Statistics Canada (STATCAN)
Overview
Statistics Canada (STATCAN) is Canada's national statistical office that is responsible for publishing information on the country's economy, society, and environment. STATCAN provides data from a range of underlying sources and reports (e.g. Census Profile, Annual Survey of Service Industries, Bank of Canada, Canada Housing & Mortgage Corporation).
Example topics covered:
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Population
Household income, consumption, and savings
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Foreign exchange rates
Retail sales
Labor force statistics including total employment by industry
Housing price indices
Government of Canada debt securities
Housing starts
Industrial product prices
Key Attributes
Geographic Coverage | Canada |
Entity Level | Country, State, Census Metropolitan Division/Division Part, Census Division/Subdivision, Census Agglomeration, Dissemination Area and Aggregate Dissemination Area - Varies by variable |
Time Granularity | Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annual, Quinquennial - Varies by variable |
Release Frequency | Varies by variable |
History | Varies by variable |
As with all Public Domain datasets, Cybersyn aims to release data on Snowflake Marketplace as soon as the underlying source releases new data. We check periodically for changes to the underlying source and, upon detecting a change, propagate the data to Snowflake Marketplace immediately. See our release process for more details.
Notes & Methodology
Canada Government Essentials is built around the Geography entity. Timeseries and related metadata are loaded from Statistics Canada, reshaped to conform to Cybersyn’s schema, and joined with unique geographic identifiers.
Statistics Canada is an agency of the Government of Canada that produces statistical data and insights on Canada's economy, society, and environment. Sector-level inflation, pricing, and output data includes Consumer price index (CPI), industrial product price index (IPPI), gross domestic product (GDP), average retail prices, and housing price indices. Employment data covers total population, labor force size, employment (full-time / part-time), unemployment (totals / rates), and total employment by industry (NAICS). Household data covers household income, consumption, savings rates, and liabilities. Finally real estate development data includes housing starts, absorbed (completed and sold) and unabsorbed (completed but not yet sold) dwelling units, and economic statistics (e.g. salaries, wages, operating revenue) for real estate agents, brokers, and appraisers.
Retail and eCommerce sales by province, territory, and select metro areas as well as the Canadian dollar forex rates and Canadian-Dollar Effective Exchange Rate Index (CERI) is also included.
Variable Attributes: Not all fields in the canada_statcan_attributes
table are relevant to each variable. For example, the product_group
field specifically applies to measures related to consumer price index (CPI). Values will be NULL
if a field is not applicable to that particular variable.
Errata & Future Improvements: Cybersyn is planning to expand this listing to eventually cover the entirety of StatCan and other related Government of Canada agencies that publish relevant data on the economy and environment. Email support@cybersyn.com to request the prioritization of specific additions.
Tables & Sources
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Statistics Canada data is also used in Cybersyn's core geography tables.
Cybersyn Products
Tables above are available in the following Cybersyn data products:
Examples & Sample Queries
Canadian Industrial Price Index
Query the Industrial Price Index for select products to reflect price changes since January 2020
Employment growth across Service sector
Timeseries of employed persons by sub-sector within the Services sector since 2010
Monthly retail prices of consumer goods products
Timeseries of monthly retail prices for standard groceries (e.g. ground beef, ketchup, butter, coffee, bacon)
Canadian dollar foreign exchange rate
Timeseries of the Canadian dollar forex rate for the U.S. dollar, Euro, Mexican peso, Australian dollar, Saudi riyal, Japanese yen
Census divisions with highest disposable income
Order census divisions by median after-tax income, as reported in the 2021 Census of Population
Compare household savings rate and core CPI
Timeseries for Canadian household savings rate and core CPI since 2010
Disclaimers
The data in this product is sourced from Statistics Canada (STATCAN).
Adapted from Statistics Canada full data library. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Cybersyn is not endorsed by or affiliated with any of these providers. Contact support@cybersyn.com for questions.
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