LibGuides: Government Relations: Reference Tools

Polls

Angus Reid Institute
Provides summaries of reports on polls from around the world. Choose from: Polls & Research; Politics in Depth; and Election Tracker.
Ipsos: News and Polls
Canadian public opinion polls and election polling.
Library and Archives Canada: Public Opinion Research Reports
Reports conducted by Government of Canada organizations.
Canadian Opinion Research Archives (CORA), Queen's University
Provides summaries of Canadian opinion poll results on different topics over time. Register to get full access to the Archive.
Canadian Gallup Polls: 1945-2000 (Carleton University)
Canadian Gallup Polls contain political, social and economic questions, with occasional question(s) on subjects of current interest. These polls were conducted periodically from 1945-2000.
Nanos
Nanos Research is a North American research and strategy organizations. Nanos conducts polls for CTV and the Globe and Mail.

Statista This link opens in a new window
(Statista, Inc.) Statistical data and analysis of business, industry, product brands, market share, media, and social scientific topics, obtained from both private and public sector sources, and covering all regions of the world.

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Government Relations Institute of Canada (GRIC)
GRIC is a national, not for profit association, representing both government relations and public affairs professionals from all sectors.

Canada's Information Resource Centre (CIRC) This link opens in a new window
(Grey House) Online access to 20 Grey House Reference titles: Canadian Almanac and Directory, Associations Canada, Financial Services Canada, Canadian Environmental Resource Guide, Canadian Parliamentary Guide, Governments Canada, Libraries Canada, Health Guide Canada, History of Canada, Canadian Who's Who, Major Canadian Cities, Careers & Employment Canada, Cannabis Canada, and various FP financial titles.

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Directory of Business and Trade Associations
Site offered through Canadian Company Capabilities, you can search for associations by name or province or sector. Provides address, key contacts, and links to the association websites
Public Affairs Association Canada
PAAC offers a range of professional development programs and networking opportunities to help members stay on top of industry issues and trends.
Public Affairs Council
A community for public affairs professionals, intended to advance the field of public affairs and provide members with the executive education, expertise and research they need to succeed.
Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Professional organization with members that include public servants, academics and others interested in public administration. The Institute also works closely with all levels of government to promote quality public services and practices.

American National Election Studies (ANES)
Data on US voting, public opinion, and political participation. Users must login and agree to terms of use before downloading data.
Canadian Election Study
The study objective is to explain what makes people decide to vote (or not vote), and why they support a candidate/party. The data files are in Stata or SPSS.
Census Datasets
The Census Program provides a statistical portrait of the country every five years. Datasets available from 1981 to present.
Ipsos: News and Polls
Canadian and international survey data.
Odesi
Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure is a digital repository for social science data, including polling data. Contains over 3500 datasets.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center conducts US public opinion polling, demographic research, and media content analysis.
Scholars Portal Dataverse
Open access datasets that are contributed by Ontario University researchers.
Statistics Canada
Searchable portal to free-to-use datasets and statistics about socioeconomic factors in Canada.

Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) This link opens in a new window
(New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization & Compute Canada) Search FRDR to find research datasets originating from researchers affiliated with Canadian institutions.
Note that not all of the Ontario Data Catalogue results in this database are fully Open Access.

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Scott's Directories: National Business This link opens in a new window
(Scott's Directories) Provides access to a comprehensive directory of Canadian businesses with more than 350,000+ contacts from manufacturing, government, medical and education sectors.
All saved searches, downloads, and pick lists will be visible to all Seneca users.

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Canada's Information Resource Centre (CIRC) This link opens in a new window
(Grey House) Online access to 20 Grey House Reference titles: Canadian Almanac and Directory, Associations Canada, Financial Services Canada, Canadian Environmental Resource Guide, Canadian Parliamentary Guide, Governments Canada, Libraries Canada, Health Guide Canada, History of Canada, Canadian Who's Who, Major Canadian Cities, Careers & Employment Canada, Cannabis Canada, and various FP financial titles.

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GALLOP Portal: Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada
The GALLOP Portal is intended as a one-stop access point to full-text searchable electronic government documents collected by Legislative Libraries in Canada for their jurisdictions.
CPAC Digital Archives
CPAC is Canada's independent, commercial-free politics in action, providing around the clock programming focused exclusively on the people and processes shaping Canada each day. This database includes CPAC produced articles and videos.