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CANSIM - the many faces

Title: Canadian socio-economic information management system (CANSIM)
Principal investigator: Statistics Canada et al.
Disseminator: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative and Depository Services Program
Edition/Date: updated daily, weekly, annually, varies by version
Geographic area: Canada (national and sub-national), some United States, some international
Time span of data coverage: varies by series
Periodicity: varies by series

Choosing the right version
Current versions  
CANSIM database @StatCan.ca
  • Updated every working day
  • Costs $3.00 per time-series [Major credit cards accepted]
  • Statistics Canada's interface
  • Unrestricted - all users
CANSIM @E-stat
  • Updated once per year [usually end-June early-July]
  • No charge for data
  • Unrestricted
  • Statistics Canada's interface
  • Users must agree to licence conditions.
CANSIM multidimensional @CHASS
  • Updated daily as of January 4, 2010
  • No charge for data
  • Faculty, students or staff at University of Toronto and subscribing institutions only
    [University of Toronto users must login to UTORid when accessing from off campus
  • CHASS multidimensional interface
  • Available under Data Liberation Initiative licence
Historical versions  
CANSIM II @CHASS
  • Last updated 2009-04-24
  • Includes series deleted from main CANSIM database @statcan.ca
  • No charge for data
  • Faculty, students or staff at University of Toronto and subscribing institutions only
    [University of Toronto users must login to UTORid when accessing from off campus
  • CHASS 'classic' interface
  • Available under Data Liberation Initiative licence
CANSIM I @CHASS
  • Last updated June 1, 2002
  • Includes some series not available in later editions of CANSIM
  • No charge for data
  • Faculty, students or staff at University of Toronto and subscribing institutions only
    [University of Toronto users must login to UTORid when accessing from off campus
  • CHASS 'classic' interface
  • Can search by STC catalogue number (in the 'Full text index')
  • Available under Data Liberation Initiative licence

More about CANSIM: Description Access restrictions, Version strengths and weaknesses, Terminology, Choosing the best version for common tasks, Documentation, Suggested citation, About the CHASS interface to CANSIM II