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• Teachers and students
• Textbook publishers and curriculum consultants
• Academics and researchers
• May I link to this?

Teachers and Students:

You may reproduce for educational purposes, any material from the Learning resources section of the Statistics Canada website as well as free content such as online publications or tables found in other sections of the site.

You may photocopy and redistribute any Statistics Canada item or article for use in the classroom provided that these materials retain all copyright and other proprietary notices in the same form and manner as on the original, and include the complete URL as applicable.

You may edit and/or redraw the material, abridge the text or tables, use only extracts and/or simplify certain vocabulary items. Should this be the case, "Adapted from", must be indicated as such in the source. The source of the information must be acknowledged in all documents and communications, including on Internet sites, by providing the following citation:

"Source (or "Adapted from", if appropriate): Statistics Canada, www.statcan.ca/...(complete URL), and date of extraction"

or, in the case of material obtained from free publications:

"Source (or "Adapted from", if appropriate): Statistics Canada, title of publication, catalogue, volume and issue numbers, and reference period."

See also: Examples: E-STAT products in How to cite Statistics Canada Products.

Textbook Publishers and Curriculum Consultants:

The material on this site is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations, and international agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit mass reproduction of materials without written permission. For more information on commercial and non-commercial reproduction please read Copyright/permission to reproduce

Contact a representative listed in Education Services for further assistance.

Academics and Researchers:

Bibliographic references are important to permit your readers to find the sources of information.

When using materials from the Learning resources site —such as computer files, tables, maps and other statistical documents—in books, reports, articles, papers and theses, please follow the guidelines referred to in How to Cite Statistics Canada Products.

May I link to this?

Statistics Canada encourages you to link to its Learning Resources to support your e-courses or educational websites.

You do not need to request permission to do so. We do, however, ask that you follow these practices.

• Use only text links for linking to the Statistics Canada's Web sites.
• Do not link and/or use the official symbols of the Government of Canada and Federal Identity Program (FIP) signatures as navigational aids.
• The official symbols of the Government of Canada and the FIP signatures are permitted to appear on non-government sites only when they are used to identify a government contribution or participation in a Collaborative Arrangement.
• The creation of a link does not confuse the user as to the source of the information through such practices as framing.
• The links provided respect the Copyright Notice that governs materials published on the Statistics Canada's Web sites.

If you require further assistance please contact a representative listed in Education Services