Library Research for Students

Finding Statistics through Seneca Libraries

Seneca Libraries subscribe to many databases that have data and statistical reports:

►Statista (Statistical data and analysis of business, industry, product brands, market share, media, and social scientific topics)

►Vividata (consumer demographics, media usage, lifestyle and attitudinal data, and product usage)

►Link to all Seneca Libraries data and statistical reports databases

Seneca Libraries have more information for searching for specific statistics on various subject guides:

• A-Z Databases: Data and Statistical Reports (17 databases listed)
• Statistics on Sociology
• Health Statistics on Fitness and Health Promotion
• Tourism Statistics on Travel, Tourism and Hospitality
• Demographics & Statistics on Social Service Worker
• Demographics & Statistics on Child and Youth Care
• Immigration Research on Social Service Worker
• Industries on Accounting & Financial Services
• Segmentation: Demographic & Geographic on Advertising / Marketing
• Data Sources by Country on Environmental Science - Geospatial Data
• Market Research on Advertising / Marketing
• Marketing Analytics  on Advertising / Marketing

Finding Statistics through Google

Statistics Canada is a website and government agency legislated to provide statistics for Canada and each of its provinces.

►Statistics Canada Census Program

►Statistics Canada Data Tables

Find more statistics by Googling the topic you want to know more about and adding the words "Canadian statistics". 

Example:

As with all research online, be sure to consider its relevance to your topic/assignment by assessing its:

• Currency (how old are these statistics?) 
• Authority (who published these statistics?)

For more Google tips and tricks see our Google Research for Students tutorial.