User guides and lesson plans

Using CANSIM
Using Census data
Other links
Do more with E-STAT

Using CANSIM

• CANSIM User Guide
• CANSIM Table Directory
• Learning Activities

• Investigate function modelling using secondary data from E-STAT
• Investigating social justice issues
• Working with data collected at different intervals

Lesson Plans

• Analysing economic data and seasonality using line graphs and a scatter graph - Intermediate and Secondary
• Canada and its trading partners — Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary
• Canada's immigration patterns, 1955 to present — Intermediate
• Calculating population growth for a region — Intermediate
• Comparing the food choices and body image of 15-year-olds around the world — Intermediate and Secondary
• Comparing the health and lifestyles of 13 year-olds around the world — Intermediate
• Divorce trends in Canada — Secondary
• Internet shopping business idea — Secondary
• Introduction to population statistics — Intermediate
• Patterns of international tourism in Canada — Secondary
• Smoking today = smoking tomorrow — Intermediate
• Tracking immigration trends — Intermediate and Secondary
• Listen Up! Podcasts and audio learning
  Find data for your project
  
  • Segment 3. Students get data from E-STAT

Functions, relations and modelling

• Exponential modelling of the farm value of potatoes  — Secondary
• Linear modelling of the life expectancy of Canadians — Secondary
• Quadratic modelling of Canada's baby boom — Secondary
• Quadratic modelling of the number of males registered in apprenticeship programs — Secondary
• Sinusoidal modelling of Canada's youth cohorts — Secondary
• Piecewise modeling with multiple functions: Federal Debt – Secondary
  

Note: Free lesson plans, key resources and data for elementary and secondary schools can also be found at Resources by School Subject

Using Census data

• User guide for the Search Censuses module
• Learning Activities

• Combining multiple census characteristics and mapping the result
• Comparing Municipalities
• Creating a profile for your Municipality
• Working with community data

Animated online help guides (University of Ottawa), last updated 2004

2006 Census reference materials

• Census information
• Illustrated glossary
• Reference maps

2001 Census reference materials

• Census information
• Illustrated glossary
• Reference maps (including census tract maps)

Lesson Plans

• Analysing the job market for babysitting in your neigbourhood — Intermediate
• Analysis of a colonial industry: Shipbuilding in Nova Scotia 1861 — Secondary
• Canadians Your Age: Analysis of the 10-to-14 age group using E-STAT — Intermediate
• Chinese immigrants in British Columbia, 1870 — Secondary
• Creating a demographic profile for an urban school neighbourhood using census tract data — Intermediate and Secondary
• Distribution of children living at home — Secondary
• Earthquake vulnerability identification in Vancouver — Secondary
• Exploring the correlation between two variables at the census tract level (education and income) — Secondary
• Housing arrangements of the elderly in Canada — Secondary
• How does your province stack up? — Intermediate
• Investigating Gender Differences in Income — Secondary
• Is it worth completing university? — Secondary
• Mapping the changes in Canada's population — Secondary
• Mapping the population by mother tongue — Intermediate and Secondary
• Neighbourhood statistics — Intermediate
• Rent and owner's major payments — Secondary
• Role playing Jean Talon — Intermediate
• Youth vs. adult employment in Canada — Intermediate and Secondary

Other links

• Human Activity and the Environment 2000
  • Teacher's Kit — Intermediate and secondary
  • Getting started guide
• Activities on other educational sites

• Lesson plan: Chinese Immigration to Canada — Intermediate and Secondary

Lesson plans — Archived

Note: The information used in these lessons is no longer being updated.

• Environment database
  • Lesson plan: Analysing provincial forestry practices using bar graphs and scatter graphs — Intermediate and Secondary
  • Lesson plan: A look at 20 years of pesticide, herbicide, and fertilizer use on farms in one ecozone (the Lower St. Lawrence Lowlands) — Secondary
  • Environment module information
• Elections Canada database
  • Lesson plan: Political parties and election results — Intermediate
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• Postsecondary course assignments
• Winning lesson plans from the Ray Ryan Statistics Canada prize for curriculum studies

Do More with E-STAT

Math and science teachers: Do you use a graphing calculator or analytical software? E-STAT data may be used with many popular or provincially licensed products.

Geography teachers: Do you use GIS mapping software? E-STAT data may be imported into popular mapping softwares.

For examples of how to import and use E-STAT data with graphing calculators and analytical or GIS mapping software, see Activities on other educational sites.

For more information on graphing calculators or analytical software, check your software company's website or e-mail ulp@statcan.gc.ca.