts applies the power of knowledge to solve today's most challenging problems.
Pew's Center on the States identifies and advances state policy solutions.

Previous edition of this report:

One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008 (PDF file - 635K, 37 pages)
Febraury 2008

U.S. Prison Statistics - from the U.S. Department of Justice

Related links:

Canada:
U.S. Tops in the World in Incarceration Rate: Conservatives Hoping to Catch Up
By Brian Gordon
February 4, 2008
The United States has more people in prison, per capita, than any other country in the world. More than China, more than Iran, more than oppressive dictatorships the world over. And this is the model that Stephen Harper and the Conservatives want to follow by implementing 'tougher' drug laws.
Source:
Green Party of Canada


Provincial/Territorial Government Statistical Information Sources

Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Québec
Ontario (Finance)
Saskatchewan
Alberta Government Home Page (I can't find Alberta stats even using a government-wide search engine)
BC Stats
Vital Statistics Agency - British Columbia
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Nunavut

NOTE: if any of the links above are broken, try this alternate source:

Provincial and territorial statistics offices - from Statistics Canada

 


Miscellaneous Canadian statistical links


 

Finding Canadian statistics
950 links to Canadian statistics on a wide range of topics from Aboriginal Peoples to Women
Source:
University of Toronto Data Library Service



Statistical Sites (BC Stats links)


Research Resources for the Social Sciences (Craig McKie) - MEGASITE!
- Craig McKie's Links to Demographic Sites


Economic Indicators - Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Finance Department)


Lars Osberg
Professor of Economics, Dalhousie University

Working Papers - dozens of papers back to 1993

CV/Publications by Lars Osberg - 175+ links articles, book chapters, etc.

Canada-U.S. studies - see the Canadian Social Research Links Canadiana Links page


American Statistical Links

 

Welfare Dependence in the U.S. in 2008
(Posted March 9, 2009)

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2008
December 2008
The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence. The 2008 Indicators of Welfare Dependence, the eleventh annual report, provides welfare dependence indicators through 2005, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in August 1996. As directed by the Welfare Indicators Act, the report focuses on benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, formerly the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program; the Food Stamp Program; and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. (...) Finally, the report has four appendices that provide additional data on major welfare programs, alternative measures of dependence and nonmarital births, as well as background information on several data and technical issues.
[Source: Executive Summary]

Complete report:
* HTML Version
* PDF Version (674K, 157 pages)

- Indicators of Dependence include : Degree of Dependence - Receipt of Means-Tested Assistance and Labor Force Attachment - Rates of Receipt of Means-Tested Assistance - Rates of Participation in Means-Tested Assistance Programs - Multiple Program Receipt - Dependence Transitions - Program Spell Duration - Welfare Spell Duration with No Labor Force Attachment - Long-Term Receipt - Events Associated with the Beginning and Ending of Program Spells

- includes longitudinal and current caseload and expenditure data for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Food Stamp Program and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). In addition, you'll find dozens of tables and charts showing predictors and risk factors associated with welfare receipt, such as : Poverty Rates - Deep Poverty Rates - Experimental Poverty Measures - Poverty Spells - Child Support - Food Insecurity - Lack of Health Insurance - Labor Force Attachment - Employment among the Low-Skilled - Earnings of Low-Skilled Workers - Educational Attainment - High School Dropout Rates - Adult Alcohol and Substance Abuse - Adult and Child Disability - Births to Unmarried Women/Teens - much more...

Program Data
**Excellent resource for qualitative AND quantitative information!

Detailed program description and information (historical and current), recent changes, and statistics for:
* Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
* Food Stamp Program
* Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Earlier annual reports - back to 1997

Source:
Human Services Policy (HSP)
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation ASPE)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Complementary report from HHS:

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF) :
Seventh Annual Report to Congress

News Release
December 2006
This report describes the characteristics and financial circumstances of TANF recipients and presents information regarding TANF caseloads and expenditures, work participation and earnings, State High Performance Bonus awards, child support collections, two-parent family formation and maintenance activities, out-of-wedlock births, child poverty, characteristics and financial circumstances of TANF recipients, Tribal TANF and specific Provisions of State Programs.

Complete report:

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF) :
Seventh Annual Report to Congress
December 2006 ( latest version available on the Data & Reports page )
Executive Summary (PDF file - 32K, 9 pages)
Complete report without Appendix (PDF file - 6.7MB, 220 pages)
Appendix (PDF file - 2MB, 216 pages)
- includes detailed information and tables on the following aspects of welfare for able-bodied families with children* in America :
Caseload - Expenditures and Balances - Work Participation Rates - Work and Earnings - High Performance Bonus - Child Support Collections - Formation and Maintenance of Married Two-Parent Families - Out-of-Wedlock Births - Child Poverty and TANF - Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients - Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Native Employment Works - Specific Provisions of State Programs - TANF Research and Evaluation - State Profiles

Source:
Administration for Children and Families
[ Department of Health and Human Services ]

Canadian reports about welfare to Parliament:
NONE.

Under the Canada Assistance Plan ("CAP", 1966-1996), the federal Department of Health and Welfare was required by law to table, in the House of Commons, an annual report on the operation of welfare programs and social services in Canada, in the same manner as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services presents annual reports on welfare dependence to Congress. In April 1996, a block fund called the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) replaced CAP's 50-50 cost-sharing as the statutory mechanism for determining federal contributions to provincial/territorial welfare programs. [ See A History of the Health and Social Transfers] Neither the CHST nor its successor, the Canada Social Transfer (since April 2004), contains rules regarding the production of reports about welfare for tabling and discussion in the Parliament of Canada. In fact, the last national public report about welfare in Canada that was tabled and discussed in the House of Commons was the final CAP Annual Report for 1995-96. In my view, that's not much accountability for a program of this magnitude. The CST will cost the Canadian taxpayer almost $11 billion in 2009-10 in cash transfers alone, all without any debate or even discussion in the House of Commons.

Because the CST is a block fund, and because it covers post-secondary education, early learning and childcare as well as welfare and social services, it's no longer possible to calculate how much each province and territory receives annually from Ottawa specifically earmarked for welfare. That's why you won't see any Canadian equivalent to Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress in the near future. That, and the fact that there doesn't appear to be any political will by the ruling federal party to support provincial-territorial programs of last resort at this time.

Related reading from Finance Canada:

Federal Transfers to Provinces and Territories - updated January 2009
...everything you ever wanted to know about federal transfers.
(or what the Department of Finance wants you to know about federal transfers)

AgeSource/AgeStats Worldwide
http://www.aarpinternational.org/database/

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) covers aging and aging-related topics quite well, and this website is one of their many compelling initiatives. The databases, AgeSource and AgeStats, on AARP's international website are designed to "facilitate the international exchange of policy and program-relevant information in aging." Under the "Aging Everywhere" tab is an interactive map that allows the visitor to read "Country Profiles" as well as read articles about a region selected from the map. A "Comparative Data Search" can also be done by clicking on the link above the map. There are multiple ways to search the information in the databases. On the left hand menu visitors can explore by topic or by region. Some of the topics include "Aging & Society", "Economic Retirement & Security", "Livable Communities" and "Long-Term Care". Searching for a particular topic can be accomplished by using the keyword search box in the middle of the page. The search can be further limited by deciding which databases to search, and by information type, geographic coverage, and language.
Reviewed by:
The Scout Report
http://scout.wisc.edu/

Also from the Scout Report

Economic Indicators (posted Dec. 12/08)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/
Both scholars and those with a penchant for statistics will want to bookmark this fine website created and maintained by the federal government. The site provides monthly compilations of economic indicators covering prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money, and Federal finance. Visitors can use the search engine to type in their desired terms, or they can browse every month from January 1998 forward via a series of drop down tabs. For those who might be looking for more specific data, the "Search Tips" feature is quite useful. The site also contains links to the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER), which contains economic indicators back to 1948. Overall, the site will be a real boon to those looking for high quality, accurate information regarding current and past economic trends and patterns in the United States.

World Health Organization: Health Economics (posted Dec. 12/08)
http://www.who.int/topics/health_economics/en/
The World Health Organization (WHO) has created this site to provide the general public with high-quality information about their various research initiatives and reports related to the field of health economics. Given the nature of the WHO's mission, the work focuses on key challenges facing global health financing, with particular attention paid to healthcare systems in the developing world. The materials here include a nice fact sheet that provides a global overview of current spending on health care, along with links to related sites that deal with health financing policy and national healthcare systems. In the "Related Links" area, visitors can browse on over to a specialized site dedicated to the health economics of the European Union.

Gapminder
http://www.gapminder.org/
In London, riders on the Tube are reminded to "Mind the Gap". On the Gapminder website, visitors are reminded to mind a variety of gaps, whether they be in income inequality or quality of health care. This rather absorbing website was created as a non-profit venture to promote "sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information." The site makes use of Trendanalyzer software to offer visualizations related to questions that include "Which country has the best teeth in the world?" and "Who gets what: Farm subsidies". Visitors can find such information under the "Latest News" area, and they can also take advantage of the videos, "Gapcasts", and world charts offered here. The "Gapcasts" are quite good, and they cover carbon emissions, public services, and globalization. Also, if visitors have their own set of statistical indicators they can create their own unique Gapminder-like bubble graph on their website. It's a powerful tool, and one that might be important for other non-profits, think tanks, educators, and students.

Reviews by:
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2009
http://scout.wisc.edu/

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007
August 2008

From the U.S. Census Bureau:

Household Income Rises, Poverty Rate Unchanged,
Number of Uninsured Down
News Release
August 26, 2008
Real median household income in the United States climbed 1.3 percent between 2006 and 2007, reaching $50,233, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This is the third annual increase in real median household income.

Meanwhile, the nation’s official poverty rate in 2007 was 12.5 percent, not statistically different from 2006. There were 37.3 million people in poverty in 2007, up from 36.5 million in 2006. The number of people without health insurance coverage declined from 47 million (15.8 percent) in 2006 to 45.7 million (15.3 percent) in 2007.

These findings are contained in the report Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007. The data were compiled from information collected in the 2008 Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC).

Also released today were income, poverty and earnings data from the 2007 American Community Survey (ACS) for all states and congressional districts, as well as for metropolitan areas, counties, cities and American Indian/Alaska Native areas of 65,000 population or more.

Complete report:

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
Coverage in the United States: 2007
(PDF - 2.9MB, 84 pages)

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Related reports from the Census Bureau:

Income Statistics - includes links to all stats sources mentioned in the above news release and more
[NOTE: also includes sections on Income Inequality and Alternative Measures of Income and Poverty]

[ main Income page - more links]

Poverty Statistics - incl. highlights, graphs and tables
[ main Poverty page ]

Health insurance coverage data - incl. highlights, graphs and tables
[ main Health Insurance page ]

What are good sources of information on basic trends in poverty, welfare and related issues in America?
Source:
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
[University of Wisconsin-Madison ]

FedStats - The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies

From the U.S. Census Bureau:

Census Bureau Poverty Page
- includes links to : * Poverty Home * Overview *What's new * Publications * Definitions * Poverty Thresholds * Poverty Data Sources * Current Poverty Data * Microdata Access * Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates * History of the Poverty Measure * Poverty Measurement Studies and Alternative Measures * Related Sites * FAQ

Links to Related Sites
Find other agencies or organizations which provide Poverty Measurement Research

Census Bureau Income Page - incl. links to : * What's New * Income Main * Overview * Reports * Definitions * Guidance about the Sources * How Income Data is Collected * Micro Data Access * Related Topics * FAQ * Current and historical income data

Statistical Resources on the Web - from the University of Michigan Documents Center
Includes links to a wide range of statistical sites, mainly American but with some international content.
- includes : Agriculture - Foreign Governments - Statistical Agencies - Foreign Trade - U.S. Imports and Exports - Comprehensive Subjects Directories - Health - Cost of Living - Price Indexes and Comparative Costs - Housing - Homelessness - Demographics (Population, Social, Economic Characteristics, Poverty) - Labor (Labor Force, Occupations, Salaries) - Economics - Military - Education - Politics - Science - Environment - Sociology (Children, Crime, Elderly, Immigration, Refugees) - Finance and Currency - Transportation - Foreign Economics - International Sources - and more...

EconStats
http://www.econstats.com/index.htm

For anyone looking for a vast cornucopia of economic statistics culled from all over the world, they need look no further than the EconStats website. The homepage is a bit visually cluttered, but one couldn't ask for better and more complete data, as visitors can quickly access a wide range of economic data from the United States, such as information about inflation, unemployment levels, productivity, new factory orders, and the price of crude oil. The homepage also contains links to economic data from Canada, Britain, Germany, the European Union, France, Italy, Russia, and China. On the right-hand side of the page, visitors can click through to interest rates for dozens of countries, check in on various stock markets, and look up commodity and futures prices. Those individuals looking for quick help with pressing questions can post queries to the "Econ Chat" section of the homepage.

Reviewed by:
The Scout Report,
Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2008.

Global Distribution of Poverty
For policymakers and academics alike, having access to information about the global distribution of poverty is crucial. Based at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, The Poverty Mapping Project at The Center for International Earth Science Information Network is a very fine resource for anyone interested in this subject. Understandably, the site provides access to dozens of maps which document the geographic and biophysical conditions of where the poor live. In the "Maps" section, visitors can look over 300 poverty maps offered at a number of spatial scales. Visitors will also want to peruse their nice publication, "Where the Poor Are: An Atlas of Poverty", which includes information about how some of this data has been used in poverty interventions. Persons looking for data for their own research will want to consider downloading the subnational and national poverty data sets that are made available here. Overall, it's a well-designed site and one which can be used in a variety of settings.
Reviewed by:
The Scout Report
, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2008

Global Social Change Reports
Excellent resources - well worth a visit for anyone interested in major world demographic, social, political and communication trends over the last several decades.

- includes the following resources (among many others):
--- Basic Guide to the World: Quality of Life Throughout the World (PDF file - 228K, 34 pages) - December 2005
This describes world and regional trends in infant mortality rate, gdp per capita, literacy, freedom, and world and regional life satisfaction. An html version http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/cqual.html is a brief review of global quality of life, major trends and regional comparisons.
--- Basic Guide to the World: Population changes and trends, 1960 to 2003 (PDF file - 183K, 11 pages) - October 2005
Presents graphs and tables showing trends in world, regional population.
--- Basic Guide to the World: Economic Growth, 1970 to 2007 (PDF file - 140K, 16 pages) May 2007
Brief descriptions of trends in economic growth, world regional and for selected countries.
--- Major demographic trends - summary of main demographic trends of the past several decades; changes in population size, population growth, infant mortality rates, age distributions.
--- Major social trends - summary of main socio-demographic trends of the past several decades; changes in urbanization, education and ethnolinguistic fractionalization.
--- much more (major political trends, major economic trends, major technological trends: communication, energy production and consumption, context of change in the 21st century
- also includes free datasets, free online statistical tools, useful public domain and other free to use data, etc.

Source:
The Global Social Change Research Project
- links to online books, manuals and guides about evaluation and social research methods, such as surveys, observations, and others
- links to sites about data quality, statistical analysis, and free software such as statistical, office suites, spreadsheets and more.

- links to many sites with research or data about globalization, democracy and freedom and other related topics.


Bureau of Labor Statistics
(U.S. Department of Labor)
[The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the American equivalent to Statistics Canada]

Inflation & Consumer Spending - Consumer Price Index • Inflation Calculator • Contract Escalation • Producer Price Indexes • Import/Export Price Indexes • Consumer Expenditures • Price Index Research
Wages, Earnings, & Benefits - Wages by Area and Occupation • Earnings by Industry • Employee Benefits • Employment Costs • State and County Wages • National Compensation Data • Collective Bargaining
Productivity - Productivity and Costs • Multifactor Productivity • International Comparisons
Safety & Health - Injuries and Illnesses • Fatalities
International - Import/Export Price Indexes • Foreign Labor Statistics • International Technical Cooperation
Occupations - Occupational Outlook Handbook • Occupational Outlook Quarterly • Employment • Wages by Area and Occupation • Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities • Employment Projections • Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
Demographics - Demographic Characteristics of the Labor Force • Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment • Consumer Expenditures • Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities • Longitudinal Studies
Other Statistical Sites - FEDSTATS • Census Bureau • Bureau of Economic Analysis
BLS Information Offices

Employment & Unemployment - National Employment • National Unemployment Rate • State and Local Employment • State and Local Unemployment Rates • Mass Layoffs • Employment Projections • Job Openings and Labor Turnover • Employment by Occupation • Longitudinal Studies • State and County Employment • Time Use • Business Employment Dynamics • Employment Research
At a Glance Tables - U.S. Economy at a Glance • Regions, States, and Areas at a Glance • Industries at a Glance
Publications & Research Papers - Occupational Outlook Handbook • Monthly Labor Review Online • Compensation and Working Conditions Online • Occupational Outlook Quarterly • The Editor's Desk • Career Guide to Industries • Economic News Releases • Research Papers
Industries - Industries at a Glance • Employment, Hours, and Earnings • Occupations • Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities • Producer Price Indexes • Employment Costs • Productivity • NAICS
Business Costs - Producer Price Indexes • Employment Costs • Employee Benefits • Foreign Labor Costs • Import/Export Prices • Unit Labor Costs
Geography - State and Local Employment • State and Local Unemployment Rates • State and County Employment and Wages • Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment • Mass Layoffs • Consumer Price Index • Consumer Expenditures • Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities • Wages by Area and Occupation • Create Customized Maps (Unemployment Rates)
Kids' Page - Career Information for Kids

Also includes Latest Numbers : CPI - Unemployment Rate - Payroll Employment - Average Hourly Earnings - PPI - ECI - Productivity - U.S. Import Price Index


Population Reference Bureau (PRB) (U.S. - world)
Providing timely and objective population information
The Population Reference Bureau is the leader in providing timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications.
PRB Web Sites.
PRB has five Web sites that provide the latest and most accurate data on a range of topics within the field of population, health, and nutrition.
The main PRB Web siteis your first stop for population information.
MEASURE Communication promotes wider dissemination and increased use of information on population, health, and nutrition for planning and decisionmaking in developing countries.
PopNet is a comprehensive directory of population-related Web sites-by topic or keyword, by organization, or through a world regions map. All 200 countries in the World Population Data Sheet are indexed.
AmeriStat includes a series of charts, graphs, and brief narratives describing demographic trends in five subject areas including marriage and family, education, and poverty and income.
The Center for Public Information on Population Research explains and publicizes the findings of population research and their implications.


 


General Social Survey
(GSS)
The General Social Survey (GSS) is a survey used to collect data on demographic characteristics and attitudes of residents of the United States. The survey is conducted face-to-face with an in-person interview by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, of a randomly-selected sample of adults (over 18) who are not institutionalized.

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

Institute for Social Research(Ann Arbor)
 - Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD)
- Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
- National Election Studies (NES)

Justice Information Service

Roper Center (University of Connecticut)

National Center for Education Statistics

National Archives and Records Administration

Population Studies Center (University of Michigan)

Henry A. Murray Research Center  (Radclifffe College)


European and other International Links

Recent release from the United Nations Population Fund

The State of World Population 2008
Reaching Common Ground:
Culture, Gender and Human Rights
(PDF - 2.5MB, 108 pages)
Contents :
* Overview * Human Rights * Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality * Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights * Poverty, Inequality and Population * War, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment *
Conclusions

New report shows cultural sensitivity critical
to successful development strategies, women's equality
( (Word file - 86K, 2 pages)
12 November 2008
Press Release
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 12 November 2008—Development strategies that are sensitive to cultural values can reduce harmful practices against women and promote human rights, including gender equality and women’s empowerment, affirms The State of World Population 2008 report from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. Reaching Common Ground: Culture, Gender and Human Rights, launched 12 November 2008, reports that culture is a central component of successful development of poor countries, and must be integrated into development policy and programming. The report, which coincides with this year’s 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is based on the concept that the international human rights framework has universal validity. Human rights express values common to all cultures and protect groups as well as individuals. The report endorses culturally sensitive approaches to development and to the promotion of human rights, in general, and women’s rights, in particular.
Source:
Press kit & Resources
* The Reports * Media Outreach * Feature Stories * Contact Information * Graphs and Tables * Photographs

Source:
United Nations Population Fund
The United Nations Population Fund is an international development agency
that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity.

Related link:

The State of World Population 2008
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2008/en/
In November 2008, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) put out its State of World Population book, along with a Youth Supplement, and both are available in their entirety on the UNFPA website. The book is entitled "Reaching Common Ground: Culture, Gender and Human Rights" and the Youth Supplement is entitled "Generation of Change: Young People and Culture". This website offers so much worthwhile information to the visitor, in part because the entire 108 pages can be downloaded as a pdf by clicking on "Download PDF" under Resources on the left side of the page. The information in each of the nine chapters is eminently readable, extremely heart wrenching, and definitely eye-opening. However, the book does offer hope, as it includes the considerable successes by the UNFPA, which were achieved by being culturally sensitive to the traditions and beliefs of the groups with which they were working. To read the stories from the Youth Supplement, scroll down slightly and choose, from on the left, one of the young people's stories, such as "Grita", "Tsehay", or "Seif". Child marriage, females playing in male sports, becoming a Vietnamese hip-hop sensation, youth in politics, are all examples of topics found among these youth's stories. Visitors should not miss checking out the Photo Gallery, which can be accessed by scrolling down to the middle of the page, and clicking "View," located on the left side of the page. The line "there is laughter every day in the terrible streets of Calcutta," from a Jack Gilbert poem comes to mind upon seeing these photographs.
Review by:
From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2008.
http://scout.wisc.edu/


UNdata
- "A World of Information"
[ Link added October 27/08 ]
The United Nations (UN) website contains a tremendous amount of data, and for some new users (and even those who are more experienced), it may be a bit overwhelming. Recently, the UN created this fine website designed to assist those who might need a bit of assistance with this whole process. On the UN Data site, visitors can simply type in their search terms, look over a list of popular searches, and even take a look at their "News" section, which offers up a selection of helpful recent additions. Further down on the homepage, visitors can look through the "Database Coverage" area. Here they can take advantage of some specially culled statistics, including data sets related to the World Health Organization (WHO), refugees, industrial commodities, and children. The site is rounded out by a "Glossary" section, which offers a nice summary of each term that might be encountered while utilizing the site.
Reviewed by:
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2008.
http://scout.wisc.edu/

- includes links to:
* Indicator databases
- Key Global Indicators - Millennium Development Goals - Gender Info 2007 - Indicators on Women and Men - The State of the World’s Children 2008 - ECE Database
The list of topics covered includes:
* Education * Employment * Energy * Environment * Food and Agriculture * Health * Human Development * Industry * Information and Communication Technology * National Accounts* Population * Refugees * Trade * Tourism

Source:
United Nations


From the United Nations Population Fund:

SPEED, SCALE OF URBAN GROWTH WILL REQUIRE ‘REVOLUTION IN THINKING’, WARNS UNFPA
Asian, African Cities to Swell by Equivalent of one China, One U.S. Combined
(Word file - 49K, 2 pages)
News Release
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 27 June 2007—Humanity will have to undergo a “revolution in thinking” in order to deal with the doubling of urban populations in Africa and Asia by 2030, warns UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. In a new report released today, The State of World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth, the organization maintains that over 30 years, the population of African and Asian cities will double, adding 1.7 billion people—more than the populations of China and the United States combined.

Complete report:
HTML version
PDF version
(2.8MB, 108 pages)

Press Kit & Resources - includes links to the main report and Growing Up Urban (Youth Supplement), press summary, press releases and much more...

Country-by-Country data
Use the drop-down menu to find data on urbanization for 78 countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean with over 7 million people. Data is presented for each showing changes in the urban population starting in 1950 and projected through 2030.
The data sets reflect:
* Percentage of rural and urban dwellers compared to the total population
* Percentage of the total population living in urban areas
* Annual rate of change of the urban population
* Urban population by size of settlement (only for countries with cities of more than 750,000 people)
Data sets are presented in Excel files. Use the tabs at the bottom of the page to navigate from one data set to another.

Vancouver: Prosperity and poverty
make for uneasy bedfellows in world’s most ‘liveable’ city
(Word file - 46K, 3 pages)
"(...) As the 2007 State of World Population report: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth points out, this is the kind of price that a city—any city—will pay if it fails to support, plan for or house an expanding population of the urban poor. What makes the Downtown Eastside so different is that it is located in one of the most prosperous cities in one of the world’s most prosperous countries. "

Multimedia Presentation
Ordering Information
Previous Years' Reports - back to 1997, focusing on a different theme each year

Related links:

State of World Population 2007 (site review)
In terms of human settlement patterns, the world’s population is undeniably becoming more and more urbanized. By 2008, over half of the world’s population will be living in urban areas, and by 2030, it is estimated that 5 billion people will live in urbanized areas. This is but one of the aspects of the world’s population that is discussed within the interactive pages of the 2007 State of World Population report. Released in June 2007, the report can be viewed in its entirety on this site, and it is available in English, Spanish, French, Arabic, and Russian. The website also includes a youth supplement, titled “Growing Up Urban”. Here, visitors can learn about the experiences of young people in Taijin, China, Mumbai, Caior, and San Salvador. A multimedia presentation is also made available here, and visitors can listen to those who have recently moved to cities talk about their experiences, opportunities, and challenges.
Source:
United Nations Population Fund
Reviewed by:
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007.

Google Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"State of World Population 2007"
Web search results page
News search results page
Blog Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca

International Statistical websites - from the Institut de la statistique du Québec

NationMaster
"NationMaster is a vast compilation of statistical information gathered from a number of sources. Beyond providing statistics, this site allows users to compare economic, population, communication, military, transportation and other statistics. You may choose to compare the statistics of different nations with the statistical data sets provided, or create your own comparative graphical and statistical data on any number of countries and topics. The site is searchable and provides links to interesting facts and figures. Individual country profiles are also provided and include maps, flags, and lists of major cities and states. Data sources include: the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD."
Found in:
[ Foreign Affairs Canada / International Trade Canada ]

From the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) :

OECD Online
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
OECD Online is to the world what Statistics Canada is to Canada - the number-crunchers' jackpot, Mother of all statistical agencies!
This is an enormous site containing a wealth of information on myriad subjects in the area of social programs. Plan to explore this site over several visits - it can be overwhelming...

- incl. links to:
* Browse (About OECD - By Topic - By Country - By Department) - From A to Z
* Find (Statistics - Publications & Documents - News Releases)
* Resources for (Journalists - Government Officials - NGOs & Civil Society and Parliamentarians)
* OnLine Services (OnLine Bookshop - OnLine Library - E-mail Alerts - MyOECD) - more...

Information by Country - links to country information for all OECD countries
Click on the country of your choice and all OECD documents pertaining to that country will be listed.
NOTE: includes cross-country comparisons

Information by Country : Canada --- from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- all OECD documents pertaining to Canada

OECD Website Sitemap

Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Also from OECD:

Health at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003
"...brings together the latest comparable data and trends concerning health status and risks, the activity and resources of health care systems, as well as health expenditure and financing across the 30 OECD countries. It contains a larger set of indicators than the previous edition. Overall, more than 30 indicators are presented.
NOTE: You have to purchase the book OECD Health Data 2003 (available on line at SourceOECD or on CD-ROM from the OECD’s online bookshop) for the detailed data
- incl. info about Canada in eight charts covering a range of topics, from health expenditure as a percentage of GDP (2001) and health expenditure by source of funding (2000) to acute care beds per 1000 population (2000) and increasing obesity rates among the adult population...
OECD Health Data 2003 - Frequently asked data - 20 tables offered as samples of variables that can be found in OECD Health Data 2003, including data from the 1st Internet update (July 9, 2003).
- incl. country comparisons of life expectancy, infant mortality, expenditures on health, acute care beds / hospital discharges per 1000 population, alcohol and tobacco consumption, % of population 65 years old and over, and more

Eurostat
"Eurostat’s mission is to provide the European Union with a high-quality statistical information service"
Eurostat - Your key to European statistics - good historical and contextual overview of Eurostat

European Union Statistics on Social Exclusion - Eurostat
May 2003
(Two separate PDF files, each 8 pages, approx 300K in size)
"[T]he Laeken European Council in December 2001 formally adopted a first set of 18 common statistical indicators in the field of social inclusion. These indicators should be considered as a consistent whole, reflecting a balanced consideration of EU social concerns. They cover four important dimensions of social cohesion: financial poverty, employment, health and
education - highlighting the multi-dimensional nature of social inclusion."
Part 1 includes:
- Common indicators for social Inclusion - 15% of EU citizens at risk of poverty - Poverty risk is a relative Concept - Median at-risk-of-poverty gap - Persistent risk of poverty - Changing the risk-of-poverty threshold over time - Some countries have a more equal distribution of income than others - Re-distributive effect of social transfers
Part 2 includes:
- Agreement reached on a set of common indicators - Employment and social inclusion - Long term unemployment in the EU - Long-term often means very long-term - Many people live in jobless households - Regional cohesion - 19% leave school with low qualifications - Improving educational attainment levels - High life expectancy - Wide variation of health status by income

50 years of figures on Europe (PDF file - 1.9MB, 156 pages)
Data 1952-2001
"The pocketbook '50 years of figures on Europe' invites its readers on a statistical journey through the last 50 years of European history. It helps to compare data for a broad range of indicators across individual countries, evaluate the effects of successive enlargements as well as developments in between. The data are illustrated by graphs. The pocketbook has been written for the occasion of Eurostat's 50th anniversary in May 2003.
The figures cover most of the areas Eurostat provides data for: ·Area and population ·Economy ·Employment and labor costs ·Sectors of the economy ·Transport ·Tourism ·External trade

The World in Figures
"The World in Figures table package contains 28 Excel tables of country-specific structural data on all the countries of the world. The number of countries is 241 and themes 248 [emphasis added]. The data can be found easily by means of a separate index. With the exception of the first geographical table and the table of cities, the basic structure is the same in all tables. The last rows of each table provide sum data on EU countries and the whole world."
Excellent resource for international statistical analysis!
- 248 themes organized under the following subjects : Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Culture and mass media - Demography - Education and research - Energy - Enterprises - Environment - Finance - Health and medical care - Housing and construction - Income, wealth and taxation - Industry - Justice and crime - Labour - Living conditions - National accounts - Politics - Prices - Private consumption and cost of living - Public finance - Social security - Trade - Transport and communications - Travel and tourism.
NOTE: You can download a free copy of the Excel Viewer from a link on the home page of this site if you need it to view the Excel files.
Source : Library of Statistics Finland

World Bank Data on Poverty
- includes : Trends in regional indicators (Income poverty, Social indicators) - Global Poverty Monitoring website - Poverty Monitoring Database - DAPeR (Data for the Analysis of Poverty Reduction) - Regional and country level indicators (income poverty, inequality, World Income Inequality Database, GNI per capita, Country information sheets on health, nutrition, population and poverty) - Millennium Development Goals - Social indicators - Household surveys - Participatory poverty studies - Country data sets (India Poverty Project) - Free Poverty Datasets - Poverty Mapping - Poverty data analysis tools
Source : World Bank Group

International Aging Statistics
U.S. Administration on Aging
The links to Internet sites on this page point to demographic data as well as reports addressing issues and emerging global developments created by the aging of their populations.
- includes links to over 90 recent statististical resources focusing on seniors from the following organizations : U.S. Bureau of the Census - United Nations - World Health Organization - Pan American Health Organization. Also includes web site directories of demographic resources and country demographics
Source U.S. Administration on Aging


United Nations Statistics Division
The United Nations Statistics Division provides a wide range of statistical outputs and services for producers and users of statistics worldwide. By increasing the global availability and use of official statistics, this work facilitates national and international policy formulation, implementation and monitoring.

Millennium Indicators (United Nations Statistics Division)
- socioeconomic indicators for countries covering the period 1985-2000. These indicators are being used to monitor implementation of the goals and targets of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.

United Nations Millennium Declaration

United Nations Population Division
- United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
- Here, you'll find all kinds of world population information, including many links by country to government and other organizations involved in population studies.

United Nations Population Fund
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is “an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity.” Within their general mission, the UNFPA also promotes a variety of public health initiatives, such as HIV/AIDS prevention and education programs and the reduction of maternal and infant mortality. With a pleasing visual layout and a series of tabs for each thematic area, even first-time visitors should have no problem finding their way around. Visitors can get a sense of their mission by looking over some of these tabs, which include sections titled “Making Motherhood Safer” and “Promoting Gender Equality”. Within each section, visitors can read a basic précis of their general policy approach to dealing with each population issue and also learn about their collaborative efforts with different non-governmental organizations around the globe."
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State of the World Population 2002
December 2002
- incl. Population Issues - Meeting Development Goals - Improving Reproductive Health - Supporting Adolescents and Youth - Preventing HIV/AIDS - Promoting Gender Equality - Securing Essential Supplies - Assisting in Emergencies - Advancing Sustainable Development - Building Support
Source : United Nations Population Fund

OECD Statistics
Browse: O
ECD Home - About OECD - By Topic - By Country - By Department
Find: Statistics - Publications & Documents - News Releases

Resources for: Journalists - Government Officials - NGOs & Civil Society
OnLine Services: OnLine Bookshop - OnLine Library - E-mail Alerts - MyOECD

Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs)
PPPs are currency conversion rates that both convert to a common currency and equalise the purchasing power of different currencies. In other words, they eliminate the differences in price levels between countries in the process of conversion. This site has been set up as a means of providing information on work undertaken by the OECD and Eurostat on PPPs to as wide an audience as possible, including extracts from the OECD's latest publication, statistics and the latest research, reports and papers relating to PPPs.

Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)
CESSDA promotes the acquisition, archiving and distribution of electronic data for social science teaching and research in Europe.
Use the clickable maps to get to the social science data archives of 16 European countries
If you're looking for links to international social science data, this is an excellent launchpad.

CROP - International Social Science Council: Comparative Research Programme on Poverty

Demographic and Health Surveys - Providing Information for Informed Decisions in Population, Health and Nutrition
International Data Base (Demographic and socio-economic data)
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base
Social Sciences Data Collection
Social Science Data Archives

Council of European Social Science Data (CESSDA)
CESSDA promotes the acquisition, archiving and distribution of electronic data for social science teaching and research in Europe. Use the clickable maps to get to the social science data archives of 16 European countries or 14 North American states and provinces (links to data libraries from UBC [British Columbia] to Carleton [Ontario] universities).
If you're looking for links to international social science data, this is an excellent launchpad.

Luxembourg Income Study
The Luxembourg Income Study is an ongoing cooperative research project (started in 1983) with a membership that includes 25 countries on four continents: Europe, America, Asia and Oceania

Internet Guide to Demography and Population Studies - from the Australian National University (Canberra)
Links to hundreds of sites with information about population and demographics around the world, including Canada.

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