Research Guides: Geography: GIS / Data / Statistics

GIS / Data / Statistics

Abacus Dataverse Network
Abacus Dataverse Network holds UBC Library's collection of licensed and open-access data sets. Abacus Includes public use microdata from Canadian and other censuses; other social and health surveys, public opinion polls, and spatial data for GIS.
UBC Research Data Collection@Scholars Portal Dataverse
Research and experimental data from principal investigators and others at the University of British Columbia. Some of this data has been migrated from the UBC Abacus Dataverse Network.

For comprehensive help with GIS, data & statistics, please visit UBC Library's research help pages for

Commonly used resources include:

UBC Geospatial Resources
UBC's website covering campus-wide GIS services, resources, and events.
Statistics Canada Socioeconomic Data
Socioeconomic data tables from Statistics Canada containing numeric time series covering a wide variety of social and economic indicators. This data can also be accessed in CANSIM via CANSIM @ CHASS

Canadian Census Analyser This link opens in a new window
Canadian Census Analyser features census profiles for multiple levels of geography as far back as 1961, online analysis of public use microdata files 1971- , and postal code conversion files 1996- .

SimplyAnalytics

SimplyAnalytics is an internet-based mapping application that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data.

Access includes the following Environics Analytics Group Data Packages

CensusPlus Data from the most recent census
DemoStats Current-year estimates and projections of demographic data.
HouseholdSpend Demographic estimates and projections of household income data plus Statistics Canada's recent Survey of Household Spending.
Digital Lifestyle Dataset Includes Social Media Behavior
and more.

SimplyAnalytics also includes the complete D&B Canadian Business Directory, with data available for all units of geography including dissemination areas, census tracts, census subdivisions, census metropolitan areas, census subdivisions, census divisions, Province/Territory and all of Canada.

Social Explorer

Use Social Explorer to create maps and reports to illustrate, analyze and understand demography and social change.

Maps can be exported as images, downloadable data tables.

Primarily US data, including

U.S. census from 1790- present
American Community Survey from 2005-2017
LEHD (Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics) 2002-2015
and much more

Limited international data, including

Canada: Census from 2011
United Kingdom: Census from 2011
Europe: Eurostat data, 1990-2014
and more