- Canadian (and more) Social Statistics -

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

Updated July 28, 2010
Page révisée le 28 juillet 2010

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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
Themes:
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

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Voluntary sector statistics from StatCan:

September 11, 2009
Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2007

Related subjects
o Labour
o Unpaid work
o Society and community
o Social networks and civic participation
o Volunteering and donating

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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)

Related link:

Hidden gems: Community information database
The Community Information Database (CID), developed by the Rural Secretariat with the cooperation of provincial and territorial governments, is intended to be "a free internet-based resource developed to provide communities, researchers, and governments with access to consistent and reliable socio-economic and demographic data and information for all communities across Canada." And it delivers. Despite a clunky interface, and a steep learning curve that can’t be bypassed, in my experience, the CID provides a rich source of information about all communities, including urban ones, with data from the 1996, 2001, and 2006 Census. In fact, more than 500 pieces of data can be retrieved for all of Canada, by province, region, Census Metropolitan area, Census subdivision, or regional health district.
Site reviewed by:
Social Policy Cafe
(Havi Echenberg)

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]:

June 18, 2010
Population Projections for Canada, Provinces and Territories 2009 to 2036
1. Acknowledgements
2. Preface
3. Highlights
According to selected scenarios, there would be between 40.1 and 47.7 million people in Canada by 2036 and between 43.0 and 63.8 million by 2061, in comparison to 33.7 million in 2009. According to the medium-growth scenario, the Canadian population would reach 43.8 million by 2036 and 52.6 million by 2061.
4. Introduction
5. Sections
6. Tables
7. Charts
8. Data quality, concepts and methodology
9. User information
10. Related products
11. PDF version (3.4MB, 248 pages)

[ earlier editions of this report ]

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May 26, 2010
Population projections: Canada, the provinces and territories, 2009 to 2036
All growth scenarios considered, Canada's population could exceed 40 million by 2036. The ageing of the population is projected to accelerate rapidly, as the entire baby boom generation turns 65 during this period. The number of senior citizens could more than double, outnumbering children for the first time.
- includes a table:
Observed (2009) and projected (2036) population according to three scenarios, Canada, provinces and territories

Related subjects:
* Population and demography
* Population aging
* Population estimates and projections

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

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

From the
Institut de la statistique du Québec :
(Québec statistical institute - English home page)

Interprovincial Comparisons
(available in French only)*

HTML version - table of contents (see below) with links to small PDF files for each section
PDF version (1.4MB, 110 pages) - February 2010
NOTE: The online HTML version will always be more recent than the latest PDF version because the HTML version is frequently updated while the PDF is a snapshot at a specific point in time.

Recommended
--- key resource for Québec statistics *and* for statistics for other Canadian jurisdictions!

Abbreviated table of contents:
Demography - Immigration - Canadian Francophonie - Production - Income - Manpower - Investment - Interprovincial Trade - International Trade - Consumption - Inflation - Financial Market - Public Finance - Federal Government Transfers [ incl. Transfers from federal government to persons, 1997-2007 and Current transfers from federal government to provincial governments, 1997-2007 ] [bolding added] - Legislatures - Portraits (Canada - The rest of Canada - Provinces and territories)

* If you need help translating
table tags and footnotes, try http://translate.google.ca/

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

Related reports from Social Policy Directorate of HRSDC:

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From the National Council of Welfare:

Welfare Incomes 2008
With the recession starting in 2008, more and more Canadians are having to deal with one of the 13 different social assistance systems, discovering how complicated, cumbersome and stigmatizing most are.

Bulletins No. 1 through 4 give you a snapshot of the welfare incomes situation in 2008 for 4 types of families, and a fifth document provides detail on the methodology. Each bulletin focuses on one family type and provides, for the 2008 calendar year, the following information for a household in that situation:
* the total annual estimated income for the household (including government benefits and any exempted income) in each jurisdiction
* the total annual estimated income of a household receiving welfare compared with the Low-Income Cutoffs, the Market Basket Measure and average incomes in all provinces (but not the territories)
* asset exemption rules for all jurisdictions (how much an applicant can have in assets and remain eligible for welfare)
* the extent of the decline in welfare incomes in recent years
* earnings exemption provisions (what portion of work income is excluded when calculating entitlement)

* Bulletin No. 1: Single person considered employable (PDF - 1.8MB, 6 pages)
* Bulletin No. 2: Single person with a disability (PDF - 1.7MB, 6 pages)
* Bulletin No. 3: Lone parent with a child aged two (PDF - 1.7MB, 6 pages)
* Bulletin No. 4: Couple with two children aged 10 and 15 (PDF - 1.6MB, 4 pages)
* Methodology (PDF - 1.3MB, 5 pages)
Source:
Welfare Incomes 2008

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.

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From Statistics Canada:

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Poverty/income statistics

From Statistics Canada:

June 17, 2010
Income of Canadians, 2008
This report contains analysis, charts and time series at the Canada, province and some census metropolitan area level. To provide a more complete picture of low income, the report includes analysis using three complementary low income lines: the low income cut-offs, the low income measures and the market basket measure (MBM). The first two were developed by Statistics Canada; the MBM is based on concepts developed by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
- includes three tables:
----- Selected income concepts by main family types, 2007 and 2008
----- Selected income concepts for economic families of two persons or more by province, 2008 ith two persons or more.
----- Percentage of persons in low income (1992 base after-tax income low income cut-offs)

"Median after-tax income for families with two or more people, adjusted for inflation, was $63,900 in 2008, virtually unchanged from 2007. This followed four years of growth. For unattached individuals, after-tax income also remained unchanged, at $24,900. This was the first time in three years in which no significant change was observed." (Excerpt)

Related subjects
* Income, pensions, spending and wealth
* Household, family and personal income
* Low income and inequality

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Low Income Lines, 2008-2009 *
June 17, 2010
HTML version
PDF version (1.2MB, 34 pages)
In order to provide a holographic or complete picture of low income, Statistics Canada is implementing an approach that uses three complementary low income lines:
- the Low Income Cut-offs (LICOs)
- the Low Income Measures (LIMs)
- the Market Basket Measure (MBM)
Click the link above for more information on how each measure works.

* True to form, StatCan takes great pains to emphasize that "these measures are not measures of poverty, but strictly measures of low income."
StatCan has been consistently repeating that disclaimer since Ivan Fellegi, Chief Statistician of Canada, posted the following edict on his agency's website in 1997:

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

SO - could someone explain to me how LICOs, LIMs and the MBM can be measures of low income without being measures of poverty?
(A rose is a rose is a rose, no?...)

Related link:

A New Era for Measuring Poverty in Canada
Posted by Iglika Ivanova
June 18, 2010
Last Thursday’s Statistics Canada release of individual and household income data for 2008 marks a new era in the study of poverty in Canada. Instead of reporting only on the Low Income Cut Offs (LICO), as they used to, Statistics Canada reported on three of the most common measures of low income in the same publication (LICO, the low income measure and the market basket measure). Gone are the days of looking for different studies produced by different institutions to compare trends of low income in Canada. Even more importantly for those of us looking for reliable and timely data on low incomes, Statistics Canada has now taken over producing the Market Basket Measure (MBM) from HRSDC.
Source:
Relentlessly Progressive Economics Blog
[ The Progressive Economics Forum ]

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From the
National Council of Welfare:

Poverty Profile Bulletin No. 7: Poverty and Paid Work
Page dated April 2010
Posted to the Council's website in May 2010
HTML
PDF version (2.2MB, 4 pages)
Paid work keeps many Canadians out of poverty.
For others, having a job isn’t a ticket out of poverty. It’s simply admission into the ranks of the working poor.

Source:
Poverty Profile 2007 (Jan/Feb. 2010)
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.
- incl. links to earlier Poverty Profiles, from 1998 to 2004 .

NOTE:
Poverty Profile Bulletin No. 7 is the last of a series that began in September 2009 based on the latest information from Statistics Canada.
According to the Message from the Council Chairperson (Sept. 30/09) that introduces the series, "...for the first time, the National Council of Welfare will release the latest findings of its signature publication, Poverty Profile, in a series of short, easy-to-read bulletins."
Below, you'll find a link to each bulletin in the series and its release date.

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Complete list of
earlier Poverty Profile Bulletins:

* No. 1: Introduction to Poverty Trends in Canada, 1976-2007
September 2009
HTML version
PDF version (1.9MB, 6 pages)

* No. 2: Poverty Trends by Family Type
November 2009
HTML version
PDF version (1MB, 8 pages)

* No. 3: Poverty Trends by Province
January 2010
HTML version
PDF version (626K, 4 pages)
--- Tables (PDF - 99K, 6 pages)
--- Charts (PDF - 117K, 11 pages)

* No. 4: A Snapshot of Children Living in Poverty
November 2009
HTML
PDF version (656K, 4 pages)

* No. 5: Depth of Poverty
March 2010
HTML version
PDF version (2.4MB, 4 pages)

* No. 6: Duration of Poverty
March 2010
HTML version
PDF version (2.7MB, 6 pages)

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* 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.

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From the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD):

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, health, education , economic security and the labour market.

CCSD Economic Fact Sheets (2004-2005)
- includes links to stats in the following areas: * Income * Household Spending Patterns * Poverty

CCSD' s free stats archive - povertty lines, poverty stats and income stats going back to the early 1990s

CCSD Research - links to dozens of CCSD reports, many on the topics of poverty and income trends and profiles

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International Poverty stats:

Rethinking Poverty : Report on the World Social Situation 2010 - January 2010
Fifteen years ago, in Copenhagen, global leaders at the World Summit for Social Development described poverty eradication as an ethical, political and economic imperative, and identified it as one of the three pillars of social development. Poverty eradication has since become the overarching objective of development, as reflected in the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, which set the target of halving global extreme poverty by 2015. Rethinking Poverty, the 2010 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation seeks to contribute to rethinking poverty and its eradication.

Complete report (PDF - 8MB, 203 pages)

=====> Executive summary (PDF - 196K, 8 pages)
=====> Table of contents (HTML) +links to individual chapters, including:
* Poverty: the official numbers * The poverty of poverty measurement * Deprivation, vulnerability and exclusion * Macroeconomic policies and poverty reduction * Economic liberalization and poverty reduction * Labour-market and social policies and poverty reduction * Poverty reduction programmes * Rethinking poverty reduction interventions

Source:
United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs - DESA
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs provides support services to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the principal body coordinating the economic and social work of the United Nations and its operational arms.

Also from DESA:

* World Population Ageing 2009 (PDF - 894K, 82 pages) - February 2010
This report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries. This new edition includes new features on ageing in rural and urban areas, the coverage of pension systems and the impact of the 2007-2008 financial crisis on pension systems. The report is intended to provide a solid demographic foundation for the follow-up activities of the Second World Assembly on Ageing.

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

From Statistics Canada:

Aboriginal peoples
The Aboriginal peoples of Canada, as defined by the Constitution Act, 1982, comprise the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada. These distinct groups have unique heritages, languages, cultures. Statistical information is available for the total Aboriginal population and each of the three groups.

Subtopics:
1. Aboriginal peoples (general)
2. Aboriginal society and community
3. Business and finance
4. Education, literacy and skills
5. Health and well-being
6. Households, housing and environment
7. Justice issues
8. Languages and cultures
9. Population characteristics
10. Work, income and spending
11. All subtopics for Aboriginal peoples

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

Labour statistics from Statistics Canada
The labour market activities of the Canadian population, including: how many people are employed or unemployed; the unemployment rate; which industries or occupations people work in; the hours they work; commuting patterns; wage and non-wage benefits; job training; labour mobility; work absences, and more...

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
* Crimes and offences
* Victims and victimization

Sample reports:

July 28, 2010
Juristat - Summer 2010
In this issue:
* Youth Court Statistics, 2008/2009 [Highlights]
* Adult Criminal Court Statistics, 2008/2009 [Highlights]
* Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2009 [Highlights]
* Where and when youth commit police-reported crimes, 2008 [Highlights]
* Police-reported dating violence in Canada, 2008 [Highlights]
* Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2008 [Highlights]
[Juristat periodical - home page ]
[ earlier issues of Juristat ]

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July 20, 2010
Police-reported crime statistics, 2009
Police-reported crime in Canada continues to decline. Both the volume and severity of police-reported crime fell in 2009, continuing the downward trend seen over the past decade.

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And yet:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/prison-construction-costs-to-jump-87099482.html
The increase in prison construction costs make sense to me now.
NOT.
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More Police-reported crime statistics
from the Summer 2010 issue of Juristat

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June 14, 2010
Police-reported hate crimes, 2008
Police services in Canada reported 1,036 hate crimes in 2008, up 35% from 2007. Just over half (55%) were motivated by race or ethnicity, 26% by religion and 16% by sexual orientation.

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April 27, 2010
Juristat, April 2010
The April 2010 online edition of Juristat contains the following articles:
[NOTE: Click the above link for highlights and the HTML and PDF versions of each of the reports below. Click the lnks below to access the complete (HTML) reports directly.]

1. Knives and violent crime in Canada, 2008
This article examines Canadian trends in police-reported violent crime committed with knives, with a particular focus on the period from 1999 to 2008.

2. Police-reported robbery in Canada, 2008
Release date: March 25, 2010
This article examines the nature and extent of robbery in Canada using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting survey.

3. Maintenance enforcement by neighbourhood
income in seven reporting census metropolitan areas
Release date: March 25, 2010
Using the most recent annual data from the Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs, this article looks at families who are receiving child support and are enrolled in a maintenance enforcement program. The characteristics of families living in lower and higher income neighbourhoods in the reporting census metropolitan areas are compared.

4. Youth custody and community services in Canada, 2008/2009
- examines trends in admissions and releases from custody and community services among young people aged 12 to 17 from 2004/2005 to 2008/2009. It provides information on types of admissions, length of stays and characteristics of youth, such as the type of violation for which they are admitted. It also analyzes the representation of Aboriginal youth under correctional supervision.

Related subjects:

* Crime and justice statistics

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May 18, 2010
Juristat Spring 2010 issue
Click the link above to access the following articles:
* The processing of divorce cases through civil court in seven provinces and territories - May 18, 2010
* Knives and violent crime in Canada, 2008 - April 27, 2010
* Youth custody and community services in Canada, 2008/2009 - April 27, 2010
* Police-reported robbery in Canada, 2008 - March 25, 2010
* Maintenance enforcement by neighbourhood income in seven reporting census metropolitan areas - March 25, 2010
* Youth custody and community services in Canada, 2008/2009
- examines trends in admissions and releases from custody and community services among young people aged 12 to 17 from 2004/2005 to 2008/2009. It provides information on types of admissions, length of stays and characteristics of youth, such as the type of violation for which they are admitted. It also analyzes the representation of Aboriginal youth under correctional supervision.
Source:
Juristat is a periodical that presents 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
(Click "Chronological Index" on the Juristat page for links to earlier issues of this periodical)

Related subjects:

* Crime and justice statistics

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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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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.

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

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

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)

International Comparisons
- the most recent data on 235 countries and territories using 95 economic indicators, grouped by theme: population, labour force, consumer prices, exchange rates, gross domestic product (GDP), GDP by expenditure, GDP by industry, personal income, research and development expenditures, foreign investments, international trade.

Click the link above to read a word of caution about using the data, a summary analysis, economic profiles by country, etc.
Click the link below to go directly to the English PDF file containing the tables comparing all 235 countries and territories on each 95 indicators.

Report (English version):

Comparative Tables by Indicator (PDF - 535K, 109 pages)
March 25, 2010
- 235 countries and territories, 95 indicators

Source::
Databank of Official Statistics on Québec
(See "Living Conditions and Well-being" for other relevant stats)

[ Site français : Banque de données des statistiques officielles du Québec ]

Institut de la statistique du Québec - Québec statistical institute (English home page)

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/

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.

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.